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Newspaper
Monroe Weekly Times
Location
Monroe, Wisconsin, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1900
Page
6
A week’s digest reports ships racing to Philadelphia from Java, a Congo style crime wave, mine disasters, and political upheavals. Notable items include indictments in New York and Havana, a big fire in Albany, a Maine cemetery tribute, and McKinley’s presidency marching toward electoral finality with a growing Republican majority.
Fragmented dispatches reveal Fresien Boer committee planning intervention for Kruger after arrival in Kur eg and tensions over Manchuria under a Russian protectorate. Election returns show McKinley winning by a landslide, while De Wet is wounded and other incidents, including hangings and fires, punctuate a tumultuous period.
A patchwork of brief items reports on Mexican race demographics and Missouri river length, Oklahoma rain complaints, railroad expo plans, wanamaker reelected, Boxer rebellion notes, Medford club split, Nb 196 Mohammedans in the sea, and various oddities.
Lincoln response quotes W J Bryan on the election result, noting surprise at Republican gains, analysis of urban versus rural votes, and the importance of prosperity rhetoric. He defends an honest campaign, vows continued political involvement, and names intra party candidates and future steps. Also includes congratulatory telegram to McKinley and reactions on party reorganization from Stane and Carlisle.
The American Bridge company outlines a massive new works in Pittsburgh to build the world’s largest bridge buildings and structures. The Marmoth works will cover about 10 acres with river frontage over 2,000 feet. A 2,000-man workforce is planned and construction may start within three months. About 1,500,000 tons of finished product are expected to emerge annually.
The text presents archaic remarks on manners and wealth with scattered counts like 13,122 hooks printed in France last year and a sharpened moral gesture about money and folly. It reads as a stray fragment illustrating social satire and language of an earlier era.
An assortment of period ads claim Hall’s Catarrh Cure can restore hearing from Eustachian tube inflammation and catarrh. Various nostrums offer cures and free trials, toutting 100 dollars for cure claims, while other notices promote railroad tickets, yachting chatter, and travel deals across cities like Chicago, Cincinnati, and Philadelphia.
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