Behind the Free Coinage Debate in Wisconsin 1896
In Madison and Milwaukee the 1896 campaign opens with Sen Thurston and Clarence Darrow debating currency policy before thousands. Thurston argues against free silver, cites the gold standard, warns of debased money harming workers, and attacks Bryan as paid silver advocate. The exchange frames silver interests, European price effects, and the political battle over monetary reform.
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William J. Bryan
Free Silver Combine
Omaha
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Illinois Steel Works
Des Moines
Reed on Silver in Alford Maine Campaign Speech
The Maine Statesman reports Thomas B. Reed’s July speech in Alford on money and industry. He argues for capital formation over fiat money, warns against silver depreciation, and cites economic logic on wages, prices, and national prosperity. He notes public enthusiasm and references reactions in New York and Chicago papers.
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Thomas B. Reed
Reed
United States
Worl
Republican Party
All New
Talle
Bavings Bank
Opal unmatched gem and historic bells cited in scraps
A series of fragmented notes notes rare opal uniqueness and early American machinery. It recalls the Liberty Bell crack during John Marshall’s death toll in 1835 and mentions recasting dates. Also credits a Boston Transcript quote about Ojibway readers of Eliot's Indian Bible from the Mohonk conference.
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Mags
Philadelphia
John Marshall
Supreme Court of the
London
Ilsa Frances II
Tribou
Boston Transcript
Eijot
Zion's Herald
Bishop Whipple
Minnesota
College Club Presents McKinley Bust at University of Chicago
On Wednesday July 29 a committee from the Republican club at the University of Chicago presented Maj. McKinley with a life size three quarter face bust in American Parian marble. The bust, mounted on mahogany, was sculpted by Hans Wirsch of Chicago and accompanied by a speech from club president H J Ickes. A counterpart bust was given to ex Governor Vornker at the St Louis convention.
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Wandsomoe
Republican Lab
University of Chicago
Maj. McKinley
H. J. Ickes
G. W. Axelson
U. of G. Weekly
J. Brent Vaughn
National Republican College League
Ickes
Hans Wirsch
Hans Wirach
Chicago
Vite
Cov. Vornker
St. Louis
McKinley's Veterans Appeal Frames 1896 Campaign
William McKinley urges Civil War veterans to unite across sections to defend national honor and restore prosperity. He emphasizes patriotism beyond states, calls for protection of industry, and predicts a broad, bipartisan turnout at the polls to defeat repudiation and disruption. California endorsements amplify a sectional rallying cry.
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Union
Maj. McKinley
Chicago
Voice of the
Pacific
Atlantic
Oretton
Maine
California
Massachusetts
Francisco
Odd Customs and Entreaties Across the World
A survey of far flung practices notes ghah rank diamonds weighing near twenty pounds, Hindoo divorce norms over wives who scold or attend dances, and Ottoman empire concerns echoed by foreign correspondents. It also mentions India's prison rate, Moroccan sultan's seven guard lions, musk scented St Sophia mortar, and Mohammedan bank deposit behavior avoiding interest gains.
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Great Britain
Morocco
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Post Office Savings Banks
Waterloo eloper held on insanity charge in Iowa
Rev G F Scott, who eloped from Waterloo with Daisy Dorlan, is held to the grand jury on bonds of 2000 after failing to raise the money. He may be brought before insanity commissioners on Mrs Scott’s complaint. Citizens believe he is insane while Daisy Dorlan remains infatuated despite parental objections.
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Waterloo
Daisy Dorlan
Scott
Commissioners of Insanity
Daisy Dorian
Man Attacks Parents In Town Walls With Razor
Franke Pearson living with his aged parents in Town Walls cut both his father's and mother's throats with a razor and attempted suicide. The mother is severely wounded and feared to die while both men survive. Pear son, 35, was recently an inmate of the Insane asylum and is brother of W IL Pearson who died by his own hand in Chicago in February.
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Chicago & Northwestern
Tlle Duff
St. Louis
Crivaree
David Jordenson
Jasper County
Clarence Die
Webster City
New Trumpton
Wes. Mul
Stanwood
United States
Tobba
Des Moines
Lemuel J. Stanley
Horslin
Gen. Jones
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Freeman Ash
Wesley
Johnnie Musman
Independence
Lizzie Dushane
Northwood
Janesville
Wis
George M. Curtis
Clinton
Davenport
Butchers’ State Association
Sessalon
Burlington
Louis Beaumont
John Beaumont
Andalus
Mississippi
I. Grimes
John Hall
Derby
Grimes
Cedar Rapids
Iowa Baptist Sunday School
Humboldt
Dubique
Wyoming
Kamm
Columbus Junction River
Mary Tripp
Sioux City
McCook Lake
August Wendt
Newton
Taincola
Ned
Gertie Bishop
Belle Knott
Muscatine
Anton Lahwnan
Williams Township
Jefferson
Northwestern Railway
Dennis
Albion
Geneva
Farmers’ Bank
Tock Valley
Rescue of Morlan Child From Narrow Well
A five year old boy fell into a Jefferson well sixteen inches wide and eighty feet deep. He grabbed a rock fifty feet down and held on. An 18 year old rescued him after attempts by others failed, but the rescuer sustained severe shoulder injuries.
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Will Morlan
Jeferson
Ife
Pioneer editor Maite Chaplin Drew dies after assault
Maite Chaplin Drew of Wounds, T. N. Chapin, pioneer editor of Town and Albion paper founder, died in Marshalltown from injuries three weeks after a brutal assault by tenant George Henshaw. Drew, long associated with the Thief of Dubuque as "Old Grivaly," was widely known across Iowa.
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Maite Chaplin
T. N. Chapin
Albion
Marshalltown
George Henshaw
Ifo
Thief of
Dubuque
Rain Destroys Crops and Floods Sioux City Streets
A severe rainstorm lashed Sioux City causing widespread street flooding in low-lying districts and heavy damage to standing crops across the surrounding area. The report notes washed roads near town and disrupted transport while detailing the election of officers for the Caaln Shippers' Association of Northwest town in Sioux City.
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Sioux City
Cyclone near Waterloo devastates crops and homes
The cyclone near Waterloo destroys crops and farm buildings. Numerous deaths and accidents are reported across Iowa from Dubuque to Muscatine. Notable events include drownings, a suicide, a fraud case, and a bank failure with assets and liabilities noted.
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