Political campaigns warming up for fall battles
Special Washington correspondence notes Republicans optimistic about winning in key states Ohio New York Iowa Kentucky and Maryland while Democrats strain to distance from silver issues. Authors warn against overconfidence as party unity remains fragile with Tammany opposition and Gorman likely token issues shaping the contest. Charles D. King.
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Washington
New York
Nebraska
Kentucky
Iowa
Ohio
Temark
Maryland
Gorman
Senate
Bryan
Silverites
Silver
Charles D. King
Silver and Wheat Dominate Bland Nebraska Campaign Debate
The piece notes silver’s 20 percent drop since the last election and asks what would have happened to silver if wheat prices had not risen. It cites Bryan on wheat aiding bimetallism and questions money abundance, bank deposits, and low loan rates while criticizing inflation rhetoric and foreclosures. It mentions Chairman Jones and warns of a possible ten cent dollar if silver declines further.
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Nebraska
Tas
Bryan
Chicago Tribune
Jones
Wheat profits and the coming prosperity for American farmers
Leslie's Weekly argues that the 1897 wheat price surge will boost farmers' incomes by billions, reduce debt, and expand savings. It predicts silver demonetization will lose political traction, vows free-silver doctrine extinction, and warns U.S. wheat supply will not permanently rise but prices will stay high due to limited arable land and rising population.
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United States
Leslie
The Doom of Silver Says Mint Official in Washington
A Washington special quotes Mint Director Preston predicting the world will adopt a gold standard within 15 years. He says silver should be limited to subsidiary coinage and urges organizing a system to reflect metal value, criticizing gold usage in the arts. He also notes political backlash from senators and Bryan.
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Washington
Preston
China
Japan
France
United States
Gov. Pingree
Stewart
Chicago Tribune
The Silverites' Argument and Hypocrisy of Bryanites
A Chicago Times-Herald commentary denounces the Nebraska silverites and populists fusion for free coinage at sixteen to one. It argues their platforms praise prosperity yet fault foreign crops, blaming Providence and conspiratorial reasons, while ignoring supply and demand as price drivers. It accuses them of hypocrisy as prices rise for U S farmers while foreign competitors suffer.
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Nebraska
Democrati Republican
Iowa
Mexico
Bryan
Chicago Times-Herald
Farmer Shuman Follows Bryan And Sells Wheat Early
A farmer near Anderson Indiana named James Shuman sold his 1897 wheat crop at 58 cents per bushel after hearing W J Bryan preach free silver. McKinley’s election proved him right for a time but neighbors sold at a dollar, leaving Shuman wary of Bryan’s advice.
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James Shuman
Anderson
Ind
Farmer Shuman
W. J. Bryan
Indianapolis
McKinley
Shuman
Bryan
McKkinley
Shetterlys
Lapel
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Silver and prosperity push through political fog
A compilation of editorials and quotes from 1900 era papers notes shifting attitudes toward free silver and economic issues. It cites St Louis Globe-Democrat Toledo Blade Cleveland Leader Chicago Tribune N Y Mail and Express Syracuse Post Philadelphia Ledger and hints at evolving party positions as wheat, prices, and political alliances shift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Toledo Blade
Peffer
Bryan
Cleveland
New England
Chicago Tribune
Boies
Iowa
Kansas
Arkansas Jones
N. Y
Syracuse Post
Coxey
Washington
Philadelphia Ledger
Poll Tax Abolition and New Code News From Des Moines
Des Moines dispatch reports Gov. Drake’s fragile health and possible travel to Excelsior Springs. It covers Labor Commissioner O Blenness urging poll tax abolition and a quarterly bulletin, details of the New Code with distribution plans, and potential issues from a county superintendent residency rule. It also notes census probes, corn crop assessments by Director Sage, and plans for a four story Historical Building in Des Moines.
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O’bleness
William M. McFarland
Mcfarland
Iis
Executive Council of
State
Mefarland
Sage
Iowa Weather and Crop Department
Oliver C. Smith
Des Moines
Statehouse
College For the Hind
College For the Blind
Vinton
Drake
Twenty-sixth General Assembly
Fund Request for Blind College Gym and Upkeep
The college for the blind seeks ten thousand dollars for a gymnasium with flooring relays. Additional requests include one thousand for painting and library apparatus, eight thousand for contingency and repairs, and one thousand for furniture and bedding. Enrollment data show two hundred forty six students in the first biennial period with sixty six graduates in 1897.
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College For
Salvation Army plans camp and reform for tramps in St. Louis
The St. Louis Salvation Army outlines a campaign to house feed and employ tramps in a 800-person facility with lodging meals at low costs and a wood yard for work. A strict system of policing beggars will trap offenders into county jail labor if they refuse to join the program. Col Evans targets a $2500 building, relying on public subscriptions to fund the project.
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St. Louis
Salvation Army
Willie
Col. Hvans
Col. Evans
Woman Mauled by Ferocious St Bernard Dog
Mrs. Irvin W. Wood of Sioux City is gravely harmed by a monster St Bernard kept as a pet. A prior attack on her arm occurred two weeks earlier. The dog lunged at her as she slept injuring the neck nearly severing the jugular and biting the body and limbs. Her husband killed the animal after rescue by a nearby woman.
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Irvin W. Wood
Sioux City
Klondike Ice Cream Diary From Dawson City
Mrs. Robert Schoenbeck of Dubuque writes from Dawson City about the journey through Chilkat pass and White Horse rapids. She reports the trip less perilous than feared and praises the Dawson Society, noting churches under tents as Catholics and Methodists worship. Prices: ice cream one dollar a plate, cigars 50 cents to one dollar, wine ten dollars a bottle, building lots at two thousand dollars.
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Robert Schoenbeeck
Dubuque
Chilkat Pass
White Horse
Klondike
Nitzsche
Dawson City
Escape Plot Foiled at Iowa County Jail
A planned jailbreak by two indicted tramps was stopped when their scheme to use a tin foil covered implement tied in a handkerchief to stun the deputy was discovered. A bystander alertness and the men’s accomplices prevented the escape.
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Iowa
Northwestern
Belle Plaine Disposition in Warnock Liddle Shooting Case
State vs Charles Warnock ends abruptly as judge sustains motion to discharge after defense argues self defense and lack of evidence that Liddle was shot. Walter Marion Leary, noted Eldora singer and Wise opera House associate, has been missing for a month with last sighting in Missouri.
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Charles Warnock
Robert Liddle
Belle Plaine
Walter Marion Leary
Eldora
Leary
Wise
Ife
Missouri
Drake backs Iowa on Swiss insurer action rights
Gov. Drake supports Iowa attorney general, saying the state action against Swiss insurance companies does not violate treaty rights. Secretary Sherman to respond after urgent matters. conductor R. R. Ackert, in Wabash service since 1858, fell from a train near Belknap and died.
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Drake
Iowa
Sherman
R. R. Ackert
Wabash
Belknap
Severe Iowa storm devastates Muscatine and Wilton areas
A violent rain and thunder storm with high winds hit Muscatine and Wilton. Trees uprooted houses unroofed barns burned destroying five horses and farm gear. Adam Frenzel lost several thousand dollars as lightning wrecked his barn. Between Riverside and Wellman hail stripped fields and leveled corn crops, signaling a likely half failure of the season's grain.
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Muscatine
Wilton
Adam Frenzel
Riverside
Wellman
Bank cashiers indicted for fraudulent banking charges
Indictments returned against I B L Twutchens and J B Stone, cashiers of Town and Sioux City savings banks. Stone previously fled after fraud forgery and embezzlement charges and remains at large. Hutchens, active in Nebraska real estate, returned, surrendered and was released on bonds of ten thousand dollars.
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I. BL. Twutchens
J. 2. Stone
Sioux City
Stone
Hutchens
Nebraska
Missing Woman Found in Missouri Well Sparks Mystery
In July 82 authorities recovered the body of an unknown woman from a well near Wayland Missouri. Officials believe she may be Mrs. A. Goins. George Aker and Clarence Hand were arrested in Walworth County Wisconsin and were transported to Missouri for trial where they remain jailed. Mrs. Goins herself caused a stir by arriving in Keokuk from Wisconsin after leaving for Missouri, but the woman in the well remains unidentified.
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Wayland
A. Goins
George Aker
Clarence Hand
Walworth County
Wis
Talen
Missouri
Death of ex Lieutenant Governor A N Poyneer in Montour
Ex Lieutenant Governor A N Poyneer dies at his Montour home. He ran on the Republican ticket with Mr T M Hutchinson in 1900. Born 1881 in Saulsbury Connecticut he moved to Iowa in 1661 and settled on a farm he held most of his life. He served eight years in the state senate beginning with the nineteenth general assembly.
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A. N. Poyneer
Montour
TM Hutchinson
Mr. Poyneer
Saulsbury
Conn
Iowa
Atate Senate
General Assembly
Election of Officers at Webster City IOOF Meeting
The state meeting of the Independent Order of Good Fellowship in Webster City elected officers. President is Mrs. J. M. Pennington of Des Moines, vice president Mrs. E G Stockman of Mason City, secretary Miss Fannie Beeler of Mason City, and treasurer Mrs. Carrie Tu Baldwin of Ruthven.
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Webster City
Independent Order of Good ‘Pemphirs
J. M. Pennington
Des Moines
E.G. Stockman
Mason City
Fannie Beeler
Carrie Tu. Baldwin
Ruthven
Fire at Ilshoro Destroys $60,000 in Property
A wire caused a blaze at Ilshoro destroying property valued at about $60,000 with insurance covering about one third. Ten business houses and one residence were burned, leaving five businesses standing. The fire’s origin is undetermined.
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Ilshoro
Multiple Iowa Figures Die in Accidents and Illnesses
A collage of early 1900s Iowa incidents reports deaths and injuries across towns. Notable entries include the Musson elevator fire with grain loss in Audi bon, 16-year-old Harry Phillips fatally bucked from a horse in Oskaloosa, and Dr. J. M. Ball of Waterloo passing at 85. Other notes cover a Bright's disease death of Supervisor G. I. Stages near De Witt, rail executive Benjamin Brewster’s death at his Cazenovia home, a Riverside Catholic schoolhouse struck by lightning, and train and horse-related fatalities in Cedar Falls and Keokuk. Also listed are retirements, indictments for murder, and community events like old settlers reunions and a Baptist association session.
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Brie
I. Z. Musson
Audibon
Harry Phillips
Oskaloosa
J. M. Ball
Waterloo
Stages
de Witt
Bright
Providence Township
Iardin County
Kerr
Town City
One Hundred and Vortieth Pennsylvania Infantry
Glen
James Clarrison
Clarinda
Benjamin Brewster
Keokuk & Des Moines Railroad
Cazenovia
Riverside
Wenderson
Dubuque
Tout
Clarida
Old Settlers
Dayton
J. P. Dolliver
Cedar Valley Baptist Association
Waverly
Stull
Mount Pleasant
August Schrader
Divine Healer
Daisy Roberts
Sioux City
Newcastle
Ind
Wentworth Rogers
Cedar Falls
Ottumwa
Clarence Cohen
John Theronimus
Eldon
Albert Hosler
Burlington
Matthew Tenwick
Henry Cowgill
West Branch
Cedar County
A. M. Baker
Berlin
Sharon Township
Charles Colony
North Liberty
Robert Evans
West Liberty
Perry D. Armitage
Carrie Kretchmen
Keokuk
Jacob Alter
Burlington Insurance Company
Danville
Giant Indian skeleton found in Waterloo township mound
Digging by Will Carpenter and Anton Larson exposed remains of a legendary giant near the old Indian fort by Bearcreek and the Lowne river. The lower jaw with teeth was recovered and shown, jaw about twice present human size, while pottery and copper trinkets were unearthed.
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Will Carpenter
Anton Larson
Waterloo Township
Bearereck
Lown River
Tired of the Yoke Fred Gund Disappears After Elopement
Fred Gund of Alden vanishes after marrying a Radcliffe woman who then grows concerned. He reportedly borrowed money, rented a bicycle to Iowa Falls, then headed toward Ancona. He leaves numerous creditors and the wife awaits his return at Radcliffe.
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Fred Gund
Alden
Radcliffe
Rummell
Iowna Falls
Ancona
Radelitve
Battle with burglars at Epworth farm ends with escape
Brown a bachelor farmer and private banker near Epworth woke at 1 am to two masked men with revolvers. They demanded the safe be opened but failed, and beat him with gun butts. Brown fought them off and went to Mpworth for help. robbers fled.
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Brown
Epworth
Mpworth
Bonnk Novak Refuses Grand Jury Appearance Fight Planned
Novak, who now resists testifying, hired lawyer Tom Milner of Belle Plaine. Benton county guards increased at Vinton to shield him amid alleged plot to remove and harm Novak. Sheriff Metcalf requested extra forces to keep peace, ordered by President F. A. Smith of the board of supervisors.
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Bonnk Novak
Grand Jury
Tom Milner
Belle Platne
Benton County
Yall
Vinton
Novale Frong
Sherif
Metcalf
Beng
Aida
IF. A. Simith
Ungallant Beau Claims Bicycle Prize After Theater Date
A young man took an Allande girl to a theater and she won a bicycle prize from the company. He later borrowed the bike and refuses to return it, basing ownership on paying her admission. The case is in justice court, with issues similar to the Jones county case over legal technicalities.
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Justice Court
Jones County Call
Grant county heir hopes for hidden $50,000 buried assets
Conrad May, once a wealthy Grant county farmer now in Dubuque, admits $50,000 buried in pots in Grant county. He refuses to reveal the location, and it is believed he has forgotten it. May and his wife have filed divorce suits. he must pay expenses and alimony, and has posted bonds instead of disclosing the hiding place.
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Conrad May
Grant County
Wis
Dubuque
May
Atlantic Man Dies by Poison Over Debt
Andrew Jensen aged 35 takes strychnine near the pasture entrance after breakfast, despondent over back payments and eviction. He leaves a $3,000 life insurance policy to his wife and two children.
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Andrew Jensen
Atlantic
Mitchell county defalcation bronzed by arson and murder
A break in the Mitchell county treasurer’s office destroyed records tied to a $5,000 defalcation linked to the Pelton regime, hindering investigation. A $2,100 reward is offered. Separately, Nathan Harper was jailed in Waterloo for abducting another man’s wife, Mrs. Brownell, the injured spouse, in Fergus Falls. A Cedar Rapids stove fire killed 14 year old Mary Slagle.
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Mitchell County
Pelton
Board of Supervisors
Nathan Harper
Waterloo
A. G. Brownell
Fergus Falls
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Mary Slagle
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