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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1900
Page
3
Bryan denounces trusts in a Saturday address in St. Louis focusing on the claim that trusts exclude young men from employment. He labels labor-saving machinery as a traditional target and cites wind mill opposition in Scotland to frame the debate.
Anti imperialists unable to back Bryan due to currency stance and class appeals organized in New York. They nominate Senator Donelson Caffery of Louisiana for president and Archibald Murray Howe of Cambridge Massachusetts for vice president with a platform backing gold standard merit based public service and abolition of special privileges. Yale Review editors reportedly support the move.
Chauncey M. Depew notes that drunkenness has fallen markedly among railroad men. He points to the New York Central where twenty years ago 20 percent of discharged workers were due to drunkenness, while today with 30,000 employees the rate is under one percent.
It is estimated the cost to this government of the trouble in China will amount to 15,000,000. The estimate covers sending warships to Chinese waters placing marines and blue jackets on shore in China and dispatching troops to the Chinese capital.
A trusted authority reports sixty missionaries murdered in Chinese provinces since June and eighty seven missing, with strong suspicion many of the missing are dead.
The Montana Record critiques a proposed ABC of Democracy naming Aguinaldo Bryan and Croker as symbols. It argues the scheme would produce many bad spellings and misunderstandings in civic discourse.
The piece contrasts Iowa prison numbers for 1898 and 1899 with earlier decades, arguing hard times and liquor laws influenced convict totals. It cites June 1899 figures showing a minor drop from 1898 and notes hospital inmates rose, while Gov. Larrabee links reduced prison counts to good time laws.
Reports to the State Board of Health indicate a typhoid fever outbreak across Iowa with cases in Nodaway Clarinda Buena Vista county and spreading to the state hospital for the insane in Independence. The weekly bulletin also notes civic events deaths and local developments including the death of Lucy B Booge Sioux City and other regional notices.
A letter from Lillie Sector of New York dated April 1 1990 extols Genesee Pure Food Co Grain-O as a healthier coffee substitute. She recounts a brother's illness blamed on coffee and credits Grain-O with his recovery after switching.
Victor Index notes Henry Vollmer may face the hardest questions from audience members who demand an explanation of why he fought. The piece comments on public expectations and Vollmer's potential responses during his public speaking engagements.
Harper's Weekly depicts William Jennings Bryan seated at a library table in shirt sleeves, attempting to draft a speech on a key issue. He clutches a bundle of Tammany influence and, dipping his pen in a red ink bottle, muses on what is truly paramount and whether a fee helps at all.
An advertisement touts Beggs Hair Renewer as remedy for baldness and scalp diseases. It claims to stop hair loss and grow hair on bald heads, with a satisfaction guarantee, offered at J. J. Havercamp’s.
The piece argues Maine’s September Republican leads foreshadow national results in Congressional and presidential elections. It cites past cycles from 1882 to 1900, noting margins above or below 30,000 or 20,000 as predictors, and concludes Maine points the GOP path to victory, following Oregon and Vermont.
William Jennings Bryan argues for arbitration to settle labor disputes and for a cabinet level labor department. He defends Chinese exclusion as necessary and warns against entangling alliances while stressing American independence and global trade interests.
W J Bryan argues the Monroe Doctrine remains vital to U S interests challenging American ideas of sovereignty abroad. He asserts must defend the Filipinos if independence is granted and urges income tax authority while preserving national self government and avoiding European protectorates.
The document extols generous pension provisions for veterans and dependents, upholds enlistment as proof of fitness, supports US ownership of the Nicaragua canal, critiques Republican shifts, and urges statehood for Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma, plus home rule for Alaska and Puerto Rico with local representation.
The piece contrasts Democratic and Republican stances on Cuban independence and questions the GOP’s trustworthiness after courting colonial ideas. It argues for a broad program to reclaim arid lands for settlement, citing a agricultural report that envisions homes for millions and productive use of spring waters to populate western states.
A political argument warns that the Republican party uses campaign funds and treasury surplus to justify excess spending and new taxes. It attacks public subsidies for merchant marine interests and transportation monopolies, urging government fiduciary discipline and a foreign policy restoration to cut taxpayer burdens.
Inadvertent language in the Chicago Platform resolution references an income tax plank. The reaffirmation clarifies the party stance on taxation within the platform framework.
A collage of humorous and political quips mentions Miss Mary Anderson’s court conviction in Palmyra, Bryan’s campaign image and reading list, Sage’s money history project, and various foreign zoo and library observations.
A remark suggests that individuals who leave a church first violate the church’s tenets to display contempt. The statement frames exit as a deliberate breach of faith guidelines rather than a personal choice or disagreement.
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