Objection to sham 1862 Minnesota massacre at fair
The letter urges rejecting a sham reenactment of the 1862 Minnesota massacre during fair week. It argues the event is too painful, divisive, and historically harmful to residents, Indigenous communities, and state memory, urging a focus on less inflammatory displays.
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Fair Grounds
Duroy
Minnesota
Wisconsion
United States
Newlin
Mankato
St. Peter
Minnesota River
Yellow Medicine Agency
Massachusetts
Deerfield
St. Bartholomew
Little Big Horn
New Wills
Werror
Commonwealth
St. Paul Disputch
Bryan Answers Forgan on government guarantee of deposits
In a Commoner reply, William J Bryan confronts James B Forgan of the First National Bank of Chicago. He argues a universal deposit guarantee favors stockholders and questions bank safety, regulation, and public confidence. He urges the depositors' security over bank self interest and notes rail and liquor conflict context.
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William J. Bryan
James B. Forgan
First National Bank of Chicago
Mr. Bryan
Forgan
Mr. Walsh
Bat Tales and Norwest Plans Highlight Jagged News
A reader questions whether a bat can live ten years in a sealed wall niche, citing a live find by W Halstead of Mankato. Also described is Capt Roald Amundsen planning five years drifting from Pacific to Atlantic to study currents and ice, with pole discovery deemed unimportant. Senator Elkins protests wealth lists placing Guggenheim Wisconsin and others at vast sums, joking that 10 percent would cash out today.
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W. Halstead
Mankato
Halstead
Talstand
Roald Amundsen
Northwest Passage
Pacific
Atlantic Ocean
Polar Channel
Bering Straits
Pole
Senator Elkins
West Virginia
House of Lords
Senator Guggenheim
Colorado
Isaac Stephenson
Wisconsin
Senate
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Portland Oregonian
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Edison Phonographs
Edison
Pioneer Drug CO
New Ulm Feed and Cereal Mill Co
THE
Castle Gate
the Home Bakery
Wd, Eisner
Eisner
New Ulm Hardware Co
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