Dickinson Co Official Paper Prospects in Second District Race
A private letter claims Hon. Jon Rees will win in the Second District. The piece argues tariff reform and railroad regulation loom large as issues with Morrison and Ries facing off. Manitoba secession and St Louis conventions are noted amid national contest debates. Local farmers push tariff removal for wool. railroads and Santa Fe dispute shape fall politics in Dickinson County.
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Jon Rees
Ligcxrs
A. Rees
Samven A. Ries
Congress
Doupiey Haskett
Rices
Morrison
Buncombe
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Santa Fe
Topeka
Judge Humrrey
Leavenworth
Atchison
Dickinson County
Tariff Critique and Democratic Convention Notes
A critical assessment denounces tariff laws as harming women shoppers with heavy duties on bonnets feathers gloves hats and parasols. It argues for reform and describes the Democratic National Committee meeting plans in Chicago on July 8 and the convention’s implications for delegates and policy. It also discusses religious debate and science versus faith, plus tariff impacts on home furnishings and cloth goods with calls to support Morrison bill reductions.
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England
Democratic National Committee
Chicago
St.Louis
Congress of the
United States
District of Columbia
Brussels
East
Tariff debate over wool protection in Congress set to continue
The Kansas City Times reports a wool industry hearing before the Ways and Means Committee where wool growers defend protection amid falling prices. Critics argue tariffs raise costs for consumers while failing to lift unprotected goods, citing price declines in wool, cotton goods, blankets, and grains since 1882.
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Kansas City Times
Ways and Means Committee
Mr. Hewitt
Whitman
United States
Amidown
Ohio
New York
Wisconsin
Michigan
Mr. Whitman
Kansas
Missouri
Young Man Duped by Abilene Con Artist on River Train
David Metzger a 20 year old from Jessie Indiana journeyed to Abilene Kansas with a roll of cash and was lured by a smooth merchant to cash a bogus check. The pair separated in Quincy and Metzger later learned the check was fake. He boarded a Union Pacific train toward Abilene after realizing the deception.
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Kansas City Times
David Metzger
Jessie
Ind
Abilene
Kansas
West
Decatur
Ill
St. Louis
Meridian National Bank of Indianapolis
Metzger
Quincy
Metzer
Hanni and
St. Joseph
Mr. A
Union Depot
Union Pacific
Wool tariff cut boosts wool price in 19th century policy
A late Ohio paper notes a $15,000,000 rise in wool value from tariff reduction. The writer, seeking a wool suit in Abilene, finds high prices and questions the impact of the tariff policy on wool costs.
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Ohio
Abilene
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Jame Carr
Strother
Brothers
Peblinkersa
Oficial Paper Dickinson Co
Republican Party
N. Y. Sun
Tuomas Hounren
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Dominion Confederacy
Ingalls
Eastern Railroad
Samax Rices
8. A. Rices
Bos Ixcrrson
Kansas City
Mgersout
Mr. Ingersoll
Darwin
Shvx- Ley
Tyndall
Ingersoll
The
Republic
Chicago News
Chet
Prithee
Mrs. F
Mra. C
W.S. Hopes
J. S Hollinger
Chapman
Ingin Hebouse
J.& Hollinger
M. L. Baldwin
Ievacanae Stables
M. Township
Stephen Treague
Soeuen
Berry Bros
Berry Bros. Mercantile Company
South Side
Crane's Ranch
Durham Park
Marion County
Vees
A. H. Martin
C. W. Liggett
Hodge Brothers
Acorn
Buckeye Avenue
Abilene, Kansas
Grand Clearing Out Sale
F. Augustine
J. F. Augustine
Augustine
C. G. Hawk
Hawk & Gleissner
Piairie Dirilligis
Humphrey
Cali
M. Gleissner
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