Tall Pole Raising at Chile Draws 2000 in Patriot Celebration
Last Saturday Chile joined in a large rally with about 2000 attendees including over 500 Democrats honoring a McKinley flag ceremony. Speakers urged protection and sound money as the crowd, led by Moscow band and Johnsonville club, marched to the schoolyard for patriotic addresses.
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Chile
McKinsey
McKinley
Moscow
Neville Drama Corrs
Johnsonville
Kentucky
School House
Masa Wras
Hulick
Caldwell
Cincinnati
Clermont
Po Sitch
Sunset allegory on free silver sparks partisan debate
A Democratic exchange points to last Wednesday evening’s sunset as symbolic of free silver, arguing the pale whitish glow signals an eclipse of sun and moon by silver interests. The author counters, saying sunsets are golden and the metaphor misuses astronomy to push a political agenda.
Senator Helps Desperate Woman After Dock Scene
Senator Tissander of Georgetown arrived in New York from Europe and foiled a crisis when a distraught traveler fearing a river jump lost her money to a thief. He calmed her, and with quick generosity tossed a bill into a hat held by the crowd to fund her return home plus extra for incidentals.
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Senator Tissander
Georgetown
New York
Europe
Texas
Sabra
McKinley Rally Draws Large Crowd in Clermont
Hon. Seth Brown of Lebanon spoke to a packed crowd in city hall on Saturday night urging support for McKinley against free silver. A 150 signers McKinley club formed, with many working-class and colored voters backing the Republican ticket.
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Seth Brown
Lebanon
Warren County
Clermont County
McKinley
Brown
McKinley Club
William McKinley
Walker House
Mr. Brown
Culet
Clermont
Seven Chapters on Finance Warn Wage Earners of Silver
The excerpt argues that silver coinage harms workers by reducing purchasing power, warning that wealth concentrates with mine owners and that price marks will rise. It contrasts labor value with money value and cites silver’s effects in Mexico, Japan, and other nations as cautionary examples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desert Island
Freak at Amelia exposes a wild populist meeting
An English volunteer speaker, described as a freethinker and atheist, speaks at Amelia Ohio on silver coinage to a hall crowded with Populists Democrats and Republicans. The report mocks the event, lauds McKinley, and portrays the audience as weary and dreaming.
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Amelia
Ohio
CouRist
Popocrats
G. A. Frazier
Batavia
Wright
White Oak
America
Bethel
Nichols
McKinley
Mr. Frazier
Silver Club
California
George Washington
George
Popullar
St. Peter
Humane Society Officers Probe Cruelty to Mules and Horses
Ohio Humane Society officers visited Batavia to investigate long running cruelties on mules and horses at two P. and V. camps. Twenty arrests followed. warrants issued for Camp 1 and Camp 2 personnel. Hearings scheduled as 25 cases proceed amid legal irregularities and new affidavits.
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Ohio Humane Society
Batavia
Ninth Street
Cincinnati
Allen
Hamel
John Young
John Fishback
Camp 1
Ward, Coutney & Company
Jackson Keife
Michael Jones
Loving Vase Presented to McKinley by Silver Salvers
In Cincinnati a gold Loving Vase is exhibited for the next President William McKinley. The twenty inch vase rests on an ebony pedestal with an onyx base from Texas quarries. It bears engravings praising honest money and a presentation by The Mauser Manufacturing Co. with 400 to 500 silver smiths and mechanics attending in Canton on October 3, 1896.
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Duhme &Co
Cincinnati
United States
Wm. McKinley
Texas
Mauser Manufacturing Co
New York City
8. G. Dessaur
Chicago
Canton
Wm. McKiney
U. S
Amelia prepares to honor veterans with townwide welcome
Citizens of Amelia have arranged a festive reception for veteran guests next Saturday. The article praises Amelians for hospitality and describes the town as a model of warm welcomes, open homes, and bountiful hospitality from Brown and Clermont counties.
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Amelia
59Th
Brown
Clermont
Ohio United Brethren Conference in Session at Batavia
The German U B Ministerial Association opened in Batavia with twenty eight ministers and Rev G Fritz in charge. Business ends tonight while U B Conference starts October 1 with Bishop Hart presiding. Daily sessions this week and evening services invite all. Bishop Hatt may preach next Sunday at the M E church. A large state-wide attendance is noted. fuller details and assignments to be printed next week.
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U. B
Ohio
Rev
G. Fritz
Bayton
Bishop Hart
Hatt
M.E
Fuller
Clermont Heirs Seek Settlement of Kentucky Estate
The death of Kentucky native Basil Davis’s last surviving son’s line leaves an estate to split among G. M. Davis’s children and Basil Davis’s other grandchildren. The 80 acre Maysville farm and $1,000 in cash form five shares with 8 acres of land tied to Henrietta Davis now in question. Hon. G. W. Hulick advocates for a prompt, fair settlement.
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Basil Davis
Kentucky
George M. Davis
G. M. Davis
Maysville
Flora Ferguson
Martha Dial
W.T. Kain
Nannie Davis
Milton
Henrietta Davis
Fenton
Henrietta
G. W. Hulick
Clermont
Veterans receive quarterly government allowance in solemn review
A Lebanon Patriot item praises two Civil War veterans who receive their quarterly government pension. The piece extols surviving veterans as living monuments and urges unity among Democrats while criticizing Bryanism and favoring McKinley and Hobart or Palmer Buckner.
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Lebanon
Bryan
Palmer God Buckner
McKinley
Hobart
Goshen Defeats New Richmond In Baseball Clash
The New Richmond and Goshen teams met on the former grounds last Saturday afternoon with Goshen winning 10 to 6. The line score shows Goshen with 9 hits to New Richmond 6. Pitchers Bishop and Muir handled the mound for their clubs.
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New Richmond
Goshen
Bishop
Muir
Local Hiring News and Wedding Notices From Batavia Area
Clinton M Long appointed janitor of county building at 390 monthly. Term starts tomorrow. He will keep facilities in repair and sanitary condition. Eowan Anstedt and Ella Helbisch wed at U B church. William Flelbiech and Rosa Baha also married in Batavia. Annabell Bunpy to wed Francis M Thomas on Oct 7 in Norwood. Titanas Clark named postmaster at Clermontville.
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Clinton M. Long
Eowan Anstedt
Ella Helbisch
U. B
Anstedt
Batavia
William Flelbiech
Rosa Baha
Annabell Bunpy
Lebanon
Norwood
Francis M. Thomas
Clermont veterans prepare county wide camp fire event
Arrangements for a two day general camp-fire of Clermont county G. A. R. veterans on Bantam fair grounds are underway within thirty days. Plans include cooking rations over open fires, bugle calls, a sundown dress parade, and music from several bands. Committees from multiple posts organize this may be the largest county gathering.
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Clermont County
Williamsburg Post
Olive Branch Odd Fellows mark 25th anniversary event
Olive Branch Huston Lodge No 0 recorded the twenty-fifth anniversary of its history with a large turnout on Saturday September 26. attendees from many lodges in the county and nearby towns filled the 400-person audience for a program featuring an anniversary poem by Miss Ollie Marriott and songs by Miss Bertha Teal. continue with supper and entertainment organized by local ladies.
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Huston Lodge
LO. U0
Olive Branch
Mt. Washington
Newtown
Linwood
Madisonville
Mt. Lookout
Cinclonati
Ollie Marriot
Bertha Teal
Hawaisdipayas
Coin Harvey Warns Free Silver Harms Veterans
The Great Apostle of Free Silver argues that free coinage would hurt veterans by reducing pension purchasing power. He claims even the disabled and low-income elderly would suffer while the nation’s republic would be saved. He notes veterans once fought for the country and may endure some loss for a broader prosperity.
Sunday-School Convention Set at Belfast M. E. Church
A Sunday-school convention will be held at the M. E. church in Belfast on Sunday October 11 at 2 o'clock. All are invited to attend.
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M. E
Belfast
Fire Destroys Home of T C Vearil Near Williamsburg
T C Vearil of Cane Run near Williamsburg lost his home to a fire last Thursday night about 1 o'clock. The dwelling valued at 1200 dollars carried 650 dollars in insurance, with the family barely escaping with their lives.
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T. C. Vearil
Cane Run
Williamsburg
Grove's Sawmill Shooting in Estill County
Dodd Waters fired at Pete Wills with a shotgun at Grove's sawmill in Estill County. Pete Wills returned fire, striking Waters in the stomach with a pistol ball.
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Hazel Green Herald
Estill County
Grove
Dodd Waters
Pete Wills
Pete
Dodd
Razzle Dazzle Bryan Cited in Vermont Plurality Joke
The Olympian notes the Republican plurality in Vermont reaching 39 098 and comments on a palindromic count. The writer quips about Mr. Bryan, saying he is seen both coming and going.
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Vermont
Bryan
Campaign Focus Needed on Pacific Coast States
The Denver Republican argues the National Democratic Committee should give the Pacific coast campaign more attention. It notes several western states are uncertain for the free coinage cause and could affect national outcomes.
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Denver Republican
Pacific Coast
National Democratic Committee
Bryan's Law Practice Cited By Lincoln Judge
Judge Lansing of Lincoln Nebraska, who presided over Bryan's bar, notes in six years Bryan has argued only one case and that Bryan, though highly respected in Lincoln, faced mixed reactions when Chicago convention results were announced.
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Philadelphia Times
Shamokin
Lansing
Lincoln
Nebraska
Bryan
Chicago
Popocrat Rockwell Attacks Bryan in Buffalo Speech
The Buffalo Convention chairman H H Rockwell delivers a fierce attack on the Democratic platform, arguing that bimetallism misreads monetary value and that gold and silver derive value from government faith rather than intrinsic worth. The New York Sun notes the speech reveals Popocrat desperation and a departure from common sense.
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Buffalo
H. H. Rockwell
Bryan
Chicago
Rockwell
New York Sun
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Tissander Baves
Qnow Hale
Cleveland World
Beter
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Ayer
Lace
The
Humane Society
Man He
O Hio
United Brethren Conference
Ruth Davis
Titanas Clark
Poatman‘ter
Clermontville
ODD Fellows
Coin Harvey
Apostle of
Free
William
Harvey
LAW Practice
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