Political ticket listing state and local candidates
National and state level candidates include William McKinley Hobart Gamble Crawford Ringsrud Hindman Roddle Mayhew Phillips Jones Crane Lockhart McFadden Bromley Johnston Edwards Turner Woods Slocum Harvey Rice Houston Baker Sterling Vance Alexander Grant Wood Woods Crosbee Collins Smith Coomer Curtis Woodworth and others for various offices. Local names appear for sheriff register of deeds clerk of court probate judge states attorney superintendent of schools justice of the peace and coroner.
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W. H. Roddle
Brookings
H. E. Mayhew
Sanborn
K. G. Phillips
Lawrence
S. V. Jones
Aurora
Frank Crane
Codington
John L. Lockhart
Grant
D. W. McFadden
Custer
N. P. Bromley
Spink
Geo. Johnston
Davison
T. M. Edwards
Pennington
J. L. Turner
R. J. Woods
Minnehaha
R. S. Slocum
Campbell
John Wood
Harriet S. Grant
Justice of the Peace
Geo. W. Cook
J. H. Crosbee
Vy. E. Collins
Democrats Align With McKinley as Readle County Gears Up
In Readle County Republicans vow to vote in November while Democrats fall in line with McKinley. David B. Hill is described as a prophet and a sound money Democrat.
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Readle County
David B. Hill
Chicken Law Violator Tied to Prohibitory Law Violator
A succinct note states that the violator of the chicken law is equally guilty with the violator of the prohibitory law, reflecting parallel accountability in the cited case.
Global coinage gaps spark debate on free money
The text notes rough per capita circulation figures: about 4 dollars for Mexico and 220 dollars for China, describing nations where free coinage exists and prompting discussion on monetary policy and disparities.
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Mexico
China
Pettigrew Resigns from Republican Ccongressions Committee
Senator Pettigrew resigns from the Republican congressional committee. The text suggests Pickler may become his successor.
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Pettigrew
Republican Congressions Committee
Pickler
Senator Murphy Backs Bryan to Limit McKinley Victory
New York Senator Murphy endorses Bryan aiming to block a McKinley landslide in the state by swaying voters and curbing a large majority.
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Murphy
New York
Bryan
New York State
McKinley
French bimetallists accused as paid agents
The bimetallic faction in France faces charges of acting as paid agents for American silver bureaus, a jab at the political clash over monetary policy and the Sherman stance.
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France
United States
John Sherman
North Dakota Democrats and Populists Unite to Challenge Republicans
North Dakota factions from both parties fuse to oppose the Republican ticket. The alliance frames a bold bid to seize power on a shared reform platform despite past differences.
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North Dakota
South Dakota boys miss Bret at meeting
Hackett will be absent from the annual gathering of South Dakota newspaper boys. They trust his eastern trip with his aged mother will brighten her declining years.
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Newspaper Boys
South Dakota
Bret. Hackett
Farmers in Jim River valley praised with modest crops
Kidd of the Aberdeen Star thanks God that Jim River valley farmers have not crops as magnificent as those in the southern part of the state. He criticizes Kidd and calls for reform, noting his own strong liver.
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Kidd
The
Aberdeen Star
Jim River
Sioux Falls Press Clears Lucas Of Statewide Rumor
A Sioux Falls Press correspondent from Charles Mix county denies rumors that A. B. Lucas was rejected by local Republicans. Lucas will not seek re election to the legislature due to private business, missing sixty days at Pierre. The Huron reporters note Charles Mix Republicans celebrate the end of that political burden.
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Sioux Falls
Charles Mix County
A. B. Lucas
Laxecas
Lucas
Pierre
Charles Mix
Froth Atop in Republican Campaign Allusions
The piece comments on rising Republican sentiment with August to October 95 days until Bryan becomes a less talked figure. It notes strong South Dakota GOP leads and populist regret over a St Louis episode, while warning that national money is life blood and politics influence commerce.
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Bryan
America
St. Louis
Rumors of Extra Session Circulate in Washington
Reports from Washington indicate talk of an extra session of Congress. Cuban affairs require attention and Grover seeks congressional aid to address the matters at hand.
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Congress
Washington
Grover
Silver Club in Huron Seeks Growth This Month
The Silver Club of Huron counts 52 members and anticipates a speech by Pettigrew later this month to boost membership. The message urges Republicans supporting free coinage of silver to consider risks of irredeemable paper currency and warns that absolute free coinage is a step in that direction.
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Siver Club of
Huron
Pettigrew
Tom Watson on the Ticket Keeps Bryan and Sewall Stable
Tom Watson remains on the vice presidential ticket and keeps the Bryan and Sewall alignment interesting. If anyone departs from the ticket it would not topple the overall lineup.
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Tom Watson
Bryan
Sewall
Tom
Campaigns clash as Republicans and Populists meet today
Republicans gather at Huron while Populists convene in Sioux Falls, signaling a joint start to the campaign. Early signs point to Republicans forging ahead as the race heats up locally.
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Huron
Sioux Falle
Huron Huronire’s Mockery Targets Gov Sheldon
The Huron Huronire mocks the Republican campaign in the state by attacking Gov. Sheldon. Ralph notes the joke is aimed at the living and that the Huronire never warps against the dead, a pointed dig in its humor.
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Sheldon
Minneapolis Tribune
Ralph
Colorado Senator Wolcott Sticks With Republican Party
Senator Wolcott of Colorado, a strong advocate of free silver, declares he will remain in the Republican Party. He criticizes the Chicago platform as muddled and foolish and says the issue will not be heralded by Populiem’s cap and bells.
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Wolcott
Colorado
United States
Senate
Republican Party
Chicago
Volga Tribune Editor Shifts to Republicans
Tom Bishop, lifelong Democrat from the Volga Tribune, switches party to Republican and displays traits he once credited only to Republicans. He has bought the Arlington Sun and is alleged to plot to control over half of the state’s country press.
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Tom. Bishop
Volga Tribune
Arlington Sun
Wheat export decline and political promises under Wilson bill
The speaker notes 1890 91 92 exported 525 659 763 bushels earning 258 095 310 dollars under Harrison. In 1894 95 exports dropped to 291 115 071 bushels with 133 678 219 dollars. They question Democratic promises of foreign demand and prices, contrasting Free Trade and Free Silver rhetoric to past deception in 1892.
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Harrison
Democratic Party
Dolliver Renominated by 10th Iowa Republicans
The 10th Iowa Republican district convention renominated Johnathan P. Dolliver for Congress. In a five minute address he said his eight years in office showed no patented ideas and pledged humble service. He recalled Bryans sudden rush to seize the speaker after a Wilson speech.
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10Th
Iowa
Johnathan P. Dolliver
Congress
William J. Bryan
Wilson
Political rhetoric and attacks on Mr. Dolliver
The passage mocks a political figure, describing him as a schoolboy giggling and bearing him upon shoulders to the cloak room. It accuses him of epilepsy of politics and claims he asks the people to place him at the head of U S government and to entrap them with a Colorado skin game.
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Mr. Wilson
Mr. Dolliver
United States
Colorado
President Cleveland as a Political Reformer and Party Controller
The text portrays President Cleveland as a reformer who issues intimidatory orders to small officeholders to deter political participation. It argues he uses patronage to dominate his party and that his cabinet acts as a partisan committee delivering speeches nationwide. Consistency is praised as a jewel.
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Cleveland
Academy catalogue review ends with Iowa printing note
The Huronite received an academy catalogue from Scotland with editorial requests. The paper noted a Sioux City job house imprint and argued South Dakota enterprises should not use Iowa printers and then ask South Dakota publishers to advertise them for free.
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Scotland
Sioux City
Iowa
South Dakota
Tariff shift hurts farmers as sugar buys rise and fall
The text contrasts 1892 and 1896 prices showing butter buys far more sugar in 1892 than 1896, and a sheep buys 137 pounds of sugar in 1892 versus 674 pounds in 1896. It argues the Wilson bill rather than money itself caused the tariff-driven business mood downward.
Hailstorms Strike State Farmland In Ripening Crop Season
The article laments disastrous hail storms across the state that ruined farmers crops just as harvest neared. It reflects on divine providence and the sorrow of lost grain, acknowledging uncertainty yet accepting that what is.
Old Log School House Association Formed at Dako ta
Forty former pupils gathered at Ver million to organize the Old Log School House Association. The first schoolhouse, built in 1865 by Company A Dakot[a] Cavalry under Captain Nelson Miner, spawned the state’s modern education system and a rapid thirty year rise in higher education.
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Dakota
Vermillion
Company A
Dakota Cavalry
Nelson Miner
Beadle County
Platform dispute over free silver in Huronire and Plankinton Standard
The Huronire disputes being a free silver republican paper and confirms it leans bimetallist of the Allison school but not pro Pettigrew Bryan Tillman Altgeld. It endorses the St Louis platform promoted by McKinley, promising revived factory fires, employment for millions, and protection from European wage competition.
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Huronire
John
Plankinton Standard
Tom
Pettigrew
Bryan
Tillman
St. Louis
Wm. McKinley
Europe
Platform of equal rights and honest value for farmers
The speaker urges a platform defending equal rights and protections for producers, calls for a sound currency and end to combinations and trusts, and warns that voters will back the St Louis platform before November 3. He laments farmers paying 30 cents for wheat while coal costs $11.00, demanding market reform.
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St.Louis
United States
Strike by Huron club rooms leads to license shift
The Huron blind piggers and club rooms shut Saturday to protest licensing. They forced a city council move to license drug stores at 40 dollars a month, prompting a conflict with druggists and ongoing focus from prohibitionists. The dispute may push strict enforcement of prohibition in Haron.
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Huron
Haron
Union War Declares Against Candidate Sewall
The International Seaman's Union and its Coast and Seaman's Journal denounce candidate Sewall. They defend use of The Red Record against him, calling his business ethics unfit for public office and noting his shipowners' prominence as a factor.
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International Seaman’s Union
Sewall
The
Coast and Seaman’s Journal
Union
Red Record
Mr. Sewall
Loucks Defends Populists Against Bryan Endorsement
H L Loucks argues against endorsing Bryan at the Huron convention. He tells Judge Plowman the Populists should avoid being the tail end of the Democratic Party. He says free silver is only a step toward paper money and calls for broader reforms.
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H. L. Loucks
Committee On Resolutions and Platform
Huron
Bryan
South
Louck
Coal Supreme Robber Barons in Northwest Rail War
A critical attack on a coal cartel accuses ruthless conspirators of inflating prices. It notes hard coal rose from $7.25 to at least $11 per ton in Huron, with no rise in mining or transport costs and no added dealer profit, claiming the excess goes to coal barons while consumers pay in grain.
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Huron
Northwest
Beadle County Dairy Prosperity Versus Wheat Harvest
The article notes Beadle County faces a booming dairy industry with 6015 cows in 1896 and an estimated $120,300 yearly dairy income, claiming cows and creameries will outpace the wheat crop. It also discusses national politics, praising the gold standard and criticizing silver advocates within the Democratic Party.
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Beadle County
Iroquois Chief Andrew Lee Faces Populist Dilemma
Andrew Lee, populist candidate for governor, must explain how he accumulated a million dollars under the current monetary system amid party doctrine alleging oppression by the gold standard. The piece frames his task to persuade populist neighbors.
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Andrew Lee
Repudiation Plank in Chicago Platform
New York Tribune reproduces the repudiation plank calling for free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at 16 to 1 with full legal tender status for the silver dollar. It condemns demonetization and demands no retreat from the gold standard, accusing the candidate of rhetorical betrayals.
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Europe
United States
Republican Party
Seaboard
Potomac
Congress
Democratic Party
New York Tribune
Chicago
Blunders of the Democratic Party in August Forum
In political history the Democratic Party’s money policy stance in the 1892 platform is described as a major blunder. The discussion notes Senator Shelby M. Cullom and the Fifty-third Congress amid the party’s fiscal debates.
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Democratic Party
Shelby M. Cullom
United States
A Shower of Meteors May Light August Night
The article explains a hoped for meteor shower on Monday August 10 with meteors visible at night and possibly during the day, noting Earth’s 18 mile per second approach into a meteoric stream. It cites Professor Herbert A. Howe and references historic showers in 1833 and 1866 with the next major display expected in 1899.
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Earth
Chicago Times-Herald
Herbert A. Howe
Chamberlain University
Denver
Howe
Bucklens Arnica Salve Ad Claims Guaranteed Satisfaction
Advertisement for Bucklens Arnica Salve offered by D. K. Bryant promises a cure for cuts bruises sores ulcers salt rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands and skin eruptions and piles with a money back guarantee. Price 22 cents per box.
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D. K. Bryant
Huron McKinley Club to Elect Officers Friday
The Huron McKinley club will meet at city hall Friday evening August 7 at 8 o clock to elect permanent officers and conduct other business. All supporters of Major McKinley for president are invited to attend.
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Huron McKinley Club
Major McKinley
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John Longstaff
National
William M’kinley
Ohio
Garrett A. Hobart
New Jersey
R. J. Gamble
Yankton
Coel Crawford
Hughes
A. O. Ringsrud
D. L. Hindman
Marshall
Harvey J. Rice
J. W. Houston
John T. Baker
Edward Sterling
WM. Rogers
Alex. M Intosh
Register of Deeds
Edwin H. Vance
J. H. Alexander
F. E. Grant
J. B. Coomer
A. E. Curtis
B. Smith
D. Connard
L. Woodworth
Teller, Pettigrew, Et al
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