A Call to Remove Sewall to Unite Populists and Alliances
Amid fierce political debate a North and West driven Populist stance demands Sewall’s removal to avert a split. The piece accuses bankers of rumored panic and paints the current era as a battle among rich and masses. It urges alliance beyond party lines and mocks reform labels while urging decisive action.
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Senator Allen
Mr. Bryan
Mr. Sewall
Tie Trust
Reform Press
Annanias
Saphira
Sewall
Reform aims at farmers' share of wealth and action
A prominent citizen urges farmers to escape party ties, study reform papers, and move from investigation and discussion to action. The piece cites census data showing farm wealth declined from about half to 20 percent of national wealth and highlights low farm ownership in states like Ohio Maryland Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, warning of further losses without change.
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United States
America
Farmers of America
Onio
Maryland
Massachusetts
Pennsylvanis
Smalley Starts Abroad on Literary Mission
George W. Smalley, noted American editor and author, has been granted a two months holiday by the London Times. He has gone to Europe to prepare a short series of articles for The Ladies' Home Journal, planning to spend part of the summer in England and the rest in Germany.
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George W. Smalley
The
London Times
Ladies’ Home Journal
Europe
England
Germany
Alter the Tie Trust and Charleston Cotton Exchange vow support
South Carolina Alliancemen pursue the cotton tie trust with energy. Wire replaces flat ties and bales already placed will pass through. If other exchanges follow, the Alliance is assured of victory and broad planter cooperation pledges a decisive drubbing of the trust. Let the good work go on.
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South Carolina
Charleston Cotton Exchange
Watson shows firm stand on fair division of electors
In a Bryan era quarrel, Tom Watson rejects sharing electors with Sewall. He states Sewall could leave the ticket without harming his party, but his withdrawal would kill his own position. Watson insists on a straight Populist ticket and a total elector victory for his side.
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Tom Watson
Billy
Bryan
Atlanta Constitution
Mr. Sewall
Sewall
Gaspe
Mr. Watson
Mr Bryan and Populist divides noted by New York Press
The New York Press quotes urging more Democrats to question Watson and critiques Bryan. It contrasts the Democratic and Populist stances as the dominant Republican line in the Platte region is linked to fraud. The piece ridicules Bryan’s planned Madison Square Garden speech and mockingly cites oratory references.
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Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Deacon Mocks Office Plans Over Pine Box Talk
A rural exchange quotes a deacon joking about not seeking high office while carving a pine box by a grocery store. He ends by conceding he might pick the President only if a man can outfish and outshoot him, revealing local humor and character.
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Guvner
Congress
Government Ownership of Telegraphs Debate Rises in Labor Ranks
The piece argues for government ownership and operation of the national telegraph system, comparing it to postal and railroad government control, urging labor to press the issue across political lines and noting potential benefits for the country and the press. It also recounts a Bryan era anecdote about free coinage and silver speculation, illustrating concerns over profiteering and government policy.
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Ee Ignatius Donnelys
Bryan and Watson Club Formed in New York City
Hon. Thomas Cobb of Atlanta spoke to 10 000 Democrats praising Watson over Sewall and urging unity with Bryan. He framed Watson as a statesman and equal to Bryan, urged Populist support for Bryan, and announced New York’s first Bryan and Watson club as part of a broader push to seat Sewall.
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Bryan
Watson
New York City
Thomas Cobb
Atlanta
Georgia
Sewall
Sawall
Seawall
Echo
South Carolina
Union
St. Louis
Democra
Marshall
Washington
Jefferson
Patrick Henry
America
Mr. Cobb
Little Company
Bryan and Watson Club
Europe Has No Silver to Unload and Free Coinage Debate
A reader argues for free silver and gold at 16 to 1 amid claims Europe has no silver to dump, noting U S and world production figures, remonetization potential, and opposition to British price setting. The letter cites customs exports, critiques a goldbug argument, and references a court scene and a church sermon note.
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Europe
England
United States
Asia
Africa
Australia
Custom House
London
Commission
G. H. Sutherland
N. Y. World
Plea for mercy in New York dispossession case
Mrs. Sarah Hoffmann, mother of seven, faced eviction before Justice Bolte after six years in residence. With one month in arrears, she asked for a week to sell furniture and raise $12 monthly rent after years of washing to support her family. Trinity Church represented by a marshal urged eviction, while Hoffmann pleaded for time to avoid the street.
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Hema
Trinity Church
Troy
New York City
Sarah Hoffmann
Bolte
Sae Lee
Wiumainen
Ipon
Sound money doubts hit several banks in distress
The article notes Murray Hill State Bank and Security Bank Duluth closing doors due to deposit shortfalls, with North & Taylor Chicago in receivership. It cites failures at First National Bank Sooth Bend and Citizens National Bank Sanagero with large liabilities, plus a bank cashier's $24,000 theft and resulting suicide. It also condemns patent medicine solicitations tied to politics and highlights a rejected contract offer from Dr Miles Medicine Co amid Bryan's potential election.
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Murray Hill State Bank
New York
Security Bank
Duluth
Minn
North & Taylor
Chicago
Chas.s8 Day
F A Philups
New York Stock Exchange
J.E Kelly
First National Bank
Sooth Bend
Ind
Citizens National Bank
Sanagero
Texas
Lumberton Robesonian
Bryan
Dr. Miles Medicine Co
Bro. McDiarmid
Aoe al
The Old College and the New
Dr Chas W Dabney Jr president of the University of Tennessee delivers a commencement address at Virginia Tech analyzing the shift from the old classical school to modern state colleges. He warns against too radical change while praising individualized education and the need for moral courage in America’s colleges.
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Chas. W. Dabney, Jr
University of Tennessee
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
Echool
Hope
America
American College
Old College
Dream of the Press and Reform Parodies Rise
A collage of partisan chatter from reform papers with attacks on banks, currency, and politicians. It cites Populist and Republican lines, mentions Bryan, Tillman, McKinley, and Hoke Smith, and mocks Gray Gables and Cleveland era politics in a jumble of clipped quotations.
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Georgia
Hoke Smith
Cabinet
Atlanta Journal
Bryan
Gray
Gray Gables
Kingdom Come
Rocky
Portrait of Dr Mott by Dana Inspires Western Massachusetts
The Springfield Union features a vivid portrait of Hon. Jonah Jeremiah Mott, Silver Party chairman and noted North Carolinian. Described with pallid forehead and deep eyes, he greets absent delegates and faces a famed bull from his home state in a fable-like tale that ends with the bull’s remorse and a dramatic self-destruction in a china shop.
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Springfield
Dr. Mott
China Shop
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Free Silver
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Dream OF the Press
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National Banke
People’s Tribune
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Tennessee
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Ohio
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de Key
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Tillman
Republican Party
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Pennsylvania
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DR Mott
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