Mixed memories and misprints from the Silver Messenger
A fragmentary collection in the Silver Messenger from Swallis Idaho includes humorous quips about an alphabet invention, a city burglary, and weddings. It notes the president needing congressional war authorization, mentions industrial strife shifts, Paris world fair exhibits, and Minnesota governor Alexander Ramey’s eighty fifth birthday. Also referenced are a 106 year old widow, Mount McKinley’s stature, Korean civilization claims, and a New York board of health laboratory plan amid a plague scare, with a grassy pest alert to farmers.
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Alexander Ramey
Minnesota
Minneapois
St. Paul
Minnesota Territory
United States
Hayes
Growth of combines and suspected grain trust reaches middle west
Report by P I Dowie details a 600 member grain dealers alliance spanning Wisconsin Minnesota Iowa Nebraska Kansas and Dakotas. He alleges price fixing political manipulation and theft from farmers with contracts inspections fines and elevator control backed by a Republican aligned conspiracy. He links Hearst New York Journal coverage and Republican press campaigns to anti labor tactics.
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P. I. Dowie
National Democratic Traveling Men's Association
Commercial Travelers’ Anti- Trust League
Chicago
Missouri
Netaka
Iowa
Mr. Dowle
St. Paul
Kansas City
Wisconsin
Minnesota
North
South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Lying and rumor taint Bryan coverage by party press
A scrambled report accuses Republican editors of spreading forged and misprinted figures about William Jennings Bryan. It cites errors in claimed fortunes, misattributed votes, and a revived wartime-style propaganda bureau spoofing Bryan’s finances to discredit him, illustrating partisan press battles.
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Republican National
Republican
Bryan
Bath
N. Y
Hath
Maine
Hanna
Creetman
Nebraska
Tle
Himad Lterary Bureau
Mr. Bryan
Buureau
Kettleman
New York Journal
Prema Bureau
New
Mark Hanna Pulled Off Campaign Spellbinder Role
The article reports that Mark Hanna’s career as a campaign spellbinder ends after President McKinley intervenes. Hanna faced backlash over his Chicago trust remarks and was limited to managing funds. his later Delphi and Chicago speeches drew more trouble, with Democratic leaders lamenting his downfall while Roosevelt and Senator Stewart remain.
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Mark Hanna
William McKinley
Ward McKinley
Haw
Hanna
Indiana
Alinda
Natonal
Jones
Democratic Committee
Chicago
United States
McKintey
Mark
Dakota
Nebraska
Perry Heath
Landis
Indland
Delphi
Republican Papera
Commercial Men's Club
Mr. Bryan
Cotton Ball Trust
Jem
Teddy Roosevelt
Senator Stewart
Bryan Denies Promising Cabinet Posts in Campaign
William Jennings Bryan answers charges by Hand that he promised cabinet or other positions to supporters. Bryan insists he has made no verbal or written pledges and that he will act by his platform and personal judgment if elected.
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Promium
Lohall
William Jennings Bryan
Handa
Why Republicans Are Apathetic, Binghamton Leader
The record of the Republican party in government is not satisfactory to its members. Thousands of Republicans nationwide disapprove the Philippine home rule and many will not vote the ticket. The party faces indifference and disgust among thinking independents, undermining confidence and likely producing unsatisfactory results for its managers.
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Binghamton
Republican Party
Slavery in the Islands and Polls Spark Political Debate
A fiery interview questions President McKinley on slavery in the Hawaiian Islands and U S annexation. It alleges empire ties, sultan payments, and polygamy debates while relics of Republican policy are scrutinized. Rochester Herald notes Mark Hanna worries over New York and Democratic gains amid shifting Maine Vermont and New York margins.
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Georgia
United States
America
Hawaiian Islands
Congress
Ohio
Aluvely
Sulu
Moros Islands
Phillippines
Sulu Islands
Brigham H. Roberts
Republican Party
Hanna
Rochester Herald
Mark Hanna
New York
Maine
Vermont
How Successful Farmers Operates This Department of the Farm
A detailed discussion on butter handling and packaging practices notes that squares vary in weight across creameries and recommends uniform sizing and lighter, returnable boxes. It also recounts experiments on gape worms in chicks, showing earthworm feeding on dirt floors elevates disease, while board-floor chicks remain largely unaffected.
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Garman
Kentucky Experiment Station
Lexington
Feeding Turkeys and Belgian Hares in 19th Century Farms
The article lists a morning noon and evening turkey mash using sweet potatoes cornmeal barley or buckwheat meal and milk with a small amount of aunt acid. It warns of a boom in Belgian hare farming near Chicago and San Diego county California noting market limits and public resistance. It compares hare proliferation to rabbits and cautions poultry keepers against overoptimistic hare farming plans.
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Chicago
San Diego County
California
Dairy cow value and milk yield judges misled by cream
Professor Beach explains market prices reflect cow condition rather than long term profit. He notes cows priced 85 to 50 dollars vary in net profits by far more than initial cost, and that weighing and composition tests like the Babcock test are needed to accurately appraise annual milk and butter yield rather than relying on cream color or milking habit.
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C. L. Beach
Storrs
Good and Poor Judges at County Fair Exhibit
A western swine grower laments the county fair judging panel. He argues that a single competent judge, rather than a three member committee, would award premiums more justly. He urges selecting a road practi cal breeder with real hog experience to judge alone for universal satisfaction.
Early ripening wheat varieties from Alaska tested by Prof. Georgeson
Secretary Wilson reports two wheat varieties from Alaska discovered by Prof. Georgeson mature early at northern latitudes. Straw samples are returned long and bright. Experiments with the Varletton variety aim to prove their value for earlier harvest.
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Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Alaska
Georgeson
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Silver Messenger
Idaho
Chiners
Kier
Paris
Gert
Nancy Jones
Jonesboro
Jonestown
Hobson
Admiral Dewey
Tully
St. Bilas
Mount McKinley
Earth
North America
Shama
Korea
Bob
Rhangea
Republican Literary Bureau
Republican Press
W. R. Hearst
Republican Press Bureau
McKinley
Philippines
Kalamaroo
Mich
Pacific Coast
Sacramento
San Francisco
U. 3
Dept. of Agriculture
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