Prayer and bonds drive Cuban crisis plea in Challis editorial
The June 1897 issue of The Silver Messenger urges prayer for Cuba but questions if prayers will be answered as it condemns bonds and gold hoarding. It laments bread lines, starvation, and waves of misery, calling for reform and national awake ness to end tyranny and support peace and plenty for all. It invokes God’s justice and condemns hypocritical nations while urging action.
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Cuba
Greece
America
Vicious exchange of Boise City semi weekly call editor
The letter criticizes the Boise City paper under new editor Joe DeBarthe accusing it of cowardice and purchase of influence while acknowledging a cautious initial direction. It laments the paper’s past dishonor and mocks clerical devotion quotes, noting a troubling misprint and preversion while urging reform and accountability.
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Boise City
Joe DeBarthe
Bro. DeBarthe
Notable Facts Foretold by The Greatest Nation on Earth
A reader notes reception of public documents via Secretary of State George J. Lewis and cites striking figures from an illustrated Ladies' Home Journal article by William George Jordan. The piece touts U S timber value, church membership, government costs, farm wealth, and global mail share, highlighting America’s vast resources and progress.
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United States
Sam
William George Jordan
The
Ladies' Home Journal
America
Return of Hawthorne shocks with famine and plague account
The Cosmopolitan special commissioner Julian Hawthorne returns reporting India’s famine and plague horrors. British officials resisted close inspection but Hawthorne's fearless tour highlights a catastrophic toll of eight and a half million deaths. Also reviewed is The King Knave and the Donkey by Pythias Damon praising its critique of wealth and political rot.
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Julian Hawthorne
Cosmopolitan
India
Mr. Hawthorne
Knave
Pythias Damon
Damiens
Louis XV
T. S. Denison
Randolph Street
Chicago
Senator Mills Blasts Robber Tariff Bill For Fortunes
The speech mocks the plan to export an American heiress to European markets for bids by impoverished zones, arguing it exploits the taxpaying public. It questions the rise of great fortunes and the endowment of heiresses by legislation and wealth.
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Mills
Trade in titles shocks democracy and binds laborers to fund nobility
A political volley denounces Americans shipping and selling daughters for European titles. It condemns wealth as a force corrupting the republic, calls for accountability, and warns of a looming tribunal beyond this life for those who back such policy. The speaker cites taxes on the poor to finance trips for titles.
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Europe
United States
Patch on Uncle Sam’s pants signals prosperity view
Davenport’s New York Journal cartoon hints that prosperity is judged by patches on knee and soon on flat, while Nevada towns illustrate size by saloons. White Rock has none, Mountain City yields one saloon, Three Parks two, and larger towns three or more saloons, reflecting local humor.
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Uncle Sam
Davenport
Carto Us
New York Journal
Nevada
White Rock
Mountain City
Milltown N J Mourns Rubber Works Closure After Consolidation
In Milltown New Jersey the closed rubber works once employing 2500 workers for United States Rubber Company. The plant shut two months after an order to cheapen manufacture through factory consolidation went out from headquarters.
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United States
McKinley
Milltown
N. J
New Brunswick
Brother Parkhurst Sails for Europe
Brother Parkhurst of New York has sailed for Europe. The note wishes him good health and a long absence from the United States.
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Parkhurst
New York
Europe
United States
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James Gayle
W. H. Felkyer
R. N. Hull & Co
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Jas. Briner
W. E. Hanna
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Blackfoot, Houston & Challis Stage Company
Concord
B. H. & C. Stage Co
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J. P. Spanoina
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