Populist Convention Adopts Silver Coinage Stand
The silver conference urges free coinage at 16 to 1 and calls for a delegate national convention in St Louis on July 22. The plan requires allegiance to the declaration and uniting voters to support the convention nominees. A provisional committee operates from Washington as debate over finance and policy continues amid strong speeches and applause.
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Wasmisetoy
St. Louis
Washington
Ned Territories
Friends of Silver
Dintch
Missouri
Kentucky
Rinel- Tarn
United States
Senate
General Pield
Virginia
Anade
Turner
Lansing
Mich
Stewart
Nevada
Jones
Hamilton
Jefferson
Monroe
Jackson
Lincoln
Senator Jones
J. J. Mott
North Carolina
Money Succeeds Manderson as Democratic Dark Horse
A Nantucket style political roundup reports on Money winning a U S Senate nomination on the 20th ballot, Manderson as a potential dark horse, and Nebraska support for McKinley. It notes Thurston as a friend, Nebraska delegation heading to St Louis, and drafts for 1896 campaigns across several states.
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Songramman Money
George
Senate
Mississippi
Jacxsos
Miss
Congessaman HD. Money
Democratic Caucus
United States
J. & George
Manderson
Dark
Silver Senators Demand Silver Coinage Plank in Platform
Republican silver Senators sign a declaration for the national platform urging free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 to remove exchange inequities with gold nations. They also seek tariffs to equalize labor costs with Europe and Asia as they push silver men in Congress to sign.
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Washington
Isa
United States
China
Japan
Europe
Asia
Congress
Gomez Drives Near Havana and Is Repelled
Maximo Gomez, moving rapidly, reached within fifteen kilometers of Havana. Marin launched a dawn sortie at 2 o clock to attack the insurgents, who withdrew toward Tapasio in confusion. Reports from Havana claim Maceo has captured Pinar del Rio, despite official denials from military headquarters.
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Havana
Marin
Maximo Gomez
Tapasio
Pinar del Rio
Maceo
Intercepted Love Letters In Missouri Case
Amanda Poppard, sixteen, was held to a federal grand jury on charges of intercepting and destroying letters to Theodore Miller. Miller and the girl, both residents, were lovers until a quarrel over money paid to another girl. Poppard claimed post office letters from the rival were intercepted. Assistant District Attorney W. M. Draffen prosecuted.
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St. Josxrn
W. M. Draffen
Boonville
Monroe Doctrine Finance and Tariff Up for Discussion
Was Nixon ton June 24 report highlights debates on Monroe doctrine in Venezuela, silver finance, and tariff impacts on farm products. Speakers include Daniel Virginia supporting Monroe policy, Dubois Idaho on silver, Warren Wyoming on tariff effects. President submitted State Department report on Americans in Turkey. bond silver debate to resume.
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Wasnixeton
Mr. Daniel
Virginia
Venezuela
Dubois
Idaho
Mr. Warren
Wyoming
Turkey
Jones
Arkansas
Boy Rescues School as Fire Forces Evacuation
Hazard at Dodge Street three story school in Owana Nebraska on January 24 sparked panic among 600 pupils. Eleven year old Affie Downs kept order by beating a drum guiding students to safety as fire crews arrived and teachers fought the blaze with water. Several fainted but no serious injuries were reported.
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Arried Adown
Fane
Owana
Neb
Dodge Street
Affie Downs
Vigilance committee in Fayetteville imposes town rules
Fayetteville Tennessee reports a vigilante group formed to curb crime announces its presence in local papers. Two black men and one black woman in Wayetterilis were whipped by supposed committee members and ordered to leave. The group bans men and boys from the public square after 10 PM and enforces it with possible violence.
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Fayetteville
Tenn
Faverrevitte
Vayetterilis
Masse-Turkish treaty rumors shake diplomatic circles
Washington diplomats weigh a supposed Russia Turkey defensive alliance and its global implications. Senators warn of a shifted balance of power in Europe with potential Mediterranean control and British restraint. Vienna Paris dispatches deny the pact. In Benton Kentucky a local option vote ends dry as open Bible wins.
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Opinlows
Washington
Wasurxoros
Pall Gusette
Senate
Es Ly
Committee On Foreign Relations
Seuator Davis
Russia
France
Apears
Mediterranean
England
Som
Lode
Turkey
American
Vilas
House Committee On Foreign Affairs
Mritt
Berlin
San Stephano
Lowpos
Daily Telegraph
Vienna
Paris
Pall Mall Gazette
Benton
Campaignera For License
Banton
Wild Prussian superstition and a rocket engineer's prophecy
In Prussia a farmer’s death led to a grim belief that nine family members must be drawn into the state by exhuming the corpse and decapitating it. Elsewhere Joseph Bell, engineer of Stephenson's Rocket, died aged 83, recalling Stephenson’s prophecy of trains reaching fifteen miles an hour and witnessing speeds over a mile per minute.
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Prussia
Peukuhl
Joseph Bell
Stephenson
Largest camellia claimed at Plintus Castle
A camellia growing at Plintus Castle near Dresden Germany is reported as the largest in existence with a height of twenty four feet and an annual yield of about sixty thousand Diassoma government officials and horticulturists note the extraordinary size and production of the famed tree.
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Plintus Castle
Dresden
Germany
A Fine Catendar by N W Ayer & Son
An advertisement touts the beet calendar from N W Ayer & Son News Rey Advertising Agents Philadelphia. It highlights large date figures, daily usability, and Everlastingly At it motto with a price of 25 cents including delivery postage paid to any address.
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N. W Ayer & Son
News- Rey
Philadelphia
Ping
Osce
Electric Bitters for Elderly Health Claim
An old medicine advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a safe tonic for older people needing bowel regulation. It claims the remedy has no whiskey or intoxicants, aids digestion, strengthens organs, and acts mildly on the stomach and bowels at a price of fifty cents per bottle from J. K. Jones, Drug Store.
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J. K. Jones
Brother Gardner
Bumbo Jones
Henry Clay
South
Samuel Shin
Deacon Baker
Elder Toots
Givendam Jones
Tuckache
Rencon
Day Gould
Vanderbilt
Standard Oil Company
Davis
Ais Globe Fur
Wellington
Sean
Bogard
de Wellington
United States
White House
Mons
Autercom
The Big Limekiln Club Lecture Prank Unfolds
In a Detroit Free Press noted oddity, Brother Gardner introduces Professor Bumbo Jones as a lectureship pick, while Jones stalls and mocks with a tonic pitch and comic patter. The audience laughs, mischief escalates, and Jones exits amid raucous cheers before returning defeated.
Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Magazine Roundup
A brief note lists Harper's Bazaar and Harper's Magazine, noting their editions and weekly publication cadence. The items reference Harper’s names and brands in a period-voice block likely from a literary or fashion column.
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