Substantial editorial on Populist strategy and democracy
A State Journal opinion piece by ANNTE G. DIGGS argues for populist unity, critiques two party blocs under Wall Street influence, and endorses direct reform paths including cooperation with Debs and silver under a broad democratic platform. It extols municipal ownership while forecasting shifts in the 20th century political landscape.
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Ruskin
Bryan
William J
Ihr
Cleveland
Wall Street
Mr. Towne
Jeteronl
Cain
Chen
Annte G. Diggs
New Tariff Law Debated Amid Pro and Con
Weather indications from Chicago note variable winds for Kansas tonight and Tuesday. The article surveys four months of tariff debate, praising some supporters like The World and Governor Pingree while noting opposition from various lawmakers. It discusses McKinley’s tariff stance, anticipated economic effects, and mixed projections on revival of business and revenue.
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Chicago
Kansas
Congress
McKinley
Hancock
Min
Lumber Na
Prairie States
Sven
Baker
White
California
Annie Diggs Forecast for 1900
The Kansas City Times prints Annie Diggs political horoscope for 1900. It discusses William J Bryan as president candidate with Charles A Towne as vice president and a platform of free coinage of silver and direct money issuance. The column foresees silver dominating political discourse and predicts ongoing party conflicts and reform efforts nationwide.
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Kansas City Times
William J. Bryan
Charles A. Towne
Nathonn
Atlanta
Municipal ownership gains ground in street franchises
Prom Municipal Affairs notes gas plans run in 168 English and Scottish cities and 23 German ones, with 12 American cities including Wheeling Louisville Richmond and Philadelphia. Electric plants cited in 200 U.S. municipalities, plus Toronto and some Australian colonies. Time shows many cities worldwide adopt municipal ownership, deemed feasible and not politically harmful.
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Prom
England
Scotland
London
Germany
Hamburg
Dresden
Brussels
Amsterdam
Wheeling
Louisville
Richmond
Philadelphia
Inchuirg Dunkirk
Jacksonville
Springfield
Little Rock
Topeka
Bay City
Switzerland
Holland
Toronto
New
Globe Sights. Atchison Globe humor column fragment
A fragmented humorous sketch from the Atchison Globe reflects on marital disputes after marriage, public notoriety from announcing plans, and social quips about men seeking distant gold fields and women blaming doctors for a patient’s death with a witty, old fashioned tone.
Birthplace of Sol Smith Russell Recalled in Brunswick Tale
An old frame house on a bluff in Brunswick Missouri is identified as the site tied to actor Sol Smith Russell's birth. The piece recalls early town life on the Grand river, floods shaping Rennewick, and river changes that moved the town inland. It notes the lack of evidence Russell performed there after gaining fame.
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Boston
Brunswick
Missouri
Sol Smith Russell
Chicago Chronicle
Rennewick
Alissiusippi
Russell
Saline County
Bruns- Wick
Sol Smith Rexsell
Ex-Mayor Grant Leads Railway Advertising Buyout
New York July 26 ex mayor Grant and Wm J Kenny headed a deal to form a new Railway Advertising company by taking control of the Wineburg Broth ers bond and the Metropolitan Traction networks. If the venture succeeds the title passes to the buyers. if not the business reverts to Grant and associates.
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New York
Hush J. m
Raihway Advertising Company
Michael Railway
Grant
Wm. J. K. Kenny
Broadway Road
Metropolitian Traction Company
Crs
New Jersey
Newark
Oranges
Montclair
Elizabeth
Providence
Wineburg Brothe
Boud
Boston
Baltimore
Washington
Lost mine discovered by ex governor in Baja California
Hermosijo Mexico July 26 Jose Mar Villagrana former governor of Lower California reports discovery of a rich gold mine near El Tajo. The mine was worked a century ago by mission fathers. Villagrana was captured by a revolutionary party twenty years ago and learned of the mine from an inspector, prompting a long search that has now succeeded.
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Hermosijio
Mex
Jose Mar
Villagrana
Lower California
el Tajo
Vilagrana
Runaway Corners: a city area famed for accidents
Mr and Mrs C L Vanderpool were injured in a runaway at Sixth and Lincoln, not fatally, after a lightning frightened horse. The incident followed two prior fatal runaways nearby within a month. The wagon overturned, the buggy top tore, and the horse crashed into a post on Lincoln Street before being stopped. They were taken to Dr Webe’s home and later returned home.
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C. L. Vanderpool
Sixth
Lincoln Streets
Vanderpool
Webe
Could Not Eat The Affliction Of A Fort Scott Lady
Fort Scott Kansas Eva Crata reports relief from dyspepsia after using Hood's Sarsaparilla. She says the medicine purified her blood and restored appetite, noting she can now eat without distress and feels better overall. Hood's Pills also recommended.
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Fort Scott
Kan
Hood
Eva Crata
Ridgley Proposes Graduated Tax Bill for Kansas
Washington July 26 Congressman Ridgley of Pittsburg Kansas introduces a graduated tax on property and estates. The bill taxes estates under two million at one percent rising to eighteen percent on estates above ten million. Revenues fund pensions rivers canals roads forests national guard and other public improvements.
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Ridgley
Kansas
Washington,l
Pittsburg
Kan
Ledge of copper ore found near Sitka promising vast riches
Seattle readers report British Columbia prospector F C Lawrence discovers a copper ore ledge along the ocean beach eight feet wide extending 400 to 500 feet promising high copper and gold yields. A sample and a large sphere weigh 500 pounds. the find, once located by Lawrence and L C Dillan, is said to offer easy water transport access, boosting profitability.
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Seattle
Wash
Sitka
Alaska
F.C. Lawrence
Lawrence
L C Dillan
Spokane
Ships In Great Demand As Export Grain And Cotton Grow
Philadelphia July 22 demand for vessels in foreign and coastwise trade increases and rates rise due to scarce tonnage. Coal loaders block railroads for coastwise ports while ships arrive and discharge quickly. Grain steamers are in demand for July August and September. British ships Boyne Mathew Bedlington Imperial Prince chartered for Cork loading at rising rates. Cotton shipping to Liverpool Havre and Bremen also sought. Wheat and corn trains move west to free tonnage for new crop exports.
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Philadelphia
Mand
Boyne
Cork
Imperial Prince
Routhern
Liverpool
Havre
Bremen
Baltimore
Newport News
Indians in council over Wyandotte land sale near Mount Scott
Kiowa Comanche and Apache chiefs hold council at Mount Scott in Guthrie Oklahoma to decide on selling about 206 260 acres of their reservation at 25 per acre to the Wyandottes from near Kansas City Kansas If the government makes the reservation permanent they may accept new tribes else they will resist and present a department proposal The bowers oppose any such plan
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Guthrie
Mount Scott
Kansas City
Kan
Department
Treasury to print 104 million in small currency notes
Washington reports a strong need for small denomination money, with $104 million authorized for printing. The plan targets ones, twos, fives and tens to meet three months of demand for crop movement and retail use.
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Washington, O
Treasury Department
Anne Farpe
Vanyderlip Best
Bureau of Encraving
Secretary of the Treasury
National Brewers Trust to Control Beer Nationally
Philadelphia and national brewing leaders discuss forming a national brewers trust to consolidate output across states. A Pennsylvania Brewing Company chartered in Lancaster gathers eleven Pittsburgh brewers into one system. Major firms like Anheuser Busch Pabst and Rochester breweries reportedly open to joining the plan. Experts note the deal would strip competition, value plants in stock, and centralize profits with vast capital.
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Philadelphia
Jasy Wi
United States
Standard Ol Company
Marrinhire
Pennsylvania Brewing Company
Chatené
Consumers’ Brewing Company
Keystone State
Anheuser Busch Company
St Louis
Pabst
Milwaukee
Rochester
National Brewers’ Trust
Navy yard readies ships for sea duty this week
New York city surveys report vessels at Brooklyn navy yard poised for sea duty by week’s end as repairs race to finish. Only Indiana remains unfit due to foul hull and no dry dock. officials may seek Halifax deck access from Britain, a first for such a foreign dock request, with a new dock still months away.
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New York
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Navy Yard
Navy Department
Halifax
High-Priced Funeral Fees Stir House Debate
Washington report shows Odell, chair of the House accounts committee, refusing to approve the undertaker bill for the late Congressman Conk of Illinois. He objects to embalming charges, casket costs, and travel fees, arguing some items exceed service value and compare unfavorably to his own duties as a congressman.
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Washington
Saryes—Conereseman Odell
New York
Committee On Accounts of
House
Congressman Conk
Illinois
Odell
New York State
Here
Chicago
Odell Sase
Japan's Navy Grows With Large English Ship Orders
London reports Japan expanding naval power as it orders battleships cruisers and torpedo craft from English yards. The move signals a serious buildup seen as preparation for potential conflict with major powers, with each vessel built to the latest high speed designs.
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England
London
Japan
DIRT DEFIES THE KING AND THE BEAR FIGHT
New York July 2 Bobt Pitsimmons and his bear clashed in a swift bout ending with the bear injured and the dog fled. Yarram the pugilist doggedly attacked the bear as onlookers scattered with pitchforks while the bear and dog traded blows and hair and yelps filled the scene. The fight ended with reconciliation impossible and the bear left in distress.
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New York
Bobt Pitsimmons
Yarromi
Hob
Bruin
Cheampion
Yarram
Amy
Ree
Fitzsimmons Mansion
Avon Brul
Pitt
Yarrum
Grant faction wins in Texas appointments scramble
July 2 amid a deadlock over Texas fourth class ports national committeeman Dr John Grant and allies push the Grant slate while Eddie Green’s faction roars. Sam H Flanigan of Longview backs Grant and vows to remove a Democrat from office, aiming to lead the state executive chair if Green is displaced.
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Eddie Green
Texas
Washington
Offios
John Grant
Grant
Green
Sam H. Flanigan
Longview
Tommy
McKinley
Thion Pacific Ticket Sales to Chicago and St Louis
Thion Pacific offers Chicago tickets at 10.50 and St Louis at 7.40 from July 16 to August 1 with additional July 22 26 30 and August 24 1. Also 740 Topeka to St Louis at 7.40 with August dates via Santa Fe Route. Information from F A Lewis Cy Ticket Agent 625 Kansas Ave and J Fulton Depot Agent. Bromo Cares headache medicine priced 26c.
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Thion Pacific
Chicago
St. Louie
Gti
Pth
F. A. Lewis
Kansas Avenue
J. Fulton
Topeka
St Louis
Santa Fe
Maine Mills to Close Over Cheap Lumber and Dear Logs
Maine mills on the Penobscot river suspend operations as lumber prices fall and log costs rise, with two mills shut this week and others idle awaiting better margins. Logs move at 4 to 12.50 per thousand while sawdust markets and New York spruce prices show volatility. analysts doubt tariffs will ease excess stock. Arizona gold quartz claims in Peeples Valley sell for 20 000 to Dr Underwood of San Francisco, with development work noted.
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Maine
Banger
Penobscot
USA
New York
Totel
Arizona
Prescott
Ariz
Peeples Valley
Mesers, Sinclair and Walloth
Dr. Underwood
San Brasicis— Co
Peerless Steam Laundry Restores Rugged Collars
An odd advertisement notes Peerless Steam Laundry can smooth damaged collars. It mentions remedies named Whites Cream Vermitage and a health claim, with pricing at 25 cents. The ad lists Geo Stansfeld and Stier Pharmacy at 6th and Topeka avenues.
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Geo
Stansfeld
End Stier” Pharmacy
Cor
Topeka Ave
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