Wanamaker Warlike on Silver and Sound Money in Steelton
In 1961 a Steelton Pennsylvania meeting on public debt and bonds featured ex Postmaster General Wanamaker urging restraint and sound money. He warned against free silver, argued for debt repayment and national credit, and recounted McKinley era support for prosperity.
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Steelton
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Jacob Good
ES Pennsylvania Steelworks
W. H H. Letg
Bragston
W. C Farnsworth
Wanamaker
Lee
Appomattnx
SAF National
Schever
Pennsylvania
Dauphin County
Caumterland Valley
Curtin
Richey
House of Representatives
United States
Sherman
Ship of State
Damming the Rio Grande plan discussed by engineers
Denver reporters describe a joint United States and Mexico civil engineering commission examining damming the Rio Grande near El Paso to create a large reservoir. The scheme, aiming to irrigate arid lands, would require moving railroad tracks and building a dam about four miles above El Paso with a vast reservoir spanning roughly 18 miles in length and four miles wide.
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Denver
Eigil
United States
Mexico
Gov. Metutire
Colorado
el Paso
Tex
Civil Engineers
Derby
New Orleans
Vhiet
United States Commission
Pola
Alberto Flores
Senor Flores
Tows Palace
Daish
Joint Commission
Santa Fe and
Southern Pacific Railroad
Santa Fe
el Pago
Bege's Hair Renewer Invigorator and Dandruff Cure
Bege's Har Renewer promises universal satisfaction as a hair renewer and scalp cleanser. It claims to remove dandruff, leaving hair soft and luxuriant, with sales through all druggists.
Teller Delivers Colorado Springs Speech On Silver Question
Senator Henry M. Teller spoke to a packed Colorado Springs crowd about monetary policy and silver. He argued the Republican party offers no remedy for evils and urged return to bi metallic standards, asserting U S free coinage of silver would lift prosperity and criticized party loyalty in a wide wide-ranging address.
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Colorado Springs
Henry M. Teller
Colorado
Senator Teller
Antiprs
West
Plumb
Senatr
Ceme
Prinel
Republican Party
Congress
Iif
Wis
Jefferson
England
France
United States
Silver Question Rouses Partisan Debate in St Louis Convention
A transcription of fiery convention rhetoric in St Louis shows speakers denouncing tariff policy and urging a silver standard while criticizing the Republican platform. Sen Teller and ex Senator Reagan spoke on monetary reform, urging free silver as the remedy and urging cross party unity against the party's stance.
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St. Louis
McKinigy
Louis
Cleveland
Republican Party
Bryan
Blaine Pot
Supreme Court
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
S Uprem
Allver
Tanooly
Teller
Reagan
Texas
Festival of Mountain and Plain Subscriptions Grow
Encouraging reports show increasing pledges for the festival, with 15 entering the band contest and others available for the committee. Mine owners promise floats, and a Navajo tribe exhibition is planned to enhance the parade. Navyajos pledged to attend the event.
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Mountain
Plain
Cooper
Little Johnny
McNamara
Colorado
Department of the Platty
Mountain Arid Plain
Wallace
Will Bryan Carry Ohio Opinion of John W Bookwalter
John W Bookwalter a wealthy Ohio manufacturer and former Democratic gubernatorial candidate states in a Waldorf meeting that Ohio will cast its electoral vote for Bryan He says workers favor the Democratic platform and observes strong Bryan sentiment in the east despite McKinley’s personal popularity in Ohio He is convinced Bryan will win Ohio and the nation.
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John W. Bockwalter
New York
Ohio
Bryan
Secalh
Waldorf
Bookwalter
East
Journal
McKinley
Public notice from Committee of Fifteen seeks parade float details
A public notice from Thomas F. Doran, secretary, asks individuals and firms to submit a concise description of their proposed parade floats for the Festival. The communications are requested to be confidential to aid the committee in planning which floats to build.
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Thos. F. Doran
Bryan draws vast crowds in Cleveland rallies
In Cleveland on September 1, Bryan drew the largest audience of his tour, with about 14,000 packed at Central Armory and half that many at Muse Hall. Police and crowd movement reflected intense interest as he focused on the money question and attacked the gold standard, drawing General Coxey and Carl Browne among the early arrivals.
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Elemies
Wanamaker
Allver
Ansie #uin
Bryan
Madison
World Shoes
Mseelf
General Tracy
Chicago
Ohio
McKinley
McKinteys
McKintey
McKinter
Cleveland
New York
Central Armory
Muse Hall
Donra
Friend of
Labor
General Coxey
Leutenant
Carl Browne
Corey
Georgia
Stoge
L. E. Holden
Cleveland Plaindealer
Wating Hata
Armory
Madison Square
Music Hall
Hone
Pryani
Chautauqua
Mayville
Ripley
Farmore
Knights of Maccabees
Republican Club
Ashinbula
Bryn
Murely
Carlisle
Europe
Uie
Che
St. Louis
United States
Sue
Bryan Cotes
Erran
Republican Party
Republian
Steateat Baeton
India
China
Japan
Tempe
Tarsus
Bryan speech triggers 0 cent round trip fare in Canton
Canton Ohio reports a rate war among railroads dropping round trip fares to 0 cents for the Bryan visit with two day return. A Bryan club parade with 106 members toured the Forest City while ads tout De Witts Coke and Cholera Cure and Bee Hall’s Heir Renewer as remedies and tonics in local listings.
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Canton
Cleveland
Bryan
Forest City
Central Bryan Club
Ine
Hot Room Fatal in City Bathhouse Tragedy
In Minneapolis on September 1 James Cullen died after being left in a heated bathhouse room. Attendants failed to monitor him as the door may have closed, causing exposure and suffocation. Doctors indicated death from heat, with friends alleging criminal negligence. Cullen, about 200 pounds, left a grieving wife.
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Belle Vnal
Shenne
Guarantyiman Bath
Rookwood
Callen
Cullen
Burlington Route Promises Fast Westward Trains
An early rail schedule notes a shortest route from Kansas City to the far west via Colorado Montana and Pacific lines. It highlights a 1040 mile start to Billings Montana with about 24 hours to reach a westbound hub, offering faster connections than rival lines and promoting scenic travel to Colorado Utah and California.
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Colorado
Montana
Hot Springs
Puget Sound
Pacific
Burlington
Missouri River
Kanaas City
Resas
Lincoln
Bulbes
Kansay City
Denver
Hio Grands Scenic
Colorands
Utan
California
Auk
Ines
L. W. Warbley
Gen
St Loula
Ideal Palaces endorse Dr King’s New Discovery
Alderman James L. Francis of Chicago extols Dr King’s New Discovery as an ideal cough and lung remedy after five years of family use, while Rev John Bergus of Keokuk praises its rapid relief. Trial bottles are advertised at J K Jones drug store Fifth Street and Kansas Avenue. Ayer Cathartic Pills are endorsed elsewhere.
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James L. Francis
Chicago
Dr. King
J. K. Jones
Fifth Street
Kansas Avenue
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