Rube and Mary in the Great White Canyon Tragedy
Mary, postmistress at a frontier canyon, clings to her lover Reuben Halse as hardship, crime, and disguise test their bond. Paul Harding, an English officer known as Beauty, returns from England to tempt Mary, but his doom comes in a saloon confrontation sparked by Bill Redfern. A rough jury later rules Paul's death a suicide in a moment of drunken ruin.
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Mary
Reuben Halse
Blue Pools
Reuben
Rube
Ffolliott’s
Bill Redfern
Sammy
Joe
Ffolliott's
Paul Harding
Paul
Lon Tom
England
Egypt
Great
White Canyon
Ffolliott
Pauli
Rube Halse
Bill
Atchison Globe
Pension Fight in Congress Over Deaf Telegraphist
In the Fifty-second Congress, Tarsney of Missouri and Turpin of Alabama clashed while Turpin challenged a pension claim for a man deemed totally deaf who worked at the interior department telephone. Waugh of Indiana protested, the two men fought briefly in front of the clerk, Sherman Hoar helped restore order, and both apologized as the pension tale was dropped.
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Congress
Joe Blackburn
Chandler
New Hampshire
Dan Waugh
Indiana
Turpin
Alabama
Tarsney
Missouri
Interior Department
Waugh
Woman Overcomes Rumors Through Persistent Action
A determined woman silences idle gossip by daily proving her capability. She asserts independence, taking initiative in small acts and demonstrating self reliance through concrete, ongoing effort.
Wit and Wisdom From the Atchison Globe
A column of quirky maxims andobservations on marriage money dogs and social life from the Atchison Globe. It riffs on behavior friendship fortune and the foibles of men and women with satire and humor.
The Silver Lining and Its Money Question
Irish playwright Fitzgerald Murphy fronts a social drama based on Coin's Financial School arguing against the gold standard. He cites Milton, Ricardo, Walker, Jones, Stewart and Bryan while praising free silver and condemning bankers. Kansas observes old party coalitions uniting to thwart populists and warns workers to seek independence.
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Fitzgerald Murphy
Chicago
New York World
Murphy
Los Angeles
Congress
Missouri
Grover Cleveland
John Stuart Mill
David Ricardo
Francis A. Walker
John P. Jones
W. M. Stewart
W. J. Bryan
Carlisle
House of Representatives
Memphis
Covington
Denver
New York
Financial School
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Rube's Sake
Great White Canyon
Mary Vernon
Dad
Tarsney and
Atchison Globules
W. J Bryava
Gold Standard
Kansas
Republican
Democratic
Seward County
Kan
Knights of Labor
Henry George
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