Washburn on Money and the St Louis Conference Delivers Speech
George F. Washburn, speaking at the Boston state People's Party convention, lauds the St Louis industrial conference as the largest in the nation. He calls for expansion of money supply, condemns Wall Street influence, and cites per capita circulation disparities and rising business failures to argue for reform and greater federal output. He notes silver politics boosting party strength and forecasts shifts in southern and western support. The piece also includes local Knox County notes and a mix of poems and humorous vignettes.
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What Livingston Said and Fusion in Minnesota
A detailed political summary notes Congressman Livingston of Georgia urging farmers to stay Democratic, warns that silver defeat harms the South, and discusses Minnesota fusion prospects with Castle Hall Harries and Owen. It cites 1890 Merriam results, predicts state shifts, and reports on South Carolina Alliance efforts and a Milwaukee dispatch about T V Powderly urging against naming him president.
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Chicago News
South Carolina Alliance
South Carolina
Theodore Jervey
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A. N. Wood
Gaffney City
T. W. Lauderdale
A. W. Latepeich
Chicago
Washington Post
Rapid Growth in Michigan People’s party surprises in Grand Rapids
Michigan Republicans and Democrats and party leaders express surprise at the strong showing of the People’s party in municipal elections. In Grand Rapids the party's vote exceeded 2200, signaling potential further surprises early next November.
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People’s Party
Grand Rapids
People’ S Party
Enemies of Free Silver debate sparks regional clash
During a heated free silver bill debate Mr Boutelle a Republican from Maine called for a direct vote on the measure. Antisilver forces of the east objected exposing the eastern Democratic bosses as worse enemies of free silver than the Republicans National Economist.
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Boutelle
Maine
East
Democracy
Take the Biggest Time Is Here at the Post Office Line
A 90 percent man, his wife, and a stamp window at a Broadway post office tell a farcical tale. He debates size options for a postal card, finally choosing to mimic the instruction to select the biggest, amid quarrels and sly humor. The scene captures domestic dynamics and everyday thrift in a New York Tribune vignette.
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Broadway
Delaware County
New York Tribune
A Mating Experience in Moving Day
Mrs McSweenie and her husband walk to their new house when a mover’s load passes. She critiques the furniture as shabby and compares it to theirs, insisting the parcel is theirs and recalling the moment they were left behind. The exchange ends with astonishment at the coincidence.
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Children's Department
Castoria
Dispens&ry
Boston
Mass
Local druggists offer free trial bottles of Restorative Nervine
Morris and Mullen advertise free trial bottles of Dr Miles Restorative Nervine and Dr Miles New Heart Cure. They claim cures for headache dizziness sleeplessness and nervous weakness, and note witnesses at Fort Smith where Shepherd Bushby was executed. Senator Quay introduces a bill for a $50,000 statue in Washington to honor Admiral Porter.
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Dr. Miles
Niles
Shepherd Bushby
Fort Smith
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Esenbow
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Washington
Admiral Porter
Castoria and cures cited in old ads and notices
A collage of old advert lines and short notices shows Castoria claims for children, a speech invitation for Benjamin Harrison, Swain e's Ointment healing claims, Dr Gram's medicine, an architect Thomas Orwell Spier's suicide, local drugstore ads, Field reports on deer around Plainfield, and Siegfried & Co promoting books and perfumes. The items mix medical remedies, a political event note, a local tragedy, and consumer ads from a historical paper.
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Siegfried & Co
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