Democratic Campaign Tangles and Notable Figures Highlight Year
Missouri Democrats plan a bright campaign with Vice President Stevenson Speaker Crisp and other influential figures from outside the state. Ida B Wells profits from lecturing on southern lynching. President Cleveland faces tariff opposition from protectionists in the Senate. Walter Wellman touts his Arctic expedition press agent. A New York chairs polling dispute misfires, Hull’s tariff stance largely supported. Hawaiian royalists hesitate on annexation, sugar trust eyes raw sugar duties, a fatal Archduke William death noted in Austria. July 27 fire devastates Phillips Wisconsin. Coxey’s army contemplates China Japan recruiting links. Congress might favor Nicaragua Canal Company with British involvement.
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Missouri
Stevenson
Crisp
Wilson
Quiet Pennsylvania campaign eyed for governor race
The piece argues a Hastings win would yield a corrupt, boss-driven state government with a weak veto and unchecked legislature. It warns that Pattison’s four year record contrasts with future graft if the Republican bosses regain control, citing Pittsburg Post as source.
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Pennsylvania
Hastings
Bose
Machine
Pattison
Fattison
Hartranft
Geary, Hoyt and
Beaver
Pittsburg
Cameron for President and the 1900s forest fire notes
The State League of Republican Clubs plans a large Harrisburg convention on September 4 to back Senator Don Cameron for president, amid rival anti Cameronites. Severely damaging forest fires ravaged pine forests in Minnesota Wisconsin and Michigan, while Wisconsin towns were erased. Department of Agriculture reports over 4 million more US sheep than twenty years ago, yet wool prices stay at a twenty year low under McKinley tariff.
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State League of Republican Clubs
Harrisburg
Don Cameron
C. C. Kauffman
Columbia
Emery
Bradford
Cameron
Voorhees
House of Representatives
Jersey Pine
Washington
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Department of Agriculture
United States
Illinois
A Vigorous Argument For Women Suffrage In New York
The column argues for woman suffrage citing the Declaration of Independence and equal rights. It compares tax burdens, praises native-born women, cites Wyoming's 20 year experience, and notes liquor interests opposing voting rights as the main objection. It asserts suffrage improves laws, morals, and governance amid a battle against whiskey traffic.
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New York
Wearren
Republic
Kansas
Wyoming
Hoyt
Itis
Kingman
Warren County
Albany
Brewers’ Congress
Chicago
THREE CONVENTIONS AND POLITICAL BANTER PUBLISHER'S VIEW
A opinion piece surveys Illinois, Wisconsin and other conventions. It lambastes Republican platforms as vague while praising Peoples party logic. It cites Beaver on depressions and notes sugar duties blame on three senators, Carnegie’s stance shift, a New Jersey school election missteps, a New York gold theft, and labor unrest headlines.
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J. T. Weaver
Christian Church
Democratic Party
Wisconsin
W. A. Upham
Republican Party
Peoples Party
Havemeyer
New York Times
Brice
Gorman
Smith
Maryland
New Jersey
Ohio
Louisiana
The Ballot in the Hands of Intelligent Womanhood
A call for women's suffrage arguing the ballot must be in the hands of intelligent virtuous American women to redeem government from plutocracy and secure labor rights and national protection. The message ties equality to liberty and patriotic duty, urging action for the country’s welfare and divine honor.
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America
Treely Honored Cabinet Roles Highlight Gresham Twice
Walter Gresham, a rare three time cabinet official, served as postmaster general from 1883 to 1884, then secretary of the treasury until 1893, and finally secretary of state in Cleveland's administration. The piece notes historical context with Pickering as a second three time cabinet member and touches on Indiana politics and contemporary party dynamics.
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Walter @. Gresham
United States District Court
Evansville
Indiana
Arthur
Timothy G. Howe
Mr. Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
Timothy Pickering
Massachusetts
Washington
Edmund Randolph
Pickering
West Point
Constitution
United States
Constellation
Favorite Remedy and Spavin Liniment Adverts
A testimonial touts Dr. David Kennedy's Favorite Remedy for long standing dyspepsia and kidney issues. Also advertised is English Spavin Liniment claimed to cure blemishes and lameness in horses, with a savings offer and a local Warren Pennsylvania druggist listed as seller.
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David Kennedy
Huston
Weehawken
N. J
H.N. Ritchfield
Warren
Loans and discounts and deposits as listed in ledger
The entry outlines overdrafts secured by U S bonds, premiums on U S bonds, and banking house assets. It shows amounts due from national banks, state banks, reserve agents, checks and cash items, fractional currency, and a 5 percent redemption fund with the treasurer. Figures include 18 176 605 and 14 12709 96 383 18 144 00.
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U.S
Cee
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Hull
Sugar Trust
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Austria
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Coxey
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Japan
Nicaragua Canal Company
Grover
Clover
Mr. Quay
Tig
Carl Currie
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Harrison
Andrew Carnegie
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Minors’ Union
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Paris
Gresham
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D. Brown
H. A. Jamieson
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Blanche King Boyce
R. P. King
John J. Boyce
Court of Common
James Roy
Warren and Farnsworth Railroad Company
Sheffield
Tionesta Valley Railroad Company
Warren and Warnsworth Railroad Company
Attest, Arould
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Shefield
Tionesia Valley Railroad Company
Warren & Farnsworth Railroad Company
Cherry Grove Railroad Company
Sheield and
Spring Creek Railroad Company
Iaac Horton
J. H. Horton
Sheffield, Warren, Co
Thonesia Railroad Company
Cherry Grove Rairoad Company
Sheffield and
Isaac Horton
J. H. Dorton
Is Ane H. Horton
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