McKinley Letter Accepting Republican Nomination
President McKinley approves the Republican platform and defends gold standard policy with emphasis on a strong currency. He stresses tariffs and reciprocity, national growth, Pacific canal plans, and duty in the Philippines and Porto Rico, urging unity against silver opponents and imperialism fears.
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Washington
McKinley
Washington, D. C
Henry Cabot Lodge
United States
Congress
Friends of
Chicago
Kansas City
Republican Party
Alaska
Hawaii
Treasury
Pacific Railroad
Republic
Diverse Society Notes Include Whistling Heiress and Royal Visits
New York social circles laud 17 year old Louise Traux famed for whistling and bird imitations with a London offer. Winchester plans a stained glass window for Izaak Walton’s memory backed by Sir Robert Maxwell and anglers. Prince Fin Wha studies at Roanoke College while Prince Eill once stayed in Washington. British naval health notes warn of rising respiratory diseases. Mrs. Clemens wields strict literary censorship. European honors honor U S ambassadors and embassy staff with red eagle awards.
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Louise Traux
Ethan Allen
New York
London
Mayfair
Izaak Walton
Winchester Cathedral
Robert Maxwell
Winchester
England
Walton
Prince Fin Wha
Korea
Roanoke College
Virginia
Prince Eill
Washington
Pam Kwang Soh
Clemens
Mark Twain
United States
Germany
von Hollenden
Order of the Crown
Herr Koerner
Foreign Office
Order of the Red Eagle
Herman
Galveston Storm Described as Nation's Disastrous Calamity
The Sept 10 11 reports detail a tidal surge along the Texas coast with Galveston isolated and bridges wrecked. Rescue efforts describe bodies piling up in city streets while ships run aground and officials warn of thousands dead and immense property loss.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Galveston
Bay
Galveston, Houston & Northern Railroad
Clear Creek
Edgewater
Brooksshire
Kansas
Dallas
Virginia Point
Chicago
The
Chronicle
San Antonio
J. D. Sayres
Memphis
Tenn
New Orleans
Gulf
Rietter
Strand
John Bowie
Pat O’keefe
Galyveston
Beach Barracks
Market Street
Taunton
Kendal Castle
Texas City
Austin
Sayers
Citizens’ Committee of
McKinley
Gov. Sayers
Secretary of War
Beaumont
Orange
Sabine Pass
Port Arthur
Charles S. Diehl
Associated Press
United States
September corn crop condition shows declines across states
The August report from the agricultural department notes the national corn condition at 30.62 on September 1, down 6.9 points from August. States vary with declines from Iowa and Texas by 1 point to Kansas down 16, while Illinois Ohio Indiana Iowa remain above ten year averages by up to 23 points. Some states like Pennsylvania Tennessee Kansas Texas fall below their ten year averages by up to 19 points.
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Washington
Agricultural Department
Iown
Texas
Illinois
Kentucky
Ohio
Tennessee
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Missouri
Kansas
Indiana
Iowa
Disastrous and Peculiar West Indies Storm Passes Through
Prof Willis L Moore chief of the weather bureau said the West Indies storm that became a hurricane after reaching the United States caused appalling damage in Texas and was centered in Oklahoma Monday. In Oklahoma City winds reached 30 mph and the storm was rapidly losing its destructive character. It may enter history as one of the most disastrous and peculiar storms on record.
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Washington
Willis L. Moore
Weather Bureau
West Indies
United States
Texas
Oklahoma
Oklahoma City
Roosevelt Address at New York Republican Convention
Gov. Roosevelt headlines the New York state Republican gathering in Saratoga on September 5. He defends Republican governance, attacks Bryan and free silver, warns that electing Bryan or a Bryanite Congress would threaten the nation’s finances, honor, and imperial policy, and urges Americans to stand firm for national duty in the Philippines and beyond.
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New York
Saratoga
Gov
Roosevelt
Gov. Roosevelt
Carl Schurz
Mr. Bryan
Senate
Bryan
Republican House
Republican
Kansas City
Washington
McKinley
Philippines
Hawaii
Alaska
New Mexico
Idaho
Maine Returns Show Hill Leads With Large GOP Margin
Portland Maine Sept 11 Returns from 50 towns and plantations show Hill republican with 11197 votes and Lord democrat with 5102. Compared to four years ago these figures reveal a republican loss of 13 percent and a democratic gain of 14 percent. On this basis the republican majority is about 32700.
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Portland
Hill
Lord
Plague Case Reported In Glasgow Total 16 Infected
An official bulletin issued Monday reports an additional bubonic plague case in Glasgow. The total rises to 16 cases with 112 people under observation.
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Glasgow
Labor Day Quip Highlights Labor Demands and Unity
The piece echoes a labor day sentiment stressing the value of workers and warns that a demagogue stirring labor-capital strife serves neither side. It frames the laborer as conscious of his worth and oppositional to inflammatory leaders.
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Bryan
Mail and Express
Bryan departs from nonpartisan pledge in campaign talk
The New York Herald notes that by addressing a major campaign issue Mr. Bryan strays from the nonpartisan programme, inviting criticism for drifting away from the party’s stated aims.
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Bryan
N. Y. Herald
Bryan strains line between demagoguery and truth
Detroit Free Press notes Mr. Bryan at Chicago speaking to organized labor, his remarks blur the line between demagoguery and political truth.
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Chicago
Bryan
Detroit Free Press
Edison Nears Reveal of Engineless Power Generator
The Chicago Tribune reports Thomas A. Edison is close to unveiling a new invention. It is described as a machine capable of generating electrical power without the use of engines or dynamos.
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Thomas A. Edison
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