Bryan and Republicans clash over farm aid history
The piece argues Republicans boosted farm prosperity through the homestead act, rural mail delivery, agricultural colleges, and a 1902 irrigation act, claiming these policies benefited Nebraska farmers and national growth while warning that Bryan and Democrats threaten tariff protections and industrial gains.
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Lincoln
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Department of Agriculture
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Titusville
Pennsylvania Republican Clubs Open Campaign With Taft Sherman rally
The Pennsylvania State League of Republican Clubs held its twenty second annual convention to back Taft and Sherman. Leaders like James Sherman Nicholas Longworth Boies Penrose and John Hays Hammond spoke of unity and urged electing Republican legislators. The platform praised party progress denounced Democratic ideas and urged tariff protection and strong support for Penrose and Knox.
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John Hays Hammond
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Penrose
Knox
John R. Wiggins
Wiggins
Robert B. Habgood
McKean County
League
Pennsylvania State League of Republican Clubs
Republican Party
Grover Cleveland
Democratic Party
Boise Penrose
Philander C. Knox
Wesley R. Andrews
Republican State Committee
Taft and Bryan Records Cited in Epigram by Longworth
Representative Longworth quips that Taft runs on his record while Bryan runs from his record, calling the line equally epigrammatic and deserving to stick. The remark frames the campaign narrative around recorded achievements and perceived contrasts.
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Taft
Bryan
Texas Man Marries Woman Whose Pie Killed Her First Husband
A Texas man marries a woman whose pie previously killed her first husband. The unusual union sparks comments on courage and recklessness in a local social note.
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Texas
Condition of Trade a Snapshot of Economic Activity
Dun's Review notes gradual improvement in the commercial situation with resumption of plant work and declining unemployment, though trade volumes lag confidence. Water scarcity, rail car gains, foreign trade shifts, stock price movements, farm values projected at 8.5 billion, and manufacturing and trading failures tally across the period.
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New York
United States
Canada
Dun’s
The Birth of a National Socialist Party
The Socialist movement has rapidly become a national political party, surprising observers. A few years ago they were a small sect with limited public reach and internal quarrels over economic theories and tactics. They are now electing representatives to public bodies.
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Cleveland
Socialists Grow From Tiny Sect to Growing Force
A Review of Reviews excerpt notes the Socialist movement's expansion from a small 1900 vote count of about 90 000 to a nationwide, well organized group with 40 000 dues paying members, thousands of speakers, multiple weekly papers, large city circulations, and participation in municipal and state government.
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New York
Chicago
Public Documents for Subscribers at the Paper Office
The office offers a list of public documents including Statistical Record of the Progress of the United States and A League of Peace by Andrew Carnegie. Also available are Test of Mechanical Dow Milker from Penn State College and Cost Capitalization and Estimated Value of American Railways by Slason Thompson, plus addresses by Prof. Surface and various agriculture and tuberculosis prevention reports.
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Slason Thompson
Surface
Paris Green Inspection
Dept. of Agriculture
Society For Prevention of Tuberculosis
Hague
Dep’t of Agriculture
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