Platform of Jeffersonian Democrats at Philadelphia
The piece reviews the Jeffersonian platform adopted in Philadelphia, championing constitutional restraint, states’ powers, economy, militia defense, free trade, religious and press freedom, naturalization, and support for science, with contrasts to modern political aims and a note on McKinley era Philippine spending. Includes broader commentary on imperial policy and fiscal allocations for the Philippine civil service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Philadelphia
Great
Democratic Party
Senate
Itn
Europe
Meager Philippine payrolls and wartime debt critique
A Des Moines Leader excerpt notes Philippine civil service salaries and staff numbers across multiple departments, contrasting high wartime costs with imports value near 30 million dollars. It argues American rule yields little net benefit given interest and expenses, urging attention to local welfare. It also covers Meath’s Hanna praise amidst Republican politics and calls for self-government by reducing external interference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippine Commission
Philippines
Des Moines
Monument for the Soldiers by James Whitcomb Riley
A call for a soldiers memorial asks what material and form would honor their sacrifice. The poem envisions a monument built from hope prayer and faith, with heroic pure white sculpture portraying brave figures guarding the country they saved, erected by a grateful people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Whitcomb Riley
Crooksie Peters and the graveyard Memorial
In a tenement world Crooksie Peters known as Crooksie, crippled with crutches, endures loss and memory of Nance. At Memorial Day the boy faces danger when a runaway horse crashes near the graves, survives, and learns from a gracious visitor that crooked heroes exist and deserve flowers beyond the grave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crooksie Peters
Crooksie
Nance
Jakie Bollinas
Crockale
Crockele
Jakie Bollints
Jakie
Crocksie
J St
Airdrick
Indy
Jakie Bollinax
Boora
Sifu
Harore
Gaid
Proper Fertilizer For Turnips And Osage Hedge Plans
Agricultural notes discuss using barnyard manure with super phosphate as fertilizer for turnips on mineral soils. Instructions cover making an Osage hedge, hedge planting, pruning schedule, and cost, with advice from Country Gentleman. Also included are short pointers on stock care, feeding, and poultry practices from various sources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ie Ia
The Cultivation of Celery From Seed to Market
The Epitomist outlines celery culture with hot beds for early crops and open ground planting in sheltered areas. It details trench methods with manure, soil layering, and spacing, frequent hoeing, dry earthing, salt for quality, and blanching by banking soil before market. It notes light frost tolerance and storage in trenches for fall or early winter sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Italy
New York Weekly Witness
PIG FEEDING EXPERIMENTS AT CAINE SHOW PROFITS
Experiments by the Agricultural Committee of Wilts County Council compare pig rations. Maize meal with potatoes and separated milk proves most effective and profitable, boosting live and carcass weight. Barley meal with potatoes and separated milk yields superior carcass quality though costlier. Potatoes can be omitted but not advantageous. Maize with barley and separated milk raises carcass quality. crushed oats and bean meal prove uneconomical.
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Caine
Agricultural Committee
Wilts County
London Morning Post
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Imgcracy
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Philippine Civil Service
Archipelago
Internal Revenue
Posta
Manila
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Hanna
Perry Heath
Republican Party
Neely Nk
London
Heath
Cecil
Marcus Alonzo Hanna
Hapan
National Republican Machine
Mark Hanns
United States
McKinley
Elanna
bin Weat
Quay
Platt
Foraker
Allison
Henderson
Lodge
Hawley
J. Pierpont Morgan
Lst
Steel Trust
Wanna
Kansas City Times
New York City
Sunday World
Henry George
Mr. George
Taft Commission
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ithaca Democrat
Porto Rico
Supreme Court
White House
Crooksieb
Indianapolis Press
A. W. Thomson
Independent
Lincolnton
Charlotte
N. C
Echols
Gillam
Morgan
Glans
Jefferson Davin
Gen. Echols
Capitol
Illinois
F. G. Hannon
New England Homestead
Bordeaux
Central
Oceanic
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