Imperialism as Campaign Scarecrow and Duty
A partisan defense of American imperialism arguing that the United States must continue sovereignty over Cuba Puerto Rico and the Philippines. It rebuts Democratic opposition as hypocrisy praising Lincoln McKinley and the Republican record while condemning calls to withdraw from new territories. The piece asserts enduring duty and national strength through continued expansion and governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Congress
McKinley
Paris
Porto Rico
United States
Spain
Cuba
Philippines
Republic
Senate of the
Bryan
Lincoln
Grant
Harrison
Hawaii
Hog Prices Rise Profit for Western Farmers
In six months hog prices climbed by 3 dollars per head, boosting earnings on 50 million hogs and signaling a potential 150 million dollar profit for Western farmers. The upbeat outlook compares favorably with Wall Street amid expected prosperity.
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Wall Street
Why drop the income tax according to Bryan
The quote questions W J Bryan's stance on holding office to aid people against organized wealth and asks why he would drop the income tax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Bryan
Pennsylvania's prodigious iron and steel boom of 1899
The 1899 output and employment surge in Pennsylvania shows pig iron 6,543,000 gross tons and steel 6,446,159 gross tons, with rolled iron and steel at 7,093,485 net tons. The combined industry value nears $500 million, employing about 115,000 workers with higher wages, surpassing 1894 levels by wide margins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
United States
An Isthmian Canal and Cotton Exports Highlight U S Policy
The article discusses a proposed interoceanic canal under U S control, noting the Clayton-Bulwer treaty and its 1900 modification with Great Britain to permit a canal. It also surveys raw cotton exports by fiscal year, observing price shifts under different administrations and the impact on U S mills and cotton growers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Atlantic
Porto Rico
Cuba
Gulf of Mexico
West Indies
Pacific
Great Britain
Peetvlatars
Read the 1896 Campaign War of Words in Three Phrases
The piece contrasts Democratic and Republican stances quoting agins the government and imperialism. It notes cotton prices, spring wheat markets in Chicago, and betting on McKinley’s reelection, predicting less profit for Bryan and consumer skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
McKinley
New York
Bryan
Beets and Forage Plants Drive Agricultural Trade Mapping
The Department of Agriculture advances sugar beet area mapping by growing and testing beets across soils and climates, analyzes saccharine quality, and expands trade studies on Cuba Porto Rico and the Philippines. It also reports on grasses and forage plants to aid ranchers, distributing 5 565 seed packages across 251 varieties from imports and field collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
United States
Cuba
Porto Rico
Philippines
Money in Circulation June 30 1900 National Bank Notes
The total circulation of national bank notes at the close of business June 30, 1900 was $509,559,719, up $68,291,028 for the year. Circulation based on United States bonds reached $274,115,552, rising $68,851,458.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank
United States
Democrats for Imperialism and Hawaii Annexation
A critical remark accuses the Democratic Party of failing to denounce Hawaii annexation, arguing their stance was tainted by Hawaii’s pivotal 16 to 1 vote that revived a ruling political deadlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Secretary Hay Defends Policy Amid Pekin Crisis
Washington reports confirm the United States refuses to suspend operations against Pekin in exchange for ministers' fate. Secretary Hay insists policy is consistent, with the aim to reach Pekin while ministers are consulted with their governments. Cabinet members consider further action, as 28,000 allied troops prepare for the next move toward Pekin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
United States
Pekin
Tien Tsin
New York
Herald
Shanghai
Taotai Sheng
Li Hung Chang
Kang Yi
Canton
Nankin
Liu Kun Yi
China
Tien T’sin
Hay
State Department
Legations
Gage
Smith
Root
Remey
Taku
Confederate Avenue Extension Adds Two Miles at Gettysburg
Gettysburg Pennsylvania July 27 an addition of two miles will be made to the battle field avenues completing Confederate avenue. The road runs along the ridge from near the theological seminary to the far end of the Confederate line and will feature eighty Civil War guns placed along the route to mark former battery positions and tablets noting where Confederate corps divisions and brigades fought.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gettysburg
Theological Seminary
Pickett
Woman in Muncie Consumes Concentrated Lye in Personal Crisis
Lavina Lacazette of Muncie is hospitalized after swallowing a quantity of concentrated lye at home during a personal crisis. Known as the "diamond queen" for her jewels and Cuban birth, she had long lamented the loss of a sack of diamonds. The report notes a local saying about a Chinese soldier being "eleven-tenths thief."
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie
Ind
Lavina Lacazette
Indiana
Firemen in Danger and Other Town News
A gas plant fire in Fond du Lac Wis caused by a gas leak and an explosion damaged the meter room and purifying building but insurance covered losses. A Wisconsin Central worker was lightly burned by a stray bullet from a boy firing a Flobert rifle. Community events include a Taylor Park picnic program by the Equitable Fraternal union with parades and speeches. A child, Bertha Littleman, wanders town. authorities may recommit her to the northern hospital. A wagon runaway endangers four people after a train fright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fond du Lac
Wis
John Carney
Meter House
Johnson
Daniel Lange
Wisconsin Central Section
Flobert
Guttenberg
Hayden
Schaefer
The
Equitable Fraternal Union
Taylor Park
Gooding & le Febvre
Forest
Macy Streets
Bertha Littleman
Ecke
Northern Hospital
Effort to Dismiss Cedar Grove Incorporation Dec 1899
The Holland town chairman in Sheboygan County has begun a third action to set aside Cedar Grove’s 1899 incorporation claiming insufficient population for the territory. The attorney general previously ruled the village legally incorporated and the Supreme Court did not hear the case. The trial is set for the next circuit term before Judge Kerwin with Timlin Glicksman Conway of Milwaukee helping the town and Gillan of Sheboygan representing Cedar Grove. Eleven of ninety-one votes were invalidated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheboygan
Wis
Holland
Cedar Grove
Supreme Court
Timlin
Glicksman & Conway
Milwaukee
Gillan
Vines
Kerwin
Big Store Planned for Tomahawk Wisconsin
Excavation is under way for a large department store in Tomahawk at Wisconsin and Tomahawk avenues on a 100 by 142 foot lot. The Bradley bank will occupy the southwest corner. The Standard Mercantile company led by W. H. Bradley is erecting the building, promising interior elegance equal to any western business house.
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Tomahawk, Wis
Wisconsin and
Tomahawk Avenues
Bradley Bank
Standard Mercantile Company
W. H. Bradley
SAD DEATH OF A BRIDE IN MINNEAPOLIS
Adele Johnson Griffin formerly of Eau Claire died in Minneapolis from typhoid fever after marrying Truman Griffin in Eau Claire in June. Her remains were brought back to Eau Claire today. The notice from Portage reports John J. Wolf dying aged 76, and Herman Jertson of Lewiston dying at 19 from appendicitis.
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Adele Johnson Griffin
Eau Clair
Minneapolis
Eau Claire
Wis
Adele Johnson
Truman Griffin
John J. Wolf
Portage
Kellen-on-the- Rhine
Germany
Herman Jertson
Lewiston
Illness Drives Man to Death by Own Action
Burlington Wisconsin July 27 Special Dan E Holderby aged 45 years committed death by own action this morning by shooting himself in the right temple He had been ill for three weeks and despondent He was state agent of the Northwestern Benevolent Life Insurance Society of Duluth Minnesota for five years He is survived by a wife and two sons.
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Burlington
Wis
Dan
Holderby
Northwestern Benevolent Life Insurance Society of
Duluth
Missing Boy Found in Abilene After Months of Disappearance
Perry Forbes age 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Forbes of Portage Wisconsin, located in Abilene Texas after being missing since last August. Rev G W Jackman state superintendent of the American Home Finding association identified him via probate records in Chicago and Glenwood Home for Boys.
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Portage, Wis
Perry Forbes
Henry M. Forbes
Abilene
Tex
G. W. Jackman
American Home Finding Association
Jackman
Forbes
Chicago
Glenwood
E. Winette
Thomason
Michigan
C. C. Wayland
Cunningham
Dr R C Flagg Ill In Typhoid Visit
Dr R C Flagg president of Ripon College lies critically ill at his brother's home in Foxborough Massachusetts. His wife was summoned by telegram while Flagg had been visiting the East and fell ill with typhoid fever after reaching Foxborough.
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Ripon
Wis
R. C. Flagg
Ripon College
Foxborough
Mass
Flagg
Suit for 25000 damages over husband’s death in Marinette
Mrs. Edward Hartwell of Norway Michigan sues five Marinette saloonkeepers and bondsmen for 25000 alleging liquor supplied to her husband caused his death and that the men and their agents diverted funds meant for the family. Names listed include Peter Molignani Peter Vankerhove John Deroeck Arnoldo Emer and Gustave Johnson.
Ada Arlington and John Beemer Linked to Reshurst Murder
West Superior Wisconsin July 27 special report states Ada Arlington and John Beemer are held for murder of John Reshurst. Their attorney is examining evidence claiming Ada fired warning shots to deter Resburg before shooting through a window and killing him. Bullets are found in boards from her house.
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West Superior
Wis
Ada Arlington
John Beemer
John Reshurst
Ada
Resburg
Price Appointed First Lieutenant in Wisconsin Guard
Madison July 27 Special Clinton P. Price of Madison son of John Price assistant state superintendent of public property has been commissioned first lieutenant and battalion adjutant of the First regiment W N G He will act as Maj H W Quentmeyers adjutant Other commissions issued were Thomas J Balding second lieutenant Troop A First cavalry Milwaukee Sumner K Bartlett second lieutenant Co I Second regiment Marinette William C Bruett second lieutenant Co E Second regiment Fond du Lac Arthur C Tuttle first lieutenant and Edgar F Gray second lieutenant Co M First regiment Oconomowoc
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Madison
Wis
Clinton P. Price
John Price
H. W. Quentmeyer
Thomas J. Balding
First Cavalry
Milwaukee
Sumner K. Bartlett
Co. I
Marinette
William C. Bruett
Co. E
Fond du Lac
Arthur C. Tuttle
Edgar F. Gray
Co. M
Oconomowoc
Stabbed in Heart After Dog Show Fight in Ashland
Ashland Wisconsin July 27 canvasmen at Gentry dog show packed up when James Gallagher and John Murphy argued. Murphy stabbed Gallagher with a jackknife to escape punishment. Gallagher bled and was taken to Rhinehart's hospital with a deep chest wound reaching the pericardial membrane.
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Ashland
Wis
Gentry Dog Show
James Gallagher
John Murphy
Murphy
Gallagher
Rhinehart’s Hospital
Identifies Murdered Men in Amazonia Case
Platteville Wisconsin July 27 Special. John Shelliam Sr chief of police reports two young men murdered in Amazonia Missouri this week. He identifies one victim as his son Guy and the other as Henry Speth, a friend of the family. The bodies were already buried there.
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Platteville
Wis
John Shelliam
Amazonia
Guy
Henry Speth
Kewaunee to Get New Pea Cannery
Kewaunee Wisconsin will gain a new pea cannery with buildings to start in about two weeks. The W Leigh company, owners of local flour mills and grain shippers, back the project. Power will come from the gristmill engine and the plant will boast a 2,000,000 can annual capacity.
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O- Kewaunee
Wis
W. Leigh Company
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Mr. Batterman
Lamartine
S. Holderby
Texas
Prof
Flagg III
Norway
Mich
Price
John Shelliam, Sr
Amazonia, Mo
Kewaunee Canning Plant
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