Indiana touted as best home for pioneers and settle
The author contrasts arid and temperate regions with Indiana praising its balanced climate fertile land and steady seasons. He argues the Middle West state offers sun rain field and forest abundance with reliable growth potential while inviting go westward only if the pioneer spirit endures yet declares Indiana a superior enduring home.
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Arizona
California
Puget Sound
Tabita
Indiana
Middle West
Red Gods
Inalana
The Intolerant Spirit and Extremist Loan Advocates
A fragment discusses the intolerant dictatorial spirit in local loan advocates. It notes zealots push controversial measures against advice, risking public support and undermining the initiative they back.
Prohibitionists blamed for youth ruin in Indiana
The passage argues that prohibitionists caused ruin by opposing rational saloon regulation in Indiana. It contends youths and young women suffer as thousands are debauched and damaged by saloons, while advocates of prohibition resist reasonable laws.
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Ito
Indiana
Severe Penalty of Short Sightedness in Water Company Settlement
Article discusses the Washington Water Company settlement where stockholders with 160000 total holdings took only two and a half cents on the dollar. It criticizes bondholders and stockholders for failing to protect interests, noting the loss to all parties and the failure to uphold contracts with the city.
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Washington Water Company
Public ownership debate over water utilities
The piece critiques public ownership advocates and cites The Herald on Washington Water Co. It argues the local water company's woes result from bad management by both owners and bondholders, suggesting public takeover would fix nothing and questions applying public ownership to other services like livery stables.
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Ewatch Bryan
Hearst
Eugene Debs
The
Herald
Washington Water Company
Campaign fund reports highlight party spending
Reports show campaign committees spent 1 600 000 for Republicans and 600 000 for Democrats last election. The piece urges transparency so the people and whole public know the finances behind the outcome.
Republicans Benefit From Modest Campaign Funds
The piece argues the Republican campaign fund advantages come from good organization rather than vast wealth. It notes Bryan’s defeat isn’t due to money, cites Taft’s $110,000 gift as a special case, and says most contributions were modest from ordinary people with limited wealth.
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Bryan
Charles P. Taft
Cincinnati
Ballot Law Critique Calls for Amendment in Election Casting
The Vincennes Sun notes that W. T. Durbin led Republican electors due to being listed first under the Australian ballot. It explains historical marking methods, square and circle emblems, and changes in law since 1890, urging reform to ensure fair straight-ticket voting.
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W. T. Durbin
Durbin
Dharisaiati Hypocritical Democrat Sparks Indian Stock Debate
Fragmentary OCR notes claim a Democrat is upset as purportedly more st orns among Indians arise after a state shift. Details are unclear due to damaged text and inconsistent spellings.
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Con
Public sentiment notes banking growth under political shift
The passage observes a surge in banks and deposits during the new power, claiming deposits more than doubled since the previous Democratic administration. It suggests many businesses felt the effects of Republican prosperity and compares this to wider economic trends.
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Daconhiy
Political intrigue colors Indiana senate race between Taggart and Kern
The piece suggests strains in the long alliance between Col. Taggart and John Kern as Indiana politics heat up over Hemenway's seat. Kern announces candidacy without briefing Taggart, raising claims of a double cross and questioning loyalty in a battle where political self interest clashes with past favors.
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Taggart
Kern
Hemenway
Indiana
Col
Addie Dillard
General Sherman
Heller
John Kern
Indianapolis
Taggart Kern
A Shameful Condition Over City Lighting
An opinion column criticizes Washington for poor street lighting under municipal ownership. The piece attacks the aging, mismanaged plant and accuses Democratic politicians of delaying sale to influence the next city campaign.
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Washington
Declining Democratic Support in Arkansas Through Elections
The Arkansas vote shows Bryan's majority shrinking from 72,000 in 1896 to 86,000 in 1900 and to about 30,000 in the current year, a drop of roughly 44,000, reflecting a steady decline in Democratic strength in the state.
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Arkansas
Bryan
Temperance debate and Bryanism move in press opinion
An Indianapolis News critique argues that reporting on dry towns and blind tigers should spur temperance forces to enforce the law. It criticizes ultra temperance leaders for equating dry with legal, warns that removing open saloons does not make a territory dry, and cites a Charleston News and Courier label of Bryanism as a disease.
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Crawfords‘ville
Tervpce
Indianapolia News
South
Charleston News and Courier
Saya
County option law tested soon in two Indiana counties
The Sullivan Times reports petitions circulating in Daviess and Lawrence counties as counties prepare to test the county option law in January. Temperance advocates fear heavy opposition and warn that a failed vote could derail the movement for two years.
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Daviess
Lawrence
Extreme
Sullivan County
Majority backs repeal: temperance law faces minority in state
The text argues that voters rejected the county option law and urges the Democratic party to repeal it, claiming the majority opposes county option despite earlier support. It condemns a bulldog attack in Evansville, calling for bulldogs to be exterminated as dangerous and treacherous.
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Democratic Party
Evansville
Saloon Regulation Urged by South Bend Times
The South Bend Times endorses a Pennsylvania style liquor law with adequate license fees and regulated saloon numbers, calling prohibition in cities like South Bend folly. It notes radical Democrats plan a new organization to unite party fragments.
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Pennsylvania
Indiana
South Bend
Democratic
Saloon Question Not for Politics Says Loogootee Tribune
The Loogootee Tribune argues that the saloon issue should stay out of politics. It says the matter blends moral and economic concerns and misaligns with party platforms. It commends the Republican stance as the party has already taken the advanced temperance positions.
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Republican Party
Indiana
Bryan's Texas Move Aims at Senate Seat
Bryan plans a move to Texas to pursue a United States senate bid. The timing is tight as political odds tilt toward a Republican outcome in Texas.
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Bryan
Texas
United States Senate
Cannibal Feasts Told By Miss Ker In Wide World
In Wide World Magazine Miss Ker recounts Wedaus village cannibal scenes where captives were bound and cooked after cruel killings. The account includes Vedauan practices and early schooling in cooking for girls, with auction prices noted for pullets.
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Annie, Ker
Wide World Magazine
Wedaus
Samuela Ailgett
Miss Ker
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Annapolis
Mee
Sullivan Times
Demokratic Party
Fes
Wise South Bend Times
Loogootee Tribune
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