Bryan's Rise to Power and Public Perception Explored
Washington, D. C., July 29. Mark Sullivan presents a coherent account of William Jennings Bryan's ascent, detailing three principal conditions that shaped his era: end of free land, currency policy shifts after the Civil War, and rising silver output. The piece links Bryan's career to western fanaticism and cites White's Emporia Gazette critique as influential context.
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Mark Sullivan
Washington
D. C
Bryan
Jers
East
United States
Iwest
Williz 'Atlen White
Kans Phat
Hastilé
Senate
Omaha World- Herald
Missouri Valley
Peretro
Henry George
Ean Felice
tGe Cigar
Delivery notice for Courier print timing and errors
The notice states Courier delivery should arrive before 6:80 o clock and mentions apologies if due to a carrier error or other cause the paper is not received. It invites readers to call after 6:80 p.m. to report missed delivery or to request a replacement copy.
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Uma
Piers
Ana
Broadway Styles Shock Residents of Belgian Congo
New York reporters note Dr and Mrs Arthur UL Piper returning from 12 years in the Belgian Congo where they taught natives to dress and live morally. Mrs Piper says little change is found, contrasting their experiences with Beads palm oil and sunshine versus New York where women wear paint powder and suggestion.
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African Congo
Africa
Broadway
Iowa
New York
Arthur UL. Piper
Belgian Congo
Mrs. Piper
Blasumbaland
Short Interviews With Home Folks on Army Enlistment
Waterloo recruiting officer Sergt L C Greenup touts modern army benefits and entertainment opportunities for young men. He notes flexible post assignments including posts in the Philippines Tlawanian islands Panama Canal China and Tientsin as a sought after option for Fifteenth Infantry stationed in Vienna. About five or six men per year may be sent to Tientsin.
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United States
Waterloo
Sergt
L. C. Greenup
Sergt. Green- Up
Sergt. Greenup
Philippines
Tlawanian Islands
Panama Canal Zone
Porto Rico
China
Sta Yboard
Viennsin
Tientsin
Seret
Greenup
Bryan's Brother Says Fight to Go On
Charles W. Bryan, brother of William Jennings Bryan, says Congress will face the task of banning evolution from public schools. He spoke in Creston on the way to the funeral in Washington, expressing hearty sympathy with his brother's Scopes trial views and asserting the struggle would continue despite the commoner's death.
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Creston
Congress
America
Charles W. Bryan
William Jennings Bryan
Washington
Scopes
Belgian War Debt Commission Sails for New York
Members of the Belgian debt fund ing commission left Brussels for Cherbourg to sail for New York. They told the United Press they hope America will be generous, as in war times, and not impose harsh conditions. They cited heavy Belgian taxes and warned new obligations would be disastrous.
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Brussels
Belgian Debt Funding Commission
France
Cherbourg
New York
The
United Press
America
Keokuk Plans Paying for Asphalt Surfacing
In a record short city council meeting Keokuk Iowa ordered plans and specifications for over a mile of asphalt surfacing on the main business street. The council was backed by more than 100 local business men and merchants backing the project.
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Keokuk
Keokuk, Ta
Keokuk City
Bandits demand ransom after captive US doctor in Peking
Consular advices report brigands who seized Dr Harvey J. Howard of Rockefeller Hospital in Peking have demanded money and cartridges for his release. The capture occurred at Morgan Palmer’s Manchurian ranch over a week ago while Howard was visiting there. Samuel Sokobin, American consul at Mukden, is alerted and Roger Green of Rockefeller has traveled to Mukden seeking aid from Gen Chang Tso Lim.
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Peking
Harvey J. Howard
Rockefeller Hospital
Morgan Palmer
Samuel Sokobin
Mukden
Roger Green
Iveior
Rockefell
Daytons farewell to Bryan as body departs for Washington
The body of William Jennings Bryan begins its long train journey from Dayton to Washington for lying in state in a New York Avenue church before Arlington burial. Chattanooga crowds view the remains as the funeral party travels through Knoxville Bristol and Lynchburg en route to the capital.
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William J. Beyan
Dayton
Tenn
Washington
Prince of Wales
AE Chattanooga
Associated Press
William Jennings Bryan
Arlington National Cemetery
Southern Railway
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Bristol
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Bryan
Ruth Owen
Maj
Reginald Owen
P. 8S. Callahan
Louisville
William BE. Thompson
Ryan
Wallace
Hody
State
DD. C
New ‘York Avenue Presbyterian Church
Lincoln
Arlington
Recount of Ballots in Iowa Senate Contest Nears Completion
Washington July 2 recount of uncontested ballots in the Brookhart Steck election shows Steck up 290 votes as 13 counties finish recounts. About 700 ballots challenged, many from straight Republican tickets where voters marked top circle and some candidate squares but not Brookhart. Counts cover about 50 percent of precincts. rivals expect further shifts as investigation progresses.
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Washington, D. C
Daniel FL Steck
Brookhart
Steck
Clinton County
Fayetta County
Pan
Cerro Gordo
Clack
Bailole
Canton
Clayton
Fayette
Chickasaw
Stesk
Drockhart
Joan Pendy
Davivl Steck
Louisook
Steck Belfous
Cable Briefs Record Mine Collapse and Political Shakeup
Cable briefs report a tunnel collapse at the galt mines killing miners Simba and India-Fig glu. In Buenos Aires President Da Al vez faces cabinet persistence after a resigning protest with the interior minister. Capetown notes the Prince of Wales slated to sail aboard HMS Repulse to South America via St Helena.
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Simba
India
Galt
Buenos Aires
da Alvez
Capetown
Africa
Prince of Wales
South America
Si. Helena
Thief Who Slugged Girl in Pawnshop Stays in Iowa Jail
A Joliet penitentiary warrant for Mari Starns alias Robert Compton, held in Dubuque County for assaulting 16 year old Gelia Berk and robbing her father’s pawn shop, remains unrecognized. Starns escaped May 26 from prison while serving a burglary sentence in Patmian county. If convicted, he faces up to 30 years.
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Iowa
Dubuque
Joliet
Mari Starns
Aliay Robert Compton
Gelia Berk
Sherif Frank J. Kennedy
Starns
Fron
Joel
Patmian
Berk
Ifein
Perry car crash kills driver and injures four
Paton Ta July 24 AP Hobart Pruitt is deceased George Davis probably totally hurt two women seriously hurt and Dick O5 ear hurt in an automobile accident two miles east of here. The men members of the Percy Black person baseball team and the women were returning to Perry from Fort Dodge. The car ran over a chicken. Pruitt the driver turned to look back at it. The car swerved into the ditch overturning. Pruitt was fatally hurt instantly. The four hurt were taken in a hospital at Fort Dodge.
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Paion
Robert Pruitt
George Davis
Dick Oscar
Perry
Fort Dodge
Pruitt
Davis
Wonton
Paton
Hobart Pruitt
Young thief robs station in Iowa City’s business district
Iowa City July 26 A youthful bandit robbed Lea Bower an attendant at a Gil] station shortly after 9 PM in the heart of the business district. He escaped with more than six dollars in cash. The incident occurred in the evening block of the city center.
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Iowa City
Int
Lea Bower
An Gil
Britain May Take Over Coal Mines If Walkout Occurs
London reports Premier Baldwin’s government ready to seize control of Britain’s coal mines if a threatened miners’ strike proceeds after the union and mine owners fail to agree. Cabinet prepared to act if emergency meeting shows necessity.
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London
Insi
Baldwin
Great
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Miners’ Federation
Hedd
Hedd Pomnis
Viscount Dunsford Weds Former Chorus Girl in Montreal
Mrs. Guinevere Sinclair Gould widow of George Gould married George St John Broderick Viscount Dunsford son and heir of the Earl of Midleton in Montreal. The ceremony was performed by Rev George Hanson in an American Presbyterian church. New York society ponders whether London reception will top the New York social stir from years ago.
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Associated Press
New York
Guinevere Sinclair-Gould
George J. Gould
Montreal
George St. John Broderick
Lacount Dunsford
Earl of Midleton
Thurringe
George Hanson
Lady Dunsford
London
Alexander Sinclair
Trinity College
Dublin
Howard Gould
George Gould
Mise Sinclair
Howard
George
Edith Kingdon Gould
Enelwnd
Sinclair
Minnsion
Riverside Drive
Rye
N.Y
Gould
Edith Kingdon
Dansford
Merelaine
Lord Painsford
Peggy Knead
Foul Play Suspected in Wolf of Lasalle Case
A garbled report from Ensenada references John Worthington, known as the Wolf of Lasalle Street, alleged to have been fed to Mesico ta es terty ff at froitra prison. A letter from Miss Worthington asks if a male relative could appear in Los Angeles. No clear date is provided beyond a two day discrepancy mentioned.
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Los Adenyles
John WW
Worthington
Lasalle Street
Mesico
Froitra
Miee Warthuston
Ensenada
Lowia
Los Angeles
Worthington, Listeid
Dirigible Flees Through Squalls At Sea
Reported from Lakehurst a large airship battled heavy squalls and thunderstorms during maneuvers off the coast. Crew aboard Shenandoah era vessel faced turbulent seas as it proceeded between operations and potential returns to port.
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Lakehurst
Shenandoah
Tadey Sethardens
Sarath
Monkeys Escape Zoo Lapse Faces City in Iowa
In Sioux City Iowa July 29 two monkeys escaped from the Stane Park zoo Saturday. One was recaptured after failing to withstand the line of permits thrown into the cage while the others remained high in trees near the zoo leaping between branches.
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Sioux City
Stane Park
Peimiits
Bus Lines Plan New Des Moines Depot
Nes Moines July 28 UP Motor bus operators meeting to discuss a central depot at 106 Sixth Avenue. Sixteen motor carrier lines expected to participate in plans for a new station. John Jenny, superintendent of public safety, warns a depot must be built to unload and load without blocking traffic.
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Nes Moines
Sixth Avenue
Central Bus Agend
John Jenny
Public Safety
Wife Dead Memory Gone in Auto Crash
Funeral services for Mrs. George C. Carpenter widow of the Carpenter Paper Senina president will be held at the home. Her husband suffered injuries and memory loss with doctors unsure if he will recall details of the accident in Des Moines July 29.
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Des Moines
UPJ
George C. Carpenter
Carpenter Paper
Senina
South Dakota Crops Expected Above Average in 192?
South Dakota will have crops of all kinds above the average this year, according to B F Meyers state secretary of agriculture. He predicts prices for small grain will continue to rise.
Power to send delegations to China parley agreed
Washington May 29. All powers including Great Britain and Japan signify intention to appoint representatives for a conference on abolishing extraterritoriality in China. The United States suggested the conference should be held and Britain reportedly agrees while current conditions in China are cited.
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Washington, D. C
INS
Japan
China
State Department
Aitho
United States
Great Britain
Walnlin Dal
Chis
Benton Lets Contracts for 10 Miles of Lincoln Highway Work
Contracts awarded to grade, bridge, and tile 10 miles of the Lincoln Highway from the Benton Linn county line to primary No. 40. Shirley Construction Omaha bid 23,604.50. Vinton Engi & Construction 44,156.90 for culverts. tiling let to Albert Thompson Mount Auburn at 10 cents per yard. Letting ends the road fight to reroute the highway.
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Vinton. Ta
Lincoln Kirshway
Benton-Linn County
Shirley Construction
Omaha
Vinton Engi& Construction Co
Albert Thompson
Mount Auburn
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