Why We Left the Silver Party and Political Rally
A Boise crowd endured a quiet, decorous meeting with two penitents singing a psalm while former supporters traded partisan lines and critics. The piece lists a column of political and corporate powers, condemns plutocracy, and includes a testimonial for Electric Bitters as a remedy for female ailments and general weakness.
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Edgar A. Poe
My. Borah
Idaho
8. R
Geo. Shoup
Supreme Court
Washington County
Houston
China
Orient
Weiser
Weiser voters urged to back city water works and lights
Petition circulating supports municipal ownership of a municipal water works and electric light plant for Weiser. Proponents argue the project would pay for itself, reduce insurance costs, boost growth, and attract residents. A city election on the proposition is to be submitted by a petition backed by taxpayers and the Weiser Board of Trade.
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Weiser
Thos. E. Kelly
Weiser Board of Trade
Will Standard Oil Own the United States Soon
The piece argues Standard Oil and Rockefeller plan dominate industry and wealth. It compares profits to U.S. government income, notes vast assets including mines, shipping, railroads, and banks, and warns only a future, too-rich trust or strong legislation can curb this concentration of power. It urges public action to check monopolies.
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Ers, Copper Mi
Standard Oil Company
Standard Oil
United States
Mr. Rockfeller
Old Uncle Sam
Standard Ol
Spain
International Navigation Company
New Salt Trust
Watered stock and the real value of railway capital
A discussion by Charles B. Spabr argues that $4 65 billion in railway stock represents only about 465 million in real investment, centering on the disparity between face value and actual capital. The piece cites critiques of militarism, price-raising trusts, and imperial excess as part of a broader critique of economic and political policy.
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Charles B. Spabr
United States
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J. Pierpont Morgan
Tolabo State Journal
Boise
Republican
George D. Williams
Manchester
Mich
Merace
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Lyman Abbott
Cleveland
Kansas City Times
Morris Sommer
Dr. Shilohs Sdugn Aid
Pemameiens
Canada
Sole Proprietors
S.c.wells& Coleroy
Zn.y
Toronto
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BLY Brothers
Warren Street
New York
James. Shaw
Jim Lee
Weiser, Idaho
the Vendome
Coakley Brothers
RIPAN
Mankind
Thos
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Weiser and
Cambridge
Assay Office
R. T. Wollston
Mace & Company
Weoieer
Ink Hrorup
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