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November 1, 1894 | Newspaper
Railroad Cry
In this advertisement in Bryan's World Herald, the State Republican Party of Nebraska presents the case against Bryan and Populism as harmful to the state's interests. Populism "burns up value" in Nebraska's assets, the ad charges, and accuses fellow Republican Edward Rosewater, editor of the Omaha Daily Bee, of perfidy and betrayal. The ad depicts Rosewater, a Jew, as a "Shylock" and "petty" tyrant, emphasizing instead the manliness of the Republican candidates and leaders.
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November 1, 1894 | Newspaper
Want Better Mail Service
The quality, availability, and cost of railroad service in a local community often became a contentious political issue pitting locals against non-locals and spilling into local political contests. The Omaha Bee, an enemy of railroad power of any sort, emphasizes the local community's "right" to equal service.
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November 3, 1894 | Newspaper
Representing the People
Conservative Republicans organized "Business Men's Associations" in the 1894 campaign to fund and support Republican candidates, elect John M. Thurston, and defeat William Jennings Bryan. These associations spawned considerable political debate about the role of business in politics.
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November 3, 1894 | Newspaper
The Corporation Anaconda
Republican editor Edward Rosewater attacks "the corporation anaconda" he sees in the Nebraska 1894 campaign. The intimidation of railroad employees and the organization and direction of railroad money are his chief targets.
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November 3, 1894 | Newspaper
The Guardian Angel of Trusts and Monopolies
Speech by William Jennings Bryan.
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November 5, 1894 | Newspaper
Continued Misrepresentation
Bryan's World Herald defends his record on behalf of the working man and against Republican charges that he favors wage reductions.
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November 8, 1894 | Newspaper
The Avalanche
The Republican State Journal celebrates the Republican victory in the November 1894 state and Congressional elections.
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1898 | Timetable
Grand Trunk Railway System Complete Time Tables
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1898 | Time Table
Official Hand-Book and Local Time Tables of the Kansas City Pittsburgh & Gulf R.R.
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1898 | Time Table
Official Hand-Book and Local Time Tables of the Kansas City Pittsburgh & Gulf R.R.
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1899 | Timetable
Great Northern Railway Route of the "Pacific Fast Mail"
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1901 | Time Table
International & Great Northern Railroad
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1901 | Time Table
International & Great Northern Railroad
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1906 | Time Table
The Denver Road
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1913 | Time Table
Grand Trunk Raolway System
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1914 | Time Table
Grand Trunk Pacific
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1928 | Book
Railroad Strike Violence at Martinsburg, WV
In this excerpt from The Story of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Historian Edward Hungerford offers an account of the violence at Martinsburg, WV during the 1877 railroad strike. This selection also includes Allan Pinkerton's vivid description of the event.
