Politics and the personal game in American history
A compact essay-like piece discusses how politics blends personal stakes with public outcomes. It recalls 1896 Democratic conventions and Bryan, notes Watermelons versus anti-Watermelons in Virginia, and recounts a rural Ohio campaign anecdote illustrating voter manipulation and the identity of American politics as a theater of personal influence.
Short Talks by L. T. Cooper on General Debility
Dr. Cooper explains general debility from bad habits and weak stomach. Irregular eating weakens appetite and causes dullness, constipation, and fatigue. Two bottles of Cooper's New Discovery restore stomach shape and energy, with testimonials from E. McDade of Dix Averoll, Michigan.
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Cooper
E. McDade
Mich
Illinois Secret Balloting Test at Old Berlin 1891
A mock history of the Australian secret ballot in Illinois beginning July 1891 in Old Berlin Sangamon county. A Virginian who voted for Andrew Jackson cast the first secret ballot as crowds gathered, amid anecdotes of party rivalries, delegates, and parliamentary tricks reflecting era politics and shifting party loyalties.
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Ilinois
Andrew Jackson
Old Berlin
Sangamon
Speers
Illinois
Auto Records Are Broken Across Country
The record for automobile driving across the country was broken on Saturday. KC Sperry drove his car from Hatton to Duncen in one hour and thirty five minutes and from Cimarron to Raton in two hours fifteen minutes. Four named men supported the trip. One driver was nearly washed away crossing a river before a hogs rush saved Hoffner.
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KC. Sperry
Haton
Duncen
Cimarron
Raton
Maton Hawke
Kh c. Crompton
Charles Colgrove
Sperry
Mrr. Hoffner
Mr. Hoffner
Rare Money in Circulation and Old US Notes
A New York Sun feature surveys early United States paper money, from greenbacks issued 1861 to legal tender notes up to the 1890s. It notes portraits of Hamilton Lincoln and Washington, varieties by city, scarce denominations, and the rarity and premium value of 5 10 and 20 dollar notes as collectors seek pristine examples.
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New York
United States
Th. Drowne
G. Blake
Drowne
Blake
Congress
York
Philadelphia
Boston
Cinhath
St. Louis
Isaac
Alexander Hamilton
America
Crawford
Capitol
Lincoln
Art
United States of America
Liberty
Ameria
Salmon P. Chase
the Treasury
Hamilton
Treasury Partment
Washington
Treasury Department
Allison
New
Wyman
Rosecrane
Huyton
Monecrans
Nebeker
Scofield
Gil- Hillin
Martha Washington
Hancock
Windom
Treasury
Cascarets Promise Purity and Universal Effectiveness
An advertising pitch extols Cascarets as pure, uniformly produced since 1896, boasting nearly 100 million boxes sold in eleven years and almost a billion tablets, all sharing purity and medicinal merit. It credits the Pure Food and Drug Act and urges readers to try Cascarets as a reliable laxative and preventive remedy for constipation and related stomach and bowel issues.
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Cascarets
Portraits on Show and Notes in Big Collections
Collectors admire portraits of Stan ton and McPherson and prize low numbered notes. J A Harmon of Sizemore West Virginia reports finding many notes Nos 1 and 2 and under fifty in a major collection. A favorite pill ad from Dr King s New Life Pills promises relief for typhoid liver and chronic constipation at 25 cents.
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Stanton
McPherson
J. A. Harmon
Sizemore
West Va
Dr. King
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