St Louis Poised to Host 1896 Republican Convention
Historic notes recount St Louis improvements since 1888, including doubled hotel capacity, the new Union Station, and the Merchants Bridge. The city promises ample lodging, transit, and a grand northern nave layout to accommodate 15 000 delegates, press, and visitors amid rival Chicago claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Grantham Bain
St. Louis
Chicago
Washington
National Committee
St.Louis
New Orleans
Army of the Republic
Knights Templars
Louis
East St. Lewis
Twelfth Street
Merchants’ Bridge
Merchants’ Terminal Company
Eads
Eads Bridge
Union Station
Io Poplar Street
Frankfort
Boston and Maine
Boston
Cologne
Royal Blue
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Railroad
United States
Market Streets
Southern
Planters’ House
Planters
Lindell
St. Nicholas
Terminal
Laclede
St. James
Moser’s
Hurst’s
West End
Grand Avenue
Beers
Reed
McKinley
New England
Pacific Coast
Colorado
Nathan Frank
R. C. Kerens
Missouri
D. R. Francis
John B. Henderson
Exposition Building
Chamber of Commerce
Third Street
Thirteenth
Fourteenth
Olive
St. Charles
P. Walbridge
Thomas Alles
Minneapolis
Fourteenth Streets
F. K. Canda
New York
National Democratic Committee
National Saengerfest Association
John James Ingalls
Ers
W. H. Barnum
W. F. Harrity
Pennsylvania
S. M. White
California
Pat Collins
Massachusetts
London
Henry Watterson
Cleveland
Thurman
Republican Party
Music Hall
Frank Gaiennie
National
Nat Frank
Telegraph Company
Press Association
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Mound City
Meade
Iron Mountain Road
Kate Claxton
Arthur Preller
Walter Maxwell
Tom Reynolds
Rotunda
Olive Street
Ohio
the Planters’ House
Riverside
Rockisland
Stove CO Rockisland Isls
Thurston & Graham
AMES
Iowa
Maxwell & Son
Irwin, Randall & CO
BINGHAM @ CO
Garland Stoves