Bryan Attacks Imperialism as Cannon Defends Treaty Policy
In Chicago, Uncle Joe Cannon, head of the House Appropriations Committee, delivers a sharp critique of Bryan and anti imperialism after an interview at Republican headquarters. He argues Bryan helped ratify the treaty, then denounces him as a demagogue and traitor while contrasting past hardships with current economic conditions.
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Joe Cannon
Manville
House Committee On Appropriations
Chicago
Congressman Cannon
Republican Congressional
Babcock
Cannon
Wisconsin
Hull
Iowa
Sherman
New York
Joe
Bryan
The
Senate
Republican Viewpoints on Campaign and Labor Tensions
The article quotes Congressman Cannon on Democratic boodle, treaty ratification, and patriotism. He argues Republicans are not apathetic but too busy to campaign loudly and predicts a Republican victory amid ongoing labor-profit disputes and employment concerns.
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Cannon
Cleveland
Bryan
Dear Boy Letter No 3 on labor and tariff era remarks
The author cites Senator Stewart and defends McKinley era prosperity, arguing labor and farmers were best paid by goods, wages, and protective tariffs. He recalls teaching in 1872 73, notes painter scarcity, praises Dingley tariff and gold standard, and urges support for Republicans while opposing Bryan. The letter ends with Patriotic appeal.
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Wm. M. Stewart
Skinner
McKinley
Farmara
Skinner District
America
Mce Whinley
Bryan
Founding of Grand Army of the Republic in Illinois
A Civil War era project led by Rev. William J. Rutledge and Dr. B. F. Stephenson to form a national veterans’ organization. The Springfield post opened April 6 1866 with leaders Stephenson and Capt. Phelps, then the department and first encampment followed in 1866. By 1890 the GAR boasted 489 000 members across 409 posts.
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William J. Rutledge
Petersburg, Sr
Fourteenth Illinois Infantry
Rutledge
B. F. Stephenson
Fourteenth Regiment
Springfield
Stephenson
Union Army
John M. Snyder
Oglesby
James Hamilton
Robert M. Woods
Robert Allen
Martin Flood
Daniel Grass
Edward Prince
Decatur, DL, Tribune
I. W. Coltrin
Joseph Pryor
John 8. Phelps
Marcel
Decatur
J. W. Routh
M. F. Kanan
Major Stephenson
Phelps
N. G. Burns
Henry Gormito
N. E. Winholtz
W. HO. Andrews
W. H. B. Rowe
Decatur Post No
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Ilinois
Ill
Grand Army
Illinois
Walter B. Scates
Chicago
Department of Illinois
Indianapolis
Ind
John M. Palmer
Indiana
Oliver P. Morton
Philadelphia
John A. Logan
Ilinois
Cincinnati
Washington
D. C
Boston
A. E. Burnside
National Organization
Women who sell papers in Chicago
The Chicago Chronicle notes few women on street corners selling newspapers yet they persist with advantages over boys. Many use sympathy and memory to build regular customers and some work as regular merchants. Older women sit at chosen corners with tidy appearance and grateful eyes. younger girls, 12 and under, roam bold and gum chewing, while a few older women push a business on a strict schedule.
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Chicago
the Chronicle
Idxtra
Birds that Do Not Sing and the Poetic View
The article argues birds do not sing in the human sense, noting eagle screams owl hoots goose honks crow calls and that true singing connotes joy. It states birds sing mainly in spring and early summer during nest building and rearing, while many musical birds are silent at other times.
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Philadelphia Times
Special Delivery stamps show strong usage nationwide
The United States mail service reports that in 199 special delivery stamps sales exceeded 52,000,000. Messengers delivering these letters are estimated to travel about 3,000,000 miles.
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United States Mail Service
Female Doctors in Asia Rise in 20 Years
Within the last twenty years the number of American and English female physicians in Asiatic countries has increased from twenty to 220. A girl uses two hat pins to fasten her hair but the bald-headed men deserve admiration.
New Golf Fashion for American Girls Sets Trend
The American girl pioneers golf style with hand embroidered thistles and heather designs. Apple green jackets replace hunting pink and red, silk plaid stockings rise in favor, and sunbonnets debut as a chic headpiece inspired by the Scotch bonnet. Club insignia and initials on buttons complete the look with high fashion flair.
The Envelope: From Folded Sheets to Mass Production
The article traces the evolution of envelopes from folding paper without seals to modern machines. It notes key inventions from 1855 onward that replaced vast labor, detailing devices by Berlin & Jones Leader and Richards. It highlights rising envelope usage, totaling six thousand million in the United States last year.
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Berlin & Jones
Richards
United States
Strange Reptiles at London Dinner Table
A Western writer recalls a London dinner with a rosy cheeked English girl who believes the American frontier harbors many dangers. She asks if wigwams are as venomous as rattlesnakes, noting a cousin’s report of forty wigwams in a village.
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London
United States
Mortality in Hospital Nurses Raises Life Expectancy Gap
The article notes that a 17 year old girl entering hospital nursing dies on average twenty one years earlier than peers in the general population. By age 25 a nurse has the same expected lifespan as a 58 year old in ordinary society, highlighting stark health risks in the profession.
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Lion
Sugar Trust
Skinners
Melinda
Maria
Dowd & Beckley
Mark
Boy
Jistor
Grant Allen
Post of
Woman Newspaphe Dealer
Feathered
Asia
Golf Girl
Simon J. Brown
Naval Observatory At Washington
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