Farewell to Bingville Ad Men in a Lonesome Ballad
A playful farewell ballad laments leaving Bingville and friends in the advertising scene. The speaker bids goodbye to colleagues including Dobbs Coleman Parkhurst Graves Pratt and others. He says he will miss the voice of the crowd, but is glad for the time spent and plans to return home amid memories of the Gilded Dome and Georgia melons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dobbs
Fairwell
Coleman
Humphrey
Aden
Queal
Lonesum
Parkhurst
Graves
Pratt
Brown
Bingville
Bunting
Bancroft
Whitman
Dickenson
French and Crockett
Marble
Neal
Kuhns
Adew
Moses
Florea
MacMartin
Donst
Doc Livermore
Dowst
Bugle
Providence
William L
J. C. Fanning
Fort Worth
Boston Delegate Edits and Cigars Prompt Bingville Banter
In a playful cablegram from Boston the writer mocks a Wichita Falls delegate and the Boston crowd. He welcomes Bean and teases Collins over the Boston beans and cigars. The note references delegates from Lincoln Nebraska and a Lenox registration office misdirection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wichita Falls
Collins
B. J. Bean
Boston Beans
Boston
Brother Henry
Wellman
Adeline
Have a Cee gar Says Mister Dows Shakes Hands
A clipped exchange centers on Mister Dows urging a handshake with Harry P Dowst as Major O Keefe quotes a Mr Bingville man. The terse dialogue echoes a local civic moment captured in brief street chatter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingville
Major O'Keefe
Harry P. B Dowst
Clam Feast Draws National Figures to Boston
In Boston, a bustling clam eating gathering drew a galaxy of guests from across the country. K L Murray from Nebraska, Crawford from Waco, L H Bulkley of Ohio, Joseph Picard from Quebec, Dr E D Parsons from Iowa, F O Stone of Cincinnati and others savored shells and recounted comments on tariffs and reciprocity as all clams disappeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. L. Murray
Nebraska
Lincoln
Point of Pines
Murray
Bingville
Crawford
Waco
L. H. Bulkley
Ohio
Joseph Picard
Quebec
Tobacker
Taft
Frank A. Gray
Kansas City
Mr. Clam
Gude
Appel
Aldred
Bulkley
Chapman
Gibbs
Irwin
Boston
Our Wimmin's Collum Reflects on Color Contests and Men
The columnist satirically notes a Boston crowd and a national pageant for a color of a convention. Contestants Gray White Brown Green across Kansas City Omaha Toronto Chicago and a Providence candidate William L. is favored by the writer. A Texas mishearing with Mister Alkali Ike provides humor.
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Boston
Wimmin
Kansas City
Frank A
Omaha
Toronto
Frank
Chicago
Carl
Mister Chalmer
Texan boasts of powder, pistols and town clock
A Texan says rivals took pistols but kept powder. He boasts that powder remains after the town clock strikes 11. The interview features a playful, bravado tone with mentions of Dallas and shoot up the town.
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Dallas
The Ad Man Comes to Bingville in Whitman Style
A whimsical verse from Walt Whitman titled The Ad Man Stands with cane and hat appears in Bingville Public Library. The poem describes a peculiar figure with a woven hat, bright necktie-holder, gum, gas scent, root beer checks, and a pasteboard fan, labeled a scoveneer.
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Walt Whitman
Bingville Public Library
Scoveneer
The Ad Man Brings Sooveneer Parade To Delegates
A lively verse describes an Ad Man who shuns cigarettes and barters for cigars while adorning himself with blue garters badges pendants medals and sooveneers. He peddles souvenir editions as he parades, a dazzling sight amid the delegate march.
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Heck
Whiskey Debate Sparks at Convention Hall
Will Finch of Cincinnati calls for Doctor Bunting amid a lively scene. Lewis C. of New York jokes about Paine in the hall. W B Cherry of Syracuse interjects. An Oregon man touts regional cherries while Parsons of Waterloo Iowa scorns the crowd.
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Will Finch
Cincinnati
Paine
Lewis C
New York
Oregon
Ben
Fanning
Texas
Parsons
Waterloo
Iowa
Peach Tree Digging and Orchard Burning Night Raid
A speaker vows to dig up an old peach tree in the back orchard and burn it tonight. The remark references discovering the true meaning of the word peach through attention to ladies with Maryland and Georgia delegations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingville
Maryland
Georgia
Corbett to Meet Johnson in Ten Round Bout at St Paul Cafe
Charles W Corbett of Boston and H Walters Johnson of Portland will fight ten rounds in a staged match at the Brunswick House St Paul Cafe this afternoon. Preliminary six round bout pits William E Nelson of Nebraska against Thomas F Flynn of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bingville Bugle
Corbett
Johnson
St. Paul Dellygashun
Brunswick House
Nelson
Flynn
P. S
O’meara
Ike
William E
Nebraska
Thomas F
New York
Horrible Accident in the Big Handicap
Referee Florea halted the 17th lap handican between the Georgia delegation and a Pilgrim Publicity Association team. Boston entrants were to eat clams while Georgians phoned in on watermelons. Jeff Palmer cried foul claiming Boston rings in quahogs and a cracked gold tooth. referee awarded the prize, a case of Jamaica ginger, to the Georgians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florea
Georgia
Pilgrim Publicity Association
Jeff Palmer
Jamaica
Delegates Seek G Darling of Winnipeg in Hall Scene
In a studio hall, Steele of Kansas City calls Darling and causes blushes among 23 stenographers from as many towns. Walters Johnson of Oregon jokes perhaps she is en route to Reno while Steele searches for delegate G Darling of Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Winnipeg
Steele
Kansas City
Reno
Walters Johnson
Oregon
Lonesome Feeling Follows Pilgrims' Arrival
John H. Rennard travels from Wheeling and reflects on solitude in a small town. The Pilgrims take him in tow, easing his loneliness as the scene unfolds with a playful chorus.
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John H
Milwaukee delegate notes billboard reading Burn Otto Coke
The Milwaukee delegate reads a billboard misnaming him as Otto Koch and jokes about being burned by the sign. He remarks the text misspells his name while noting the heat in Milwaukee yesterday exceeded Boston by about 20 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Otto Koch
P. S
Mercury
Boston
Last Word Before We Go and Agate Rule Suspends
The editor asks pardon for any unintentional offense from his jokes and invites the congregation to sing a Pilgrim anthem as publication is suspended and the editor steps back from the stage.
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Agate
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R M.kelvie
T.A. Scheozinger Commercial Club
WA George
HV Westfall
Dey Ak
Bullen i
Toa
Fred E Johnston
Saint Paul
Wetherspoon OF
ST. Paul
Elbert Hubbard
East Aurora
Eddytorriul
Burkett
Lewis
Lippman
Bellatty
O. K
Cablegram
Mayor Fitz
Fitz
Amer
Ica
G. L. Gold
Lincoln, Neb
A. Barber
Mister Dows
Bingville Dellygate
V. C. Bull of
Mister Alkali Ike
Mister Alkali
T. W. Hoaote
Mr. Alkali
Sooveneers”’ of Home
Sooveneer Editions
W. B. Cherry
Syracuse
Johnson, H. Walters
Portland, Oregon
Ger
John H. Rennard
Beaton
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