Managing a campaign in Chicago’s political forge
National party headquarters in Chicago opened August first with higher fundraising and wider staffing. The piece details campaign finance, speaker pay, distribution costs, printing, and the growing use of phonographs, stereopticons, flags and maps as Republicans and Democrats mobilize for the 1900 race, briefing field coordinators and canvass strategies across states.
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Chicago
McKinley
Bryan
Express
Washington
Congress
Army
Senator Hanna
Senator Jones
Republican National Committee
New York
Democrats
Bliss
James K. McGuire
Democratic State Committee of
Hawaii
Philippines
Porto Rico
Chased by Cinnamon Bear in Cumbres Pass Tale
Robert Martin, hunter and cattleman from Archuleta county, recounts a chase with a cinnamon bear while repairing ties on a Rio Grande handcar in Cumbres pass. A cub lured the mother bear, which pursued the vehicle for miles until halted by a gulch trestle. the cub remained with the workers. Two Civil War cannons to be melted into a statue of peace. Hosettler’s Stomach Bitters praised for health benefits.
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Robert Martin
Archuleta County
Martin
Rio Grande
Cumbres Pass
Queen Serwia and Ferdi nand's arranged royal match in Belgrade
The text notes Queen Serwia described as beautiful and face plain, wife of a young king Ferdi nand who married against parental wishes. Diplomatic wives at Belgrade court gossip about her behind her back, with unflattering remarks amid court intrigue.
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Ferdinand
Belgrade
Smallest Navy and Armament of the Hassani
The sultan of Morocco reportedly maintains the world’s smallest navy, centered on a single iron and steel gunboat named Hassani. Under Captain Bensen, a Swede, the ship has gained armament and patrol duties along the Moorish coast, transforming from a gunless vessel to a capable mobile force.
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Hasbani
Morocco
Maeeen
Bensen
Exhausting Pose and Humorous Snippets in 19th Century Ads
A collage of clergyman satire and product plugs. Henry aims to impress as a church pillar after a visiting minister departs, followed by a plug for W L Douglas shoes touting $3.50 value, Brockton factory labor facts, and union praise. Additional items mock wifely wit, promote Cascarrets for health, describe Sultan’s nervousness, and tout Allen’s Foot-Ease with a cartoonish quip about a delivered dove.
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Douglas
W. L. Douglas Shoe Co
Jockton
Mass
Wester
Brockton
State Board of Arbitration
United States
Denver
Colo
Peabody Medical Institute in Boston a century old
A historical note praises the Peabody Medical Institute at 4 Bullfinch Street Boston for nine decades of medical publishing and public reach. It highlights its pamphlet Know Thyself, sent free with postage, and a quirky collection of miscellaneous clipped phrases and ad-like snippets from the era.
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Boston
Peabody Medical Institue
Bulfinch St
George Peabody
Years Pain Ladies Can Wear Sheets
An OCR fragment advertises Allen's Foot-Ease powder for tight shoes and foot ailments, with assorted dated items and jokes. It includes ads for the Santa Fe Route excursions, Burlington trip offers, Home-Made Peach Jam, Castoria and fruit gum, and light quips about imperialism and women in society. The text references Le Roy New York, Denver, St Louis, Chicago, and Kalamazoo among others, with multiple product pitches and humorous lines.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy, N.Y
Santa Fe
Colorado
St.uis
Chicago
Inasas
Oklahoma
Denver
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Iowa
Representative Dalzell
Pennsylvania
Scott
Manley
Cinnamon Bear
Serwia
Mississippi River
Gen. Barnard
la Crosse
Wis
Clarkesville
Coures
Dubuque
Muscatine
Hay
European
Russia
Siberia
Turkey
The
Caucasus
Crimea
Queen Draga
Mme
Draga Maschin
Voth Lessel
China
Heath
William M. Johnson
Hackensack
N. J
State Senate of
New Jersey
Perry
Mr. Johnson
Newton
Whitfeld
Johnson
New Jerse
Princeton
W. M. Johnson
Trenton
Humbert
Legation
LeRoy
N. Y
Boston Seag Eee
Eldora
Boulder County
Brand G. N
Brand
Lilly
Boulwee Eldora
Isaac Sutton
el Bayana
Atre
Oto Watete
Ake
Burlington
St. Louis
Peoria
Missouri River
G. W._VALLERY
South Haven
Mich
Kalamazoo
Jons F Borgs
Trinity Springs
Ind
William
Primiey
California
Kline
St. Phutedelpou
Parker
Harm Ba
Sota Thompson
Henatins
Speanen
C. B. Anderson & Co
Elm St
Dallas
Tex
B. L. Rowan, Bunsubes
Wie
Washi
Ension Vaimaven
Baile Portrait Frame Co
Catcago
Gunn
Getty
Bosanko CO
Puteéetpils
Draggiett
Denver Directory
Denvenient and Awning CO
Arapahoe Street
Brown Palage
Fidelity Savings
Meek Trunk & Bag Co
Woodworth-Wallace Colleges
Champa Street
E. Burlingame & CO
Fiscraro Laboratory Peat Cierto
Lawrence St
Deaver, Cole
J. WH. Montgomery Machinery Co
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Pommer
pouGiAs
United
Sham
Cael
SANTA CLARA_ MANUFACTURING coy
Omaha
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J.D. Best & Sons
Cola
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