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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1900
Page
6
The Commercial Tribune presents a dated front page with masthead, publisher details, and subscription lineups. It lists delivery options and rates though much text is garbled, indicating a morning newspaper format typical of 19th century publications.
Subscriptions offered by The Commercial Tribune Co. with daily and Sunday plans, weekly edition options, annual and six month terms, prepaid mail payment, and full postal address requirements. Prices listed include 39.00 yearly for daily and Sunday, 4.00 for six months, 7.00 daily omitting Sunday yearly, and 3.50 for six months.
Listings show branch offices at Walnut Hills Gilbert Avenue Cincinnati and Madison Avenue Masonic Temple. bureaus located in Washington Baltimore Philadelphia New York and London districts with reading room access free to the American public.
Finance and trade report a temporary market lift from the McKinley and Roosevelt campaign ticket with broader business concerns centered on Republican strength. Wheat and cotton gains reflect crop damage while China and Germany dominate financial outlooks amid global tension.
The New York Press notes Nebraska's farm sector under Republican rule, showing livestock values more than doubling since 1895. It cites 1900 figures with total livestock now over 102 million dollars, up about 57 million, and highlights canceled mortgages as a test of Bryan's farmers policy.
The excerpt notes Nebraska mortgages rising from 24 842 filings in 1894 to 79 932 releases in 1899 with values up to 49 282 765. It argues Bryan’s home state offers crucial electoral support and anticipates campaign explanations before the election.
The text describes plans for a Democratic gathering in Kansas City with a full surgical team led by Dr. Senn of Chicago. It implies expected rough handling and violence at the convention, noting past fights and the need for antiseptic preparation to protect delegates while they perform their duties.
The Boston Herald warns that at current use, the US lumber supply could exhaust in twenty five years. About 5 billion cubic feet yearly go to paper while 15 billion go to stoves and furnaces. Wood products are valued at about one billion dollars annually, nearly twice mineral outputs.
A statistician highlights Germany’s growth since 1870 with population up by about 15 million, surpassing Britain and France. Trade rose from £279 million to £459 million, mercantile tonnage tenfold, and empire revenue up 250 percent. Postal receipts climbed to £19.5 million as Germany’s revenues exceed other European nations.
Citizens urge continuation of Burnet Woods concerts noting their broad appeal across ages and classes. With Groesbeck fund reinvestment yielding limited income, advocates seek funds or adjustments to finance this season and preserve the popular outdoor music series for the community.
The party pledges a practical financial policy to appeal to businessmen nationwide. It praises past honesty and notes the 1900 gold standard as the value unit, while urging a remedy for elastic money supply to secure a further four years of control.
A political platform plank argues for flexible monetary legislation to meet seasonal and regional needs, promoting steady employment and expanded commerce. It warns against Chicago platform fallacies and asserts Republican financiers would supply money as sound as gold, opposing Bryan and urging stable financial leadership.
The passage argues against mistaking the Vice Presidency as a burial ground for Theodore Roosevelt. It lauds his unanimous nomination, predicts continued political impact beyond a second McKinley term, and highlights his youth, independence, and broad appeal as the defining strength of the ticket.
The wallpaper trust once dominated U S price control and nearly all plants. Rising profits drew competition and the trust with its load of water appears to stagger. Business laws will regulate trusts with certainty better than any man made rule.
The city’s chief engineer warns surface road work has damaged shade trees on major boulevards beyond recovery. Even without underground projects, the trees would die due to granite blocks and cement sidewalks that repel water. Parks will bear the burden of shade.
A portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s father as a successful merchant who worked five days a week and spent Saturdays in charity and Sundays in religious devotion. The passage argues such a model fosters good in offspring and links heredity to virtue.
The Bryan Democrats face an uphill odds race to include Teddy on the ticket. In an emergency they hunt a land or water hero to round out the combination, but such figures are scarce within Democratic ranks.
The report notes a looming wheat shortage in the Northwest while a large Southwest surplus acts as a stabilizing balance. Despite regional gaps, bread supplies remain ample and loaf sizes are not expected to shrink materially.
Veterans of 1865 and 1898 meet to honor leadership figures with traditional handshakes and hats raised for the Colonel. A quip about Ted dy and Dooley’s line suggests expectations and memory blend in the ceremony.
A bright note urges readers to enjoy the bountiful fruit season, echoing a vaudeville style line about eating all you can and canning what you can not. The playful boast invites timely preservation and abundance for households.
The notice urges preparations for the upcoming St Louis fair while predicting the street car strike will be resolved by 1903. The combination suggests an improving urban event calendar as transit service stabilizes.
The election of the ticket will not be quite so unanimous as the nomination, but very near it. The Republican ticket is strong at both ends, and even the conjunction fits in admirably.
The slate features two veterans representing different wars, but both are described as not old men, signaling a generational balance in the ticket.
Fred O. Nuetzel of Louisville and J. Hannard Diele, National Saengerbund executive, travel via Palace to Buffalo. James J. Jeffries and party briefly at Gibson. Lewis C. Mack of Louisville registered at St. Nicholas. A Kentucky mountaineer excursion with 500 plus guests rode Co O to visit the Zoo. Three Link Cycle Club Newport hosted forty-two Indianapolis members for dinner and supper at Dennison. N J Dever of Portsmouth and H L Zimmerman with Miss Susie Jackson of Anderson stay at Dennison. E F Dickerson of Crittenden also at Dennison.
The Commercial Tribune launches a nationwide contest to pick the most popular workingman in four trades. Two Cincinnati teachers win trips to Paris, Philadelphia attendees visit Washington, and a grand prize house valued at $4,000 awaits the top voter favorite. Ballots appear daily with Sunday editions counting double.
Short sketches profile Chang Yin Tang and his son Henry in Philadelphia education plans. Also covered are W. Penn Clarke’s varied career, Baron von Ketteler news, Mrs. Glessner Moore Brady’s circuit clerk election in Vernon County, and Mrs. Charles W. Fairbanks’s election as Director of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs.
The H. and S. Fogue Co announce a continuing Summer Shoe Sale with low prices on ladies missy children and youth footwear. Featured items include ladies shoes in Russia Calf and Persian Kid styles from 2.98 to 3.98, misses and children's oxford and slipper pairs, and boys and youths shoes in tans from 1.48 to 1.98.
CHAS CHATSWORTH MURRAY reviews drought in the Northwest and the North Dakota Minnesota and Manitoba crops. Estimates from Colonel Rogers and the Cincinnati Price Current show potential yields ranging from 518 to 570 million bushels with exports and domestic use shaping the supply. The article weighs impact of high prices on consumption substitutes and notes looming meat price trends and corn prospects.
Fresh peas should be cooked quickly after picking with cold water wash and a pinch of baking soda to keep color. Boiled peas are seasoned with butter pepper and salt. A mint note may be added by an English cook. Peas soup and fritters are described with precise steps and ratios for ingredients and cooking times.
A new Deaconess Home in Kolar, India, funded by Mrs. Fannie Nast Gamble in memory of her husband William A. Gamble. Construction began in 1898 with Bishop Thoburn laying the cornerstone. The building bears a memorial inscription praising Gamble’s righteousness and benevolence.
In the Indianapolis Press item the Cheery Idiot answers a boy boarder query about diploma parchment. He claims diplomas are printed on sheepskin because it is proper for hide degrees.
A Chicago man proclaims that his group robs in daylight and steals buttons from police while feigning respect for women in St. Louis. A St. Louis resident questions the meaning as the exchange highlights local tensions and social codes.
A Philadelphia Press passage presents a clipped, domestic exchange between a wife and husband. The dialogue centers on a missed opportunity to warn or advise, highlighting tension as the wife recalls proximity to an office while the husband notes her usual haste.
A humorous exchange recalls a student at an art school in Munich answering what they learned with to draw. The punchline notes the answer being beer rather than still life, reflecting a light comic moment in Cleveland’s Plain Dealer.
A brief courtroom exchange shows a prisoner pleading ignorance of the law and the judge asking if the defendant is a lawyer before clarifying that ignorance is no excuse. The dialogue suggests a formal, direct confrontation over legal knowledge in a judicial setting.
A playful Detroit Journal item imagines a lettuce head embarrassed by being cut up for salad dressing, framing a humorous, lighthearted vignette about kitchen fare and personified produce.
A census taker records a brief encounter in Chicago as a girl answers his question about reading. She reads aloud rapidly, listing all the books she has read this year, revealing a lively scene in a city interview.
In a Chicago Times-Herald feature Willie Knew discusses parables and figures of speech in the Bible. He cites the saying the race is not always to the swift and adds the idea that strength does not guarantee influence or success.
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