Life in Borneo and the Veranda Society
A Sarawak village centers on a single vast house built on posts with a long veranda housing social life and private family rooms. Cannibalism is not common though human flesh is used as ritual omen meat and in illness sometimes as a cure, a practice once more common in Dutch Borneo. Some societies saced a sister to save a male life by offering a piece of flesh to the patient. The piece ends with a note on marriage beliefs comparing it to a wild Apache view of duty.
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Borneo
Sarawak
Dutch Borneo
Chambers
Congressional struggles shape balance for Fifty seventh Congress
The piece notes a national ticket clash and shifts in party power. Republicans hold 53 Senate seats to 26 for Democrats with third parties and independents. In the House Republicans lead Democrats by 22, after a 70 seat loss in two years. The New York and Pennsylvania swings add to the contest's intensity as districts with narrow wins become battlegrounds. Outcomes remain uncertain until returns arrive.
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Calvass
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
New York
Pennsylvania
Classifying Voters by Senator Hoar Four Groups
Senator Hoar outlines four voter classes based on fixed loyalties to parties or ideas. He places born partisans in one group, those tied to single-idea parties in another, Democrats wary of Bryan, and anti imperialist Republicans in a fourth. Richard Croker adds a fifth group of first voters totaling about 1.2 million who may decide the election.
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Hoar
Massachusetts
United States
Bryan
Senator Hoar
Richard Croker
Croker
How Banners Are Made In Campaigns
A Chicago paper notes artists work three shifts to paint campaign banners. Portraits are built in stages from photos to stenciling to final painting, with prices from 60 to 600 dollars. Cheaper banners are transparencies, silk portraits are most costly.
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Cmpaign
Chicago
Frst
Political Campaign Rallies Echo Across States
Prolific circuit of speeches marks the campaign with Eugene V. Debs in Indianapolis and Paris Illinois. Debs opens Social Democratic efforts while Debs and Debs allies address crowds from Kokomo to Chicago. Governors and senators rally in Peoria Springfield Ottawa Canton and Worcester. Prohibition candidate John G Woolley speaks to large audiences in Indianapolis and Paris. Texas Prohibition slate heads by I G Damon.
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T. V. Powderly
Kokomo
Ind
Eugene V. Debs
Jones
Beveridge
Rochester
John G. Woolley
Indianapolis
Rourke Cochran
Topeka
Wan
Charles P. Littlefield
Maine
Green Bay
Wis
United States
Chauncey M. Depew
Chicago
Bryan Democrats
Baltimore
Charles R. Flint
Trusts
Hitnots Manufacturers’ Association
Social Democratic Party
Gov
Roosevelt
Peoria
Springfield
Wellington
Maryland
Ottawa
Hanna
Pullman
McWinley
Colorado
Cincinnati
Kentucky
Texas
I. G. Damon
Corsicana
Addai K E. Stevenson
Wooster
Ohio
Tillman
Canton
Paris
Campaign notes across states in 1900 election year
Senator Spooner opened the Republican campaign in Canton while Cochran resumes touring after illness. The Mormon Church expressed support for McInger. Chicago registrations edge past 1896 figures. voter lists show large totals. Kentucky Senate backs a Goebel-era approach. Roosevelt days in Chicago with Hanna, Meiklejohn defends the President. Prohibition speakers shaken by a track incident in Louisville. Rockefeller extradition papers served in St. Louis. Grosvenor attacks Bryan in Evanston as campaigns roll on.
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Senator Spooner
Wisconsin
Canton
O. Rourke Cochran
Mormon Church
McIsinger
Chicago
Baltimore
Bryan
Meadville
Quay
United States
Pennsylvania
Hanna
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Nebraska
Louisiana Central Committee
People’s Party
Jacob G. Schurman
Cornell University
First Philippine Commission
Princeton
Meiklejohn
War Department
Sultan of
Sulu
Loomotive
Louisville
Woolley
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Texas
John D. Rockefeller
Henry M. Mingler
Grosvenor
Ohio
Evanston, Ill
McKinley
Too Many Principles Man learns from Sunday habits
A humorous tale contrasts a wife’s strict principles with a husband who resists reform. He keeps Sunday trips, reads papers at home, quits, and finally buys a Manhattan Beach ticket, proving some principles cannot curb ordinary desires. An ad then promotes Ely's Cream Balm for catarrh and hay fever with pricing and mailing offer.
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Manhattan Beach
Harper’s Bazar
Long Bridges Proposed on Central Asian Railway
A 13,887 foot iron bridge would span the Amudaria River replacing a wooden bridge from the Trans-Caspian era. Located about 130 miles northeast of Merv, the structure would rise 72 feet above mean water to avoid drift with a three mile length. Estimated cost is 2.5 million dollars with a Russian firm handling metal work.
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Amudaria
Merv
Woman Pleads Mistaken Identity in Gas Pipe Incident
In court the defense to the assault on a book agent claims mistaken identity. The lawyer notes the accused struck with a gas pipe, believing the target was her husband. The judge questions the explanation as the case proceeds.
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Baltimore
What Do the Children Drink Grain-O as coffee substitute
A collection of short ads and quips from 1900 praising Grain-O as a nourishing coffee substitute for children, with claims of health benefits and widespread grocer availability. Also includes medicine pitches for Laxative Bromo Quinine, Lane's Family Medicine, Piso's Cure, and dessert Jell-O. Includes humorous quips on manners and prison beliefs.
The Kaiser Is Expensive Costs of Imperial Palaces Probed
The piece notes that maintaining twenty four royal palaces of Emperor William across the German empire costs four million four hundred thousand marks annually.
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William
German Empire
Mrs Austin Pancakes Dream Breakfast
Crisp mornings bring breakfast joy with Mrs. Austin's famous pancakes. Grocer stock ready to supply you for a hearty start.
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Mrs. Austin
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Story of Kidney Health
A promotional piece extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for women’s kidney troubles. It highlights early expert work by Mrs Pinkham and includes several customer letters from 1899 praising relief from weight loss fatigue and menstrual concerns after using the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pixewall
Dydia E. Pinkham
Mars
Mary A. Hierz
Manchester
Ind
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