A Jericho Failure Turns Political Satire
Pap Perkins recalls Bill Lapham pitching a grand Jericho Guards plan at a town meeting. The crowd erupts with boasts of dying for country while Lish Billings dismisses the draft frenzy as impractical, revealing a town split between bravado and reality.
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Pap Perkins
Bill Lapham
Lish Billings
Jericho
Spain
Mexico
Canada
Deacon Spooner
Sons of Freedom
William Lapham
Goslin
Bill
United States
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Jericho Guards
Willin
Abner Jones
Monmouth
Abner
Mule and rat warnings in mine lore
A coal mine inspector argues miners are not superstitious but practical, noting rats flee first, then mules sense danger and men follow. He says desertion by rats signals trouble and that delaying action costs lives in mines, a Denver Post perspective on mine safety.
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Asiride
Denver Post
Yale Summit Girl Plays Cruel Joke About Love Letter
A Yale Summit girl finds a love letter from her father to her mother and reads it with her name. The mother reacts with anger, forbidding contact with the writer. The room falls silent as the daughter passes the letter to her mother.
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Yale Summit
Saltsbury Press
False friendship and renewed life in old reflections
The Albany Journal contrasts false friendship to ivy that decays a wall and true friendship that revives and animates the object it supports, while a casual dialogue imagines a man finishing a tree cut and planning to cut it up next day.
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Mike
Albany Journal
Never say die Expire sounds much better
A Chicago News line comments on attitude toward dying or expiration with a provocative slogan. The phrase suggests a counterintuitive take on persistence and mortality in a humorous editorial tangent.
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Chicago News
Democrats Meet in Convention Nominate Iowa State Ticket
Delegates from every Iowa county gather in Cedar Rapids for the Democratic state convention to nominate a full slate for secretary of state auditor treasurer attorney general and supreme court judge plus two electors at large. George Huffman presides as temporary chairman at the opening session and committees are named.
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Cedar Rapids
Geo. A. Huffman
State Central Committee
Supreme Court
State Committee
John D. Denison
Wright County
Richard Burke
Mahaska County
W. J. Pilkington
Hamilton County
Reading
J. H. Gillispie
Des Moines County
C. D. Huston
Linn County
J. H. Palmer
John T. Hamilton
S. B. Crane
Polk County
I. M. Gibson
Delaware County
H. L. Williams
O’brien County
J. G. Harper
J. W Freeland
Wayne County
J. E. Anderson
Winnebago County
Joseph Eiboeck
Col
C. H. Mackey
Wapello County
Committee On Credentials
Iowa
Jamieson
Committee On Permanent Organization
D. J. O'Connell
Burlington
Oskalooza
J. D. O'Connell
O'Connell
Hawkeye
Exposition Letter from Paris on Assassination Plot
Paris notices discuss the attempted life on the shah of Persia and compare it to an attack on President Loubet. The piece notes organized anarchist activity, potential Mafia links, and the impact on Paris society and the Press Congress. American delegates included Charles H. Boynton and Captain A. H. Mattox.
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Paris
France
Persia
America
Shah
Loubet
Humbert
Maffia
Italy
Europe
the Elysee
Charles H. Boynton
Associated Press
A. H. Mattox
United States Commission
Exposition
Paris Exposition 1900 Seen as National Legacy
Delegates from America and Europe gathered with editors and the Vienna press chief presiding. The writer weighs practical results, noting proposals for a journalism bureau and Paris hospital for writers, while forecasting substantial long term gains for Paris and France from the Exposition and the Pont Alexandre III as a lasting heritage.
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America
H. de Young
San Francisco
C. F. L. Gauss
Chicago
Louis Holler
Philadelphia
W. H. Sanger
Boston
H Chamberlain
New York Sun
London
W. Singer
Vienna
Neues Wiener Tagblatt
Buffalo
France
Paris
Seine
Pont Alexander
Champs- Elysees
the Invalides
Grain-O praised as healthier coffee substitute
A letter from Davin City Nebraska dated April 1 1900 extols Grain-O produced by Genesee Pure Food Co Le Roy New York. The writer Lillie Sochor says a coffee drinker brother fell ill and the doctor advised Grain-O. After initial reluctance the product is now indispensable as the brother remains well.
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Davin City
Néb
Genessee Pure Food Co
le Roy
N.Y
Graino
Lillie Sochor
Wur Clubbing List for Tribune Readers
The Tribune offers a clubbing list with the Fairfield Tribune Homestead combination for 1.50 to 1.55 and partner papers including St. Louis Semi-Weekly Republic Des Moines Weekly EMROOE and Cincinnati Enquirer. The offer applies to renewals and new subscriptions and promises savings on other publications.
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Tribune
Fairfield Tribune
Homestead
St. Louis
Republic
Des Moines
Cabddeas
Cincinnati Enquirer
Five Million Boxes a Year Cascarets Candy Cathartic
In 1899 Americans bought nearly 5 000 000 boxes of Cascarets Candy Cathartic an increase over 1897. The ad cites Cascarets as honest up to date natural liver laxative tablets cleansing blood and purifying breath. Readers urged to subscribe to the Tribune.
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America
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