Democratic Victory Hopes Rise As New York Leads Push
Special correspondence from New York details Democratic headquarters at 189 Fifth Avenue with Chairman Harrity and staff confident Cleveland will win. Campaigns mobilize across states, focusing on New York, New Jersey, and the South. Republicans struggle to hold the West as Democrats build a broad national drive aided by clubs and German American allies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fifth Avenue
Harrity
Harrison
Maine
Vermont
Rhode Island
Pennsylvania
Oregon
Washington
North
New Jersey
Cleveland
Stevenson
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Ohio
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Colorado
Nevada
California
West
Northwest
South
North Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Tennessee
Congress
Ransom
Hunton
Gray
Delaware
Gibson
Louisiana
Faulkner
West Virginia
Chicago
Connecticut
New York State
Sheehan
Harlem River
New York City
Tammany Hall
Brooklyn
Myers
Senator Voorhees
Indiana
Voorhees
New Rochelle
Covert
State Committee
Cleveland Union
John Boyd Thatcher
State League of Clubs
Workingmen’s Club
Albany
State League
Thomas Jefferson
Danforth
Hill
Platt
Fassett
Minneapolis
Hoffman House
McKinley tariff letter prompts Irish sock tariff refund
Mike Doran of Washington writes to McKinley arguing foreigners pay taxes and asks which foreign government to contact to reclaim three dollars. He cites twelve Irish wool socks sent by his mother and a tariff charge paid by his cousin at the New York customs house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Mike Doran
Washington
Mike
Old Ireland
Custom House
Deak Sir
House of Representatives
Minneapolis
Ireland
New York Custom House
Michael Doran
Real Life Example of Trade Duty and Shipment Value
A Minneapolis Times reprint presents Hon William L Wilson citing a New York merchant report dated February 17. It describes a Manchester shipment of dress goods including wool, woolen and worsted cloths and cotton warp, with entered value 2631 dollars and packing cost 19 dollars. Duty paid totals 2621.05 dollars and the piece suggests consumers will ultimately pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Wilson
New York
Manchester
Minneapolis Times
McKinley tour prompt Rhode Island wage query
The Pawtucket Tribune hopes Governor McKinley will name the man who has benefited from higher wages under the tariff. The paper notes no such figure exists yet, quipping that finding a man with raised wages under McKinley’s bill is the hardest thing to locate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Pawtucket
R. I.) Tribune
Rhode Island
Bill McKinley
Hot Springs Skin Soap Introductory Advert
Hot Springs manufacturers with chemist aid offer Hot Springs Skin Soap to bring healing elements of the waters in a preventive form. The soap softens purifies and deodorizes the skin aiding the removal of pimples rashes and odors. Sold by Bradshaw & Thoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Bradshaw & Thoma
Ant Societies Exhibit Complex Ant Government and Burial Customs
The Cincinnati Commercial Gazette notes that several South American ant species raid black ants, seize larvae, and enslave them. Ants display remarkable intelligence in funeral rites, establishing cemeteries and burying slaves separately. The piece praises ant life for government, sanitation, nursing, temperance, and love of fresh air.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South America
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Dr Miles Restorative Nervice Ad Declares Cure
A Wartkins resident Mrs Roe writes a suicide note to her husband lamenting long sleepless nights. The text promotes Dr Miles Restorative Nervine with a claim of speedy cure and urges readers to visit Bradshaw and Thomas for a free trial bottle and book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradshaw & Thoma’s
Remarkable Belfast Rosebush Changes Over a Decade
George R. Carter of Belfast reports his rosebush began as a white moss rose ten years ago. It yielded large white blossoms for years, then produced mixed red and white blooms for two seasons. In the last two years the flowers are all white, and this year all are red, puzzling observers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Carter
Belfast
Republican- Journal
Dullams Great German Uterine Tonic Promises Restored Health
A 60 year old woman reports severe female illness for over twelve years and poor results from three top doctors. After three bottles of Dullams Great German Uterine Tonic she says her health improved markedly, feeling thirty again. Mary Evans in Harlem is named captain of a ship, husband chief engineer. Mrs. F B Mapp of Milledgeville Ga wins Paris Inventive Society diploma and gold medal for bread raiser. Evangelical pastor Rev C G Bruner and wife Rev Ella G Bruner serve at Lincoln Neb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dullam
8. E. Carpenter
Lapeer
Michigan
George D. Clarke
Mary Evans
Harlem
New York City
F. B. Mapp
Milledgeville
Inventive Society of
Paris
Lincoln, Neb
Evangelical Church
C. G. Bruner
Ella G. Bruner
Hot Springs Skin Salve Uses and Regimen
The article explains that the salve is mainly for aggravated skin eruptions while the soap and powder are used together across the day. the soap for general use, powder by day, salve by night, with Bradshaw & Thoma as the source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradshaw &Thoma
Curtain raisers and plays hit in a busy literary page
Miss Lee Kascom finishes The Little Jade curtain raiser and Albert Brunning plans a new romantic drama next season. Monongahela a four act melodrama dramatizes Homestead trouble. DeWitt's Little Early Risers advertised by Geo. D. Clarke for constipation and liver complaints. Oscar Wilde develops a golden veined tulip. One Minute Cough Cure sold by Clarke. McKee Rankin's A Kentucky Colonel to run four weeks at Union Square. Dullam's Great German Liver Pills 15 cents per package at Clarke's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Kascom
Gotham
Albert Brunning
Homestead
Monongahela
Geo. D. Clarke
McKee Rankin
Union Square Theater
New York
Dullam
Clarke
Hansen ads promise cures for headaches and coughs
An advertisement from Des Moines Iowa offers Hansen's Radical Headache Care and Hansen's Radical Cough Cure with money-back guarantees. It claims relief for headaches neuralgia sleeplessness nervous debility and numerous respiratory ailments and includes 25 cent post paid orders and two Des Moines addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hansen
U.S. A
Canada
H.clansen
East Locust St
Des Moines
Iowa
H. C. Hansen
East Locusts St
One potato could yield vast future seed under skill
A hypothetical idea notes that from a single potato a patient grower might harvest 10,000,000,000 seeds in ten years to renew the world supply. It also praises the wax plant Hoya carosa, advising strong soil bright light high shelf minimal repotting and ceiling tying for training.
Albino Lobster Found In New Brunswick Lobster Load
A bluish white albino lobster, rare in these waters, was found among a lobster cargo from New Brunswick. Only one other white lobster has been recorded in these waters, highlighting the oddity of the find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
De Witt’s Little Early Risers advertised for stomach issues
A compact ad copy touts De Witt’s Little Early Risers as a cure for dyspepsia with sales by Geo. D. Clarke. The note mentions northern British America woods buffalo as a species remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British America
Plains
De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve Cures Itching Piles
A Peoria man claims relief after trying many remedies. he says De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve cured his itching piles. The product is sold by Geo. D. Clarke. Jay Rial plans retirement from theater work to live in Surinam with a Dutch government gold mine concession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Witt
C. DD
Haskins
Peoria
Ill
Geo. D. Clarke
Jay Rial
Surinam
South America
Cure for corns and bunions by Chryso Corn Cure sold locally
Advertisements note Chryso Corn Cure promises relief for corns and bunions with every bottle warranted. Bradshaw and Thoma sell the product along with Shiloh’s Cure and One Minute Cough Cure. Mrs Osborne, widow, reports strong ranch earnings near Salt Lake City, including a chicken ranch and incubators.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradshaw & Thoma
Osborne
Salt Lake City
Shiloh
General Banking Notice on Real Estate Loans and Custody
Transacts general banking business with loans at reasonable rates for long or short terms secured by real estate or personal security. Offers custodian services for wills and valuables without charge. Pays 4 percent interest per annum on deposits held at least six months.
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Henry Watterson
Louisville Courier-Journal
Soldiers’ Home
Dayton, C
DeWitt
Oscar Wilde
Castoria
Samuel Pitcher
G. C. Oscoon
Lowell, Mass
J. F. Kinenerog
Conway, Ark
H. A. Arcuer
M. D
Oxford St
Brooklyn, N. Y
Children's Department
United Hospital and Dispensary
Boston
Mass
Allen C. Surra, Pres
the Centaur Company
Tim Murray
Bradfield
W. E. Stebbins
Ridge
Georgia
Pitcher’s Castoria
State Savings Bank
Fairfield
J. E. Roth
Jas, Sullivan
V. Pies
E. A. Howard
Cashier
James Louden
D. G. Higley
James Sullivan
W. E. Bradshaw
J. S. Mckenney
Ed. Hunt
Jon. Kicksber
T M. Byrnes
T. R. Howlett
J. F. Loehr
Geo
D. Clarke
Late Coop
Ward Lamson
R. W. Lamson
W. Ball
R. F. Rateliff
W. A. Lamson
J. W. Burnett
Joseph Roth
E. F. Simmons
Chris. Roth
ID. W. Templeton
Eugene Campbell
H. Watkins
Adam Messer
N. M. Slagle
D. M. Parrett
J. P. Manatrey
Will S. Prewitt
Wm. C. Hawk
Thos. Louden
J. H. Allender
A.C. D. Bradshaw
Rodgers
Louden
A. F. Cassel
F. O. Danielson
August Walgren
W. 8
Aught
John McLane
George Mowery
Chas
D. Leggett
Coodban & Fulton
South Side
G. A. Merich
Kocer
Pluc
Huntzinger & Voorhies
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