Democratic Nominating Conventions and Mayor Candidacies
The letters announce candidates for mayor subject to the Democratic nominating convention. Sidney C. Lumbard and H P Scherer request announcement of their mayoral candidacies in the Post. Editor of the Post is asked to publish the names accordingly.
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Borror
Sidney C. Lumbard
Mr. Enprror
H. P. Scherer
Mr. Eprror
Wma. T. Jefferies
TE Post
Henry P. Scherer
Candidate Stirs Third Ward Council Bid
H G NierMan announces bid for councilman in the Third ward subject to democratic voters decision.
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Mr Epiror
H. G. NierMan
Campaign for 3-Cent Streetcar Fares Across Cities
Cities debate a 3-cent fare with advocacy from Mayor Pingree in Detroit and interest in Chicago New York and Cleveland. Proposals include transfers and franchise sharing while critics warn of limited profitability and urge firm action by city councils or mayors.
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New York
Pingree
Toledo Bee
Cleveland
Kansas City
Kansas
Detroit
Milwaukee Sentinel
Columbus
Chicago
St. Louis
Boston and New York transit fare debates and politics
A mixed paragraph discusses transit pricing experiments, 5 and 8 cent fare debates, and public service expectations in Boston and New York. It notes labor council opposition to a long franchise extension in Cincinnati and calls for genuine fare reductions tied to actual earnings. It also includes a mayoral nomination notice for Henry P. Scherer and a unrelated 1886 Hall's Catarrh Cure advertisement with a notary statement.
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Pingtee
New York
Boston
Boston Post
Central Labor Council
Consolidated Street Railway Company
Cincinnati Tribune
Detroit Free Press
Home Telephone Company Offers Group Line Contracts
The Home Telephone Company announces it will take contracts whenever six or more patrons on the same line request service at the Bell Telephone price. The firm does not endorse the arrangement, noting it has proven unsatisfactory where implemented.
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The
Home Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company
On Sale Monday Only at Arcade Dry Goods
Monday only offer includes one case Shirting Prints at 34c per yard, marked down from 5c value. Louis Wolf & Co announces cheap rent, bright lighting, and best shop in the city. Also notes a penmanship class at International Business College next week with two daily time slots and liberal terms. Includes testimonial for Dr Kay's Renovator from J H Brunner of Marshalltown Iowa. See Advt C B Woodworth & Co Fort Wayne Ind.
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Louis Wolf & CO. Arcade Dry Goods Store
International Business College
T. L. Staples
J. H. Brunner
Marshalltown
Iowa
Dr. Kay
Advt
B. Woodworth & Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
B. J Kay Medical Co
South 16Th Street
Omaha
Neb
C.B. Woodworth & CO
Morrison Boom Tests Democratic Resolve for 1900
Washington dispatch reports a Morrison candidacy boom within the Democratic camp as administrators seek a unity candidate to rival him at the Chicago convention. Morrison’s appeal spans sound money and silver factions, but administration foes fear his currency stance. Names such as Whitney Olney Carlisle Wilson Pattison and Cleveland linger as players weigh whom to nominate if Morrison falters.
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Washington
Chicago
William R. Morrison
Illinois
Morrison
Mr. Morrison
Missouri
Congress
Cleveland
Colonel Morrison
Mr. Cleveland
White House
Whitney
Mr. Whitney
Olney
Carlisle
Wilson
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Walter Wellman
Pratt of Brooklyn Follows Railroading From College to Cab
George D. Pratt son of the late Charles Pratt joins Long Island railroad ranks after Amherst College graduation. He works through Mor ris Park shops learning locomotive parts and assembly then serves as fireman on the line in blue overalls and greasy cap before trying freight work and track walking. Now in the auditor's office he is 26 years old and remains modest about his varied railroad path.
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Brooklyn
Hill
George D. Pratt
Charles Pratt
Standard Oil
Amherst College
Pratt
Long Island Railroad
George
Morris Park
Auditor’s Department
New York Journal
Immitating Washington by Polite Bow to Colored Men
In a Washington Past sketch, Speaker Reed as presidential candidate is credited with embracing Washington's politeness rule. While strolling a fashionable northwest city street, he greeted two colored men in modest dress with a deep bow and hat lift. Witnesses, including passing elites in carriages, saw the gesture as notable condescension.
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Reed
Washington
Speaker
Collars and Trimmings Create Paris Fashion Fad
Paris embraces ornate hats with sequin crowns and elevated bodices trimmed in delicate flowers and crushed petals. Velvet dominates day and evening gowns with epaulets and berths. Valois collars star on capes and jackets. Two girls’ costumes are shown: a 16 to 18 year old ensemble in Louis Seize silk with green satin bodice, and a 10 year old dress in jacqueminot peau de soie featuring black velvet accents and lace.
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Paris
Marie Antoinette Fichus
Louis Seize
Bretelles
Louia
Jann Cuore
Senate panel backs coast defenses bill for 84 million
Squire's proposed fortifications bill advances with emergency clause. It authorizes 84 million dollars for fortifications at major ports including New York San Francisco Boston and Puget Sound. Funding can be spent on order of the president over twelve years and includes endorsements from War Department leaders.
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Squire
Senate
Carryley
Wasiterox
Committee On Coast Defenses
Board of Fortifications
New York
San Francisco
Boston
Lake Ports
Hampton Roads
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
Portland
Rhode Island
Narragansett Bay
Key Wear
Mobile
New
London
Savannah
Charleston
S. C
Galveston
Ore
Pensacola
Wilmington
N. C
San Diego
Cal
Portamouth
Committee On
Secretary of War
Flagler
Chraighill
Dun’s Weekly Review on Trade Conditions in New York
The Dun and Co weekly review notes restoration of the treasury reserve with little monetary upset, yet stringency in markets slows business. Bond price gains boost public confidence while money markets ease after a $70 million withdrawal. Commercial loan demand remains tepid with scant signs of expansion and limited purchases to cover.
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New Yorks
R. G. Dun & Co
Treasury Reserve
Prices and trade turmoil hit textile markets and failures rise
Markets show declining consumption with slow distribution to consumers and weak prices across most manufactured goods. Cotton goods face open reductions around seven percent, and overall prices sit about 10.2 percent above the 1895 low, while dress goods and blankets stay in fair demand and men’s woolens suffer from aggressive competition. Weekly failures reach 280 in the United States and 66 in Canada, up from last year.
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United States
Canada
Publishers Adjourn as Support Grows for Postal Bill
The American Newspaper Publishers association wrapped up at the Hotel Brunswick with President Charles W. Knapp presiding. They adopted resolutions endorsing the Loud postal amendment that would cut newspaper postage to Kent. In Washington, a heated House debate on Indian appropriations included a noisy exchange ending in laughter when a spectator cried Go it Fitz.
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New Yorks
American Newspaper Publishers’ Association
Brunswick
Charles W. Knapp
St. Louis Republic
Congress
Kent
House Debates Indian Appropriation In Committee
WASHINGTON Feb 22 The house spent the day in committee of the whole on the Indian appropriation with a bid to cut Indian inspector salaries rejected. Only two pages of the bill were reviewed. A night session approved five private pension bills and reported nine favorably. Adjourned to Monday.
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Washington
Cannon
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POST
M. E. Burns
Tribune
Frank S. Gray. CO
James M. Robinson
Allen
Whitley
W. S. Ganpy
Gould
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Daily News
Peter ManeEn
Onio
Toledo
Lucas
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Chenzy & Co
Hall
A. D
Beal
A. W. Gleason
Notary Public
F. J. Cheney & CO
A. C. Aurentz
West Berry Street
Dun
Talbert
South Carolina
Bowers
California
Fitz
House
West Main Street
Feees
Pete
Dawn
Seavey Hardware Company
Brenzinger Bread
West Washington Street
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