McKinley Roosevelt Ticket Debut Enthuses Republican Crowd
The Philadelphia Record notes vivid enthusiasm at the Republican convention as McKinley and Roosevelt emerge as a ticket. It highlights party leaders fearing Teddy Roosevelt’s loss of public life, the strong campaign optimism, and questions over political strategy up to November. It also reports a claim that Wi Rogers of Standard Oil boasted senators would lobby for Spanish acquisitions, a statement considered likely true.
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Philadelphia
Hanna
McKinley
Roosevelt
New York
Washington
Teddy’ Roosevelt
Bryan
Chicago
Wi. Rogers
Standard Oill Company
United States
Spanish West Indies
Rogers
Solomons Letter From the Philippines Describes Campaign
Charles R. Solomon writes from Colasi Panay detailing expeditions under General Hughes. He recalls battles, casualties and captures, including a colonel, Aguinaldo portrait, and a bridge assault. He notes heavy fire near Dangpan gulf, a calm return to camp, and hopes to write more often. He mentions the hot climate, a beach nearby, and upcoming travel plans.
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Here
Iloilo
Hughes
Antique
Safford
Sibalon
San Pedro
San Jose
Santa Cruis
Vamose
Riley
Tigbaun de Malabon
de Malabon
el Cano
Panay
Dangpan Gulf
Shale
Colasi
Charles R. Solomon
Co. C
19Th
U. S. Infantry
The Little Blue Book Rail Tie Tables Publication
The pocket volume lists tie tables of all Pennsylvania railroads and serves businessmen and travelers. Published monthly, 140 pages, corrected to date. On sale on trains, at Union News Company stands, and various news dealers. Subscription one dollar per year. single copies ten cents. Published by Wm P Hastings, Milton, Pa.
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Pennsylvania
Union News Company
P. Hastings
Milton
Railroad Work Halted Amid Cost-Cutting Policy
Lehigh Valley Railroad suspends the new 800 foot girder bridge at Bridgeport below White Haven as part of retrenchment. Contractor Hendler, with about 70 workers at Bridgeport and 30 stone cutters quarrying, faces halted piers and abutments on a dam site thirty feet deep. Other projects by Mutchler Connelly Donnelly, Herman Riebe & Sons, and John F. Dolan also paused or slowed work this week.
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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Joseph Hendler
Bridgeport
White Haven
Hendler
Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company
Mutchler, Connelly & Donnelly
Packerton
Slatington
Herman Riebe & Sons
East Mauch Chunk
John F. Dolan
Air consumption and storage for life in a small room
A historical discussion estimates air needs for daily life and extended periods. It calculates that resting consumption is about 600 cubic inches per minute, with higher rates during exertion. The piece compares required volumes for annual, life-long, and larger reserves and notes how even small movements increase air use.
Bright Sayings on Manners and Truths From a Millionaire’s Daughters
A collection of aphorisms touching on honesty happiness and social behavior. It notes that a thinking cap is not needed for every mind that argues and warns against misdeeds being judged by small points. It comments on pride anger religious debates and the spread of ideas via poetry and fashion. It also mentions trade and industry shifts in cotton and raw materials sourced from the United States.
Public Opinion on McKinley Resignation and Offbeat Voices
A mosaic of editorials and snippets from Chicago to Louisville weighs McKinley’s presidency, political strategy, and national mood. The clippings critique leadership, reflect on suffrage and imperial policy, and echo historic views from Lincoln to Dewey, highlighting partisan tensions and public discontent.
Cheap Swiss telephones drive visitors to drink
A New Orleans broker recalls Swiss phone service in Berne where a line only works 2 to 4 PM and a passport is needed for long-distance calls. The village exchange requires a messenger and a military spy precaution. a three minute call would cost four cents, illustrating low tolls but frustrating operations.
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Switzerland
New Orleans
Berne
Canton
Bureau
Village Exchange
New Orleans Times-Democrat
Black Walnut Goes Abroad in Fashion and Trade
The article notes black walnut’s great size and rich grain, once favored for fine furniture but eclipsed by dark stained oak. It traces supplies from the Mississippi valley through eastern Kansas Missouri Arkansas and Ohio tributaries, with most lumber sent to Europe as European buyers pay high prices for the dark walnut.
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Mississippi Valley
Kansas
Missouri
Arkansas
Ohio
Europe
Berea Quarterly
The Stamp Question and a Drugstore Dispute
A woman asks a druggist to charge stamps after forgetting her purse and is confronted with admonitions about selling stamps. He questions if she will pay, and she defends herself, noting she bought four stamps yesterday on credit. The exchange sharpens into a humorous social moment in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Question of Dignity Weather Quote Sparks Repetition
An irritable man chats about humidity saying he cannot stop mentioning it. He mocks the idea of using a simple word like hot, insisting humidity is a wonderful weather specimen worth endless talk.
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Washington Star
Judge and soldiers comment in abstract justice debate
A quoted exchange reflects a judge defending bias as part of justice while a military outpost duty remark notes troops do not salute or notice superiors unless addressed. The piece presents a reflective, period voice on authority, friendship, and duty.
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Freeland Tribune. Po
Tribune Printing Company, Limited
Orriga
Main Street
Triduns Printing Company
Triduns Printing Company, Lienited
el Ee
Freeland
The
Philippines
R. M. Stetler
Lehighton
B. Y. P.U. of America
Cincinnati
Cincinaati
Kansas City
Lehigh Valley Ticket Agents
Freeland Corr
Hazleton Plain
Union Street
Wilkesbarre
A. C. Leisanring
W. A. Lathrope
George Moneeley
Sandy Run
John Gilhooley
Edward H. Williams
George Meneeley
M. S. Kemmerer & Co
Moneeley
Public Opinion
William McKinley
Atlanta Journal
Senator Beveridge
Cuba
Porto Rico
Louisville Courier-Journal
W. J. Bryan
West Virginia
Boston Transcript
England
Hawaii
Pacific
Atlantic
Congress
Inter-Ocean
Bellevue Hospital
Telegraph and
Express Companies
Federal Courts
Bradford Argus
Bishop Potter
Manila
Norristown Register
George Dewey
Manila Bay
America
Hazen
William
George
Venango
Mr. Sperry
Rutherford B. Hayes
Grover Cleveland
New Haven Register
Abraham Lincoln
Mississippi
Duntice
Indianpolis Journal
McMenamin ’S
South Centre Street
Ross
Ah Drungiatss
Depierro - Bros. Cafe
Gibson, Dougherty
Kaufer Club
Rosenbluth
Towh
Mumim
Hennessy
Ballentine
Hazleton
P. F. McNulty
P. Ys
Frank Youman
Nicholas Capece
Centre Street
T. Campbell
MA H
Ambersjor
Ubber Cement
Ather Ment
Candy
Boyle
Rochester
Youngling
Tentre Street
Addi E
Gry
Marnsi
Ciltoat Agen
Lestratan
Bola Yall Nase AN & Co
Sersrenema
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