Pre-election Estimates on Bryan and McKinley Victory
The New York Herald canvass projects Bryan with 210 electoral votes and McKinley with 237, relying on fusion dynamics and state performances since 1892. It argues California Michigan North Carolina West Virginia and other states could shift, while core Democratic and Populist gains in the West and plains bolster Bryan.
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New York Herald
Mr. McKinley
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Chicago
California
Colorado
Idaho
Montana
Nevada
North Carolina
South Dakota
Utah
Wyoming
Illinois
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Kansas
Seater Mosole
Michigan
West Virginia
Towa
Delaware
Kentucky
Minnesota
Maryland
Wisconsin
New York Journal
That Wonderful Churn A Testimony For The Lightning Churn
A farmer praises the Lightning churn for speed and higher butter yield. He notes quick one minute operation and growing demand with neighbors buying up stock. He predicts wide adoption within a year and profit from selling churns through J I Casey and Co St Louis Mo.
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J. I
Casey & Co
St. Louis
Orchard Notes and Local Tidbits From October Entries
Orchard news mentions P Danielson flying to Denver, a new born son to Mr. and Mrs. W L Miner, Mrs. Arthur Drury ill, and social dances with refreshments by Mrs. Foley. It notes Miss Goodykoontz visiting Mrs. Brink, potato scrap yields, L A Jackson expecting Mrs. Jackson home, and Mrs. Walker visiting from Milwaukee. Also coverage of the Willing Workers society and local visits by Jas Hurley and Ben Kemp, plus a letter praising self heating irons and a jokey line about avoiding a headache when drunk.
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Orchard
P. Danielson
Denver
W. L. Miner
Arthur Drury
Henry
Sam Cook
L. A. Jackson
Jackson
New Jersey
Elegant plated hook spoon offered for ten stamps
Jeannette reports sending ten 2 cent stamps to Miss A M Fritz Station A St Louis Mo to receive an elegant plated hook spoon. She says the spoon is a household necessity and profitable, noting $1300 earned in two hours from orders and promotion among friends.
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A. M. Fritz
Station A
St. Louis
Fritz
Jeannette
Kipling's Grand Banks Tale in McClure's November
McClure's Magazine for November will publish the first installment of a Kipling story about Gloucester fishermen on the Grand Banks with Taber illustrations. It also features an American daguerreotype history including portraits of Webster and Jenny Lind, plus Miss Tarbell on Lincoln's 1860 nomination drawing on recollections of key figures. An ad warns against mercury in catarrh remedies and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure from Toledo.
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M’clure
S. McClure
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
Gloucester
Grand Banks
I. W. Taber
Daguerreotype
America
Daggerreotype
Webster
Edward Everett
Jenny Lind
Peter Gilsey
New York
Josiah J. Hawes
Boston
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
F. J Cheney & Co
Wanted at Once Ex Clusive Control in Big Rapids
Classified notice from Big Rapids Mineral Water Co seeking active agents in each county with exclusive control and no frisk. Earn $1200 to $2500 yearly. Enclose stamp for full particulars or 25 cents for $11 sample. Big Rapids Michigan.
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Big Rapids Mineral Water Co
Big Rapids, Mich
Remarkable Cure For Inflammatory Rheumatism Promoted
Mrs William Flynn of Gladwin Michigan suffered severe inflammatory rheumatism with sleeplessness and weight loss until she used Dr Williams Pink Pills. A second case, Ransom Simmons, nervous debility, improved after ten boxes, with both spouses endorsing the remedy. The ad touts Pink Pills as a cure for rheumatism nervous disorders and related ailments, sold by Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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Courier-Herald
Gladwin
Gladwin County
Michigan
William Flynn
Mrs. Flynn Seapeneen
Moro
Courver-Herain
Glagwin
Ransom Simmons
Detroit
Dr. Williams
Dr. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady
N. Y
Anarchist Roots in Abbey Tale Echoes in Old Papers
The Indianapolis Journal recalls Abbey as a native American who became an anarchist. In contrast the Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a neighborly scene marked by a stylish but ill maid, hinting at contemporaneous urban life and labor realities.
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Abbey
Conspiracy Circulars Reveal Banker Plot to Control Money
A mid 19th century pamphlet shows London and New York capitalists plotting to use bonds and banknotes to curb greenbacks and wages. The Bank Bulletin excerpt urges monetary legislation to retire silver and favor gold and national bank notes. The text warns of efforts to repeal the Sherman purchase clause and press Congress for coinage and silver policies.
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New York
England
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National Bank
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Total Republican
Iowa
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Blackwell
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J. T., Casey & Co
Blivens
Stivens
Aji
Brief Literary Reviews
Mr. Dolan
Washington Star
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Wiggete
Mich
Courter-Herald
Saginaw
Indianapolis Journal
Cleveland Plain Dealer
the Hazzard Circular
the Bank Bulletin
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