Publican Battle Ground Rep In Order For National Convention
Minneapolis correspondent reports a Republican National Convention to be hosted by the city on the 7th at the Main Floor of the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition Building with seating for 11 000, including delegates and alternates. Hotels Dwellings and annexes around the West Hotel, Nicollet House, Victoria, Holmes, St James, Paully House, Brunswick, Windom, Windsor, and Ryan Hotel in St Paul are set for delegates and officials.
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Minneapolis
West
Hennepin Avenue
Convention Hall
Masonic Temple
Nicollet House
Washington Avenue
Nicollet
Hennepin Avenues
Victoria
Holmes
St. James
Paully House
Brunswick
Windom
Windsor
Ryan
St. Paul
Merchants
Metropolitan
Aberdeen
Colonnade
Clarendon
Sherman
International
Clifton
St. Louis
W. E. Steele
Committee On
Minneapulis
Lakes
Great Northern Railroad
North American Telegraph Company
Postal
United Press
North American Operating Room
Chicago
East
Milwaukee
Woman’s Cleaning Club
Winston
Minneapolis Convention Hall Preparations Preview
The piece outlines the Minneapolis convention hall setup for a major gathering. It notes the vistas of St Anthony Falls Nicollet Island and the western manufacturing district, plus extensive decorations, ventilation, and emergency exits. It covers hotel capacity, press facilities, telegraph arrangements, and local transportation.
Journalism in a Small City and a Telephony Plot
A veteran recounts rival newspaper tactics in a midwestern town. Editors used telephone leaks to scoop rivals, ending when a night shift telephonist was exposed and dismissed. Chauncey Depew credits quitting tobacco in college as a turning point for self discipline and warns of youth tobacco use.
Lily Culture on Bermuda Islands Captivates Travelers
The article notes the unique field crop of one hundred thousand lilies on Bermuda, valued next to the potato and onion crops. Flowers are shipped as buds in boxes, remaining fresh without opening for weeks. Gen Hastings introduced the culture, with large fields still owned by him and over 100,000 lilies blooming at once in season.
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Bermudas
United States
Bermuda
Gen
Hastings
Buffalo Express
Stamp Perforation and the Birth of the Postage Stamp
The Albany Express notes the postage stamp, about fifty years in use in the United States, began as sheets with no perforations in England. A sailor first developed a machine to cut stamps, then perforation by rows was adopted, aided by better paper and mucilage.
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United States
England
Postoffice Department
Albany Express
Millionaire Thief Recovered Paintings From His Gallery
A wealthy New Yorker who died recently missed two valuable canvases from his gallery. Accusations targeted his son, but years passed before an expressman delivered the missing works to the banker. Traced through the express office, the package led to the widow of a trusted friend, whose millionaire buyer-collector spouse admitted theft.
Ghosts Haunt Huntington Husband in Curious Tale
Persistent Huntington, Long Island, reports a haunting after Mrs. Truman Brown’s death from cancer. She allegedly visits her husband at night with another ghost, leading him to shoot at them. both vanish and return nightly. Neighbors feel intense excitement over the strange affair.
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Huntington
Long Island
Truman Brown
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Tlen
Onit
Publican
Hallroads
St. Anthony Falls
Suh
Tive
Nicollet Island
Laaard
William McKinley, Jr
Union Depot
Omaha
Kansas City
Association
Western Union
Malay Archipelago
Life—Press Headquarters
Sao
West Hotel
Hennep
N Avenue Bridge
Wes
Tern Union Telegraph Office
Republican Party
Independent Brothers
Democracy
Republicanism
Telephone Company
Blaine
Harrison
White House
Chauncey M. Depew
Mr. Dépew
Millionaire Brown
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