Illinois Central announces special round trip tickets July and August
Illinois Central will sell round trip tickets from all stations north of Cairo and Paducah to Denver Colorado Springs Pueblo Ogden Salt Lake City Hot Springs Spearfish Deadwood Rapid City and Custer South Dakota Wyoming points on July 3 9 17 and August 1 7 21 at one fare plus 2 pay return. Colorado Utah tickets allow continuous passage to Denver Colorado Springs or Pueblo with stopovers within limits. South Dakota Wyoming routes permit west of Missouri River stopovers. Final return date October 31 1900.
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Illinois Central
Cairo
Faducah
Colorado
Utah
Denver
Colorado Springs
Pueblo
South Dakota
Wyoming
Missouri River
Satirical Observations on Gender and Wealth
The piece contrasts claimed male greed with a humorous stereotype of a woman stepping backward from a car. It frames wealth as endless desire and uses playful gendered quips to critique social norms.
Oldham Nominates Gifted Orator for Presidency
Kansas City July 6 convention reconvened after platform adoption. Hon. W. D. Oldham of Nebraska delivered a nominating speech for W. J. Bryan as the presidential candidate. The journal’s representative offers glimpses at notables and city conventions.
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Kansas City
W. D. Oldham
Nebraska
Democratic party call to choose a leader in historic style
The speech urges voters to honor the party’s founding principles and nominate a candidate whose life and actions reflect core democratic ideals. It warns against hypocrisy in trade and monetary policy, favors self government, and opposes mono metallurgy while supporting free coinage.
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Continental Congress of America
Democratic Party
Republican Party
United States
Une
Black Douglas
Bruce
Puerto Rico
Bryan Named Democratic Candidate at National Convention Night
The narrative chronicles William Jennings Bryan’s unanimous nomination for President at the Democratic convention in Kansas City, with delegates and notable figures, including Richard Croker, Carter Harrison, and Bath House John, present. It notes Bryan’s rise through party struggles, critiques of Republican imperialism, and calls for unity across states as the convention moves toward the fall campaign. The report also describes hotel life, delegate chatter, and various regional figures observed at the Baltimore Hotel.
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Republic
Antaeus
Earth
Hercules
Nebraska
Bunker Hill
William Jennings Bryan
New York
Richard Croker
Tammany
David Hill
Illinois
Carter Harrison
Chicago
Bath House
John
Jones
Maynard
Wyandotte Lodge No. 440
Kansas City
Kansas
Towne
Minnesota
Shively
Indiana
Elkis
Benton McMillan
Tennessee
John C. Tarsney
Twentieth
Funston
Bagbag
The
Elks
Protective Order of Elks
Brother Shively
Bryan
Mark Hanna
Iowa
E. J. Murtagh
Algona
Cook County
Second
Cato Sells
Resolutions Committee
J. S. Murphy
Free Silverite
Sells
Parsons
Night at the Kansas City convention opens to vast crowd
The narrator arrives July 4 to cover a major convention in Kansas City. Credentials secured, tickets priced at 10 to 20 dollars, and a seat secured in the first balcony as an 18 500 capacity hall fills beyond its listed limit with an audience likely over 20 000. The scene is described as chaotic with the speaker’s stand looming over a sea of attendees.
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Bedlam
Hades
Kansas City
K. C
Muscatine
Monument Lot Ad in Muscatine
Peter Olson advertises first class monuments at low prices with satisfied local customers as references. The offer notes on hand monuments at 515 E. 6th Street at the corner of 6th and Orange Streets formerly Grober Martie Wig.
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Muscatine
6Th Street
6Th
Orange Streets
Grober Martie
Peter Olson
Rhaematism Cure Ad Names Local Drugists
The notice lists Joan J. Haverpamp Theo Kuechman McBride & Cope J J Coady Nesper & Co as sellers of the P Rhaematic Cure, advertised as the most effective remedy for rheumatism in all stages.
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Joan J. Haverpamp
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