Democrats Rally at First Day of National Convention
Delegates gather in Kansas City for the Democratic Convention with a reading of the Declaration of Independence and a statue unveiling of William Jennings Bryan. Governor Thomas of Colorado presides as temporary chairman and a Hill demonstration follows, with readings and songs marking the 1909 event.
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Bryan
National Democratic Committee
Washington
Kansas City
Aolding
Congress of the United States
Alaska
Indian Territory
District of Columba
Snail
United States
Charrsman Jones
Walsh
S. W. Neel
Central Presbyterian Church
William Jennings Bly
Reed
Gov. Thomas
Colorado
Republic
Thomas Jefferson
Harrison
Thomas
Campau
Michigan
Fulton
New York
America
Hill
Illinois
Carter H. Harrison
Thomas Gahan
C. B. Marshall
Rock Island
Williams
Explosion Claims Six at Parkersburg Yard
Explosion of a gasoline tank in the Ohio River railroad yards at Parkersburg West Virginia this Fourth of July morning killed six men including J H Hamilton general superintendent Bradley Reyes engineer Edward Shannon and Yardmaster Carr Master Mechanic Lalime and Conductor Bradford. Twenty five to thirty others were seriously injured with several feared dead.
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Parkersburg
W. V. Parkersburg
W. Va
Ohio River Railroad
J. H. Hamilton
Bradley Reyes
Edward Shannon
Carr
Lalime
Bradford
New York Boy’s Pictorial History Of Boer War Arranged
A 12 year old in West Ninety second Street has crafted illustrated narratives of the Boer War in South Africa. He began after saving war pictures from Havana incidents and bound manila paper into booklets. His growing collection now parallels his earlier Spanish American War project.
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New York
United States
Spain
West Ninety Second Street
South Africa
New York Herald
Havana Harbor
The War Book pictures a boy's view of war history
A study of a children's volume titled The War Book features colored flags and the Liberty eagle on the cover. It narrates the Maine explosion, Dewey's voyage to Manila Bay, Cavite, and the Olympia, the Cuba blockade, Sampson and Hobson exploits, and Shafter's Cuban campaigns. A Boer war section is also planned.
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Néntly
Maine
Spain
Dewey
Manila Bay
Corregidor Island
Cavite
Olympia
New York
Havana
Sampson
Matanzas
Cienfuegos
Cardenas
Santiago de Cuba
Hobson
Guantanamo
Shafter
Cuba
Montauk Point
San Juan Hill
Kansas Exposition Plan to Ask Congress for 1 Million
Kansans push a semicen tennial exposition to be held in Topeka in 1904. Promoters will invite Kansas delegation members in Congress to a Topeka conference to seek a $1,000,000 appropriation. They argue Kansas deserves similar help as Chicago Omaha and St Louis received.
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Congress
Topeka
Kansas
St. Louis
Chicago
Omaha
Bos'n Rag and the Ragtime Craze Across the Nation
The ragtime fad continues with the Bos n Rag gaining popularity after earlier hits like Georgia Camp Meeting and Whis ing Rufus. Fred S Stone of Detroit, a noted mulatto composer dubbed the Yellow Genius of the West, wrote the piece inspired by a Boston cake walk. Leading western and southern groups feature it as bands at New England resorts prepare to play the tune.
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Georgia
Rufus
Boston
Boston Herald
Fred S. Stone
Detroit
Yellow Genius
West
Narragansett Pier
Nantasket Beach
Point of Pines
New England
Kind of Her
Dialog shows May and Marion discussing engagement news. May reveals she intends to have the betrothed announce the engagement when ready, signaling excitement and social pressure among friends. The excerpt captures a light domestic scene from a Detroit Free Press page.
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Marion
Detroit Free Press
Baltimore as the Nation's Convention City Through History
The article traces Baltimore’s long role hosting national party conventions from 1832 and the Anti-Masonic event of 1831, noting Chicago's rise, other cities’ incursions, and the evolution of presidential nomination practice from congressional caucus to popular and national conventions led by Democrats and Republicans.
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Chicago
Baltimore
United States
New York Evening Sun
Lincoln
Windy City
New York City
Kansas City
Philadelphia
Washington
Harrisburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Minneapolis
Harrison
Henry Clay
Secret Bookkeeping in British War Transport in South Africa
Julian Ralph in the London Daily Mail argues that Britain hid troop movements and supplies by charging only per track or carriage mile with no per capita tallies. The system, he says, minimized records and secrecy, allowing large cargoes to move without exposing numbers or destinations.
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England
South Africa
Julian Ralph
London Daily Mall
Prices for military transit to Clisryead and supplies
The costs to the Imperial government set a penny per man per mile, three quarters of that for a horse, and five farthings per ton per mile for supplies. The railway department is said to neither lose nor profit unduly under this arrangement.
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Clisryead
Railway Department
Proper Summer Fashions From The New York Herald
The piece outlines summer dress guidance with advice on flannel and blue serge suits, coat styles, pockets, and lapels, plus footwear and waistcoats. It notes double breasted coats for slim men, single breasted for stout, and emphasizes dark patterns for longevity. A brief humor exchange ends the note.
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New York Herald
Russia
Not a Foreigner Alive in Pekin and Tien Tsin Battles
London reports indicate no foreigners remain alive in Pekin amid brutal conditions at the British legation. Advices from Shanghai confirm continued fighting at Tien Tsin with the foreign settlement under bombardment, and Gen Nieh Si Chang rumored to lead 90,000 troops toward Tien Tsin.
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Nieh Si Chang
Tien Tsin
London
Pekin
Shanghai
Che Foo
Berlin
Taku
Fatalities of the Fourth Fireworks Disaster in Philadelphia
Ten children killed and about 20 more seriously injured when a fireworks explosion in Philadelphia’s Italian quarter occurs as a colored boy fires a revolver into a pile of fireworks. Seven children die and three are gravely burned on July 4, with the event attributed to the firing. In Chicago the Pullman road race draws 200 starters and is won by K Winslow with William Blum timing 37 minutes 29 1 5 seconds.
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Tacoma
Wash
Edison
Gulch
Webster
East Webster
Philadelphia
Caus
Winslow
Chicago
K. Winslow
William Blum
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