Fusion State Convention Names State Office Nominees
After two days in Lincoln the fusion state convention announced its ticket for state offices and presidential electors. Governor W A Poynter of Boone named as governor with E A Gilbert of York as lieutenant governor and C S Svoboda of Howard as secretary of state.
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Lincoln
W.A. Poynter
Boone
E. A. Gilbert
York
C.S. Svoboda
Howard
Theodore Greiss
Clay
Aangey S. B. Howard
Holt
W.D. Oldham
Buffalo
P. J. Carey
Saunders
C. F. Beck
Burt
Frank Ransom
Omaha
J. H. Garrett
Holdrege
J. H. Felber
Hartington
Tecumseh
Peter Ebberson
St. Paul
Robert Oberfelder
Sidney
I. M. Wente
J. Hughes
Schuyler
McKinley Formally Nominated for Second Term in Philadelphia
William McKinley was officially notified of his Republican nomination for president in Philadelphia. A crowd from his native state gathered around his Canton home as party leaders conveyed the honor under a sunny sky. McKinley appeared in good spirits and his courteous replies drew applause.
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the Republic
William McKinley
Republican Party
Canton
1900 Assembly Promises All American Epworth Program
Epworthians anticipate a strong 1900 Nebraska Epworth Assembly program on G A R day featuring Gen C C Howard Gen John B Gordon Bishops John W Hamilton and Charles B Galloway Maud Ballington Booth Frank R Roberson A W Hawks Wilbur P Thirkield D W Potter and musical directors Prot P P Bilhorn and Harold Jarvis plus the Arion Lady Quartet and the South African Boy Choir Health notes highlight Lincoln Sanitarium Dr Everett cures in rheumatism and baths reputation across the west
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Nebraska Epworth Assembly
North
South
L C. C. Howard
L John B. Gordon
John W. Hamilton
Chas. B. Galloway
Maud Ballington Booth
Frank R. Roberson
A. W. Hawks
Wilbur P. Thirkield
D. W. Potter
P. P. Bilhorn
Harold Jarvis
Arion Lady Quartet
Chicago
Transvaal
Lincoln Sanitarium
Everett
West
British Forces Hold Nitral’s Nek After Night Assault
Lord Roberts reports to the London War Office on July 12 that the enemy captured Nitral’s Nek. The garrison included Scott’s Grays squadron two Royal Artillery guns and five Lincolnshire companies. The attackers, in superior numbers, seized the hill fortifications at dawn and opened heavy gunfire.
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Lord Roberts
London War Office
Nitral’s Nek
Scott’s Grays
Royal Artillery
Lincolnshire Regiment
Drowned Men in Sangamon River Near Petersburg
Louis Merker of Springfield and William Dallmann of Petersburg drowned when their boat struck a stump on the Sangamon River near Petersburg Illinois. Merker sank immediately while Dallmann, an expert swimmer, tried to help and was pulled under by Merker. The bodies were recovered. They had recently entered the saloon business.
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Sangamon River
Louis Merker
Springfield
William Dallmann
Petersburg
Merker
Dallman
Red Lake Indian unrest feared after large gathering
A Solway Minnesota dispatch reports growing crowds of blanket Indians at Red Lake with fear of an outbreak. They seized liquor and conduct war dances as White settlers prepare for a siege. Indian Agent Mercer travels to the scene to pacify tensions.
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Solway
Minn
Red Lake
Mercer
British Strike at Rietfontein Captures Boer Positions
Pretoria report states Colonel Mahon with General French's brigade seized all Boer positions near Rietfontein. The field found several Boer dead while British casualties were trifling.
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Pretoria
Mahon
French
Rietfontein
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Promises Womanly Relief
The advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and free counsel for women from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts. It claims the medicine has cured millions and urges women to seek advice and purchase the product. It also notes new material for paper making in Pensacola Florida using pitch pine pulp and cane. It highlights an Philadelphia zoo staffer selling American frogs in Germany for decorative pond use.
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South
Pensacola
Fla
Philadelphia
Atlantic
Bent on Revenge Stirs Local Gossip in Indianapolis
The Indianapolis Journal notes neighbors discuss the Dwiggs family, labeled queer, amid a summer lawn mower incident. A community collection is underway to purchase a replacement mower, reflecting local tensions and social deviation rumors.
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Indianapolis Journal
Dwiggses
Ladies Can Wear Shoes One Size Smaller With Allen’s Powder
Allen’s Foot Ease powder relieves tight shoes and foot discomfort. It cures swollen hot sweating aching feet growing nails corns and bunions. Sold by druggists and shoe stores 25c Trial package free by mail Allen S. Olmsted Le Roy NY. Pride and ambition may dazzle us for the moment but moral and religious genius is the pinnacle of human glory.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
Pigo's Cure and Miscellaneous Advertisements Fragments
Fragmented newspaper clippings promote medicines and household goods. Highlights include Pigo's Cure praise, a Kennebec ice surplus estimate, Faultless Starch humor booklet, and Coke Dandruff Cure with price. Also mentions Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething and a philosophical line about time and virtue.
Beeman's Gum and HinderCorns Ad Lure Readers
A vintage ad block promotes Beeman's Pepsin Gum and Parker's Hain BALBAM with humorous lines about digestion and hair whitening. It contrasts a frugal father with a spendthrift son while noting anxiety and the reliability of Hindercorns as a coin cure.
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Warren
Parker
Fossil Footprints Found Near Carson City Prison Site
Paleontologists report six series of ancient footprints at a limestone hill near the Nevada prison, dated to a lake shore era. The tracks include a sandal print over eighteen inches long and bones from mammoth, horse, birds, and deer alongside other remains, with a stride roughly two and a half feet.
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Carson City
Sierra Nevadas
State Prison
Carson
Warden Garrad
Geological Museum
Washington
Thomsons Order 5000 Barrels For Local Pear Crop
Lee county Georgia item notes that Mr W W Thomson has ordered 5000 barrels to ship the pear crop of the vicinity.
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Georgia
Lee County
W. W. Thomson
Thoughtful minds heed stomach troubles and remedies
To a thoughtful mind is one of serious import for it creeps upon society before you are aware. The message compares stomach disorders to constipation indigestion and dyspepsia. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is urged as a reliable remedy for such ailments. He who has but little has very little to fear.
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State Ofice
M’kinley
Epworthians
the. Pinkham
Lydia. E. Pinkham
Ben
Pigo
J. W. O'Brien
Third Ave
Minneapolis, Minn
Kennebec
Beeman
Singer
Singer Manufacturing Co
Singer Company
Coeur Dta
Ain Sterling Remedy Company
New York
Mall. van J. & C. Maguire’s
Culin
Hanae
St. Louis
Byron Taskes
Thompson
W.N. U
M. Roberts’ Supply House
Minneapolis
Rio
Galibe
Santos Gates
Ben Sais Teain tehRiat
Wicca Groem
Palais Tir
T. M. ROBERTS’_ SUPPLY_HOUSE
Minolis
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