Remarkable Convention Names McKinley Roosevelt Ticket
The 1900 Republican National Convention unanimously nominated William McKinley for president and Theodore Roosevelt for vice president. The gathering, free of opposition, featured a strong display of harmony, with Hanna and Quay noted for party maneuvering yet the convention proceeding without serious friction. Roosevelt received all but his own vote, while McKinley was unanimously chosen, signifying unity as the party resolutely eyed the 1901 campaign.
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Roosevelt
Foraker
New York Tribune
Philadelphia
William McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
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Fremont
Dayton
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Platt
Quay
Hanna
Rom
Ohio
Griscom
Haverford
Pennsylvania
New York
Washington
Depew
Colonel Roosevelt
Convention Hall
B. J. Odell
Hawaii
Lodge
Ahermed
Rules Adopted by the Convention in Philadelphia
Philadelphia rules outline delegation structure for states territories and district of Columbia. They describe order of business credentials permanent organization resolutions nominating committees and the sequence for balloting and notifying nominees. The document lists procedures for roll calls voting and recordkeeping across states territories Alaska and the District of Columbia.
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Philadelphia
United States
Latwe
Congress
Lagee
Earlecongreatorial
Idetrict
Columbia
Alaska
Arizona
Indian Territory
New Mexico
Yahimna
House of Representatives
Alueka
Dieteiet
Committee On
Alavka
Dlatriet
Masha
Columbian
Alesha
Colmbia
Territtory
Colimbia
Hin
Alanka
Cael
Tereitery
Alpha
District of Columbia
Ehall
Nul
Cotentien
Committee On Permanent Organization
Territories
Tistrint
Arrie
Perspiration and its variations in humans and animals
A youth's companion excerpt explains perspiration as a cooling mechanism common to men, monkeys, and horses. It notes normal and abnormal sweating, factors influencing it, related diseases, and basic treatment approaches for conditions like hyperhidrosis and night sweats.
Duck deaths count in a healthful climate satire
A Chicago News quip contrasts weather with a grim graveyard, joking that none of the ducks died of natural causes while noting a crowded cemetery as a punchline in a satirical exchange between a speculator and Lariat Lem.
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Chicago News
Historianclaims America named for hill in Nicaragua not Vespucci
Peru’s Ricardo Palma argues Amerigo Vespucci was named after America and that the continent’s name derives from a hill in Chanvoles, Nicaragua. He cites linguistic patterns and historical maps to suggest Columbus and others did not coin America, noting precedents like Georgia and Philippines naming.
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America
Amerigo Vespucci
Ricardo Palma
National Library of
Lima
Peru
Senor Palma
Vespucci
Alberico
Nicaragua
Chanvoles
South America
Antilles
Europe
Alberica Vespucel
Alberica
Province of
Barcelona
Columbus
Amerigo
Vespuccl
Receraphirs
Georgia
Louisiana
Maryland
Philippines
Counterfeit Pennies Rampant in Downtown Area
The New York Journal reports wholesale penny counterfeiting in Manhattan with Secret Service involvement. An American Microscope Co branch on Park Row leads to a plant suspected of producing fakes, sourced to the Italian quarter, with weekly shipments to the sub-treasury and average seizures of over two hundred coins per week.
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New York Journal
Government Secret Service Bureau
American Muloscope Company
Turk Tow
Manus
Mintoweope Company
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Senator Quay
Senator Foraker
McKintley
Senator Lepew
Blaine
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Alabama
Willam McKinley
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Buckeye Jssues
Senator Lodge
Wolcott
Dolliver
Thurston
Nebraska
John W. Yerkes
Kentucky
George A. Knight
California
James A. Mount
Indiana
Iowa
Lafayette Young
Des Moines
Kansas
O'Dell
Frank Platt
al J. Murray
Massachusetts
J. M. Ashton
Chauncey M. Depew
J. B. Foraker
Ohio Statesman
Rules OF Convention
Scranton
Tams
Sumter
Brothers, Scranton
Vespuccia
Vancouver
Magellan
Colon
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