Republican Convention excursion rates boost June travel
Rail plans offer low round trip tickets to Chicago for the Republican convention in June and summer tours to the Lake and Eastern resorts. Denver excursion tickets in July target the Democratic National Convention with frequent east to west trips and landseekers' notices advertising irrigated lands near Garland Wyoming Billings Montana Cody Basin Lowell Worland Wyoming. Send names to D. Clem Deaver, Landseekers' Information Bureau, Omaha.
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Garland
Wyoming
Billings
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McClure recalls Lincoln secret Washington trip by 1861
Colonel Alexander K. McClure recalls being the sole surviving observer of Lincoln's midnight journey from Harrisburg to Washington on February 22 1861. He describes the secret plan involving Pinkerton detectives and Governor Curtin, the scramble at West Philadelphia depot, and the ciphered telegram announcing Lincoln's arrival in Washington.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Alexander K. McClure
Philadelphia
McClure
Washington
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Colonel McClure
Curtin
Henry S. Kenney
Mr. Kenney
Allan Pinkerton
Great Detective Agency
Frederick Seward
President Felton
Wilmington
Baltimore
Ward Hi] Lamon
Scott
Army
Pinkerton
Springfield
West Philadelphia
Kenney
Lamon
Felton
President Elect
Baltimore and Washington
United States
Schumann-Heink Returns to Opera Stage in New York
The German contralto Mme Ernestine Schumann-Heink makes a notable return to opera at the Manhattan Opera House as Azucena in Il Trovatore after a concert-heavy season. She discusses her career, family, and her eight children, noting two sons Henry and Hans at study in Chicago destined for opera. The piece covers her marriage to William Rapp and a tea in Chicago where she interacted with Mrs Honore Palmer.
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New York
Manhattan Opera House
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Azucena
Germany
Carmen
Erda
Henry
Hans
Chicago
William Rapp
Honore Palmer
Ike Mme
Schumann- Heink
Schumann-Heink
Doan’s Kidney Pills Helped Woman in Alliance Neb
Mrs. J E Whaley of Alliance Nebraska reports kidney disorder with irregular secretions and back pain eased after using Doan’s Kidney Pills. She notes quick relief and a complete cure after short use and urges others to try the remedy sold by all dealers for 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole US agents.
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J.E. Whaley
Oregon
Missouri
Alliance
Neb
Doan
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
W C T U Notes on Age of Reason and Prohibition
In a Sunday school scene a boy asks when one reaches the age of reason and a pupil replies with the pledge. A salesman at National Headquarters voices support for voting out saloons before Illinois elections, saying licensing harmed his view on raising children and safety.
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National Headquarters
Illinois
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