Campaign Managers and Cranks Stir Chicago Headquarters
Political campaign managers at national party HQs in Chicago share amusing tales of crank schemes. A balloon propaganda idea and a poetry note reveal how cranks drift between Republican and Democratic centers, delivering laughs but no practical plans.
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Chicago
Crank
Senator Jones
Tiryan
White House
Nec
Republican
Babcock
Congressional Campaign Committees
Democratic
Hanna
Casting a A & AA Creusot Gun Casting a A & AA Creusot Gun
The article describes a heat smelting and extraction process for a large gun, detailing a four-column apparatus, a moving bridge, and a 60 to 80 feet deep well for lowering the weapon amid steam. It also covers unrelated notes on Japanese street railway regulation, malaria studies in the Roman campagna, and brief biographical snippets.
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Whittle
California mining king keeps vintage hat style decades on
Alvinga Hayward, a California millionaire and mining magnate, clings to a beaver bonnet hat that vanished from fashion long ago. For half a century he has had hats made from the same block, preserving a relic of old style.
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Alvinga Hayward
California
Indian Women Hold Broad Rights in Pueblo Society
The article argues Pueblo women control real and personal property, crops after harvest, and household decisions, with men often subservient in their wife’s gens. Marriage places a husband in the wife’s household, and clan descent is matrilineal, leading to strong female authority and frequent women-led trade interactions.
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Southwest
Chatemme
Slick Swindler Led Thousands Into Worthless Mining Scam
Detroit lawyer recalls George R. Wilmot, a Canadian-based con artist who targeted about 41,000 U S businessmen. He mailed letters promising rich mining stock in the Kootenay district and shipped certificates by express C O D with a $15 incidental charge. In roughly 80 days he netted over 312,000 before fleeing to Vera Cruz, avoiding post office action. victims kept quiet to avoid embarrassment.
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Detroit
George R. Wilmot
Wilmot
Windgor
Ont
United States
Kootenay
Express
Express C
Vera Crag
Missionaries Blamed For China Outbreak Says Reform Needed
A St James Budget article argues that foreign missionaries in China contribute to anti foreign sentiment. It urges missionaries to adapt to Chinese culture, study local institutions, and avoid condemning Chinese religion or morals. The piece questions methods and calls for tact and respect to win trust.
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St. James
China
Lord Salisbury
Chris
England
Eng-land
Lightning Trail Across Pasture In North Durham District
In Concett North Durham district a thunderstorm caused a lightning strike across a pasture, digging a trench three to three and a half feet deep and six to seven inches wide for about a dozen tenths of a mile. Clay was scattered, turf cut clean, and a grass sod six by nine inches laid on the far field beside a fence.
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Concett
Durham
Remembrance of Higher Lita and Christ Figure Unveiled at Kiel
A Kiel ceremony unveiled a figure of Christ in front of the garrison church. Emperor William spoke to the marines, urging awareness of the dangers of their occupation. He presented the gift as a continual reminder to remain close to God.
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Higher
Lita
William
Christ
Kiel
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