Duncan Nominated to Succeed Gompers as AFL Leader
James Duncan, first vice president and national secretary of the Granite Cutters' union, is touted to replace Samuel Gompers as AFL president. A veteran organizer since 1873, Duncan led the eight hour movement in 1900 and represented American labor in Bristol in 1898. A Scotland native, he holds multiple civic memberships and has long opposed partisan politics in the union. The movement to elect him is led by non-Bryan union leaders, aiming to oust Gompers at the Denver convention next month.
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James Duncan
American Federaion of Labor
Gompers
Federation
Granite Cutters’ Union
Prac- Healy
Duncan
Organized Labor
British Trades Congress
Bristol
England
Industrial Department
The
Civic Federation
National Geographical Society
Public Opinion League
American Academy of Political and Social Science
Scotland
American Federation
Denver
Postmaster General Rule Triggers McCleary Resignation
President Roosevelt’s rule requiring officials to resign when running for elective office ousts James T. McCleary from the second assistant postmaster general post. Joseph Stewart, longtime postal employee and former railway adjustments chief, is named to fill the vacancy. Stewart’s promotion is described as well earned.
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Joseph Stewart
United States
Roosevelt
Uncle Sam
James T. McCleary
Minnesota
Stewart
Division of Railway Adjustments
Postal Department
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Constitutional Remedy
An 1890s advertisement claims catarrh is constitutional and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio. It asserts internal dosing reaches blood and mucous surfaces and offers $100 if it fails to cure, with additional mentions of testimonials and related products.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
J. Cheney & CO
Drugaiata
Deaf Tourist Wakes to Eight Thirty Note
A deaf tourist staying in a countryside cottage asks to be awakened at a set time. The amiable old landlady slips under his door a note reading It is half-past eight revealing she woke him by information rather than alarm.
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England
Harper’s Weekly
Amusing school dialogue in Chicago pupil note
A Chicago public school pupil recounts a humorous morning exchange. A primary teacher boasts quiet walking, a seven year old questions shoes, and the class reacts with a quip about a larger pair seen in a show. The tale appears in Waverly Magazine.
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Chicago
Kenneth
Waverly Magazine
Astonished the Doctor by Nourishing the Body with Grape Nuts
A NY woman shares a grandmother’s case of long stomach and bowels illness. After using Grape-Nuts in tiny amounts, she tolerated more, gained strength, and recovered fully without medicines. The doctor was amazed. the letter claims the product saved her life.
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N. Y
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
Plogs
Anticipated Sorrow Over Peanuts On Fifth Birthday
Ina visits her cousin May for May's fifth birthday. That night Ina cries for peanuts, insisting May would not share even if she had any. May has no peanuts, yet Ina remains distressed.
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Ina
May
The Inner Voice and a Girl's Stomach Message
A mother teaches her four year old to listen for a guiding inner voice from God in her heart. Days later the child, strained by digestion, tells her mother God is talking to her in her stomach.
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Mamma
Economy in Action: Practice as the Real Test
A concise reminder that preaching economy means implementing thrift in daily life, with emphasis on disciplined budgeting, mindful spending, and consistent habit changes to sustain financial health.
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William B. Goschen
Austria
Europe
British Empire
Vienna
William
Bulgaria
Germany
France
Russia
Italy
Madrid
Buenos Ayres
Paris
Rio de Janeiro
Constantinople
Pekin
Copenhagen
Lispon
Washington
St. Petersburg
Belgrade
Francis Joseph
Ganco
Brown Palace
Geo. A. Pullen
Lawrence
16Th
Blake
Deave
Aree
Metropolitan Life
New York
E. Burlingame & CO
Colorado
Mailer
Lawrence St
Cole
Howard E. Burton
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