Webster City July 4 Visit Roundup and Post Office List
Local notices record numerous residents and visitors stopping in Webster City on or around the Fourth of July 1900 including Hamaker, Valentine, Brandrup, Leopold, Dygert, McDonald, Shurman, Westberg, Simpson, Neel, McLain, Martin, Bossert, Newman, Garmo, Miller, Harwood, Howard, Jordan, Potter, Oppenheimer, Montzheimer, Gamberson, and Boysen. Also published is a weekly Webster City post office uncalled for letters list ending July 2 1900 with a note that unclaimed letters exceed two weeks will be sent to Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamaker
Fort Dodge
Valentine
Manson
Nels Brandrup
Story City
del Leopold
John
A. Dygert
Albert City
Mie
Harry McDonald
Sioux City
Shurman
Boone
L. J. Westberg
Clear Lake Township
O.S. Martin
LaPorte
F. A. Bossert
Ora Newman
Humboldt
Wm. Garmo
Windfield
Iowa
Willian Willis
F. L. Miller
Waterloo
Bert. Harwood
Clarién
Grace Howard
Sr.b. Jordan
Adrian
Minn
A. M. Potter
Paul
Chester Oppenheimer
Jefferson
Joe
O. H. Montzheimer
Primghar
Webster City
Aurner
A O Brownfield
W. Brooks
Thomas Bly
Mrs J Carter
JS Caffrey
Tom Decker
Win H Edgar
W L Fredericks
F L Gals
Ella Easy
Nim Faust
Jacob Harris
ME ‘ Hammell
RJ Humbell
Wm Lattie
Win Moore
Fannis Neost
Nelson
Albert O'Connell
Stella, Quinn
Stevenson Surprised by Indorsement for Vice Presidency
Bloomington Illinois July 6 Adlai B Stevenson returning from his farm where he oversaw new buildings expressed astonishment at his unanimous Illinois delegation endorsement for the vice presidential nomination He said he was profoundly gratified and planned to head to Minnesota next morning though business delays delayed departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Als
Adlai B. Stevenson
Stevensons
Minnesota
Tfe
North
Chicago
Bryan Secures Unanimous Nomination at Democratic Convention
At Kansas City on July 6 William Jennings Bryan was unanimously nominated by the Democratic National Convention on a platform opposing imperialism militarism and trusts and endorsing free silver at 16 to 1. The hall erupted as Bryan delivered a closing appeal and the banner line declared the republic without colonies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
United States
Hogg
Texas
Dockery
McCullough
Indiana
Beckham
Ivenucky
J. W. Miles
Maryland
Bryan
Richardson
Hill
McMillin
White
Tilman
Jones
South Carolina
Tryan
Daniel
Virginia
Blair Lee
Pattison
Pennsylvania
Benton McMillin
Tennessee
Cohen
Utah
Statesman
Lincoln
Declaration of Democratic Principles from 1900 Convention
The platform denounces imperialism and favors a bicameral democracy with direct senatorial election, recalls the Monroe doctrine, and supports free coinage of silver, tariff reform, trust busting, and expansion of American influence. It calls for a Nicaragua canal, statehood for Arizona New Mexico Oklahoma, and opposition to European entanglements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Democratic Party
Congress
Chicago
United States
Nicaragua Canal
Arizona
New Mexico
Oklahoma
Alaska
Porto Rico
England
Africa
Nomination of Colonel Hagan at National Convention
The roll is called for a presidential nomination with Alabama yielding to Nebraska. W D Oldhaimn of Nebraska prepared to present Horgan's name, and the Alabama delegation chairman expressed gratitude for the surrender of its time.
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Hagan
Alabama
Nebraska
United States
W.D. Oldhaimn
Horgan
Ruhlin Jeffries bout to be staged with Smith securing deal
New York July 6 report says fans demand a Ruhlin Jeffries match while Al Smith is authorized by W A Pirady to handle the challenger business. Ruhlin’s manager Billy Madden pledges to fund the forfeit as Jeffries plans to back Smith. In Joliet George White, age 7, was fatally shot during Independence Day celebration by playmate Archie Johnson while handling a revolver. in Anderson Bark Gross, 18, drowned in White River at Coy's Ford in front of about a crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
George Schloegel
Devere A. Schloegel Lumber Company
Pewaukee Lake
Schloegel
Oconto
Wis
New York
Gil Ruhlin
Tim Jeffries
AL Smith
Stith
W. A. Pirady
Iurope
Smith
Jeffries
Akron
Billy Madden
Ruhlin
Joliet
Ill
George White
Edward White
Archie Johnson
White
Johnson
Jolson
Anderson
Ind
Bark Gross
A. & Gross
White River
Coy’s Ford
World's Christian Endeavor Convention Captures London
London prepares for a major Christian Endeavor convention at Alexandra Palace with 3000 American delegates and hundreds more from Canada Australia France Germany and beyond. Notables including Dr Francis Clark Tra D Sankey Lady Henry Somerset and Lord Mayor Sir Alfred J Newton attend. events span Trafalgar Square Hyde Park and London churches.
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London
Christian ‘S Endeavor Societies
Alexandra Palace
Southampton
Liverpool
United States
Canada
Australia
France
Germany
United Kingdom
Clark
Woralley Park
Palace
Francis Clark
Boston
The
Great Society
England
Kudenyovers
Tra. D. Sankey
Henry Somerset
CG. M. Sheldon
John Smith
Edinburgh
Theodore Farr
New South
Excommunication of Villatte Reported by Rome
Rome announced the excommunication of René Villatte former head of the Old Catholic group in the United States. Villatte, a Frenchman, was previously Roman Catholic and later aligned with Episcopalian clergy in Fond du Lac. He sought consecration by Bishop Causton of Fond du Lac for Don Miraglia, an ex-priest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rome
Rene Villatte
Villatte
Don Miraglia
United States
Tre
Pond du Lae
Wis
Caaston
Fond du Lae
Railway Station Robbed in Joliet Heist
Three men robbed Joliet station near Lockport on Wednesday morning. They bound the night operator Pune gglone and forced him to stay quiet while they opened the money drawers and took 50 dollars in cash and a 50 dollar check. The incident disrupted early service and police patrols were alerted.
Dentist Dr N C Woolnburg Dies on Train Near Racine
Dr N C Woolnburg a prominent Racine dentist died suddenly yesterday morning on a Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul train from the west He had spent the Fourth with his wife at Lake Geneva and was returning home when death came on the rail line
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine, Wis
N.C. Woolnburg
Chicago
Milwaukee
St. Paul
Lake Geneva
Foreign unrest and danger to Pekin legations amid Boxer turmoil
Reports from July describe 12,000 Allied troops repelling a Chinese assault while warnings of Boxer violence spread from Shanghai to southern provinces. News from Chefoo and Hankow reflect uncertainty over legation safety, with conflicting dispatches on July 6 indicating some legations held, others destroyed, and ongoing fear as rains threaten further delay. In Cincinnati a widow killed her baby and attempted another murder before leaping from a train, tying family strain to a domestic crisis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Chefov
Wen Tsin
Washington
State Department
Goodnow
Shanghai
London
Peking
Shanghai Dut
Tien-Tsin
Chefoo
Hankow
Admiralty
Ain
Seymour
Fane
Cincinnati
Ge—Mers
Mary Plemish
Sor
Chesapeake
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the "Tribune
Chas. Simpson
Minnie Neel
Rippey
John Mclain
M. H. Gamberson
Livermore
Dr. Boysen
Edwards
Wolgamot
D & Prb
Stevenson IS
Surprised
Oldham
Silver Republicans
Miles
B. Hill
William J, Bryan
Democratic Party of the
United States Supreme Court
Neely
Philippines
Central and
South Africa
Republian
Republican Party
Agathy
May
Christian Endeavorers
Mead
Board of Trade Markets
C. H. Slack
Columbian
Ee Kytalerons
ARES
o-Morrow
Pekin
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