All Ready For the Big Show to Pick a Presidential Nominee
Democratic National Convention coverage outlines the contest among leading candidates Speaker Champ Clark Governor Woodrow Wilson Governor Judson Harmon Congressman Oscar Underwood and Governor Thomas J. Marshall. It recalls past dark horses such as Polk Pierce and Cleveland and notes the dynamic of delegates potentially shifting between factions and a possible surprise outcome with a dark horse emerging. The article highlights convention leaders including Norman Estack as manager, Sergeant at Arms John J. Martin, and reporters plan, with Urey Woodson and Thomas Taggart noted as key national committee figures.
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Sy Mervin Dickinson
Altimge
Baltimore
Andrew Jackson
Salling
Champ Clark
House of Representatives
Woodrow Wilson
New Jersey
Judson Horton
Ohio
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Thomas J. Marshall
Indi
Ana
Woodrow
Sul
Harmon
Underwood
Marshall
James K. Polk
van Eyres
Jackson
Texas
van Buren
New York
Otter Falls
Johnson
Joe Polk
Silas Wright
George M. Dallas
Pennsylvania
Franklin Perce
New Hampshire
Pierce
Caleb Cushing
Benjamin F Butler
New England
Norman Estack
Bryan
Cleveland
Buffato
Arts
John J. Martin
Hurge
Urey Woodson
Kentucky
Thomas Tageart
Indianapolis
Changes in the Silver Dollar Through History
The Silver dollar has changed since 1794 with a young woman on the face and stars in various arrangements. In 1814 the motto In God We Trust appeared, and designs shifted through 1873 trade dollars. Artist Anna W Williams, a Philadelphia schoolteacher, painted the portrait in 1878.
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Congress
Washington Post
Anna W. Williams
Women Wage Earners in Germany Challenge Stereotype
A Berlin correspondent reports that the common view of German women as solely domestic is outdated. Only about 40 percent of German women aged sixteen to thirty are married, while a large portion of the remaining 60 percent engage in professional or manual work to support themselves.
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Berlin
Germany
Bunts Off the Bat and Inside Baseball Tales
Runt Walsh declines a $1,000 bonus to try behind the plate and seeks infield work with the Phillies. The piece recounts Umpire Bob Emslie’s New York incident, Mathewson's anecdote, and rumors of trades involving Mordecai Brown and Danforth. It also lauds Larry Cheney as a possible Walsh-like talent and credits George Stovall with boosting the Browns at first base.
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Walsh
Phillies
Doolin
Philadelphia
Bob
Emsile
Christy Mathewson
New York
St. Louis
Emsie
Jim
Bresnahan
Bit
Pittsburgh
Mathewson
Emilie
Cubs
Colme
Ed Walsh
Southsider
Cheney
Larry
American Press Association
George Stovall
Browns
Iam Jones
Detroit
Claude Rossman
Sportemay’s Park
Trin
Buch
Stovall
An Aggregation of Absurdit ies A Real Philanthropier
A collection of humorous quotes and exchanges from various papers. A senator claims prosperity came from easing others' burdens while taunts about bargains and marriage customs punctuate the satirical snippets.
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Philanthropier
Senator Sorghum
Washington Star
Shipwrecked. The Things We Have Left Undone
A collection of brittle, humorous exchanges set in a newspaper-esque style. Dialogues range from a father and son fearing lessons missed to a grocer and clerk tracing a purchase, to a coroner debating a self inflicted death and a couple passing a tunnel. The snippets reveal quirky misinterpretations and social foibles.
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Buchanan
Cincinnati
Douglas
England
Horatio Seymour
Salmon P. Chase
Samuel J.tilden
Chase
Seymour
Tiden
Delogate
Tilden
William C. Whitney
Henry B. Payne
Olio
Whitney
Payne
Thomas F. Bayard
Samuel J. Randall
Daniel Dougherty
Winfield S. Han
Hancock
Chicaze
Eugdnd
McDonald
Thurman
Cariisie
Hendry
Ransdall
S Mo
Grover Cleveland
Buffalo
Republican Party
Daniel Manning
Hin
Thomas A. Hendricks
Judson Harmon
Ithomas Taggarst
Faye
al Daltihowe
S Harris & Ewing
South
By A. Fanout
Mack
Philadelphia Americans
Danforth
Baltimore Team
Frank Chance
Mordecai Brown
Chicago Cubs
Brown
Mordecai
Chance
Larry Cheney
Johnny Evers
St. Louis Americans
Wallace
Terre
Willea
Cathodc Standard and Times
Pittsburgh Post
Detable
Dorotty
Kerale
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