7/8-inch round, pin back button with black and white portrait of William McKinley framed by a gold scroll and the American flag in the background. Button has a paper label on reverse for National Equipment Co., New York and the Whitehead & Hoag Co., Newark, with multiple patent dates.
5/8-inch round, pin back button in navy blue with "TAFT" written in the center in navy blue. Button has paper label on reverse with the words "J. H. Shaw Phila, PA".
7/8-inch round, pin back button with black and white portrait of William H. Taft on a dark background. The words "Wm. H. Taft of Ohio" are in white block letters below the portrait. Button has paper label on reverse for Whitehead and Hoag Co (Newark, N.J.) and Allied Printing Co. (Newark, NJ.)
Authorities are still investigating the cause of five-alarm fire that destroyed an exhibition hall east of the Checkerdome Saturday afternoon. The Checkerdome had only minor damage like scorched roof tiles but electrical wires were burned which knocked out the power at the Checkerdome.
The second City of Alton was a big side-wheel Anchor Line packet boat. She was built in 1860 and was a transport in the Civil War. Captain Horace Bixby commanded her. Her dimensions were: 28c x 40 x 7 feet. During the late seventies she was running from St. Louis to New Orleans. Those were the days when steamboat men took special pride in jackstaffs, bells, and whistles. The Alton had a noble
Republished criticism of Dr. Mott's Case of Aneurism, which was published in the "Medical Recorder," but whose answer was purposefully left unpublished. This document is the republished version with the answer annexed.
Illustration of fishermen on the riverbank of the Mississippi at flood stage. House and men in a canoe in the background., From Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War.
#1007, Nov. 7, 1892. OHIO RIVER, Dredging at Brooklyn Harbor, Ill. 923 Miles from Pittsburg. Steamer H. S. McComb and dredges Oswego and Ohio are visible working the river.