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Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15

MADE $50, 900 IN FIVE YEARS IN THE
mail order business and began with only a
few dollars There unusual opportunities
for making money today and 1t is not diff
cult TO begin. If you have even small capt.
tai and want to start a mail order business
of your own. send for my free booklet. 1t
tells how to make money. Address publish
er THE MAIL ORDER WORLD. box 1922.
Lockport, N. Y. blk
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GROCERIES

6foCERf. NEAR B1
Average business $500 day. will stand
strictest investigation; grocery, meat and
bakery business in best little town near
Los Angeles; rent $40 month. Price
$4,000; center of all the business. If you
mean business see my agents. LEAHY q
SON.
For sale or exchange at Invoice. my fine
up to date grocery in southwest; doing an
average business of $50 per day; rent only
$50; years lease; horses and 3 wagons;
nice barn in rear. Want good city property
and $1,000 cash for everything; will invoice
about $780, money maker
ATTENTION
Grocery at invoice, about $1100; stock fresh;
receipts $2S to $50 day cash; by soliciting
can double business; EST locality; corner
store; good horse and 'gon; fixtures at "
OF cost price. The time TO buy is when a
party wants to sell. See us at once.
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Situations, Male
Situations-FemaIe

WANTED-POSITION BY SHEET METAL
worker In or out Of town. Call F5lO6. 5-15-3
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DENTISTS

DIR. BACHMAN. FORMER MINNEAPOLIS
dentist. sos o. 7. Johnson bldg. Fourth ana
Broadway. 5-4-x
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Suburban Property

FOR SALE-GooD LEVEL LOT 5Oxl40 FIT.
on Long Beach line; Groom cottage;
water; near school, worth $500; will take $500
cash. Address 1415 MADISON AVE. 5-15-3
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15

Pool billiard and 3-chair barber shop
doing business of 500 per week In the
pool hall and the barber shop does
business of $125 per week; in the pest
location in the city. Price is reasonable;
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CIGARS. LUNCHES. NEWS STANDS. ETC

BEST OF IIS MIND nv CII =
For sale exchange. lunch counter and
cigar stand; doing an average business OF $65
q day; long lease, which is very valuable;
price $4,000; investigate; Will take good real
estate and some cash. See my agents,
LEAHY & SON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15

IF YOU WANT TO EXCHANGE YOUR
PROPERTY LIST 1T WITH US. WE
HAVE A LARGE LIST. BOTH CITY AND
COUNTRY.
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cEasPooLs

WE CLEAN THEM OUT: NO CHARGE
for digging disinfecting; full size tanks;
no waiting; teams. Over years ex-
perience in this city and highly recon-
mended Phones 5S146; Temple 59S. blk
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FOR SALE
Beach Property-ocean Park
Furniture

SEPARATE LOCKED IRON ROOMS, So PER
month; trunks boxes, etc., 25c to soc; phone
for our large van when you move, $1.25 per
hour. COLYEAR WAREHOUSE CO., 415-
1918 San Pedro ST.; main office. 5O9-11 s.
Main st. Phone Main 111T; F3171. BLK
FOR SALE-SIX ROOMS OF FINE FURNI-
ture at sacrifice; snap. Call and see it.
42S e. THIRD ST. 5-17-S
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. BUILDING

$4,000. clear, store building on the COM
ing boulevard OF the city; income $1O7 per
month; will exchange for an up to date wal
nut grove on electric line; must be clear and
improved DO not submit anything unless 1t
will stand strictest investigation.
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CARPET CLEANING


PIONEER CARPET CLEANING WORKS.
Incorporated. w. G. Cline. president ghs
g. Olive. Tel Home F2sS0: Sunset MAR
6-1-x
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15

TO LET-VERY DESIRABLE FURNISHED
room in Westlake district; in private resi-
dence Call 1O2334 5-10-x
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15

INSTRUMENTATION MAN FOR So
Letting of high character-not books nor
stocks; high grade and high priced man
necessary; quick and substantial returns;
highest references required. Address BOX
4431, Herald. BLK
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ATToRNEYs.AT.LAw

MANAGE AND PRosATH Laws. NO TnEs
without SUGGEST n. p. koREx, 81 stiusos.
Third and sp..nb eaons sis. oDsn even
ings blk
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FOR SALE-FURNISHED ROOMS COR.
$500; $500 cash; 1870 e. Adams; MINTHoRN;
move today. blk
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FOR RENT-TWO-ROOM HOUSEKEEP-
ing suite; strictly modern, close in. ABE
S. FIGUEROA. 5-lO-x
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an Accomplish Day want Ad
FOR RENT
Rooms-Furnished

TO LET-NICELY FURNISHED SUNNY
rooms, with without board. 1888 SOUTH
FLOWER ST. F15S9. Private home. 5-13-x
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FOR SALE-1O ACRES BLACK, RICH
soil, $780, 800 cash, balance $40 month /;
close to railroad. Address A. o. JACK
SON, Pomona, Cal. 6-l4-6
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WANTED - TO BUY FURNITURE AND
household goods. II you are going to sell
we will pay you one-third more than
others Phone us. Main iii; Home
Fs171 cOLYEAR FURNITURE CO.. eos-
Gil South Main street. DIX
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15

$3.50 BELOW VALUE-LOT 40. NORMANDlE
Avenue tract ON Thirty-eighth place Cor
merly w. Forty-ffth st), between Budlong
and Normandie; street work all paid; only
$3.50 If sold soon. j. b. CHAMPION, 525 p.
Second ST., Long Beach 5-l5-3
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Money

WANTED TO BORROW-$120O FOR TWO
months: interest 10 per cent a month; good
collateral security. Address BOX 44So Her
aid office, b-l0-l
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ESSPOOLs

CLEANED OUT-WE CLEAN THEM OUT
cheaper than other company. Send experience
ed men; use best disinfectant. IMPERIAL
PUMPING CO., 1911 w. Goth; Home 2204O;
West 1896 b-l-X
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15

MONEY MADE DAILY, AND HERALD
want ads help to make it. Let your wants
become known through Herald want ads
Herald want ads destroy wants. 5-13-x
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES
TELEPHONES. MAIN 1905. T4ssi.
Lcalhy&SOn.
Leading
Business Brokers
Rooms 314-315 Severance bldg.
Northwest corner Sixth and Main streets
II IL our business to put people in business

We have for sale two excellent meat mar
kets in high class town, about 80 miles
from Los Angeles; both owned by the same
party, and well equipped for business IN
every respect; one of the markets you can puy
for $500; the other he wants $4,000. For par
tlculars call and see LEAHY & SON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15

TO LET-FURNISHED 1881 so. OLIVE; 3
large rooms, bath and community kitchen;
these rooms are nicely furnished fairly mod
ern and will be rented very cheaply Home
phone B6673 5-13-x
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DAIRY RusINESS

Dairy business, finely arranged and well To-
Gated; DC fare; lease; 20 acres, partly planted;
Groom house, small houses for help, milk
houses, horses, 8 wagons, good cows; price
$4,000. Investigate at once.
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i4ouses-Furnished

TO LET-MODERN EIGHT-ROOM HAND
somely furnished house, on Menlo ave,
near Adams for four months to adults
only; city references required. Phone
B4395. 5-15-3
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FOR RENT-NICELY FURNISHED FRONT
room. neat homeike, 81 per week. 512
CALIFORNIA ST 5-10-x
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15

Notwithstanding, CORSET COVERS l0c
each; children's aprons or rompers loo each;
beautiful hemstitching 15c yard Phones
F6754, Broadway 1885, o-l4-z
WANTED-BY GOOD COOK; CAN Do
general housework. Apply 14OS E. TWELFTH
ST. o-lo-o
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FOR EXCHANGES

See RICHARDSON, the Swap Man.
After trying other agents
without success, consult
b-15-1
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FOR REMITTANCE AIRY ROOM, SUIT
able for two gentlemen; s12 month; walk
ing distance. 421 S. FIGUEROA ST. Phone
F'3509. 5-10-x
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BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES

MONEY MADE DAILY, AND HERALD
want ads help to make It. lie. your wants
become known through Herald want ads.
Herald want ads destroy wants 5-13-x
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PHOTO STUDIO

s275-Wanted, photographer l have an up
TO date and well equipped studio cost of
equipment $1,000; my partner, who is a pho
tographer, must leave; do the outside work
and get plenty OF business; amount required
for half interest S275. If party wants the
whole for $3.50. see my agents. LEAHY &
SON.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15

TC LET-FURNISHED ROOMS FOR HOUSE,
keeping two or three-room suites; private
place; large grounds: ideal summer home, at
low rates; walking distance. 525 S. FIGUE-
ROA ST. Phone FS175. 5-15-X
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Partners

PARTNER IN AN ESTAB-
lished real estate business; references please
call in person. 7O4 s. GRAND, opposite post
office. o-lo-o
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FOR RENT-TWO HOUSEKEEPING SUITES,
every convenience; close in; reasonable rent.
1856 MAPLE AVE. 5-10-x
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Miscellaneous

FOR sALE-125 HORSE POWER FIRE BOX
boiler in first class condition; all complete
will stand city test of 100 pounds cheap. j.
THOMAS 1929 N. Alameda. 5-15-3
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15
Statesmen and Solicitors

LAW SALESMAN LAW
Men who have successfully sold, or who
are now selling the Encyclopedia of Law,
Cree edition. please communicate with the
undersigned and learn something to your
financial interest. j. CHRISLER, 800 Dear
born ST., Chicago. 6-13-7
LAW SALESMAN LAW
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DAIRY AND ROUTE

s375-Dairy route of 100 customers; fine
cows. horse buggy and harness and house.
hold furniture for rooms; rent Only IS.
Call and we will show you.
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xxx.
away down East" or South West
You'll find our want ads are the best,
For anything you need or sell
For country real estate as well,
For coal and wood and lodging good,
And farm hands who Will work for
food
And everything the farmer needs
Among our adsshe daily reads.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-05-15

TO LET'S TO $40 FOR TWO OUTSIDE,
we'll ventilated furnished housekeeping rooms,
walking distance; just 1 block north of W.
First st. 1913 MIGNONETTE ST. Phone
West 351S 5-13-x
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
IT'S ALWAYS RAD.
The Best of Backs Are Bad When
They Ache, and Pine Bluff
People Know 1t.

A bad back is always bad,
Bad at night when bedtime comes,
Just as bad in the morning.
Ever try Doan's Kidney Pills for it?
Know they cure backache--curee y-
cry kidney i'll?
If you don't, some Pine Bluff peo-
pie do.
J. A. Owen Of 1920 South Walnut
street, Pine Bluff, Ark, says: "For
years I was afflicted with a weak
ack and the least cold I caught al
avs settled on my kidneys, causing
le a great deal Of misery and pain.
then suffering from the trouble, ]
Ould neither stoop nor straighten
p after STOPPING, without sharp
.winges Of pain across my back and
loins. l was advised at Mann-Tank-
ersley drug store to use Doan's Kid
ney Pills and they have never failed
to relieve me. I can highly recon-
mend them for troubles Of this kind"
For sale by all dealers. Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-
and take no other.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01

Colonel Waters was the hottest man
in the county one election day and he
provided an embarrassing ten minutes
at the polls for few Of Ms, whom he
opposed.
He heard that old Eben Smith. Il
negro, who lived about three miles
out, had not voted. Col. Waters drove
out in his buggy, got the old man
aboard and brought him to the polls.
One Of oul watchers challenged.
THAT old rascal voted here early
this morning. he said.
Waters thought this was not true
and said so much As PROOF, he asked
old Eben about ii.
You're lying, said the watcher,
Look where you're registered. You're
marked Oft.
Ebon didn't look. He couldn't read,
"What did you mean br telling me.
| you hadn't yoted?' demanded the
Colonel. He was hopping mad.
Il amt voted" cried Eben, much
offended. Shores gospel amt voted,
Kernel, I amt ben offn de place sencc
las week.
"He just wanted ride down town."
said the watcher. ole knows he had
voted and worked you for pleasant
trip"
Colonel Waters looked hard at Old
Eben, turned on his heel and left the
fully.
The old fellow spoke the truth-he
hadn't been off his patch Of ground
for week and he hadn't voted since
last election.
Someone else did, though.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears, Bears '..ss.::s:sss.,ZhzZzzZ1
AEROPLANE
COMPETITION

Munich, Feb. 29.-Entrie3 close
today for the prize competition for
models of aeroplanes, to take llace
during the Munich exhibition this
year.
No restrictions are placed on the
weight of models provided with mo-
tors. The aeroplane race will take
Mace during the exhibition in suit
able hall, arranged by the sports
committee. No model shall be ell
gible for a prize which does not sue
coed in covering a distance OF at
lest fifteen metres, measured horl-
zontally from the staring place-to
he at a height of two metres. IN
flight may be repeated twice,
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
NEW BILLING
SYSTEM

San Francisco, Feb. ga rad
ical change in the methods Of hand
ling eastern shipments will be put
into effect tomorrow by the South
ern Pacific, requiring all agents to
receive and bin through from al
=
poitns.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01

NEWEST SPRING STYLES
IN SHIRT WAIST SUITS

AIDS t&1u Sll duS VII tII- Shll " vi
a green satin cloth trimmed with
soutache would be in order. A plain
wolfe over checked taffeta would
not be out of place and would make
a very elegant gown for calling. re-
ceptions and matinee.
OF course, there must be an OK
ira Jacket for the spring wardrobe
and one of the cutaWays is a model
that is smart and serviceable. A
tan cloth or a black serge would
make UP nicely in this mode and be
useful for wear with shirts of other
colOrs. The front is without seam
or darts but achieves the desired
smooth adjustment by it's sharp cut
from the two upper buttons showing
vest beneath OF not as liked. The
under arm seams are open in vents
for q few inches above the lower
edge. A notched collar is finished
in velvet and the closing is made
with two buttons about bust depth.
The sleeves are in coat style finish
ed with a narrow turned back OUT.
To make such a coat moro dressy,
braid could outline all the edges,
the collar and cuffs could be braid
ed and the sleeves could be in elbow
length. But for service the first
description is the better model.
Many women like the box coats
for rough wear and a good model
is box coat in thirty-inch length.
Both back and fronts are seamless,
having short vents at the underarm
seams. It is characterized by deep
large armholes, the sleeves being
inserted in regular shirt style. The
cuffs arc deep and folded over with
button and buttonhole, immense
pockets are on each side and a notch
collar gives the coat a jaunty finish.
Black cheviot, gray Worsted, brown
wide-wale serge, broadcloth or any
CT the spring coatings will be suit
able for this kind of coat.
The hats are characterized by
broad brims and low CROWNS, many
of them look like very wide sailors
and are denied and turned to suit
the face. PlumeS will be used pro-
fusely, indeed all kinds Of feathers
will be seen this season as well as
flowers, sometimes q number OF diff
ferent kinds of flowers will be used
on hat. Hats may or may not be
in the same color as the dress but
if in a different color these must
be harmony Of combination.
A green straw has a wide brim
dropping over the face, the brim is
faced beneath with net of the same
color. A chou of green velvet held
with an irridescent buckle above
which soar gray and white coque
feathers, is placed at the left side
front.
A broad sailor hat with slight
droop the sides has band of brown
velvet and a quilting Of the same
sabove, and over the right side and
back is an ostrich pompom and os-
trich sweep.
A hat that looks so ewhat like
an Alpine with it's curled sides and
deep front and back is in white chip
faced with black velvet and long
white feather passes out from a jet
buckle and around the left side and
a little over the back. A band OF
black velvet circles the brim and is
exposed to view on the right.
Many OF the hats are simple in
their brim and may be twisted and
turned to SUIT the wearer's face, and
others are seen turned up in front
and others are denied uwpards at
the sides, indeed in any way as long
as they are becoming
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
HOW NEGROES Vote |
IN THE SOUTH

across country. They We're gone cN-
actly an hour and a half and when he
returned my whole gang had voted
Did he ever find out the trick? Well,
he ana Harrison are still good friends,
therefore the supposition is that he
didn't lie blamed himself for at.
tempting 10 transact business on elec-
tiOn day.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01
CARNIVAL IN
NEW ORLEANS

New Orleans, Feb. 29.-Every
train into New Orleans today added
it's quota to the thousands of Mardi
Gras visitors and the flood of hu-
mainly flowing into the Crescent
City is constantly increasing. Many
brilliant features marked today's
program. Monday ana Tuesday Will
be the big days Of the carnival and
the hotels of the city will undoubt-
eddy be taxed to the utmost to care
for the crowds.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01

See the pictures at the orpheo.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-03-01

had a gang Of about 40 negroes
that I wanted to vote one election
day and could not get them into the
polling place. You see, the other
side was determined to keep us out
and had a watcher on the door who
knew every negro in town.
About o'clock in the afternoon I
hunted up Major Harrison. He was
close friend of the watcher, but he
was on our side. Friendship does not
hold ON election day, and I frankly
explained the situation to him. I ask
ed him to go down to the polling place
and get his friend away for an hour
or two.
Major Harrison drove up to the
polls and under pretense Of looking at
some of the watchers property which
was up for sale. drove him three miles
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-09
Opening Up New Territory

Valuable as the Atlanta, Birming- ham and Atlantic railroad is to this district as a direct line to the South Atlantic and eventually to the west shore of Florida and the Gulf, yet its first beneficial effects will be felt in the opening up of a wide section of excellent territory in Alabama. Near ly all the country traversed by the new railroad in Alabama had been without direct connection with this district and some of it had no railroad facilities at all. The new railroad will greatly benefit Randolph, Clay, Talla- dega and Shelby counties by bringing them in close touch with the states chief city.
 Our people have not overestimated the value and importance of the line that President Atkinson and his asso- ciates have well-night completed. u stands a remarkable achievement, the nature of the times considered. So strong and capable were the men be- hind the road the depression of last October did not check or interfere with the execution of their mighty task, and they have the satisfaction at least of knowing that this district and a good sweep of Eastern Alabama ap- preciate what they have done. Thelr gratitude will, in days to come, be ex- pressed in the business they will send to the new road.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-09
Car Shortage Coming

Commissioner Prouty of the inter- state commerce commission predicts that the railroads will face this fall the greatest car famine in history, that it will be impossible to move the freight promptly that will be offered, and that from quarreling over rates there will be one of the biggest sorts of squabbles over the return of cars to the owning company. MT. Prouty bases his belief partly on the fact that the country is well drained of agrl- cultural products. It is living from hand to mouth until the fall crops are moved. Manufacturers will start up and they will demand quick and prompt transportation in answer to orders for goods. Then will come q deadlock. It should be added that the railroads will be in a poor condition to move great crops and to distribute in return great stocks of goods, because they have lost 100000 cars that have not been replaced or kept in repair in the course of an inactive year.
 MT. Prouty has studied from arde viewpoint the question of transporta- ton carefully, and his opinion is en- titled to great consideration. He is an expert of undoubted skill and insight He has an abundance of gray matter, and when he says car shortage is coming it would be well for consumers as we'll as shippers to set up and take notice.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-09
Presidential Campaions.

Notwithstanding the industrial depres- sion that has prevailed as result of last Octobers panic, business conditions are more satisfactory and general trade is far more active than happened to be the case in several presidential campaign years that I recall" said L. F. Hagan of Philadelphia
 "In 1876 business was at a standstill and in 1884 it was even worse. Indus trial depression during the summer and fall of 1884 was most distressing, for a majority of the wage-workers of the country were idle. In 1888 we had another dull year-not so bad as 1884, but for four months before the election business was in waiting mood, notwithstanding the fact that it was known almost to a certainty how the contest would turn out.
 'In 1896 business was at low ebb: but in 1900 and 1904 prosperity was in full swing and the Interruption to trade was little felt
 "All in all, I find business now so much better than had been forecast a few months ago that I call it good It is cer- tainly good in comparison with what it was in the earlier presidential campaigns of my business experience"