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Ate From American Tin Plates

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Parent Issue
Day
23
Month
September
Year
1891
Copyright
Public Domain
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Steubenvllle, Ohio. - One of the mos significant events in the preseni can paittn was dinaer Thuroday ev atng, at wliicli 5,000 people ate heari ily oí a fall (linncr tehdered by Hon Röbert Bherrard, a prominent Stei benvllle Republican, in honor of lii uurst, Major William McKlnley. The dlnner was set on tables stretch pd from one end of hls spaelous van to the other, and around wliich neai ïy a thousand could eat at a time The dlstinctlon galned by haring sucl an honored participant was Increase by the uniqtie and happy way in whlcl it was served. Everythlng that wa either eaten or drunk was served o tin of American make. Tin plate held the sandwiches and biscuits, tn coffee was dipped from tin buckets il to tin Clips by tin flippers and sweet ened by sngar taken from tin pane b tin spoons. It was typically a ti dlnner from first to last and ever; piece of the tin was of American maki Not only was the dinner on tin, bn the parade and meeting also bor prominent illustration of the progrea made in the new and rapidly develop insi indnstry. The mareta was hi'ad ed by a squadron of small boys keep insr time upon drum Bhaped tin pans and cvrryone in the parade had upoi liis coat lapel a tin badge, upoi whlch was stamped the picture of the Major. At the meeting held in the Conr House square the pictnres of promi nent republicana were imclosed ii frames of tin, while tin wreathes in closed each pole that supported the platform from whlch the address was delivered. Another lndustry, the man ufacturlng of china ware, that forms a most conspicuous part of the bus! ness interest of Steubenville and th surrouüdlng towns, took an equallj prominent part in the proceeding of tlie day. Small china canteens upon whlch wa.s stamped the face of Major McKinley, were worn by the employés of the factories in whlch the wares were made, while lare plates with the ame picture were distributed. Aside, however, from all this an the attractivencss they gave to the meeting, it was also the banner of the campalgn so far, as nearly 10.000 people listened to the addresses of th day. One was delivered In the mornlni at Mingo Junction, a little buay vil lage that lies among the hllls that skirt the Ohio just south of this city and the other in the afternoon in thi eourt honse square at Steubenville The afternoon address was prlncl pally to the employés of the Mingo Iron and Steel Corapany, and delivered from a platform resting upoi steel eonlmna of the company'a inake The talk of the afternoon was to citizens of Steubenville, tlie farmers of Jefferson eounty and the flelegatlona sent in by nelghborlng towns. At the close of the exercises an informal receptton was tendered the Major at the home of Hon. Mr. Slurrard, nfter which he departed for Columbia. Tlie meeting of to-day lias the Iionor of being the first at which dinner was served on American tin as wéü as haring the largest and most entbusiastlc turnout tUns far in the campalgn. The farmers seem to enjoy these gatherings immensely and have ntilized the steam road wagons to take themselves and frlenda to the meetngs.

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Old News
Ann Arbor Courier