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Page 43 of Mr. Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook which shows headlines clipped from various unknown newspapers on Monday September 9, 2001 and Tuesday, September 10, 2001 regarding the assassination of President William McKinley. At that point it…

President McKinley Shot Down - His Condition Critical.
Page 40 of Mr. Claude Villette Boller's Scrapbook which shows a photo of President William McKinley and a headline from an unknown newspaper from Saturday Morning, September 7, 1901 announcing the shooting.

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This letter requests Mr. Boller's presence in Chicago to testify in the criminal case brought against the Teamsters' Union in 1906 for the violent labor strike that plagued the city of Chicago in 1905.

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This page is from the 1870 U.S. Census showing the household of John Boller (lines 22 through 32) in which Mr. Claude Villette Boller is listed as the youngest of John and Mary's nine children; "Villette."

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Page 110 of Mr. Boller's scrapbook presents a 4-page pamphlet produced by Montgomery Ward & Co. detailing their perspective on the Chicago Teamsters' Strike of 1905. It includes sections taken from various Chicago-based newspaper of the time.

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The left side, page 109, presents a copy of Weber's Weekly, Year III, No. 2., which was issued on April 22, 1905. This is a newsletter that was published by George W. Weber; the former editorial writer of the Chicago Record. It is a 4-page document…

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These two pages face each other in Mr. Boller's Scrapbook. The left side, page 109, presents a copy of Weber's Weekly, Year III, No. 2., which was issued on April 22, 1905. This is a newsletter that was published by George W. Weber; the former…

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Cropped image of a faded photo on page 90 of Mr. Boller's scrapbook. The photo was taken on a family trip to South Africa in July 1903. It is unknown who the man is but perhaps it is Mr. Boller or his older brother, Willie, who is known to have made…

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This is a brochure announcing the Montgomery Ward & Co. Clerks' Benefit Society's Third Annual Picnic which took place at Fox River Grove on July 18, 1903.

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A 1905 advertisement by Montgomery Ward & Co. for their free mail-order catalog. The boarder features illustrations and prices for 29 individual items.
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