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April 3, 1893
The Wheeling Daily Intelligencer
Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
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Col. Jacob Kemplo receives invitations to lecture in Washington but declines for spring, planning to wait until fall's congressional session for better financial returns amid political uncertainties affecting office-holders and seekers.
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Kemplo Invited to Washington.
Col. Jacob Kemplo is in receipt of two letters and a telegram asking him if he will come to Washington and deliver his new lecture. Replying to the question of the reporter, will you go? The colonel said: "Hardly this spring, as I can make twice the amount of money by waiting until the extra session of Congress this fall. The expenses are so heavy that a lecturer of my style has to charge one dollar admission. Most of the office-holders are afraid to spend their dollars, for they don't know when they are going out, and the office-seeker, if he has a dollar left at this stage of the game, has to hug it very tight, for he don't know when he is going to get in. The administration will be more settled in the next six months. My lecture there now would be salt in the wounds of many of my friends, who from a similar experience of my own years ago, have my profound sympathy."
Col. Jacob Kemplo is in receipt of two letters and a telegram asking him if he will come to Washington and deliver his new lecture. Replying to the question of the reporter, will you go? The colonel said: "Hardly this spring, as I can make twice the amount of money by waiting until the extra session of Congress this fall. The expenses are so heavy that a lecturer of my style has to charge one dollar admission. Most of the office-holders are afraid to spend their dollars, for they don't know when they are going out, and the office-seeker, if he has a dollar left at this stage of the game, has to hug it very tight, for he don't know when he is going to get in. The administration will be more settled in the next six months. My lecture there now would be salt in the wounds of many of my friends, who from a similar experience of my own years ago, have my profound sympathy."
What sub-type of article is it?
Biography
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
What keywords are associated?
Lecture Invitation
Washington
Congress Session
Office Holders
Office Seekers
Political Uncertainty
What entities or persons were involved?
Col. Jacob Kemplo
Where did it happen?
Washington
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Col. Jacob Kemplo
Location
Washington
Story Details
Col. Jacob Kemplo receives two letters and a telegram inviting him to Washington to deliver his new lecture but decides against going this spring, anticipating better earnings during the fall congressional session due to current political instability among office-holders and seekers, and expresses sympathy for his friends in similar situations.