History of the Republican National Conventions
Washington reports on the long arc of Republican conventions from 1856 through 1909, noting key leaders, platforms, and outcomes. It traces Chicago's role in electing Lincoln and Garfield, the 1880 and 1884 contests, and the fates of Taft and Roosevelt as living standard bearers.
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Chicago
Ulysses S. Grant
Illinois
Schuyler Colfax
Indiana
Philadelphia
Henry Wil Son
Massachusetts
Cincinnati
Rutherford B. Hayes
Ohio
William A. Wheeler
New York
James Garfield
Chester
Arthur
James G. Blaine
Maine
John A. Logan
Ilinois
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P. Morton
Minneapolis
Whitelaw Reid
St. Louis
William McKinley
Garrett A. Hobart
New Jersey
Theodore Roosevelt
Charles W. Fairbanks
William H. Taft
James S. Sherman
Lincoln
Garfield
Blaine
Harrison
Grant
Roosevelt
Taft
Want Ad Seeks Local Help in Evening News
Classified appeal in the Evening News invites readers to respond to job and service needs. Short statements promise quick replies, with contact methods and compensation terms briefly noted for interested applicants.
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Evening News
Fifteen Year Old Hindu Prophet Arrives in Paris
The young Hindu prophet Krishnamurti, 15, from Adyar India, arrives in Paris to inspire Theosophists with promises of a coming Master and a new global religion. He plans six months at Oxford and envisions western eastern unity, a Pacific continent, and a Bogoloff island nucleus amid seismic change signaling religious revolution.
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Paris
Europe
Adyar
India
Krishnamurti
Alcyone
Annie Besant
Sorbonne
University of Oxford
Pacific Ocean
Atlantis
Atlantic Ocean
Bogoloff’ Islands
North Pacific
Four Letters From Pey C Stubblefield
Fort Worth Texas June 15 12 year Bro Norrell I have been disappointed in not seeing the Ada News Ben and Lula take it but it does not come regular I rounded up the post office department and told them Ada is an important city and Ada News a great paper they promised to do better We got a large batch of letters this morning but none spoke of rain We left the sanitarium Wednesday with orders from my physician not to be on my feet for a week They carried me to the train Ben met me at Fort Worth with sufficient help to set me to his home He had provided an invalid chair so I am on wheels now It will be ten or twelve days before we can come home The wife enjoyed the sanitarium she shook hands with the sick and afflicted They treated us royally at the sanitarium The pastors were very kind to us Your brother CC STUBBLEFIELD
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Fort Worth
Tex
Norrell
Ada
Ben
Lula
Post Office
Ada News
Cc. Stubblefield
Noted Actress Hedi Herdina Takes Her Life in Vienna
Vienna report details the death of Hedi Herdina a 26 year old popular comedienne from the variety stage. Her suicide followed financial losses in a vaudeville venture after recent Vienna move to build a theater fortunes and partner disputes.
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Hedi Herdina
In Jail to See Hanging in Franklin County Jail
Denis Crilley and John Dunn were jailed in Chambersburg after drunkenness and fines. They sought to witness the William Reed hanging, got released only after Crilley’s father paid their fines and costs.
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Chambersburg
William Reed
Franklin County
Denis Crilley
John Dunn
Hagerstown
Crilley
Father
Lawton Opposes Creation of New County in Comanche
Gov. Lee Cruce overrules objections to petitions for a south half Comanche County split and sets Aug. 22 as election date. Lawton Chamber of Commerce attorneys plan injunctions to halt the vote, awaiting court action and governor’s appointment of election commissioners.
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Lawton
Oy County
Lee Cruce
Comanche County
Lawton Chamber of Commerce
Ora Sumner Funeral Arrangements Announced
The body of Ora Sumner, who died from gas in a Montana well, arrived with Mrs Sumner and her relatives. Funeral services are set for 2 PM Tuesday at Earl Sumner's home with Rev C L Brooks officiating. Interment will follow at Rosedale cemetery. Relatives from distance include J A Sumner and wife, O B Waller and wife, Mrs W B Marshall, and L S Chilcutt and wife.
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Ora Summer
Montana
J. A. Sumner
O& B. Waller
Bennington
W. B. Marshall
Bromide
L. S. Chilcutt
Fitzhugh
Million Dollar Rain at Last
A soaking rain started around midnight and lasted until 8 am boosting soil moisture. By 7 30 am the gauge read 3 10 inches, the largest in weeks, promising a good corn crop and a potential bumper cotton yield with timely follow up rain.
Fitzgerald to face trial in $173000 government theft case
Chicago, June 17. George W. Fitzgerald, former subtreasury teller, is to be tried this week in federal court on an indictment accusing him of stealing 173000 from the government more than five years ago. The money, largely in $1000 bills, vanished while he handled about a million daily. Fitzgerald reported the shortage himself and later left the service.
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Chicago
Ill
George W. Fitzgerald
United States District Court
Fitzgerald
Secret Service
Oklahoma City Daily Times Special Offer to Subscribers
A promotional notice pledges six months of the Oklahoma City Daily Times for one dollar from now until December 1, 1912. It promises an independent paper with no corporate strings, carrying the Associated Press wire and equal access to major news from Kansas City and Dallas.
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Oklahoma City Daily Times
United States
The
Daily Times
Associates
Kansas City
Dallas
Oklahoma City Times
Lightning Ridge Democrats Organize Local Club
The Democrats of Lightning Ridge held a Saturday meeting and organized a local party club with Geo W. Montgomery elected chairman. C J Moore assisted. O Hennigan named secretary. Heath treasurer. committee members included Lark Selbridge and Cook. The group plans active campaign efforts.
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Democrats
Lightning Ridge
C. J. Moore
Roff
Geo W. Montgomery
O. Hennigan
Heath
Messrs
Lark
Selbridge
Cook
Special national campaign offer for daily Muskogee Times-Democrat
The Muskogee Times-Democrat promotes a campaign period daily paper deal running through January 1, 1913. Subscriptions cost 1.50 dollars in advance, with a six-paper club option for seven dollars if mailed together. Existing subscribers may also join this special offer.
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Muskogee
Maxwell visitors J. M. Mathis and A. Summer yesterday
Adam hosts J. M. Mathis and A. Summer of Maxwell as afternoon visitors yesterday.
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J. M. Mathis
A. Summer of
Maxwell
Adam
Household electric helper promises labor saving
An advertisement from ADA Electric & Gas Co highlights electricity as a servant in homes. It touts electricity for washing clothes sewing baking ironing heating and general use beyond lighting, implying it reduces labor and serves as a luxury no longer.
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ADA Electric & Gas Co
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Ada Ada
Okla
Patina
Orplus
P. A. Norris, Pres
Republican Party
Washington, D. C
Pittsburg
Edward D. Morgan
Robert Emmett
Henry S. Lane
Pennsylvania
David Wilmot
New States
Kansas
Union Pacific Railroad
John C. Fremont
John McLean
William L. Dayton
Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal, Hamlin
Baltimore
Union
Missouri
Gen
Andrew Johnson
Tennessee
Davidson
Floyd Ollie Davidson
Charlie Floyd
12Th St
Oklahoma
Pey. C. Stubblefield
Kills
Vienna
Czerningasse
Berlin
Germany
Egypt
Tabarin Theater
South America
Republic
Department of Agriculture
Ora Sumner
W. Main
L. T. Walters
Ramsey
Fes
Ns Cape
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