Convention Proceedings Call and Organization
The national committee issues the call for the national party conventions and selects the temporary chairman who presides after opening prayers. Temporary organization is perfected by announcing temporary officers and forming permanent committees from each state. Contests are settled by the national committee and credentials reports to the convention, which then adopts the permanent organization and proceeds to nominating speeches and balloting for president and vice president.
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National Committee
Committee On
Convention
Committee On Permanent Organization
Compittees
Poultry Notes on Feeding and Hen Health
Poultry notes urge growers to provide hens with good feed rather than drugs, noting a busy healthy hen lays more eggs. Breed and vigor matter, and feeding should include grain, animal, and green foods. Maintain good condition with exercise, avoid over fat, and adapt feeding to breed and conditions.
Wreck Attempt On Interurban Car Near Jamestown
Jamestown Press reports an apparent sabotage attempt on an interurban near Wheat crossing east of Lizton. Conductor Porter and Motorman Bert Swift, with about a dozen passengers, were jolted but none injured when the car struck a plank placed across the tracks at speed. Officials found a ten inch by two inch plank spanning both rails. no suspects or motive identified.
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Jamestown
Liztog
Porter
Bert Swift
Crawfordsville
Jamestown Area Band Events and Local Sales Notice
Local notices list Saturday band concerts at The Blue Front and efforts to book Beckville and Advance bands for future events. A 25 percent clothing sale at Harry Kessler and Caplinger's Grocery promotions are noted along with meals and soft drinks at Whitenank's lunch room. Also mentions DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve and Kodol for Dyspepsia sold by Burrin Drug Co.
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Harry Kessler
Jamestown
DeWitt
DeWitt’s
Burrin Drug Co
Election Primer: Pertinent Points for New and Old Voters
A concise guide outlines key election machinery for first time and seasoned voters. It covers registration steps, ballot access, polling place rules, identification needs, and how to check registration status before election day.
Origins and early history of the Republican Party
The piece recounts the party's 1854 origin in Jackson Michigan, first national convention in Pittsburgh 1856, and platform opposing polygamy and slavery. It notes first presidential candidate John C. Fremont, Lincoln’s rise, and nine presidents with assassinations of Lincoln, Garfield, and McKinley. It lists postwar protectionist tariff as a core stance.
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Jackson
Mich
Pittsburg
Congress
United States
John C. Fremont
James Buchanan
Lincoln
Johnson
Grant
Hayes
Garfield
Arthur
Benjamin Harrison
McKinley
Roosevelt
Excellent Taste Sparks Playful Quip Between Lovers
A flirtatious exchange has one character proposing a kiss and the other replying with playful restraint. The dialogue hints at mutual attraction and witty banter.
Miller assigns books for collection of accounts
Carl Miller states that he has placed his books in the hands of Frank P. Routh for collection of accounts and asks for an early settlement.
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Frank P. Routh
Carl Miller
DeWitt Kidney and Bladder Pills Promised to Strengthen
The pills are advertised as potent and thorough, claimed to quickly strengthen weakened kidneys and ease bladder inflammation. Sold by the Brifin Drug Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DeWitt
Bri Fin Drug Co
Witch Hazel Raid Garners Plies Burns and Gores
A garbaged sentence hints at figures Plies, Burns, and Gores involved in a witch hazel related action. No concrete details or dates are provided in the readable text.
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Chas. E
MicClaine
Gents Ladies and Children
Dean & McConaughy
Convention Proceedings
Band
Eliza
Uncle Tom's Cabin
Caplinger's
Caplinger’s Grocery
Bank of Advance
Whitenank’s
Carl Bowman
Hazelrigg
Tno, Caldwell
Beckville
Chas. Reetor
Uncle Toms Cabin
The
Hustler
Republican Party
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Stephen A. Douglas
Democracy
George B. McClellan
Trustee's Office
WM. H. Miller
Nyne
Sarah
New England
Richard G. Badger
Boston
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