Republicans Celebrate Birth of Party in Ripon Wisconsin
United Press reports Prominent Republicans gather in Ripon Wisconsin for the party s tenth anniversary celebration highlighted by a parade of historical floats and a pageant principal speaker James W Good secretary of war historians debate Ripon s claim as birthplace of the Republican Party recounting Alvan Bovay s 1852 idea and the 1854 first mass meeting in a local one room schoolhouse.
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United Press
Ripon
Wis
James W. Good
Alvan Earle Bovay
New York
Wisconsin
Bovay
Horace Greeley
Greeley
Birth of the Republican Party in Ripon Wisconsin
In early 1854 the Kansas Nebraska bill sparked anti slavery protests. Bovay urged Horace Greeley to mobilize in free states, leading to a Ripon meeting in March 1854. A second gathering on March 20 formalized action and the name Republican emerged as Free Soil Whigs dissolved.
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Bovay
Stephen A. Douglas
North
Senate
Greeley
New York Tribune
Free States
Ripon
Free Soil
Get Rick Quick Scheme in Paris
Paris reports a new racket by which M. Labbe, a horse fancier, earned $20,000 from an $80 seed money. The scheme centers on a fast profit with horses and involves an explicit capital gain. The article notes Labbe’s capability to identify a good horse and the successful start of this operation.
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Rick
Paris
M. Labbe
Our King and Roi Poiscle deaths spark insurance dispute
A Boston court backs the insurer as M Labbe faces two losses after paying for two racehorses, Our King and Roi Poiscle, which died en route to Argentina after insured for 20 000 and 19 000 respectively. Separately, New England towns rely on nonresidents for tax revenue with Mashpee showing most real estate owned by nonresidents and summer residents paying about half of lake region taxes.
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M. Labbe
Argentina
Roi Poiscle
Boston
New England
Cape Cod
Mashpee
Lake Region
New Hampshire
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