National Republican Convention in Chicago Names Logan for Vice President
The seventh National Republican Convention met in Chicago with John A. Logan nominated for Vice President after multiple ballots. Hawley, Blaine, Arthur, and Cullom were among nominees as the party adopted a platform urging Inter-State Commerce reform, land grant forfeiture, tariff reform, and abolition of polygamy. Logan sent a dispatch supporting Blaine, and was finally acclaimed as the vice presidential candidate.
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Exposition Building
Chicago
John KE. Lynch
Mississippi
Powell Clayton
Arkansas
Clayton
National Committee
Henderson
Missouri
Mahone
Virginia
America
Garfield
Arthur
Brandigee
Connecticut
Jos. R. Hawley
Cullom
Illinois
John A. Logan
Judge West
Ohio
James G. Blaine
Maine
Martin I. Townsend
New York
Chester A
Blaine
Logan
Washington
S. M. Cullum
Iowa
P. B. Plum
Kansas
Road hopes ride on cities paving better year round routes
The Vinton city council allocates 500 dollars from street funds to repair and build highways within three miles, signaling a shift toward year round country roads. The piece argues Iowa towns should follow with durable, well located trunk lines feeding tributary areas, aiding farmers and commerce alike.
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Vinton
Iowa
S. C. Journal
Del Maxwell Provides Object Lesson On Rodent Pursuit
The note invites readers to seek Del Maxwell for a full explanation of why the can failed in the pursuit of the rodent Cony, promising an object lesson.
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del Maxwell
State Fair Des Moines Runs Aug 26 To Sep 5
The event will take place in Des Moines from August 26 to September 5 and offers 30000 dollars in prizes.
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Des Moines
Grant to Receive Government Pension and Private Income
Grant will obtain $13 500 annually from the government and about $250 000 from friends, securing several years of comfort. victims of the Grant Ward firm are told to bear their fate, with Vanderbilts in public disapproval.
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U.S. Grant
Grant, Ward & Co
Vanderbilt
Democrats Move Toward Nomination of Tilden
It seems Tilden will be the Democratic Convention nominee. The party has a history of missteps and aims to stun the nation with a strong bid for the White House, but may choose the flagging old victor as its candidate.
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Tilden
White House
Epidemics of Defalcation Plague the Nation
An editorial warns that trusted men become rogues and vanish with stolen wealth. Crimes begin as small speculations and grow into large robberies, often ending in suicide or death. If these culprits could foresee the end, many would shrink from the crime.
Iowa church statistics show varied communicant totals
Recently published Iowa church statistics list communicants by denomination including Methodists 925? Baptists 63 04 Lutherans 45 460 Roman Catholics 35 000 Presbyterians 34 644 Congregationalists 15 556 Episcopalians 4 227 Second Adventists 3 509 American Communists 1 650 Seventh Day Adventists 1 200 Adventists 120 Jews percent.
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Iowa
Storm Lax Pilot Senator Sutton for Attorney General
Senator P. M. Sutton of Marshalltown, a one term state senator and persuasive lawyer, is presented as a strong, experienced candidate for Iowa Attorney General. The piece notes wide press support and high regard from leading lawyers in the state.
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Storm Lax
P. M. Sutton
Marshalltown
Iowa
Sutton
Lessons from Grant Ward collapse hit New York firm
The piece argues the Grant Ward failure ruined Gen Grant’s property and crippled the Marine Bank. It blames Ward for fraud and rebukes the Grants for pursuing wildly profitable but illegitimate gains. It expresses sympathy for Grant and warns the scandal will teach him a hard lesson.
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New York
Grant & Ward
Marine Bank
Gen. Grant
Grants
Ward
Fred Grant
A Niagara Falls Route For East West Travel
The piece argues there has never been a true Niagara Falls route linking the East and West. It uses Kalamazoo as an example on the Michigan Central line to illustrate how trains fail to offer a clear view of Niagara Falls to travelers returning home. It critiques the claim that any single railroad is the exclusive Falls route.
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Chicago
Republican Party
Congress
Niagara Falls
Kalamazoo
Maine
Niagra Falls
Michigan
Michigan Central Railroad
Michigan Central
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
LaCrosse
Sparta
Madison
Fort Howard
Green Bay
Wis
Winona
Owatonna
Mankato
Minn
Cedar Rapids
Des BM
Webster City
Algona
Clinton
Marshalltown
Iowa
Freeport
Elgin
Rockford
Jis
Michigan Central opens genuine Niagara Falls through route
The Buffalo Express reports a new East West through route by the Michigan Central that takes travelers along the Niagara River from Buffalo to Tonawanda with a full, close view of Niagara Falls from Falls View. The line uses a cantilever bridge and provides regular through trains stopping at Falls View, promising faster schedules and honest views of the Falls.
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Niagara River
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central Railroad
New York
Buffalo
Tonawanda
Grand Island
Niagara Falls Village
Falls View
Niagara City
Canada Southern
Buffalo Express
Ames Bonfire Honors Blaine and Logan Nominees
A bonfire in Ames last evening lit the town in honor of Blaine and Logan, the Republican presidential and vice presidential nominees. Des Moines grocer Cc F Wheever, formerly of Ames, has died in a fire in the flue. Our tenth assistant bookkeeper notes the ledger is ink-lined as the ruler bends.
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Ames
Blaine and
Logan
Cc. F. Wheever
Des Moines
N. Y
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