Republican Convention opens in Chicago 1880
The 1880 Republican National Convention met in Chicago at the Exposition Building. Key moments include Cameron’s call to order, remarks urging unity and strong candidates, temporary leadership for George F. Hoar, and long proceedings on credentials and rules as delegates from multiple states contest seating and influence the nomination. Garfield emerges as nominee after extensive ballots in the fifth day.
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Exposition Building
Chicago
Cameron
Nation Committee
A. E. Kitledge
Third Presbyterian Church
Iman
Keogh
Mr. Cameron
Republican Party
House
United States
Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal Hamlin
Lincoln
Jas and
Breckenridge
South
Europe
Aia Abe
Democratic Party
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Path Ston
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Mississippi
South Carolina
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Elaware
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Homestead
Senate Public Credit
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
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Maine
Ates
Richard Whiting
Ilinois
J. W. Sharpe
Iowa
B. Bierbour
Nebraska
Andrew W. Metcalf
Illinois
8. M. Clark
J. L. Mi
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Chas. W. Clark
Missouri
Robert F. Vanort
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Utah
Conkling
Territory of
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Yells
Yeuseen
National Committee
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Rye
McSilver
N. Bennett
Richard C. McCormick
Arizona
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Alabama
Willard Warner
Wm. H. Smith
Bingham
ER. A. Mosely Jr
Pennsylvania
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Veteran Soldier's Association
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Garfield
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Inter- Ning
Committee On
Cincinnati
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Joy
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Lyall
New Jersey
Committee ON Permanent Organization
Ee Pierson
James Gillett
Arkanees
H. B.eens
R. C. McCormick
California
Mansfield
Colorado
Lafayette Head
Connecticut
Jo Olney
Delaware
Albert
Florida
Iman Conanta
A. Donnell
Inoia
John Went
Indiana
Francis ‘Atkinson
J. W. Thompson
Kansas
Simon Motz
Kentucky
EB. H. Hopson
John H. Bodwell
Maryland
K . Brown
Massachusetts
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Michigan
Perry Hannah
D. Morrison
Wm. J.teall
Neka
A Lewis
Nevada
C. C. Stevenson
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Joel Eastman
Judaon Kilpatrick
Chester A. Arthur
North Carolina
J. H. Starbuck
Ohio
D. Harkness
Oregon
Oo. P. Tomkins
Hamilton Disston
Isaac Potter
Tennessee
D. A. Dunn
Texas
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Philetus Sawyer
Virginia
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New Hampshire
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Ivania
Moreland
Rhode
A. Jencks
Getti
Cach County
Arthur Little
New England Congregational Church
Brandage
West Virginia
Sewell
Committee On Credentials
Committee On Rules
Bewell
N. J
Committee On Resolutions
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Butterworth
Cessna
Wepers
John R. Baxter
Washington
Foreger
Twell
National Republican Executive Committee
Sparks
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Sharp
Grant
Blaine Sherman
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Hartranft
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Emunds
James A. Garfield
United
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Tiedten
Pixley
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Eetee
Mr. Leon
Marshall Jewell
Hicks
Thomas Settle
Chambers
E. J. Davis
McCarthy
Arthur
Davis
Settle
Jewell
Woodford
Bruce
Maynard
Alcone
The Emperor's Tree and Chinese Burial Customs
The article notes Chuntche founded the Tsing dynasty and planted a temple tree near Pekin. Saplings sprout from its roots with each prince’s death, signifying dynastic continuity. It also describes two state burial sites at Hsi-ling and Tung ling and pilgrimages to them.
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London Times
Chuntche
China
Pekin
Hsi-ling
Tungling
Kang-hi
Kem-tug
Ling
Postal money orders show no losses to rightful claimants
The article notes that no rightful claimant has lost a key or dollar under postal money orders since their creation. In the last fiscal year the post office department issued over 90 million dollars in these orders, while misdirected or unclaimed orders due to death amount to 790 thousand dollars.
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Republican Party
United States
Congress
Confederate States
Republic
Congress of the
Rutherford B. Hayes
Democrat Party
House of Representatives
Maine
Repalian Party
Union
Joy
James G. Blaine
Frank Pixley
California
Frye
Minnesota
Drake
William Windom
New York
Conkling
Ulysses S. Grant
Vermont
Washman
R. M
Post-Office Department
Kidney-Wort Medicine Advertised as Cure-All
A damaged ad-like note promotes Kidney-Wort as a spring remedy for biliousness and bowel issues. It claims to ease constipation and back pain and suggests it as a sure cure. The fragmentary text lacks verifiable details or endorsements.
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Cat Aoceet
How Oceans Were Made
The article discusses H N Moselly and Mallet theories on Earth's early seas. It suggests primitive oceans formed from atmospheric water vapor under high heat and pressure, later cooling, condensing, and filling with dissolved minerals, salts, and volcanic mud before clearing and becoming habitable.
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H. N. Moselly
London Royal Institution
Mallet
Composition of the New Parliament by Occupation
The new parliament has 237 members with at least 150 merchants manufacturers or related trades. Lawyers number 52, barristers 44, solicitors 8. soldiers and sailors few. diplomats 3. journalists 6. engineers 7. bankers 5. brewing 2. medical 3. tenant farmers 6. printers publishers clerks 4. one Royal Academy of Scotland member. one civil and military tutor. one Presbyterian minister. two ex clergymen under relief bill. The rest are county officials and peers’ kin. The oldest member is Sir Henry ee aged 78. Richard Fort M P for Catheroe born 1856.
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Bar
Army
Navy
Royal Academy of Scotland
Sir Henry Ee
Richard Fort
Catheroe
Postal Card Address Legibility Rules Questioned
A fragment notes changes in how legible postal card addresses are treated by post office officials, indicating that readable addresses remain makable while illegibility triggers penalties and potential error liability.
Woman’s Wisdom Emphasizes Family Health Over Fashion
A fragment quotes a woman urging that keeping the family in full health is more important than fashionable dress. She recommends early Hop Bitters use at first signs of illness to prevent sickness and worry, urging women to apply this wisdom at home.
The Contribution Box
A fable described as two spiders entering a meeting house to weave in seats and the pulpit. Each spider seeks space but is swept away by the sexton before securing sanctuary, illustrating a clash between ambition and authority in a communal space.
Inanimate Objects. Chequer- Work and Personal Surroundings
The piece argues that objects around a person reflect and amplify their life. Surroundings reveal taste and character, shaping mood and identity. Even simple items like hats or canes speak of the wearer, as Napoleon's cocked hat suggested power and hidden schemes.
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Beyon
Source Taal
Napoleon
Penalties of Chinese Naturalization Stir Fear in North Adams
An unnamed editorial warns North Adams Chinese nationals about new Celestial Empire decrees. It claims that Chinese citizens abroad face instant beheading and sale of family members for aiding denationalization, with confiscation of property and possible strangulation for those who conceal the crime.
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Adams
Celestial Empire
Diamond Discovery near Lewiston Idaho Interest Grows
Reported near the ancient grist mill site prospectors Peter Minton William Bremer S Reynolds and J Manuel uncovered a cache of locusts and nine ancient diamond stones with the setting in metallic ore. Exhibited at the House a $500 reward is offered for the missing stone. Locusts petrified in a glass case also shown. Ho Lo claims the stones resemble ancient relics from the Joss house in Pekin.
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Idaho
Lewiston
Tiller
Peter Minton
William Bremer
S. Reynolds
J. Manuel
Ho Lo
Pekin
Winter Palace Neva Ice Crossing Ceremony in St Petersburg
In St Petersburg on Sunday April 18 Gen. Korsakov and staff crossed the Neva in a gilded boat to present water on a golden tray to the Czar at the Winter Palace. The Czar drank the water as cheers rang out. crowds lined the granite quay as hundreds of boats passed the river in celebration of spring.
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St. Petersburg
Neva
Korsakoff
Pevalovsky Fort
Winter Palace
Cleansing Brass Through Ancient Seafaring Hydrants
A fragmented line speaks of turning a hydrant on brass as a metaphorical task tied to a book agent knocking at a door. The archaic wording suggests a ceremonial or allegorical instruction rather than a modern procedure.
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