The First National Democratic Convention in Baltimore
June 1832 Baltimore hosted the first national political convention in U S history. Delegates from twenty states gathered in the Atheneum to nominate Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren for president and vice president. The gathering featured minimal speeches, a notable bid to seat Charles Carroll, and lively press coverage as factions formed around tariff policy and internal improvements.
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R. M. Cheshire
Washington
Denver
United States
Congress
Bald, More
Clay
Sergeant
Oathington
Baltimore
Antd
Jackson
van Buren
Tully
Delogates Lmne
Beneam
Andrew Jackson
Robert Lucas
Ohio
Peter V. Daniel
Virginia
John A. Dix
New York
Henry Clay
Charles Carroll
Jefferson
Mount Vernon
John 4
From the Capitol alarms to early steam era politics
The piece blends a Capitol incident with reflections on early American politics and the steam age. It notes Benton’s remark on armed congressmen, contrasts 1830 census data across major cities, mentions Virgil Garvin, Owen A. McGrath, and baseball figures, and ends with baseball banter aboard a Pullman coach featuring McAleer and Rube Wadsell.
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Heard
Capitol
Benton
Republic
Boston
New York City
Philadelphia
Pittsburg
Maryland
Virginia
South Carolina
Cincinnati
Chicago
Kane
Danny Stilli
Van
Cook County
St Louis
Willie Keeler Traila
Missouri
Detroit
Eles
Ditrict
Columbia
Virgil Garvin
Cap” Anson
Fresno
Cal
Owen A. McGrath
Dartmouth College
New Orleans
Montgomery
Memphis
Mobile
White Sox Rooters’ Association of Chicago
George Stallings
Newark
Sullivan
Hinchman
Wood
Kansas City
Schneiberg
Milwaukee
Marquard
Indianapolis
Wren
Leee
South America
New York
Pennantville
McAleer
Rube" Wadsell
St. Louis Browns
Mr. McAleer
Waddell
Thinks It Saved His Life A Maine Man Endorses King’s New Discovery
Lester M. Nelson of Naples Maine writes that King’s New Discovery saved his life after years using it for coughs and colds. The remedy, promoted as preventative of pneumonia and healer of weak lungs, is sold at W. J. Smith & Bro H. R. Palmer & Sons drug stores for 50c and 1.00 with a trial bottle free.
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Lester M. Nelson
Naples
Maine
Ays
Dr. King
W. J. Smith & Bro
H. R. Palmer & Sons
Annual Meeting of Congregationalists in South Dakota
Rapid City June 18 The First Congregational church hosts the thirty eighth annual meeting of the General Association of Congregational churches of South Dakota. The event opens with a morning session of the women's home missionary union and draws prominent denomination leaders from across the state.
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Congregationalists
Rapid City
First Congregational Church
Yeny
General Association of the Congregational Churches of
South Dakota
Women's Home Missionary Union
Every Man His Own Doctor In Athens Ga Adverts
An advertisement promotes Chamberlain's remedies as affordable self care. It lists five preparations with prices: 25 cents per bottle or a set of five for $1.25. Local merchants H R Palmer and Sons W J Smith and Bro L P Canning E C McEvoy Orr Drug Co sell the products in Athens Georgia.
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Chamberlain
H. R. Palmer & Sons
W. J. Smith & Bro
L. P. Canning
E. C. McEvoy
Orr Drug Co
Athens
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National Intelligencer
Richmond Inquirer
New York Republican
New York Post
Philadelphia Inquirer
Nile’s Register
Fisher
Houston
Tennessee
Stanberry
Arnold
SSS Ge
Giants
Highlanders
Brooklyn Su
Connie
Rube
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