Nomination of Gen Harrison Notified by Republican Committee
The Republican national convention officially notified General Harrison of his nomination for President. Chairman Estee and Gen Harrison met at his home on July 4 with Mrs Harrison eyeing with happiness as the committee praised his public service from army to Senate. Harrison responded with gratitude and pledged to study the platform while acknowledging the party’s principles.
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General Harrison
J. N. Huston
John C. New
Estee
Harrison
National Republican Convention
United States
United States Senate
Republican Party
Republic
Gen. Harrison
Chicago
Republican Party of the
Washington
Lincoln
Yorktown
Appomattox
Bisbee
The Best Salve Promise and a Printing House Note
An 19th century add promises a universal salve cure for cuts and sores with a money-back guarantee, priced at 25 cents per box and sold by Henderson & Mivear. A Chicago printing house foreman receives a note from a worker’s wife asking pardon as her husband has died, a humorous misuse of language.
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Henderson & Mivear
Chicago
Fragmented Health Notice on Pierce's Pleasant Pellets
A garbled historic fragment proclaims a community duty to care for health and mentions Br. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a remedy, with unreadable names and unclear claims about immediacy and use.
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Br. Pierce
Quail Hatch Result Guides Hen Egg Scene at Petaluma
A Petaluma, California scene reports a mystery as a quail hatched four hen eggs and tended the chicks like a hen brood, the bird hovering and acting as a mother to the young.
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Petaluma
Cal
Green's August Flower touted for biliousness cure
The excerpt notes biliousness symptoms across individuals, including poor appetite, white furred tongue, digestive troubles, diarrhea or constipation, hemorrhoids and headaches. It promotes Green's August Flower as a cheap remedy attested to by thousands. It also references political commentary on Blaine, immigration, Kemp's Balsam for coughs, and Hood's Sarsaparilla, with various unsystematic notes on Melville Fuller and Georgian melon transport issues.
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Athens
Trood
Hood
George A. Parr
Watertown
Mass
C.J. Hood & CO
Apothecaries
Lowell
National Centennial Celebrations at Marietta July 15 1788
National Centennial Celebration begins July 15 and runs five days in Marietta the Northwest Territory marking the 1787 ordinance. Governors and officials from five states attend under Gov Foraker with Elgin Band and Barracks Band providing music. Relics and government displays, royal courts of officials, and two grand fireworks shows on the Ohio and Muskingum rivers accompany the event. Not a public exposition, but a free historical celebration with speakers Evarts Daniel and Gen. Ewing. A Cambridge tale follows about a colored nurse named Gertie and a child's remark about God making colored people.
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Foraker
Elgin
Newport
Columbus
United States
Supreme Court
Inter-State Commerce Commission
Ohio
Muskingum
Evarts
New York
Daniel
Virginia
Thomas Ewing
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