Silence and speeches in presidential campaigns through history
The article traces how early candidates avoided public speaking, with instances like Scott and Polk influencing voters through silence. It notes Lincoln’s rare pre nomination speaking and the shift to post nomination speeches beginning with James A. Garfield, as described by the Indianapolis News.
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Scott
Mexico
Polk
Abraham Lincoln
James A. Garfield
Indianapolis News
Free Speech Debate in England and Public Sentiment
London Graphic notes Profeteer Masterman at Cambridge discussing modern England and liberty of the subject. It mentions Sunday afternoon gatherings in Hyde Park, Lomion, and asserts Europe’s nations show strong resentment toward attacks on the sovereign, detailing public attitudes.
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England
Profeteer Masterman
Cambridge
Lvde Park
Lomion
Craters
Ted
Europe
London Graphic
Who's the Town Booster Why Here He Is
A local columnist extols the ideal Town Booster, defined as the resident who praises the town, supports home businesses, aids improvements, patronizes local merchants, and prints in town. The piece celebrates selfless civic promotion as the town’s engine.
Historic Town Celebrates Two Hundred Twenty Fifth Birthday
White Plains marks its 225th anniversary with parades speeches and rejoicing. Washington Army headquarters at the Miller house draws visitors eager to view Revolutionary relics as militia from Westchester and New York City take part. Governors Hughes and Woodruff have been invited to attend.
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White Plains
N. Y
Washington
Miller
Westchester County
New York City
Hughes
New York
Woodruff
Connecticut
Tennyson Lowell and Mrs Procter in London Society
In London literary circles Tennyson and Lowell were teased and tested by Mrs Procter wife of Barry Cornwall as they became intimate friends after initial frost. The piece recalls Tennyson full of caprices shy and reserved and a bishop who lost his wife preferring Brompton as a common burial humor.
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Tennyson
Lowell
Procter
Barry Corn Wal
London
St. Bites
Tennveen
Africa
Brompton
Detroit Tribune
Defense makes progress in Ray Lamphere trial at Gunness house fire
In Laporte Indiana testimony in the Lamphere trial shows defense gains with two witnesses placing the Gunness house fire at 3 am while expert Dr George Wasser questions the dental evidence. Witnesses describe a fire roofward and an oil can found in the cellar, with the can initially stored near the stairway.
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Bella Gunness
Dr. Wasser
George Wright
Gunness Place
William C. Weir
Joseph Maxson
True Both Ways. The cast is dyed, says critic
A tongue in cheek quip from a New York press item debates fate and appearance. A villain proclaims the die is cast while a chorus mocks with a dyed cast remark.
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New York
Revolt in Hayti as Les Cayes Falls to Rebels
Paris dispatch reports a revolution in southern Hayti with General Simon seizing Les Cayes and nearby territory. Telegraph lines are cut and government troops are surrounded by rebel forces.
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Paris
Hayti
Simon
Les Cayes
Porter James Charles Leonard Arrested in $40,000 Jewelry Theft
In Omaha on November 21 Charles Leonard a hotel porter picked up a grip containing $40,000 in jewelry entrusted by traveling salesman Charles F Hartshorn. Leonard shipped the grip to Hamburg Iowa and fled toward the South but was arrested at St Joseph Missouri. Officers recovered the jewelry at Hamburg.
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Omaha
Charles Leonard
Henshaw Hotel
Charles F. Hartshorn
Hamburg
South
St. Joseph
Car Strikes Cab Carrying Blakeley Couple in Minneapolis
F B Blakeley assistant treasurer of S H Peavey Grain company and his wife were seriously injured when a First Avenue South street car struck their cab at the Nicollet Franklin crossing. Jerome S Ramsey cabman also injured in the collision.
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Minneapolis
F. B. Blakeley
S. H. Peavey Grain Company
Minneapoli
Jeroy S. Ramsey
First Avenue South
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