Edmunds Favored for Presidency by Norfolk Speakers
Debates at Young's Hotel center on party loyalties and policy. Judge Hoadley argues Ohio could be carried by Democrats while Theodore Lyman signals independence, urging Republican support for Edmunds of Vermont. Pretary Williams replies on club membership standards as politicians ponder tariff reform and 1884 election strategy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican Party
Theodore Lyman
Norfolk Republican Club
Young's Hotel
Lyman
Benjamin F. Butler
Congress
Judge Hour
General Butler
Con
Washington
Norfolk County Republican Club
Wiliams
Executive Committee
Norfolk County
Bruce
Mardeo
Asa French
J. Whitcher
E. 0. Bumpus
Henry
N. LD
Canterbury
L. A. Cook
French
Braintree
Ragen
Marden
Chicago
Ury
Masssachusetts
Edmunds
Vermont
Murden
New York
Arthur
Wentworth
Moses Williams
Brookline
Bumpus
Williams
H. H. Faxon
Owers
Leading presidential candidates discussed by Col Ingersoll
Colonel Bob Ingersoll hosted a levee at the Fifth Avenue Hotel where he weighed Blaine’s odds and named Judge John M. Harlan and Judge Gresham as top alternatives. He assessed Logan Edmunds and Sherman, noted Arthur’s weak New York prospects, and referenced Garfield, Hayes, Tilden, and the looming dark horse possibilities with cautious humor.
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New York
Bob Ingersoll
Fifth Avenue
Blaine
Chiago
John M. Harlan
Kentucky
Gresham
Indiana
Logan
Illinois
Edmunds
New Esreland States
West
Arthur
General Sherman
Colone
Garfield
Hayes
Sue French
Republican Nomination Forecast Revealed by Expert
A Colorado Democrat, Belford, predicts the 1880 Republican presidential nominee will be Grant or Blaine. He claims Grant is most likely if the convention agrees, else Blaine will be nominated. Arthur's chances are minimal, Logan is a side note, with the contest centered on Grant and Blaine.
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Washington
Belford
Colorado
Conkling
Garfield
The
Star
Grant
Blaine
Blane
Mr. Arthur
Mr. Logan
Logan
Elaine
Blair on the Presidency at New York hotel visit
Senator Henry W Blair of New Hampshire said the tariff question will lead the next presidential contest. He predicted the Republican nominee will be one of six men Logan Blaine Sherman Grant Arthur Lincoln with no dark horse. He noted the New Hampshire delegation arrives unpledged and Randall seen as the strongest Democratic contender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Henry W. Blair
New Hampshire
Fifth Avenue
Washington
Logan
Blaine
Sherman
Grant
Arthur
Lincoln
Hlatt
Randall
Hoadly for Tilden or Payne Views on Tariff
A letter to the editor argues that tariff policy should balance protection for domestic industry with revenue needs. The writer favors gradual, carefully detailed reform rather than immediate free trade, and asserts Ohio carried such a platform last fall with Tilden or Mayne as the candidate. Signed George Hoadly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotcmers
The
New York World
United States
Senate
House
Ohio
Tilden
Mayne
Groge Hoadly
Hendricks Not In the Field at Convention Picture
Ex Governor Thomas A. Hendricks of Indiana and his wife arrived from Bremen on the Werra and stay at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. He has dropped the idea of seeking the presidential nomination this year, citing ill health and Indiana party divisions that would complicate a campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendricks
New York
Thomas A. Hendricks
Indiana
Bremen
Fifth Avenue
Europe
Remarkable Golden Wedding Couple Undergo Major Dental Surgery
In Rocque Ester, N. H., 73 year old Mrs. Locke and her dentist Dr. Folsom carried out extensive dental work. Mrs. Locke, long asthmatic and heart ill, requested extraction of all twenty eight teeth, with sixteen removed the first day and ten more the next. No anesthetic used. she bore it well. The couple, celebrating a golden wedding, gifted friends with inherited china and dinnerware aged fifty to seventy five years. A future trial of tooth sets is planned.
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Rocue Esterr
N. H
Locke
Ifty
GLOBE
Tuk Globe
Ayer
New Bedford
J.C. Ayer
Ratra Y. Winaate
Masven
Basutoland
S. Africa
J. C. Aver & Co
Tenta
T. K. Bowen
Cape Mounted Riflemen
Lady Eighty Wanders Providence Streets in Temporary Illness
Providence, April 12. Ann Winslow, 80, was found wandering the streets in a state described as temporary insanity. She lives with relatives, could not identify herself, and was taken to the Central station. A relative later retrieved her, to be watched more closely at home.
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Providence
Ann Winslow
Central Station
Various Notes on Politics and Society From Early American News
A collection of brief items reports Senator Vance refusing pay for his private secretary who is his son, New York City synagogues numbering thirty one with Jewish origin population near thirty one thousand, Townsend's Maryland and Virginia tale Any Entailed Hat due for issue, Berlin banning liquor sales on credit with license withdrawal, Richmond Whig backing Republicans over Readjuster label, Mariposa County election results elevating a Dreckenriage son to the Legislature, New York Governor Cleveland signing a physiology and hygiene bill for public schools, and a Salt Lake City man claiming to have walked six days and nights without food or sleep with a public opportunity to prove it.
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Pat
Vance
New York City
George Alfred Townsend
Maryland
Virginia
Berlin
Richmond Whig
Mahone
Mariposa County
Crl
Vic Democrats
Jon C. Dreckenriage
Cleveland
New York
Salt Lake City
Revenue Reformers Confident in Morrison Tariff Push
Washington April 12 Democratic revenue reformers express confidence in advancing the Morrison tariff bill, claiming a voting majority and knowledge of abstainers. They seek unity via recommittal to Ways and Means and a new measure on tariffs. Ex Sen Eaton condemns the Morrison bill as a fraud and urges a thorough revision, favoring a broad free-list and protection for domestic industry.
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Washington
Protection Democrats
Morrison
Ways and Ieans
Aace
Randall
New York
Eaton
Connecticut
GLOBE
Senate
Jefferson
Madison
Jackson
Polk
Great Britain
House of Representatives
United States
Democratic National Convention
Checkers results from Providence match Busby Webb games
The Providence R. I. team match featured Busby versus Webb across four games with Busby securing a win in game five variation and multiple draws. Detailed move lists accompany each contest along with position solutions by Isaiah Barker.
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Providence
R. J
J. Busby
Mr. Webb
Busby
Maid of the Mill
Busby’s
Les Bs
Webb
Nou
Mr. Busby
Yeshire Lassie
Zeef
Isaiah Barker
Cambridgeport
Mass
Florida's Richest Desperado Captured at Last
Ralph Willingham, South Florida’s wealthiest outlaw, is captured aboard the trading steamer Gertrude after a struggle with Captain Pearce and crew. His accomplice Red Parker escapes by leaping overboard, while Willingham's hoard of Spanish doubloons remains a legend as he is taken toward Orlando to claim a bounty.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Kissimee City
Evening Herald
Ralph Willingham
South Florida
Kissime
Gertrude
Pearce
Kissimee
Willingham Sudone
Fhilin
Willingham
Redding Parker
Parker
Willinghan
Wa Ching
Orlando
Eight Gie Brothers of Berks County
In Berks county Pennsylvania reside eight giant brothers sons of George Hellen Huger who died twelve years ago at age 62. The father trained them as plasterers and they work as a unit with rapid efficiency. Their combined length is 48 feet 2 inches and total weight 1440 pounds. All eight brothers, along with their mother aged 70, support the Democratic ticket and attend elections punctually.
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Gie
Reading Eagle
Berks County
Penn
George Hellen- Huger
Providence Players Travel and Chess Club Remarks
Special praise goes to Mr Tillinghast of Providence for entertaining players and friends as three matches among teams ended with one win each and one draw. J H Irwin shines in multiple venues. New Orleans scores, Galveston tally, San Antonio results, and a 1000-member Chess Club in New Orleans noted for fine rooms and courteous hosts. A Cleveland match between Bishop and Freer ends in a draw with 7 wins each and 86 draws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aera Ees
Tillinghast
Providence
Wylile
Seaforth
Ont
Thetford
Ailsa Craig
Montreal
J. H. Irwin
New Orleans
Galveston
San Antonio
Messrs
Bishop
Freer
Cleveland
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette
Blood purifier praise for AYERs Sarsaparilla from 19th century letters
Milton Fox of Dracut Mass recommends AYERs Sarsaparilla as a superior blood purifier. Selby Carter of Nashville and Mrs E B Tompkins of Brooklyn also claim cures for scrofula dyspepsia and feminine ailments, all praising the remedy's efficacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Fox
Dracut
Mass
Ayer
Selby Carter
Nashville
Tenn
E. B. Tompkins
Brooklyn
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Mr. Lyman
Hoadley
Hudson
Gace
Blair
Payne
Mr. Springer
Charles F. Barker
Boston
Houghton Street
Barker
Messrs. Wardwell
Charles J. Barker
Canbridgeport
Byestab Barker
Bridgeport
Joy
J. Pottiggen
Grumell
C. 0
Douglass
Black
Fe Sa
J. F. Weaver
la Plata
Gould
Bwins
Belfast
Checker
Powell
Hill
J. V. Miller
BreLpast
Friend Brown
J. W. Miller
G. W. Brown
Checker News
Providence, R. I
Florida
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Freeman
Stuart
Merry
de Munn
Robert J. Mackay
Rochester Theological Seminary
Agnes Edwards
Williamsburg
Mr. Edwards
Agnes
Ewing Isbell
Warren County
Butler County
Pierce
St. Elmo
Mary Smith
Erce
James Lobdell
Oxford
Union
Gore Warren
Poultry Keeper
Ilustrate
Pucltry
Randolph 8
Neravors
Address Voltaic Belt Co
Marshall, Mich
King's Novelty CO
Williamsburgh
N.Y
Empire Mfg, CO
F. Wilson
Wilson Bros
Euston
New Haven
Conn
Ounce
Wendell Phillips
Geo. Lowell Austin
B. B. Russell
Slayton
Montpelier
Luc
Bnason & CO
Fulton St
C. E. Manshall
Lock- N.X
Golden
Warren Leland
W. E. Pennington
Hampton
N. B
Joan J. Ryan
Athletic B. B. C
Philadelphia
Orlando Snell
Nathan S. Cleaveland
Francis Jewett
Lowell Mass
Frank M. Griffin
Long Point
Texas
Henry J. Chapman
Nashua, N. H
Lowell, Mage
Toane
Agen
J. Aynn
Broadway
King
Meera
J. O. McCurdy
Berlin & Coo
Eleventh St
Washington, D.C
Simpgen
Manneger
Federal Street
Iness
Merrill & Co
Lizzie E
Cotton
West Gorham
Maine
Express
P. O
T. A. Slocum
Cleopatra’s Secret
Partiulars
Tak University Chemical Preparation Works
St. Phila. Pa
Climer Web Co
StLous, Mo
Nervita
A. G
Olin
Box
True & CO
Balrem
Foshan
R.W. Montross
Galien, Mich
Luatcui
Hhalistuk
Cheng
AL Estate Journal
RB. B. Chaffin & CO
Richmond
Wyluc
J. Lynn & Co
James River
J. By. Manoa
Claremont
London
Monarch
Hoe
Address Heart
Chivers
Gleason & CO
Summer Street
Prieme Rtbpord Gard CO
Northford
S& Printing P
Oungorold
Cate Lone
Kelsey & CO
Meriden
Alling Bros
Sle
Holly Card
Sensis Et. An
Eiadege Pee AG
GEO. W. AD
West Haven
Clinton Bros. & CO
Clintonville
TNA Printing CO
Pranklan Printing Co
Wyist
Midefield
Gem Card Co
East River
L.vones & CO
Nassau
Rip Brainard
Higganuma
Capitol
SP Ford
Eowy
Rerd & CO
Ais
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