Democratic Convention Plans At Worcester In 1883
The Democratic State Convention meets at Mechanics Hall Worcester on Wednesday at 11. A State committee meeting set for Bay State House Tuesday at 8 to finalize preliminaries. Delegates must bring credentials signed by town chairs. opening by State Committee Chairman Plympton. Edward Avery will preside Springfield, Charles Levi Woodbury chairs resolutions. Four delegates at large for Chicago likely Butler and Abbott by acclamation. two other seats contested. Perry of Williams urged Nobie not to use his name. western mass may rally behind one candidate. Worcester county may back Judge McCafferty. other candidates listed include Palmer Maguire Collins Prince and others. Potential alternates include Delaney of Houlvox, Edward Pre of Braintree, Colonel Haggett.
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Mechanics’ Hall
Worcester
Bay State House
Springfield
Mass
Plympton
Edward Avery
Braintree
Charles Levi Woodbury
Chicago
General Butler
Josiah G. Abbott
Perry
Williams College
Reuben Novie
Westfield
Nobie
Worcester County
McCafferty
Palmer
Keston
Maguire
Collins
F. O
Burlington
Samuel J. Tilden
E. J. Sields
Dubuque
Velock
J. B. Hall
Des Moines
L. G. Kinne
H. H. Thorbie
E. H. Thayer
K. M. Harrison
Yiteroutes
Joan F. Dunecombe
Charles Vailper
H.C. Bowmann
W. H. Butler
Iowa
Congress
Tilden
Delegates Favor Tilden Platform at Iowa State Convention
Delegates from nearly all counties attend Iowa Democratic state convention in Burlington with 662 present, four under the call. Enthusiasm peaks at mentions of Samuel J. Tilden and tariff reform. J. B. Hall named permanent chairman as delegates to the national convention are chosen, all undecided yet favoring Tilden.
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Tilden
Butler for President Greenback Convention Nominates Butler
The Massachusetts Greenback Labor party at a Lynn convention endorsed Ben Butler as its candidate for president. The platform demands national paper money, repeal of bankrupt laws, ride at debt payments, railroad land forfeiture, equitable taxation, universal suffrage, public official elections, anti class legislation, revenue tariffs, convict labor limits, and land ownership restrictions for aliens. The group calls for a strong, independent leader to unite the movement and align with the Supreme Court.
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Lynn
Greenback-Labor Party of
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National
Greenback Labor Party
United States
Supreme Court
Benwain F. Butler
Supreme Court of the United States
Letter from ex governor to Buffalo workers sparks meeting
A mass Buffalo labor rally at Music Hall followed a parade of workers amid strikes at Courier and Union Steamboat Co. A letter from ex governor Butler of Massachusetts, read by LAW OFFICER B F Burr, argues that strikes stem from unfair dealing by capitalists and asserts workers’ capital lies in their ability to labor.
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Buffalo
Music Hall
Courier
Union Steamboat Company
Butler
Massachusetts
Strike folly seen through a laboring man’s lens
Benjamin F. Butler argues against strikes, saying idle days erase a worker’s capital and wages, while profits accrue to capitalists. He urges legal remedies and favors a public arbitration tribunal to resolve capital versus labor disputes, recalling this stance from years past. He foresees a useless, ruinous, and unequal strike for both sides.
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Benjamin F, Butler
Ohio Millionaire Bookwalter Named as Possible Tilden Partner
Washington April 27 A Democrat rising as a presidential candidate is John W Bookwalter of Ohio The prevailing view in the capital is that Tilden will secure the nomination and a strong second place candidate is sought Bookwalter, a Western manufacturer and Free Trader, is proposed as a geographically balanced choice whose wealth could fund the campaign He supported reform within the party though he lost Ohio in 1881 to Foster amid Garfied memory.
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Washington
John W. Bookwalter
Ohio
Chicago
Tilden
Bookwalter
Foster
Garfeid
Greenback Convention in Lewiston Nominates Eaton for Governor
Low attendance marks the Greenback gathering in Lewiston with eight counties present. Resolutions urge government currency control, railroad regulation, labor protection, education for children, fair taxation, and nonpartisan stance on liquor, with H. B. Eaton winning the gubernatorial nomination and Butler for president.
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Lewiston
de Eaton
Butler
Delegates Chosen for Chicago Republican Convention
The Chicago bound Republican tally shows 600 of 820 delegates chosen with 187 votes needed for nomination. Arthur’s backers could reach 406 on first ballot if 181 of the remaining 230 delegates support him, while Blaine sits at 296. The table credits ex secretary of state at 164, Logan, Edmunds and Sherman also noted. Trenton hosts Nationalists meeting to select delegates for Indianapolis.
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Chicago
Friends of Arthur
Blaine
Cincinnati
Arthur
Logan
Edmunds
Sherman
Greenback convention names delegates and adjourns
At a New Jersey Greenback gathering Dr. Larison chaired and E E Porter led as chairman-elect. Delegates and alternates across districts were listed with Cushman performing a Greenback song. The convention adjourned after Cushman sang again. In Albany Daniel Manning postponed the Democratic State committee meeting to May 21 to foster harmony among members and ease legislative duties.
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Union
G. H. Larison
Hunterdon
D. L Hopkins
Bergen
BE. McAllister
Gloucester
C. H. Kellogg
J. B. Adams
J. H. Saunderson
B. W. Lawrence
W. L. Hope
H. McFarland
G. H
Crats
Albany
Daniel Manning
Democratic State Committee
State Committee
Democratic Triumphs Reported in Louisiana Elections
New Orleans dispatches show the Democratic state and parish tickets winning by large margins. Official returns foresee about a 50 000 majority for the state ticket and 8 000 for the city, with Baton Rouge giving the opposition a 1 000 governor’s race edge. Ballot-box stuffing was alleged in Baton Rouge but thwarted. overall state amendments likely carried. The city tally points to a 15 000 majority for the regular Democratic ticket amid quiet statewide voting.
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Behan
Picayune
New Orleans
McEnery
Baton Rouge
East
Baton Rouge Parish
Stevenson
Dory Voyage Ends In Fatal Self Descent At Sea
Captain John Trayner survived a brutal coastwise voyage in the dory Harold L. Vibber leaving Path, Maine, April 26 for New York. A heavy northeast gale ferried him past Cape Ann to Rockport where his cat leaped overboard and died, while his drag line and the ship weathered a night of high seas. He endured days of relentless storms from Kennebunkport to Plum Island and Block Island, finally reaching White Stone, Long Island, before planning a Bristol England crossing in ninety to one hundred days. His father was pugilist Jia Trayner. John was born in Pennsylvania.
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John Trayner
Harold L. Vibber
Kennebunkport
Boston
Portland
GLOBE
Mary Stowe
Traynor
Rockport
Cape Awnund
Cape Cod
Chatham
Nobska Light
Nantucket
Vineyard Haven
Tarpaulin Cove
Cutty Hunk
Captain Aikens
Ie Colianbus
Point Judith
Buzzard’s Bay
Block Island
Little Gull
Plum Island
Kim
Horton’s Point
Long Island Sound
Mattituck
Eaton’s Neck
White Stone
L. T
Bristol
England
Jia Traynor
Inennsylvania
John
A Man Seeks Home Light and Lovelight in Womanly Form
The passage contrasts street life with a homebound ideal of wifehood. It praises a woman described as deliciously womanly with a soft voice and dimpled beauty, whose strength, kindness, and charitable works guide a husband toward success and virtue.
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R. J. Burdette
Exhibition of giant shoe worn by Miss Fanny Mills
Middletown Conn April 27 D W Clarke shows an immense shoe worn by Miss Fanny Mills of Sandusky Ohio The shoe is eighteen inches long nearly two feet around the ankle nine inches across the sole and eleven and a half inches through the instep Mills a 22 year old 120 pounds cannot lift or see without help Buckingham Dye offers permanent brown whiskers.
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Middletown
Conn
D. W. Clarke
Fanny Mills
Sandusky
Careers for our daughters or the working women's problem
Rev. M. J. Savage spoke at the Church of the Unity on female labor, urging legislation and practical steps to aid poor working women in Boston and Massachusetts. He cited wages, poverty, and risks to morality, arguing for industrial and art schools for women and measures to prevent wage garnishment. He urged societal support and policy to lift women from degradation and create respectable work.
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Church of the Unity
M. J. Savage
Boston
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Sweden
France
England
Mexico
Barker's American Checker-Player advertised in 1884
Boston April 29 1884 publication details for Barker's American Checker-Player a 179 page cloth bound instruction compendium with 22 openings 534 variations and 35 critical positions including contributions from Wardwell Lyman and others plus multiple position examples and solution notes.
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Messrs. Wardwell
Lyman
Charles F. Barker
Houghton Street
Cambridgeport
Mass
Surface Indications and Ayer's Sarsaparilla Claim
Describes spring health issues as surface indications of underlying illness and promotes Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a powerful blood purifier to combat hereditary scrofula. Cites endorsements including Francis Jewett and lists preparation details, price, and availability from Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co.
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Azure
Ayer
Francis Jewett
Massachusetts
Lowell
Easter Monday Teams Pick From Old World Lists
Easter Monday selections list players by town and country for Scotland England and Ireland with names such as C Adamson Leven J Ferne W Beattie Leeds and B Woolhouse. The Leeds Weekly Draught Player for April 12 features games and positions and notes scores from Van Loon Daly and Stearns with several local players mentioned.
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Leven
W. Brydon
G. D. McKelvie
W. Cambell
J. Moir
Glasgow
J. Ferne
Greenock
Martins
Douglas
J. Melnnes
Kilmarnock
J. McLachlan
Tarbet
W Porte
Edinburgh
J. Young
Carluke
England
W. Beattie
Liverpool
J. Birkenshaw
Leeds
J. Bletcher
Manchester
William Gardner
A. Jackson
G. Jewitt
Huli
J. A. Kear
Bristol
Kk. D. Petterson
James Smith
Spennymoor
W. Strickland
B. Woolhouse
London
H. T. van Loon
Athens
N. Y
D. H. Daly
Coxgackie
van Loon
Daly
L. M. Stearns
Haverhill
Mass
W. F. Larkin
Jim
Timely Dream Warns of Damaged Beam at Bank Leader's Home
Dansury April 13 Special to New York Morning Journal recounts F. B. Olmstead's dream about a floor giving way with his friend the late President Seeley of the Pahquioque Bank. He woke, visited Seeley’s house, found a cracked support beam under the parlor, and reinforced it with two heavy posts. The discovery likely prevented a collapse during a gathering of friends.
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New York Morning Journal
Dansury
Olmstead
President Seeley
Pahquioque Bank
Mr. Seeley
The Speaker and His Gavel in Washington
A Washington letter notes the retiring speaker takes his old gavel, a new ebony one was replaced due to weakness, and recent successors have broken the stout ivory mallet handle. The speaker is calm but two successors recently caused the handle to crack and a mallet end nearly struck a clerk.
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Washington
Pavel
Emphatic Testimony on Compound Oxygen Cure
Bridgeport Eagle editor A Cheng testifies that Compound Oxygen cured his run down health and stomach issues after a faithful course. He claims to be thoroughly convinced the cure is permanent and credits the treatment with restoring vigor. The treatise on Compound Oxygen offers its history and cures in many chronic diseases and is sent free by Drs Starkey and Palen in Philadelphia.
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Bridgeport, Conn
Eagle
A. Cheng
Sam
Lever
Starkey & Palen
Girard Street
Philadelphia
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