Republicans at Chicago Convention Mark Sixteenth Nomination
The Republican national convention in Chicago opens as the sixteenth gathering to nominate a president. The piece recalls the party's 1854 origins in the North and Midwest, early platforms, and notable Chicago conventions including 1860 and 1880 with figures such as Lincoln, Blaine, and Garfield, noting extra police for ticket lines.
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Chicago
United States
Philadelphia
Central States
Middle States
Free Soilers
Cincinnati
James Buchanan
Free Territories
Kansas
Pacific
John C. Fremont
California
John McLean
Ohio
Fremont
McLean
Wiliam L. Dayton
New Jersey
Abraham Lincoln
Illinois
William H. Seward
New York
Simon Cameron
Pennsylvania
Salmon P. Chase
Edward Bates
Maryland
Seward
Lincoln
Grant
James G. Blaine
Col
Robert G. Ingersoll
Blaine
Rutherford B. Hayes
James A. Garfield
Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
St. Louis
Windy City
Minneapolis
Tornadoes Kill Over 140 in Five States
Five states suffer heavy toll as storms sweep Arkansas Missouri Mississippi Tennessee and Illinois. Deaths exceed 140 with 126 in initial reports. dozens more missing and hundreds injured. The Mississippi river liner Eleanor capsized near Memphis. divers search for 30 or more believed drowned.
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Kansas City
Arkansas
Missouri
Mississippi
Tennessee
Illinois
Eleanor
Memphis
Cato
Ark
Poplar Bluffs
Tenn
Pleasant View
YMCA Notes Offer Camp Care for Boys in Berkshires
The Y M C A Boys department invites parents to send their sons to a camp in the southern Berkshires for physical mental and spiritual welfare under Christian leaders. Boys sleep in canvas bunks with seven to a supervisor and learn self care chores. The daily program includes swimming boating and tent upkeep. Marshal von Hindenburg is reported to command Austro German forces in Galicia.
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Berkshires
Fiel
Marshal von Hindenburg
Galicia
Leonardi's Cough Syrup Ad Promises Relief for Delicate Throats
An advertisement touts Leonardi's Cough Syrup Creosoted as healing soothing and antiseptic for delicate throats. It claims to loosen phlegm ease coughs and protect airway passages for conditions like bronchitis grippe and croup. Available for 25 cents at Hindle's Drug Stores 987 Main Street and 909 Main Street.
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Leonardi
Hindle’s
Main Street
Workers Housing Drive Sparks Bridgeport Capital Plan
A Bridgeport group led by industry and civic leaders advances a large housing scheme to attract and retain workers amid eight hour shifts. Fundraising began with about 10000 dollars as planners push for a housing committee under the Chamber of Commerce and consider capitalizing the project through manufacturers. The effort aims to pair housing with amusements and amenities to support industrial growth and local commerce.
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George Gove
Chamber of Commerce
Algonquin Club
Bridgeport
America
Andrew M. Cooper
Howland Dry Goods Company
Moses W. Manwaring
American Bank and Trust Company
George E. Crawford
George M. Eames
Park Board
Singer Sewing Machine
Walter B. Lashar
City Planning Commission
Weed Tire Chains
Remington Plant Seeks Housing to Grow Employment
Frank E. Blake of Remington Arms real estate unit warns that housing shortages hinder factory labor in the city. He says 5,000 more workers could be employed if homes were available as millions are spent on company housing, urging wealthy citizens to cooperate with investments for profit.
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Frank E. Blake
Remington Armsuu. M. C. Co
Wines Buys Miller Home In Clinton Avenue Purchase
James A. Wines of the Algonquin club buys the residence of C. D. S. Miller on Clinton Avenue. Miller has moved to Elmwood Place.
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James A. Wines
Algonquin Club
C. D
Miller
Clinton Avenue
Elmwood Place
Get Together Week Urges Bridgeport Home Promise
ABridgeport speech argues tools and teamwork drive progress. Leaders call for united effort to build affordable homes, pushing back against greedy interests. The message frames homes as business, not philanthropy, and urges organizers to mobilize public opinion for permanent prosperity.
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Bridgeport
Former Bridgeport Girl Wins Prizes for Essay
Miss Margaret Honnecker daughter of Mrs M M Honnecker of 44 James St Bridgeport now of Ansonia has won a $5 prize from the Ansonia-Derby-Shelton Woman's Club and a $35 prize from the State Woman's Club for her essay The History of Civil Service Reform. At 16 she displays remarkable depth of thought and literary skill in her work.
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Margaret Honnecker
M. M. Honnecker
James Street
Ansonia
Honnecker
Woman's Club of
Ansonia-Derby-Shelton
State Woman's Club
Local contestant shines in Ansonia Derby Shelton event
Competition featuring young men and women from Ansonia Derby and Shelton highlighted by Miss Honneckers success. She won the local prize and then claimed the state prize of 35 dollars, earning top honors in both rounds.
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Ansonia
Derby
Shelton
Honnecker
Read Memorial chapel opens to public inspection
The Read Memorial chapel given by David Farnum Read to Mountain Grove cemetery was opened for the first time yesterday afternoon. A large crowd viewed the edifice, which cost $55,000, and it will be open for public inspection from 2 to 5 o clock on Tuesday and Friday afternoons this month.
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Read
David Farnum Read
Mountain Grove Cemetery
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