Glance Backward on Early Political Conventions and Nominations
John Derman surveys the evolution of U S political conventions from 1789 to the early 20th century, noting the Constitution’s silence on nominations and platforms. He traces electors, party splits, key conventions, notable nominees, and the shift to separate presidential and vice presidential ballots, highlighting landmark events and figures.
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Gewie Washington
Connecticut
Delaware
New Jersey
South Carolina
Georgia
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Maryland
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Washington
John Adams
Adams
Federal Hall
Baltimore
Wirt
Clay
Jackson
Republcan
Suirs
Ee Party
Lincoln
America
Philadelphia
Fillmore
Fremont
Cincinnati
Buchanan
Congress
Baltisnore
Henry S. Lane
Ind
Frémont
Dion
Abraham‘Lincoln
Dayton
Ican
Gard
Kansas 08
Free State
Pacific
Dred Scott
United States Supreme Court
Kansas
Freeport
Douglas
Illinois
John Brown
Harper’s Ferry
Virginia
Cushing
Charleston
Breckenridge
Wigwam
Chicago
George Ashman
U. S
William H. Seward
New York
Abraham Lincoln
Simon Cameron
Salmon P. Chase
Ohio
Edward Bates
Missouri
William L. Dayton
Supreme Court
John McLean
Jacob Collamer
Vermost
Seward
Wiliam M. Evarts
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
Lecompton
Brecken‘ridge
Bell
Union
McClellan
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgiia
Mississipi
South
Carolina
Texas
Louisiana
Tennessee
Johnson
Hayes
Tilden
Pittsburgh
Walker
Indianapolis
Peter Cooper
New ‘York
Cleveland
Smith
Kentucky
St Louis
Samuel J. Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
Jones
G Blaine
Blaine
Dave
Henry Clay
Republican Party
Wheeler
Hendricks
Grant
Garfield
Arthur
Burchard
Harrison
W Harrison
Minneapolis
McKinley
St. Louis
Bryan
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
William H. Taft
James S. Sherman
Kern
Taft
Wilson
Hughes
Europe
Warren G. Harding
League of Nations
Harding
Coolidge
Cox
Franklin D.roosevelt
San Francisco
The Woman With A Past Admits Her Forty Years
A woman who has lived through many changes candidly acknowledges she is now past forty. She reflects on aging, experience, and society’s views. Her openness signals a shift toward candid self image in contemporary discourse.
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Swamp Root Kidney Liver Bladder Medicine Ad
A Swamp Root advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a pure non habit forming vegetable remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It claims scientific preparation and reliability with bottle sizes and a request to send ten cents for a trial bottle via mail order.
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Fire Chief on Warpath Over Neighboring Home Slander
Fire Chief Olive accuses a former neighbor of slander after a man moved away to remarry. Olive notes the ex-neighbor claimed a fire station spoiled the neighborhood and underlines the firefighters and police in the stir. The chief asserts the firemen have been maligned by the remarks.
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Olive
Houston Post
Why First Chorusine’s Sympathetic Persona Stuns Critics
The prima donna draws mixed reactions as her supporters praise her empathy while critics note she aligns with those she claims to aid. Her stance on financial woes for the Johns sparks debate about generosity and self-interest in public perception.
Discoverer of Tut's Tomb Searched for Many Years
Howard Carter spent 80 years seeking the tomb of Tut Ankh Amun. Americans played a large part in the eventual discovery of the archeological treasure uncovered by the English Egyptologist during his historic visit. The article praises patient perseverance over risk and toil in the long hunt.
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Tut-Ankh- Amen
Howard Carter
Nile Valley
Tut-Ankh-Amen
Mr. Carten
Charley the tame muskrat delights visitors at lock No 4
Visitors to the Barge canal in Waterloo flock to see Charley the tame muskrat held by lock operators. Charley responds to his name and swims to the wall for his food, usually apples and corn, wherever he may be in the lock.
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Waterloo
Charley
Great Relief Seen in Scribbler’s Ending
In a sad world a poor girl stitches new clothes from her mother’s old garments while readers note a relief in Scribbler’s latest novel ending.
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Scribbler
Age 31 as a Warning on Declining Power and Postum Cure
A 1920s health ad claims age 31 marks the start of decline in earning power and vigor. It denounces coffee for harming health, promotes Postum as a nourishing, drugless alternative, and offers a free one week trial plus guidance from Carrie Blanchard to begin a thirty day reconsideration of daily habits.
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United Sates
Carrie Blanchard
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