Prohibition Convention Opens in Pittsburgh with Emphatic Proposals
The National Prohibition Convention met in Lafayette Hall Pittsburgh begun with an address linking liquor crime to slavery and urging nationwide prohibition. Delegates discussed unity with temperance groups, women's support led by Miss Frances Willard and Gideon Stewart, and a push to elect a Prohibition candidate.
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Pittsburgh
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Gideon T. Stewart
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Georgia
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Peace and Progress
Prohibition Party
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Maryland
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Charles §. Carter
Washington
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Ohio
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White House
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Aman Ledon
R. H. McDonald
Illinois
George .C. Chistian
Frances E. . Willard
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McDonald
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Gideon It’. Stewart
Minor
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Michael J. Hanney
Michigan
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Missouri
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Finch
Nebraska
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Pierce
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Babcock
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John P. St. John
Prohibition Party Nominates St John for President
The convention endorses temperance reform as central to national policy and unanimously nominates John P. St John for president with John B. Finch as chair of the National Committee and a full executive slate. The session lauded women’s suffrage and urged abolition of liquor traffic across districts and states.
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Tennessee
Texas
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Wisconsin
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Women’s Christian Temperance Union
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Prohibition
America
United States
Samuel Dickey
Michigan
Clinton B. Fiske
Woodbridge
Ohio
Dickey
Professor Dickey
Prohibition Party
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Blaine
Logan
Democratic Party
Congress
District of Columbia
Women of America
St. John
God
Supkins
John P. St. John
Nate
Ilinois
William Daniel
Daniel
National Committee
John B. Finch
Lincoln, Neb
D. P. Sagendorph
Charlotte, Mich
A. J. Jutkins
Chicago, Ill
J. A. VanFleet
Chicago, Il
S. D. Hastings
Madison, Wis
Francis FE. Willard
Mvanston
Cincinnati
Distillery Destroyed in Fire at Connellsville
A Holt Co distillery in Connellsville Pa burned Wednesday night destroying the main building three bonded warehouses and 7000 barrels of whiskey. Value of whisky 550000, building and machinery loss 115000. One warehouse with 600 barrels saved. Fire caused by spontaneous dust combustion or a worker’s cigar. Everything insured. Whisky owned mainly by Philadelphia and New York interests. Fire lit the country as whisky flowed away and a mob of about 100 men gathered.
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Connellsville
A. Overholt & Co
Philadelphia
New York
Privy Council rules Ontario Manitoba boundary commission lacks power
The Privy Council of Great Britain determines the commission appointed to resolve the Ontario Manitoba boundary possessed no legislative authority and could not establish a new boundary after failing to locate the historical line.
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Privy Council of Great Britain
Ontario-Manitoba
Lynch Nominated for Congress by Southern Louisiana Convention
The Republican Convention of the South Louisiana district nominated J. R. Lynch for Congress by acclamation.
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Siuth Loulalana
J. R. Lynch
Conavess
Farm lore and farming insight from old newspapers
A collection of agricultural proverbs and tips on timber value crops livestock and efficiency. It notes the rise of the combination cow, methods for stacking hay tonnage, and contrasts brains versus muscle in farming, urging use of intelligence to boost yields.
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Cleveland
Albany Journal
United States
Michigan
Evolution of Sheep Breeds for Mutton and Wool
In ancient times the flock sustains shepherds. Merino wool dominates among Spanish origin, while English Southdown and Cotswold emerge to supply coarser wool and better mutton. Southdown grades best, Shropshires follow, then local mountain breeds, with mutton quality tied to feeding and pasture.
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Rome
Spain
Southdown
Cotswold
England
Times
Proper handling and packing of wool for market
The article instructs shearers and handlers to prepare wool carefully to preserve value. It covers folding, tying fleeces with twine, keeping fleeces soft and elastic, shaping large fleeces cubical, and avoiding bulk in piles and sacks. It classifies burry wools and explains price impacts of cleanliness and packing.
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San F Rancigea Chigas Oie
How to quiet horse fear of roadside objects
Iowa Homestead advises a humane method to break a horse’s fear of roadside objects. Instead of pressing the animal toward the scare, tighten the rein near the object and pull the other way to redirect the horse’s head and gaze. Repetition aims to shift attention and help the horse forget the scare.
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Iowa Homestead
Census Compendium lists many birth origins of US residents
The New York Tribune notes the Tenth Census Compendium names fifty seven foreign countries and provinces as birth origins for current US residents. The Royal Agricultural Society ruled that English climate makes profitable tobacco cultivation impossible.
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United States
N. Y. Tribune
The
Royal Agricultural Society
London Gentlemen Embrace Clean Shave Fashion
It is the current trend in London for men to wear no beards. The city shows a preference for a clean jawline as part of contemporary style.
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London
Prominent Butter Makers Endorse Best Color in World
Dairymen of notes across states declare Wells, Richardson & Co. Improved Butter Color from Burlington Vermont as the finest. Endorsers include A W Cheever Massachusetts E D Mason Vermont and Francis A Hoffman Wisconsin. Also contains advertising blurbs for health products and household remedies.
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Burlington
A. W. Cheever
Massachusetts
E. D. Mason
Vermont
Francis A. Hoffman
Wisconsin
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