Republican National Convention Opens in Chicago Hall
The 1888 Republican National Convention gathered in Chicago at the Auditorium Building. Nebraskan John M Thurston was named temporary chairman amid protests from Kansas. Fremont and Douglass appeared as honored guests as the day ended after speeches and adjournment.
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Plymouth Congregational Church
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J. M. Thurston
Nebraska
Osborn
Kansas
William Warner
Missouri
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Blaine
Harr
Michigan
Jackson
Mahone Leads UnEventful Day at Republican Convention
Chicago June 21 1899 the national Republican convention opened and adopted permanent organization with Morris Estee as president elect delegates presented two gavels one gold and one wooden. The credentials committee seated Mahone delegates in Virginia after a long contest and the session adjourned near midnight.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Gov. Foster
Committee On Permanent Organi
Georgia
W. J. White
Illinois
Clark
Indiana
W. A. Cullen
Iowa
H. H. Rood
Kansas
W. A. Johnson
Kentucky
E. M. Hobson
Louisiana
H. C. Minor
Maine
R. B. Shepherd
Maryland
W. B. Brooks
Massachusetts
J. H. Gould
Michigan
G. W. Crawford
Minnesota
Chandler
Mississippi
J.W. Lee
Missouri
S. K. Crawford
Nebraska
B.S. Baker
Nevada
W. E. Sharon
New Hampshire
P. C. Cheney
New Jersey
G. A. Halsey
New York
Jesse Johnson
North Carolina
J. H. Harris
Ohio
Benjamin Butterworth
Oregon
Z. F. Moodey
Pennsylvania
James McManes
Rhode Island
W. Walker
South Carolina
E. H. Deas
Tennessee
W. W. Woodruff
Texas
Webster Flanagan
Vermont
D. Hobson
West Virginia
KR. L. Berkshire
Wisconsin
H. O. Fairchild
Arizona
L. H. Goodrich
Dakota
L. B. Richardson
Idaho
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Montana
C. Power
New Mexico
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Utah
J. J. Daly
Washington
Thomas Hayes Minor
Wyoming
F. E. Warren
Estee
Thurston
Pacific Coast
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Appomattox
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Husted
Wellington
Republican Party
United States of America
Frederick
Germany
Wellingtong
Harris
Committee On Resolutions
W. P. Hepburn
Virginia
Humorous Social Bits from Various Papers
A collage of light jests and captions from Boston Budget Yonkers Statesman Burlington Prep Press Judge widge Puck and others. Quips cover mistaken identities illegal tips social pretensions and a mule ruling.
The Hunchback Lookalikes Claim Scientific Similarity
An old doctor notes his forty years of practice and observes a striking facial resemblance among people described as hunchbacks. He argues that nearly all such individuals share a remarkable uniform appearance, so similar that brothers could be indistinguishable in a line-up.
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Puck
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
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Pickins
Boston Transcript
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New York Sun
Sue
Henry
Ohio
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Peckh
Probation Talk Mock Trial Tone In Puck Parody
A satirical exchange mocks an Arkansas judge and colonel discussing probation and a Sunday killing. The skit references a judge arguing against killing a man on Sunday and notes church joining as a reforming trend.
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Puck
Trout Feeds Twenty Five Guests at Leesburg Hotel
Twenty five guests were served at the Central Hotel in Leesburg Florida with one giant trout caught in Lake Harris on a hook and line.
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Leesburg
Fla
Lake Harris
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