Simple Life of the Bryans in Their Country Home
A detailed profile of the Bryan household at Fairview Lincoln focusing on Mrs Bryan's wardrobe and sewing habits, social busy-ness with weddings, and entertaining life. It notes Mr Bryan’s humor at a Sorosis event and describes notable kennels with a bulldog Mose and a dachshund from Germany, plus a small white lap dog.
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Bryan’s
Bryan
New York
Chicago
Mrs. Bryan
Lincoln
Europe
Fairview
Mr. Bryan
Mose
Moses C. Wetmore
St. Louis
Miss Grace
Germany
Lincoln and Breckenridge era in early campaigns
The piece recounts the 1860 presidential campaign era, detailing the split Democratic Party, the Charleston and Baltimore secessions, and the Constitutional Union faction led by Bell Everett. It notes Lincoln’s nomination, the four-party field, and the intense, often violent, campaigns in free states, with Lincoln winning the presidency by electoral vote amid a divided opposition.
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Baltimore
Charleston
South Carolina
California
Delaware
Caleb Cushing
Massachusetts
Douglas
Breckenridge
Kentucky
Buchanan
Sane
Oregon
Lincoln
North
John Bell
Whig Party
Constitutional Union Party
Bell
Edward Everett
Free States
Mason and Dixon
Bell-Everett
Pennsylvania
Central West
Shipwreck Victims Feasted On By Sharks At Batavia
Victoria reports a Batavia disaster where more than six hundred people perished as boats capsized in a storm. Empress of China carried the news. sharks claimed some victims while thirty were rescued by fishermen. A week later about 359 corpses were recovered, many mutilated by sharks.
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Victoria
B. C
Batavia
Young Roosevelt Sets Light on Hunting Trip to Africa
Oyster Bay July 3 Kermit Roosevelt now 20 and serious minded said he would accompany his father on the African hunt next year and be away a full year They plan to take a museum professor to prepare carcasses for shipment likely to the Smithsonian or New York Museum of Natural History They will be out of touch with civilization for a year and may not graduate from Harvard if involved in the expedition
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Oyster Bay
Kermit Roosevelt
Oyster Tay
Theodore Jr
Kermit
Harvard
Africa
Smithsonian
New York Museum of Natural History
African Wilds
Mr. Roosevelt
Emperor William
Genesee Valley
Henry Watterson Attacks Parker Over Cleveland Funeral Plan
Louisville July 3 Col Henry Watterson denounces Judge Alton B Parker for handling a Denver convention resolution honoring the death of Grover Cleveland. He brands the effort as a shameless, hypocritical attack driven by Belmont Ryan money and slated to revive old Democratic feuds. He singles out Parker and allies as enemies of Cleveland and calls the scheme a grotesque mock funeral aimed to sow dissension.
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Louisville
New York
Alton B. Parker
Denver
Cleveland
Henry Watterson
Grover Cleveland
Concord
Murphy-Conners
Judge Parker
Belmont-Ryan
Jefferson
Tilden
Democratic Party
Princeton
Firebrand
Bryan
Ryan-Helmont
Parker
Buchanan
Gramercy
Douglass
Breckinridge
Conners
Murphy
Belmont
Xan
Utica Honors Sunny Jim Sherman Homecoming Parade
Utica New York July 3 crowds greet James Sherman republican vice presidential candidate after ten day illness in Cleveland. City parades, electric lights, bells and chimes celebrate the homecoming with speeches by Mayor Wheeler and John Kernan praising Sherman’s nomination and virtue.
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Utica
N. J
James S. Sherman
Sunny Jim
Cleveland
New York
Sherman
Carter
Genesee Street
Mr. Sherman
Grace Church
Tom Wheeler
Charles H. Searle
Conkling
Seymour
Deadly Fireworks Explosion Strikes Cleveland Store
In Cleveland on Ontario street six people were killed and many injured when fireworks exploded in S. Kresge's five and ten store. Clerks from the upper floors fled windows while others perished near the central fireworks counter. A 65 year old boy, James Parker, is among the dead. his mother survived. The blaze started during a clerk’s demonstration and panic spread through four upper floors as flames and smoke filled stairs and aisles.
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Cleveland
S. Kresge
Ontario Street
Helle Beerowitz
Laura Hovaack
Annette Falsher
Goldie Mannheim
Lizzie Babes
Bertha Grunk
James Parker
Car Collision Near Main Street in Lima
George Parnin driving a car owned by George Aldrich attempted to pass a big Lima interurban turning south on Clinton Street just after six Wednesday evening. The accident caused slight damage to Parnin’s machine. both he and Ralph Keplinger, his passenger, were uninjured.
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Lima Interurban
Clinton Street
Main
George Parnin
George Aldrich
Mr. Parnin
Ralph Keplinger
Officers for six months elected by Fort Wayne Circle No 279 Pro
Officers for six months were elected Wednesday by Fort Wayne Circle number 279 Protecte Home Circle. New leadership includes Nella Frank Schuh as president William C McDonald as vice president Paul Schuh guardian Mrs Clara C Haus back chaplain Mrs Clara Reed secretary Samuel E Lewis accounts and Mrs Mionie Schuh guide William C Robinson companion Mrs Bertha M Tullis sentinel Arthur Bowman watchman Anelorus Jergon pianist Miss Nellie Robinson assistant pianist Miss Elsie Meyers trustees S E Lewis and Willis pea
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Fort Wayne Circle
Protected Home Circle
Nella Frank Schuh
William C. McDonald
Paul Schuh
Clara C. Haus
Clara &. Reed
Samuel E. Lewis
Mionie Schuh
Willia C. Robinson
Bertha M. Tullis
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Seward
Army of the Potomac
Grant
McClellan
Young Roosevelt
Henry Ludemann
Henry Sandkuhier
Richard Muhlenbruck
James “W. Smith,’ ‘el
Rie
Decatiin
Sunny Jims
James
John D. Kernan
New York State
Oneida County
Jim Sherman
O'Connor
Shergress
Interurban
Lima
Couut
Wenger
Specialis
Bright
Dr. N. R. Wenger
H. Pfeiffer
Columbia Street
Bryan Plows
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