Indiana Delegation's Unity Won Lincoln Nomination in 1860
A Sunday Star excerpt details Indiana influence at the Chicago convention where Henry S. Lane and the Indiana delegation shifted from Seward to Lincoln on the second ballot. Massachusetts, New York, Ohio and Pennsylvania defections aided Lincoln as Vermont and others pledged votes, culminating in Lincoln's nomination after Ohio moved four votes from Chase.
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Jesse Welk
Greencastle
Sunday Star
Indiana
Lincoln
Chicago
Seward
Henry S. Lane
Crawfordsville
Weik
Saward
Lane
Indianapolis
New England
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Vermont
Collamer
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Virginia
New
Tremont House
George K. Steele
Illinois
Bates
McLean
Lee
Steele
Michigan City
Evarts
United States
William 8. Seward
Judd
Abraham Lincoln
Ken Blair
Michigan
Ativiker Spcabator
Delano
Hendy S. Lane
Cine
Sword
Missouri
New Jersey
Kentucky
Inadiana
David K. Carter
Chase
Ayer's Sarsaparilla Promoted As Health Tonic
An advertisement urges readers to check health symptoms like nervousness and fatigue and consider Ayer's Sarsaparilla as a strong tonic free from alcohol. It notes doctor endorsement and recommends Ayer's Pills as a mild, vegetable liver remedy from J. C. Ayer Co. Lowell Mass.
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Ayer
J.C. Ayer CO
Lowell, Mass
Paxton Toilet CO
Boston
Mass
Not at Chicago in the Heat of June Said Garfield
From Garfield’s celebrated speech at the Republican national convention in Chicago June 1880. He recalls the sea’s calm level as the measure of heights and depths and warns the convention’s current mood may not reflect the people’s healthful pulse.
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Chicago
Garfield
Silent Ballot Will Decide The Republic's Fate
A speaker asserts that only 4,000,000 Republican households can determine the next four years, not the 15,000 in a grand circle or 756 delegates. He urges voters to cast ballots in November after calm consideration, honoring past leaders and national unity.
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Chicago
Jace
Republic
Sunk French Sub Vendemaire Collides With St Louis
June 8 reports say the French submarine Vendemaire sinking after a collision with the battleship St Louis off Cherbourg. Twenty four crewmen lost with uncertain rescue, divers unable to reach the wreck in 180 feet, fog and currents hindered salvage as naval maneuvers were halted.
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Cherbourg
St. Louis
Cherboug
Secretary of the Navy
Lieut. Louis
Vandemaire
Demye
Marseillaise
Gabion
The Girl of the Period Poem Ad Excerpt
A poem scolds a young girl for revealing clothing and urges modest dress. It ends with a job call offering affordable work. The piece reflects historical attitudes toward female attire and propriety in public writings.
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Greensbureg
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Greensburg, Ind
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Frank Hamilton
Osborn, Hamilton & Harding
East Side Public Square
Fertone
Lydia E. Pinkham
Letts Corner Stables
Wilder
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Department of Sarthe
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Old Letts Corner
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Shelbyville
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J. F. Cook & Co
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Sanday
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Murray St
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