Republicans Hold Tenth National Convention Proceedings
Minneapolis dispatch reports the 10th National Republican Convention meeting at the hall with large crowds and orderly chaos outside. J Sloat Fassett is named temporary chairman. Governor McKinley as permanent chair wins loud acclaim. Debates over credentials and adjournment mark tense sessions, ending with platform adoption and next day reconvening.
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Wisconsin
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Virginia
McKinley
Reid in Second Place Named by Acclamation for Vice President
In Minneapolis a vast convention crowd heard McKinley call the roll for vice presidential candidates as Reid of New York was nominated by acclamation after strong support from Connecticut and West Virginia. Harrison’s name drew deep enthusiasm as Blaine supporters clashed with Harrison backers amid cheers for the veteran candidate. The session moved toward ballots with Tennessee and Texas votes aligning for Harrison while a final push for Harrison by acclamation followed.
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White House Reception as Harrison Nominated in 19th Century Dispatch
In the White House on a Friday afternoon a crowded telegraph room reports Morrison’s 19 votes from Pennsylvania as Harrison is nominated. Russell Harrison and Miss Halford witness the moment as Halford reads dispatches to the President and the telegraphist confirms the decisive slip sensationally declaring the victory. A stray note about a home remedy for nausea follows.
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Ingenious scoundrel and beggar letter writer tale told
A curious tale from college days recounts a genius student in debt who devised a scheme by telling ten women in a Western town he was an orphan minister hopeful and soliciting coins. The letters multiplied as recipients mailed funds, producing a large sum though not a million, with varying responses from donors and even pulpits repeating the plan.
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Grance W. Mantis
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Latin Lesson Ends In Free Water And Salt
A Boston businessman's sore throat leads to a comic tale about Latin and price. He first receives a prescription reading Aqua Pura, Chloride Sodium, to be shaken and gargled hourly. The druggist charged nothing for the salt and water, though the earlier bottle cost him two dollars.
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Boston Saturday Evening Gazette
Boston
Why He Disliked Ostriches
A naturalist recalls a baboon kept as a watch dog in Egypt. The baboon dozed on straw atop a wall as an ostrich peered in and tugged the tail thinking it a bell pull. The baboon seized the intruder and thrashed it, forever souring its view of ostriches.
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