Lincoln Nominated at Chicago 1860 Republican Convention
A retrospective on Chicago 1860 when Lincoln secured the Republican nomination after a tense balloting sequence. The Wigwam venue, key figures like Seward and Greeley, and the telegraph debut highlighted a pivotal prewar moment. Lincoln’s rise culminated in a unanimous nomination on the final ballot.
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David Wilmot
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
Kentucky
Texas
Wood
Seward
Greeley
Mr. Wood
Lincoln
D. K. Cartte
Cleveland
Cartier
Ohio
Chase
Confiscation of Monasteries in Novgorod Name Change
A wireless message from Moscow dated April 28 reports that the Novgorod government has confiscated land formerly owned by monasteries and allocated it to public education. Monasteries’ buildings except churches have been turned into colonies and trade schools for children.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Novgorod
Social Calendar Notes From Mrs Oberfeldt
Social calendar brief listing events and engagements compiled by Mrs Violet Oberfeldt, society editor, with dates and participants not fully specified in the fragment.
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Violet
Oberfeldt Society
Parish Guild Meeting and Local Socials Schedule
Wednesday activities include Parish Guild of Christ Church with Mrs J W Mussett at 8 30 p m and Mrs H Buenz hosting Tuesday Bridge Club at 3 30 p m honoring Mrs Hal Greer. Juniors of Laredo High School banquet at Metropolitan for graduates and Miss Josephine Smith hosts at 8 15 p m at 1419 Washington St. Thursday events feature Auction Bridge with Mrs Keller at 9 30 a m and Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church with Mrs Sorrell at 3 80 p m. W M A Circles A B C D meet at 4 p m with various hosts including Mrs Philips Windrow Sallee.
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Parish Guild of Christ Church
J. W. Mussett
H. Buenz
Hal Greer
Laredo High School
Metropolitan
Josephine Smith
Washington Street
Keller
Fort Mcintosh
Auction Bridge
Ladies Aid Society
The
Presbyterian Church
J. Sorrell
the Baptist Church
Philips
D. Z. Windrow
J. M. Sallee
Local Social Roundup Mentions Visits and Weddings
Misa Carmelita Gil returns to San Antonio after visiting relatives. Hal Irby Greer arrives from Tulsa to visit his parents before moving to Beaumont. Mrs. Burnett leaves for Bryan for her son Howell’s graduation then to Detroit for auto study. Numerous society notices describe residents moving, visiting, and entertaining.
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Misa Carmelita Gil
San Antonio
Hal Irby Greer
Tulsa
Oklahoma
Hal W. Greer
Beaumont
J. A. Burnett
Bryan
Texas
Howell
Mr. Burnett
Detroit
Michigan
Lucille Nunally
W. D. Butler
Mrs. Butler
Baby
Groesbeck
James Greer
Vernon, Texas
Hal Greer
Local Hosts Honor Guests with Family Assistance
Mr and Mrs L A Lafon Mr and Mrs G W Derby Dr and Mrs H C Hall Mr and Mrs G B McKinney Mr and Mrs L J Christen Mr and Mrs M W Brennan Mr and Mrs Horace Watson Mr and Mrs BE J Foster Mr and Mrs C M Fish Mr and Mrs J R Moore Mr and Mrs Lucas Mesdames Barlow and A Huberich and Messrs Frank Jiggins A Deutz Pring Buttron H J Greer and James Greer Mr and Mrs Hamilton were graciously assisted in entertaining their guests by their mother Mrs Kate Hamilton and sister Mrs Frank Higgins
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L. A. Lafon
G. W. Derby
H. C. Hall
G. 8. McKinney
L. J. Christen
M. W. Brennan
Horace Watson
J. Foster
C. M. Fish
J. R. Moore
Exclude Jewish Students Enforced by Budapest Coercion Squads
The University of Budapest enrollment has plunged from 12,630 in 1918 to just over 2,000 as undergraduate ex soldiers enforce entry by required endorsements from five coercion squad members.
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Associated Press
Budapest
University of Budapest
Budapest Faces Plan to Halt Smuggling at Frontiers
Budapest reports that newspapers estimate valuables worth billions of crowns have been smuggled out recently. The government considers creating a 4000-strong frontier customs guard to curb exports, with many already employed in the effort.
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Associated Press
Budapest
Frontier Customs
Bankers Pledge to Cut Long Term Loans to Curb Defaults
Washington May 19 American bankers pledged cooperation with the federal reserve board to curtail long term loans for non essential operations and discourage all unnecessary borrowing. This marks the base of the new policy guiding the federal reserve system.
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Associated Press
Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Federal Reserve System
First Death in Family of Twenty Children in Rapid City
Rapid City reports the first death in a 20 child family as Ernest J. Smith dies. The 77 year old father continues hog farming near Sioux Falls without medical aid, having arrived in the U.S. from Germany in 1857. He served in the Civil War and had two marriages yielding 13 children. Each son weighs over 200 pounds and all four grandparents lived past eighty.
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Associated Press
Rapid City
S. D
Ernest J. Smith
Sioux Falls
United States
Germany
Srnest
Dallas Conductor Found After Abduction In Den ton
W L Touchstone a Dallas street car conductor vanished May 7. He said he was knocked unconscious, kept in a cellar fed only sausage and water, then tied and dumped from a car, losing $225. He was weak but unharmed aside from the ordeal.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
W. L. Touchstone
Denton Ued Up
Touchstone
Douglas Ranch Sold Near Austin for 30700
The 1,720 acre Douglas ranch near Austin, site of the quarry supplying stone for the University of Texas library and other local structures, has changed hands for 30700. The property, once owned by an investment syndicate, is now in private hands in Austin.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Douglas Ranch
University of Texas Library
Summer normals in Texas set for June openings
Twenty six summer normals for white teachers and fourteen for colored teachers have been approved by Miss Annie Webb Blanton state superintendent. Most schools will open June 21 with exceptions including North Texas Normal at Denton June 8 and College of Industrial Arts at Denton June 1. Cities listed include Abilene Austin Brownwood College Station Corpus Christi Denton Houston Jacksonville Marshall San Marcos Sherman Waco Weatherford.
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Associated Press
Austin
Tex
Annie Webb Blanton
State Superintendnt of Public Instruction
Abilene
Brownwood
College Station
Corpus Christi
Denton
North Texas Normal
College of Industrial Arts
Houston
Jacksonville
Marshall
San Marcos
Sherman
Waco
Weatherford
Foreign Legion recruitment swells in Vienna
The French Foreign Legion has recruited about 1,500 men in the last ten days in Vienna. A clause in the treaty of St Germain permits recruitment in the former empire states. The Vienna press continues urging Austrians not to enlist.
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Associated Press
Vienna
French Foreign Legion
Chamberlain Liniment Promises Rheumatism Relief By Application
People discover internal medicines are a waste for chronic rheumatism and muscular varieties. About ninety nine of a hundred cases find relief by applying Chamberlain's Liniment freely. It costs 35 cents per bottle, large size 60 cents.
4% Money Makers in Times Want Ads
Classified notice showing demand for investment schemes promising 4 percent returns. Mentions money makers with $852 figures and seeks readers who want high yield opportunities. No explicit company names or dates. Public-interest cautious framing typical of want ads.
Census shows 5713 residents in Longview Texas
Washington reports the Longview census, listing a population of 5713, an increase of 558 people or about 10.8 percent. The rise reflects growth since the previous count. Local officials anticipate continued expansion.
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Associated Press
Washington
Longview
Texas
Signed Pay Increase Bill
Washington May 19 President Wilson signed the army and navy pay bill providing for temporary adjustment of the pay scale of officers and enlisted men pending permanent adjustment later.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Navy
Refuses to Hear Petition on Wage Requests
Chicago May 19 The United States railway labor board today refused to hear petitions for increased wages presented by John Grunau president of the Chicago Yardmen's Association and officers of other organizations which struck in defiance of orders of the national railway brotherhoods.
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Associated Press
Chicago
United States Railway Labor Board
John Grunau
Chicago Yardmen’s Association
National Railway Brotherhoods
House leaders accept senate peace resolution as substitute
Washington May 19 Republican house leaders agreed to accept the senate peace resolution as a substitute for the house resolution and planned to call it up Friday for final action.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Senate
Protest over Toledo hotel modernization preservation plea
Protests spread across Spain against plans to modernize the Toledo hotel where Cervantes lived. Academies and art societies urged keeping the site’s original character, noting its link to Don Quixote and Spain’s literary heritage.
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Associated Press
Toledo
Spain
Cervantes
Don Quixote
Texas legislature prepares special session on pink bollworm zones
Associated Press reports a May 19 Austin convening for a special session at 1 a.m. to regulate pink boll worm by creating non-cotton zones in infested districts. Opponents have opened headquarters to challenge zones where cotton cannot be grown. The governor's message is nearly ready. In Fort Worth John Adams of Tarrant county signed a waiver of election to back Kent Jackson of Denton for a two-county representative seat, enabling a district presence at the session.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Chicago Historical Society
EB. B. Wood
Addison G. Proctor
Ann Arbor
Mich
Wood
Lake
Market Streets
William H. Seward
New York
Thurlow Weed
Horace Greeley
Seward
Greeley
Weed
Lucretia Borgia
Hidden Hand
Austin
Texas
Fort Worth
John Adams
Tarrant County
Kent Jackson
Denton
Adams
Council to convene League assembly in Brussels in November
The League of Nations council asked President Wilson to convoke the assembly next November at Brussels as Geneva was unavailable. Additionally, Paris reported a marked decline in foreign currency with the pound at 48 francs and the dollar at 12 francs 50 cen.
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Associated Press
Rome
Council of the
League of Nations
Wilson
Brussels
Geneva
Paris
Governor Grants 60 Day Reprieve for Middleton
In Austin on May 19 a sixty day reprieve was granted to T Middleton who received the death penalty for the murder of a woman whose body was found in a Liberty County bayou. The reprieve comes at the request of the pardon board which is weighing a petition to commute to life imprisonment.
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Associated Press
Austin
Texas
T. Middleton
Liberty County
Texas Supreme Court Upholds Board of Control Law
The Texas Supreme Court today upheld the constitutionality of the law creating the state board of control. It overruled a motion for rehearing in the case of S B Cowell et al versus the Board of Managers of the Southwestern Insane Asylum at San Antonio.
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Austin
Texas
State Board of Control
Supreme Court
S B. Cowell
Rice Leads Louisiana Crops in 1919 Value
New Orleans on May 18 reported by the Board of Trade that the 1919 Louisiana rice crop valued at 36,420,000 dollars tops the state’s crops by value. Cotton ranked second at 52,000,000 dollars with corn third and sugar cane fourth. the sugar harvest was notably short, at just over half of 1918.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Louisiana
Board of Trade
Ice still thick in Tioga county ice care
Icemen in northern Pennsylvania cannot use the long alibi of a short winter ice crop next summer. Forester Paul H. Mulford reported to Gifford Pinchot that 15 inches of ice remained on Pine Creek in Tioga County as of May 1.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Paul H. Mulford
Gifford Pinchot
Pine Creek
Tioga County
U S Mail Contract Bid Notice for Laredo Texas
Bids due June 15 1920 at Laredo office for handling the U S Mail for the Texas Mexican Railway Co between the Post Office and International and Great Northern passenger depot for one year starting July 1 1920. S W DeWOLF vice president and general manager signs the notice.
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Laredo
Texas
U. S
Texas Mexican By. Co
International & Great Northern R. R
S. W. Dewolf
Winnipeg Strikers Take Control As Navy NC-3 Reports Missing
Winnipeg falls under the strikers committee control while United States Navy airship NC-3 is reported missing near Azores, with the vessel believed to founder under its own power near Ponta Delgada. Local viewers watch for updates as search efforts continue.
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Winnipeg
United States Naval
Azores
Ponta Delgada
Cut Price Sales Reach Pavor and Texas Retailers
Dallas May 19 reports widespread price cuts in clothing and goods from 10 to 25 percent across stores west of the Mississippi. St Louis joins the movement as Texas cities announce cut price sales continuing nationwide trend.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Mississippi
St. Louis
Senate Auditing Committee Orders Probe of Candidate Expenditures
In Washington on May 19 the Senate auditing committee ordered a favorable report on the Borah resolution calling for a Senate investigation into expenditures by Republican and Democratic presidential candidates with contributions in their behalf.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Auditing Committee
Senate
Robbed Resort at Burk Burnett in Wichita Falls
A resort near Burk Burnett was held up by masked men during the night in Wichita Falls with assailants escaping after taking valuables. Local police investigation underway as residents report the incident.
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Associated Press
Wichita Falls
Burk Burnett
Miss Blanton Seeks renomination as state superintendent
Dallas May 19 Miss Annie Webb Blantos of Denton state superintendent of public instruction filed a formal application at Democratic headquarters to be placed on the ticket for renomination. William T. Pace of Dallas filed to run for lieutenant governor.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Annie Webb Blantos
Denton
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Democratic
William T. Pace
Exposition of Fans Draws Spanish High Society Attention
Madrid hosts a fan exposition this month with over 400 specimens tracing fan making from the first three centuries. Queen Victoria led royal support, followed by the Queen Mother, Infantas Isabel and Luisa, the Duchess of Talavera, and nearly every titled Spanish woman taking part.
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Associated Press
Madrid
Queen Victoria
Armong
Queen Mother
Infantas
Isabel
Luisa
Duchess of Talavera
Spain
Japan faces acute shortage of newsprint abroad
Vancouver reporters state that M Anagaki and M Nakayama report Japan has an acute newsprint shortage with limited supplies and high prices. They plan a tour of the United States and Canada to aid several Japanese newspapers in securing adequate paper for immediate needs.
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Associated Press
Vancouver
B. C
Japan
M. Anagaki
M. Nakayama
United States
Canada
Excess Ration Fraud in Vienna Census Notes
Vienna reports 1,800,000 population but over 2,000,000 bread tickets circulate. Loss estimated at 1,000,000 carloads of flour yearly. Families fail to report deaths or departures to obtain or sell extra rations. Police investigate and seek remedy.
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Associated Press
Vienna
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Tampico
Mexico
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A. H. Magnon
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J. M. Skinner
New Martinsville
West Virginia
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Jesse E. Applewhite
Maria Elizondo
Saltillo
Frank Putegnat
Brownsville
A. L. Vidaurri
Putegnat
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India
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M. B. Mowry
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Jesusa Gonzalez
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Cynthia Press
Olive Chamberlain
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Earnest Heaner
John Maher
Joe Strain
Jack King
Ovid Shanks
Katherine Tarver
Alma Pierce
Mrs
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A. C. Hamilton
D. McNeil Turner
Leo Purwin
M. T. Cogley
Black
R. K. Mims
Merceil Lake
Irene Leyendecker
Lois Derby
O'Meara
A. Wormser
D. McNeill Turner
C. C. Shiner
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T. A. Leyendecker
J P. Leyendecker
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the Foreign Legion
Want Council
League OF Nations Council
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Price Cutters
Miss Blanton
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