Democrats' National Conventions traced to 1832 Baltimore start
The article reviews the Democratic national convention origins in Baltimore, noting the 1832 meeting chose Van Buren for vice president and established the two thirds rule. It contrasts with the Chicago Republican convention as the fifteenth under that name, and describes how conventions evolved into today’s party machinery.
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Chicago
Jackson
National Assembly
Martin van Buren
New Hampshire
Missouri
Jacksons
van Buren
More Land for the Canal as Gatun Lake Overflow Area Expanded
The United States gains additional land in Panama under the 1903 treaty as Gatun Lake overflow extends beyond the ten mile canal zone. Panama asserts no jurisdiction over up to seventy square miles around rising waters, with 800 native homes to be removed before flooding. The US police guard the depopulated region as contour lines mark the area.
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Panama
United States
Canal Zone
Republic of Panama
Ten Mile
Manama
Trinidad
Chagres
Gatun
Panama Canal
George's Sword Used At Washington Descendant Wedding Cake
A Philadelphia bride used a 18 inch blade sword once owned by John Hewaton, linked to George Washington, to cut the wedding cake for her marriage to Harold A. Smith. The weapon, with ivory handle and silver band cross and anchor, was a memento passed through Hewaton to Washington as a token of loyalty.
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Edna
John la Bree
Philadelphia
Harold A. Smith
John Hewston
Hewaton
French nobleman seeks proof Norman discovery of America
Vicomte Jean de Brecey, a French writer and Le Souvenir Normand vice president, travels from Lapland to Minnesota seeking evidence that Normans reached the New World centuries before Columbus. He cites Writing Rocks of Dighton in Massachusetts and claims Viking routes to Labrador and Vinland la Boune.
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America
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le Souvenir Normand
Marquis de la Rochethulon Et
de Breccy
France
Brassey
England
Minnesota
American
le Rouge
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Labrador
Canada
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Brazil
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Erie le Rouge
Liefsbudu
Vinland la Boune
Boston
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India
Kapurthala
Tries Barber First at 82 in Greenwood Village
Harrison Freeland of Greenwood New York at age eighty two visits a barber for the first time and finds the experience surprisingly comfortable and soothing. He previously cut his own hair and shaved himself believing it cheaper and less bothersome. The barber visit leaves him impressed with the result, noting it is better than his own reflection in the home mirror.
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Harrison Freeland
Greenwood
N. Y
Mr. Freeland
Coffee prices rise with imports in 1912 report
The Bureau of Statistics shows average import coffee price at 18 cents a pound in 1912, up from 1 cent in 1911 and 8 cents in 1910. In 1911 875 million pounds were imported, Brazil supplying 651 million, with the United States, Porto Rico, and Hawaii noted as key consumption and production areas.
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Commerce and Labor Department
Bureau of Statistics
Brazil
United States
Porto Rico
Hawaii
Rear Admiral Leutze Retires After 48 Years of Service
Rear Admiral Eugene H. C. Leutze, long a fixture in the U S Navy, retires after 48 years of service. His career spanned surveying expeditions battleship commands gun factory leadership and diplomatic and academic posts. He was born in Prussia in 1847 and is the son of artist Emanuel Leutze.
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Washington
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Prussia
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Delaware
Westward Ho
United States
Monticello
North Atlantic
Severn
Lowry
Poor
Heutenant
Honolulu
Philippines
Manilla
Cavite
Maine
Washington Navy Yard
How One Exporter Damaged American Trade Reputation
American Minister John B. Jackson reports in Bucharest that a single exporting firm disrupted American trade by canceling part of an order after freight costs rose. Local buyers faced delays, embarrassment, and would seek non American sources, eroding confidence in American salesmen.
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Jackson
America
John B. Jackson
Bukharest
Bowmania
Bathing a Senator Costs Government Six Dollars
Mississippi Senator John Sharp Williams led a push to remove the Senate office building baths to free space for public documents. He noted the baths cost six dollars and argued the area now houses records in an abandoned car barn, prompting criticism and calls to repurpose the space.
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John Sharp Williams
Senate
Mississippi
Mar. Wiliams
Williams
Mike
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