Rutherford Hayes Nominated on Seventh Ballot for President
The 1884 Republican Convention in Cincinnati names Rutherford D. Hayes of Ohio as President on the seventh ballot with William A. Wheeler of New York as Vice President nominee. The day covers opening prayers, rules debates, credentials reports, platform debates, and multiple nominations including Marshall Jewell Morton Bristow Blaine and Roscoe Conkling. The platform reaffirms equal rights, public education, immigration policies, and opposition to Mongolian immigration while urging specie payments and a strong national government.
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Hayes Nominated at National Convention After Ballot
The convention adjourned after Hayes secured the presidential nomination on the eleventh ballot amid speeches praising his patriotism and economy. A unanimous nomination for Vice President was moved and carried for W A Wheeler of New York, then a national committee was appointed and the gathering adjourned sine die.
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Brief Sketches of Hayes and Wheeler as Presidential Nominees
R D Hayes of Ohio is 54, born in Delaware Ohio, a former lawyer and Civil War officer who rose from private to major general and served two terms in Congress before becoming Ohio governor in 1875. William A Wheeler of New York, born Malone June 30 1819, is 57, educated at home and in Vermont, lawyer, district attorney of Franklin County, and now represents the Nineteenth New York district in Congress in his fifth term.
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Sculptor or Bernhardt Author of After the Tempest
Paris letter reports controversy over the Sarah Bernhardt group After the Tempest with claims a sculptor did the work and Bernhardt added finishing touches. Despite whispers of protective influence, Bernhardt may win a top prize provoking an inquiry among Paris artists. Cardinal Antonelli’s health is noted as declining.
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Failure of the North Adams Experiment in Chines Labor
A North Adams letter to the New York Tribune analyzes Sampson and Chase importing 75 Chinamen in 1870 for a shoe factory. It tracks arrivals, ages, contracts, wages, and outcomes noting limited social improvement and reluctance of other New England manufacturers to adopt cheap labor.
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The Great Secret of Eating Just Enough
An elderly diner shares a life lesson from long experience on health and appetite. He describes his shift from overindulgence to moderation, noting how reducing intake sharpened digestion and appetite, while overfeeding poisons the system and invites disease.
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Economical Prunes Offer Sparks Caution in Detroit Purchases
A Detroit woman visits a Woodward grocery on Henry Street and negotiates a prune sale. The clerk promises pure fruit full weight with a prize chromo and cash premium, while the buyer suspects the price is high given low butter calico shoes.
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Naturalist Tales and a Paris Bath Tragedy
Naturalists note animals dislike laughter when failing at tasks. A Skye terrier mimics catching a fly after mockery, then reveals the fly remains. A Paris vapor bath death follows a woman found unresponsive from overheating. a manslaughter case against the bathhouse proprietor proceeds. Excraberry replaces gas in Paris rail depots, showing practical and cheap lighting.
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Summer Sunday by the Sea in the Evening Post
Poem description of a tranquil Atlantic beach on Long Island. Quiet waves, silent shores, and a blazing sun weave a serene scene. The passage emphasizes solitude, perpetual blue skies, and the sea as a vast peaceful space.
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Odds and Ends from a Local Page Miscellany
A farmer finds a twenty five cent coin inside a severed snake while mowing at San Jacinto California. Other notes include cautions on horses fleeing fires and aurora related magnetic drift in polar regions. A jail desk anecdote, moonlit romance, and a Leith Iceland mail steamer report with Danish officials and volcanic eruption plans. A two tone clothing mystery ends with a goat in sheet iron jest.
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Century-Old Ex Equerry and Noted Figures Across Europe
A Spain centenarian ex Equerry of Ferdinand VII. dies at 104, linked to a Biscayan leader. European notes cover Prince Leopold’s Oxford degree, a Paris magistrate clash with a criminal, Czar’s reply on a visit to Empress Eugenie, and tributes to Jean Reboul in Provence. Also reports an England centenarian with 102 descendants and Sir H Thompson on alcohol as luxury.
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