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Newspaper
Montezuma Enterprise
Location
Montezuma, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1916
Page
7
Republicans nominate Lodge as compromise candidate and declare Fairbanks and Parker as running mates. The story outlines the May 1938 Chicago conventions and the political maneuvering around the ticket.
The ticket lists Charles E. Hughes of New York for president and Charles W. Fairbanks of Indiana for vice president.
The Republican party announced Theodore Roosevelt for president and John M Parker of Louisiana for vice president as the nominees, with Charles E Hughes of New York and Charles Warren Fairbanks of Indiana named by delegates on multiple ballots. The crowd roared as the nominations were declared unanimous and the Progressive wing showed frustration amid cross states voting.
The record notes Hugh Hughes born in April 862 and admitted in 1884. It states he was elected governor of New York and later won a second term in office.
The convention at noon Saturday named New Yorks Hughes as the Republican choice after backing from Roosevelt and Lodge was rejected as a compromise. The vote totals included Hughes 949, Roosevelt 1814, DuPont 56, Weeks 3, Lodge 7, La Follette 8, with 494 needed to nominate.
Justice Charles Evans Hughes resigns from the Supreme Court to accept the Republican presidential nomination. He pledges to uphold American rights, reform foreign policy, and demand strong national defense and unity beyond partisanship. He criticizes past diplomatic shortcomings with Mexico and calls for a revival of principled diplomacy and neutral conduct.
The text cites Equitable Life and filings to other companies in 1905, notes a 1908 Republican mayoral nomination rejection, and references New York governance under a progressive public bill era. It mentions an Insurance code and asserts that human society must be progressive with the common welfare as supreme law.
A New Yorker narrator observes a married couple at a rural Ohio fair. The brief vignette contrasts public performance with private strain, hinting at tensions beneath a cheerful, communal scene.
In Chicago, Republican and Progressive committees failed to reach fusion. Notable participants included Reed Smoot and Hiram Johnson. Balloting began in the Republican session after nominating speeches, while Progressives voiced strong support for Roosevelt amid explosive convention atmosphere.
Fragmentary OCR note records a physiology exam item with incomplete wording. Readable bits mention a examination and a 70 mark value, but details are missing. The text lacks clear entities, dates, or outcomes to identify a full event or result.
At University farm in St. Paul a half acre weed garden cultivates 175 weed varieties. W. L. Oswald, head of the seed testing lab and botany assistant professor, uses Minnesota weed seeds to build collections for schools and clubs. The garden, as orderly as any prized bed, excludes seed-bearing and spreading weeds to prevent infestation and aids farmers in identifying troublesome species.
In a Harlem restaurant an aquarium spectacle solved a long running mystery as seven hundred goldfish vanished over two months. An alligator in the display was found eating the fish, leading to the animals being removed and executed.
In Washington Heights a group of married women organized afternoon poker games with a ten cent limit. Husbands watched, bans on kitties were enforced, police intervened gently, and attendance dwindled. The story comments on police presence and local habits with tongue in cheek.
A Newton horse named Gladiola II belonging to Nicholas Brazi ate 36 feet of clothesline while the vendor, delivering potatoes to Mrs. Pason P. Hoyt, was away. The animal backed into the street and toppled the coat of Brazi’s cart into a hedge, prompting a costly cleanup as the owner contends with the odd aftermath of the grazing episode.
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