Grant’s Convention Hopes Falter as Blaine Gains Delegates
The piece notes Postmaster General Key’s resignation for a Tennessee judgeship, Georgia’s prompt debt interest payments, and claims Blaine leads in several state delegations while Grant trails. It cites vetoed appropriation bills and predicts Grant's insufficient delegates, with Western states leaning Blaine. The column ends by singling out Burlington Hawkeye and Muscatine Journal.
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Grant
Wisconsin
Tennessee
Delaware
Blaine
Alabama
Colorado
Florida
Illinois
Louisiana
Maryland
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
West Virginia
Burlington
Eloquent quarrel on Tilden health and Burritt biography
The piece debates Deacon Baldwin and Wim Moller over Sam Tilden’s health, noting a certificate of strength and contrasting opinions. It also reviews Elihu Burritt the Learned Blacksmith, praising his lifelong reform efforts and quoting a 1844 letter to a friend about his mother’s grave.
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Tilden
Deacon Baldwin
Isaac
Pelton
Manton
Baldwin
Wim. Moller
Havemeyer
Gramercy Park
Ohio
Pioneer
Moller
Elihu Burritt
D. Appleton & Co
America
Mr. Burritt
W. Lloyd Garrison
Gerrett Smith
Chas. Sumner
Gr.ace Greeley
Abraham Lincoln
Dean Friend
Not Dead but Sleepeth A Mother's Rise and Heavenly Rest
A speaker reflects at midnight on a mother believed alive in heaven not dead, citing biblical assurances of resurrection and life. The text contemplates the mother’s ascent, eternal life, and the singer’s longing as spiritual questions arise about what heaven grants to her spirit.
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Throne of Grace
Angela
Paradise
Lim
New Jerusalem
Apostle
Brown & Boman
Monticello
Iowa
Dust Storms and Dugouts Highlight Kansas Life in 1880
In Kansas the writer describes dugouts as common homes in the open prairie a windy harsh climate with dust storms that hide children and blow down structures. The piece notes temperatures from below zero to high heat discusses plowing in winter and a pending law allowing earlier prairie chicken slaughter with a season limit and penalties.
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Mr. Horror
Kansas
Julius Cesar
Ono
O. S
St. Louis
T.S. H
Narrowing the 1880 Nomination to Blaine in Iowa
The piece argues for James G Blaine as the presidential candidate over Grant Garfield Conkling Sherman and Wardburne. It endorses Blaine as the party standard bearer and repeatedly asserts Blaine as the coming leader, praising his fitness and urging support at the convention in April 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wardburne
Jimmy Blaine
Blaine
Maine
Paarnienuna
Iowa
Scott County Blaine Delegation Chooses Thompson Over Price
Report from Des Moines on Republican State convention delegates shows Scott and Cedar counties backing John W. Thompson as Blaine delegate, with Price and other rivals sidelined to maintain harmony. Second district voting split among Clinton, Jackson, Muscatine, and Grant supporters noted. News notes Price’s potential for Congress depends on Chicago convention outcome.
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Scott County
Des Moines
Hiram Price
Price
Chicago
Dlegates
Washington
Scott
Cedar
Jos
Muscatine
Jackson
Mr. Price
John W. Thompson
Blaine
J. C. Deitz
Ananos
Vgn
Grant
Thompson
Clinton County
Clinton
Jones
KS. Baily
Jr. Stacy
Grantien
Ma. Thompson
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