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Newspaper
New Albany Weekly Tribune
Location
New Albany, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
1
The piece quotes multiple snatches about naval incidents and public figures including Admiral Evans and Ambassador Reid. It notes a Japan trip by a Three Tours Cabin company and mentions a rising meat price and a Chinese boycott ruling. The overall tone mocks public discourse and international affairs.
Fragmentary notes discuss whether the surgeons’ campaign against a key organ will end or intensify. Included are scattered references to marksmanship tests and military program wording amid unclear fragments.
Commentary notes that The Creation supports a provisional native force to keep peace in Cuba and argues against U S withdrawal with the expectation of a quick return. The piece contrasts Hetty Green’s wealth with a shift from frugal living to spendthrift tendencies.
A mangled report notes Secretary Root in Washington arguing the world grows wiser and wars fade, but the remark invites a sharp rebuke from the head of the cabinet family, highlighting disagreement over recent global peace trends.
China’s board of war is active, contemplating three new squadrons each to include a battleship and several cruisers. Those bearing the cost likely fear a fate similar to Japan’s 1895 knockout effect.
A digest of curious notes on European royalty and finance, including King George of Greece relying on England Russia and France for 60 000 a year while voyaging to the California coast burns 133 000 tons of coal costing about 999 000 and projections suggest 250 000 tons for a world tour costing 2 000 000.
The piece explains that early presidential nominees were not chosen at national conventions. It notes the Anti Masonic party held the first national convention in Philadelphia 1830 but adjourned to Baltimore in 1831 where William Wirt and Amos Ellmaker were nominated. It also cites the National Republicans meeting in Baltimore in 1831 with Clay and Sergeant named, and the Democrats in 1832 naming Van Buren for vice president while Jackson’s renomination was broadly accepted. No platforms were adopted at these early meetings.
The first Republican national convention met in Philadelphia on June 17 1856 following a Pittsburg meeting on February 22 1856. John C Fremont and William L Dayton were nominated unanimously for president and vice president but lost to Buchanan and Breckinridge. Lincoln was later nominated at the second convention in Chicago on May 16 1860.
The first national Democratic convention for president and vice president was in Baltimore on May 20, 1835, nominating Martin Van Buren and Richard M. Johnson. No platform or address to the people was issued. Van Buren led with 170 of 294 electoral votes. Johnson was elected vice president by the Senate 33 to 16 after John Quincy Adams’ choice failed.
Indianapolis reports indicate the liberal element gained with the brewers' slate in the Friday joint primaries. Wets outpolled reformers, brewery candidates nominated in both parties, and Moorman's bid for Congress gains steam while Kern weighs vice presidency amid Indiana delegates.
San Francisco architect Norman R Coulter praises Electric Bitters as good for everybody. He claims the tonic medicine corrects stomach liver and kidney disorders promptly and builds up the system. Sold by Cha D Knoefel's drug store at 149 Market Street.
A flurry of Republican declarations lists Fred M. Jackson for County Treasurer Di T Love Joan S. Mann Ollie L. Emery Moses L. Jackson John A Hinds and Thomas E. Poule all seeking nominations or trusteeships, each subject to the June 25 Republican primary decision.
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