Democratic Conventions of the Past
A retrospective survey traces how U S Democratic nominating gatherings evolved from 1812 through 1920, detailing key conventions, candidates, platforms, and pivotal moments shaping party history. It notes shifts from caucuses to national assemblies, split tickets, and the rise of critical issues like slavery and abolition.
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HN Dickinson Sherman
Pat Harrison
Mississippi
Byron W Patton
Madison Square Garden
New York
Thomas Jefferson
Horatio Seymour
General Grant
New York City
Wall Street
Ciothian
Diana
de Witt Clinton
Jared Ingersoll
Baltimore
Missouri
Andrew Jackson
Martin van Buren
South Carolina
Jackson
van Buren
Henry Clay
John Sergeant
Pennsylvania
National Assembly of Young Men
Washington
United States
Supreme Court
Senate
Khiva Adopts New Soviet Republic Name
Khiva announces a new constitution and renames itself The Soviet Socialist Republic of Khiva, dropping the earlier People’s Socialist title and curtailing political rights for nonlaborers. A National Geographic bulletin notes Khiva’s status as a desert dependency of Russia, with a long irrigation history and famed melons.
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Khiva
Soviet Russia
Soviet Socialist Republic of Khiva
People’s
Remarkable Echo on Possible Dismantling of Menai Suspension Bridge
A striking reflection on the potential removal of the famed Menai suspension bridge, noting its remarkable echo and the possible implications of taking it down.
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Menai
Bridge demolition echoes as hammering shakes supports
A London Mall report describes a bridge being destroyed with the hammer sound echoing from each crossbeam and reverberating to the far pier 576 feet away, underscoring the scale of the demolition and the famous echo noted in local lore.
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London Mall
Italians Produce Artificial Marble from Silks and Cement
Artificial marble blocks are made using colored silks and a special cement, yielding a very natural marble-like appearance.
Declaration Finds Permanent Home in Library of Congress
The famous Declaration of Independence, long hidden in a steel case, is enshrined at the Library of Congress in Washington. The shrine protects the fragile parchment with fire and light safeguards, while preserving the original inks and signatures for future generations to see.
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Library of Congress
Washington
America
New York Times
Plattsburg
N. Y
United States
Charles Thomson
Continental Congress
Pennsylvania State House
Independence Hall
Delaware
Congress
Baltimore
Howe
Lancaster
York
Philadelphia
United States of America
George Washington
New York
Federal Hall
Wall and
Nassau Streets
Department of State
Market Street
Arch
Sixth
Fifth and
Chestnut
State Department
Leesburg
James Monroe
Dolly Madison
White House
War Office
Georgetown
Chain Bridge
Potomac
Pleasanton
L'Enfant
Patent Office
American Academy of Science
State, War and Navy Departments
Nation Built on Practicality Not Poetic Ideals
The piece argues the United States is a substantial nation defined by practicality rather than ideals and declamation. It defends hard headedness and focus on material concerns as essential to national strength and progress.
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Arkansas
Michigan
New York State
William Henry Harrison
United States Bank
Harrison
John Tyler
Virginia
National Whig
National Abolition Party
Albans
James G. Birney
Kentucky
Baaltimore
James K. Polk
Tennessee
Seary Clay
National Whigs
Zachary Taylor
Lewis Cass
Jefferson Davis
Taylor
Millard Fillmore
Franklin Pierce
New Hampshire
Cass
Stephen A. Douglas Ofllinois
Pierce
Winfield Scott
Abraham Lincoln
Fillmore
John C. Fremont
Fremont
Dayton
New Jersey
Lincoln
Kansas
Cincinnati
England
James Buchanan
Buchanan
United States Supreme Court
Dred Scott
Illinois
Douglas
John Brown
Harpers Ferry
South
Charleston
D. C
Caleb Cushing
Massachusetts
Naar
Dougglas
John C. Breckenridge
Breckenridge
Richmond
Chicago
Hamlin
Lane
Bell
Everett
Constitutional Union
Johnson
Fort Sumter
George B. McClellan
McClellan
Lee
Appomattox
Andrew Johnson
Joseph P Bradley
Hayes
Wheeler
Cleveland
Blaine
Tammany
William Jennings Bryan
MecKinley
Bryan
Kansas City
Stevenson
St. Louis
Parker and Davis
Denver
Bryan and Kern
Wilson and Marshall
San Francisco
Cox and
Roosevelt
Stalus
Soviet Republic
Asia
Russia
Oxus
State House
Princeton
N. J
Annapolis
Partment
Cave
Littlejohn
G Street
Eighteenth
Treasury
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