Presidential Campaigns and Parties in 1836
The 1836 race split Democratic votes among Martin Van Buren Hugh L White and Willie P Mangum while Whigs backed William Henry Harrison and Daniel Webster. Van Buren won with Johnson as running mate Granger opposed by Granger. The Democratic platform denounced banks and favored gold and silver currency. Whigs adopted the name in protest of perceived executive overreach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin van Buren
New York
Hugh L. White
Ge Ia
Tennessee
Willie P. Mangum
South Carolina
American Whig Party
William Henry Harrison
Ohio
Daniel Webster
Massachusetts
R. M. Johnson
Kentucky
Francis Granger
Democratic Party
Notable 19th Century Statesman and Early U.S. President
Born at Kinderhook New York December 5 1782 to Dutch parents Leads a long career as lawyer governor of New York secretary of state under Andrew Jackson minister to England and eighth president of the United States from 1837 to 1841 He died July 24 1862 at Lindenwood New York His political stance included opposition to expanded executive power and a push with English whigs to curb presidential authority The piece notes the 1840 campaign and references the 1 500 000 vote total with a Jackson Van Buren led contest and a panic during Van Buren’s administration The notice also surveys general 1840 campaign context and other contemporaneous events and travel notices including Taft in Montana and legislative proposals from Senator Aldrich plus interstate commerce actions and a fatal aviator accident in Macon Georgia
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Kinderhook
New York
Jackson
England
United States
Lindenwood
Baltimore
Martin van Buren
Republic
van Buren
Canadian gold coin begun at royal mint branch WA
The London Globe notes the first ten thousand $5 gold coins struck from gold mined at the Ager mine in the Porcupine field Ontario, Canada. It also mentions Miss Christabel Pankhurst taking up woman suffrage after being barred from practicing law despite passing exams.
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Royal Mint
Ager
Porcupine
Ontario
Canada
London Globe
Christabel Pankhurst
Fragment from suffrage article hints at leadership potential
The text suggests a female leader in the suffrage movement who would have likely become an excellent lawyer, indicating high regard for her capabilities and ambitions.
Ellen Terry critiques Shakespeare women in lecture
Ellen Terry argues male writers create weak women when drafting heroines. She calls Helena and Julia doormat figures in Alls Well That Ends Well and Two Gentlemen of Verona, while praising Imogene as the loveliest Shakespeare character. A Collman, plumber. 416 Main Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ellen Terry
Helena
Julia
Miss Terry
Imogene
Record of current events overview for week day
Local. Southern Pacific imports forty four strikebreakers to replace striking shop employees. State Comptroller Lane says legislature may convene in special session. Seven killed and twenty two injured in train wreck near Fort Crook Nebraska. Aviator Rodgers arrives at Vinita Oklahoma delayed by winds. Taft leaves San Francisco returning to foreign duties. Francisco Madero proclaimed president of Mexico. Royalists unrest in Portugal. Dero pledges curb on Mexican monopolies. Thirteen officers depart Fort Sam Houston for annual test ride. San Antonio Young Men's Business League seeks charter. SP shop official mobbed at Houston for strike breaker efforts. Rodgers attends event in Dallas. Taft arrives Las Vegas announces extended swing. Cornerstone laid for southern jurisdiction temple in Washington. Chinese government forces clash with rebels near Hankow on the Han river.
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Fort Crook
Neb
Rodgers
Vinita
Okla
Taft
San Francisco
Cal
Ecoreign
Francisco Madero
Mexican Republic
Portugal
Fort Sam
Houston
San Antonio
Las Vegas
Nev
Washington, D.C
Plot to kill General Reyes alarm spreads in San Antonio
Refugee General Bernardo Reyes has a plot alleged to exist in San Antonio. City council votes to spend 19000 for repair and oiling of thoroughfares leading to the International Fair grounds. State Odd Fellows hold sixteenth annual convention in Dallas. American Tobacco disintegration notice filed in New York. Aviator Rodgers stranded in McAlester for repairs. Republicans in Chicago back Lafollette for president and advocate direct primaries. Dynamite mine found under railroad bridge near Sbara before Taft train. Congress urged to fix Panasha canal tolls. Foreign Chinese assembly seeks provincial diet rights in Szechuan. Mexico votes show Pino Suarez as vice president. Zapatistas reportedly defeated by federal troops. Chinese rebels sink gunboat.
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Bernardo Reyes
San Antonio
Odd Fellows of the State
Dallas
American Tobacco Company
The
Tobacco Trust
New York
Rodgers
McAlester
Okla
Chicago
LaFolette
8 Bara
Taft
Panasha Canal
Chinese National Assembly
Sze Chuen
Mexico
Pino Suarez
Zapatistas
Countercharges stir Madero rivals amid plot claims
In the city partisans claim Revis tas plot to harm President-elect Madero. Jake Wolters says his bid to succeed Senator Bailey looks strong. Aviator Rodgers arrives in Fort Worth for a state-sea flight. First frost reports reach western areas. President Taft departs San Bernardino for Utah. German marines clash with Chinese mobs in Hong Kong. Italian troops defeated by Turks with details sparse. A new insurrection begins in Tabasco, Mexico.
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Jake Wolters
Bailey
Rodgers
Fort Worth
Dom
Corporation Commission of
Oklahoma City
Taft
San Bernardino
Cal
Utah
Hankow
London
Tabasco
Mexico
War Secretary Stimson visits Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio
Secretary of War Stimson and General Wood arrive in San Antonio to inspect Fort Sam Houston as Knights Templar hold a semi annual conclave. Governor Colquitt learns eight cotton state governors will attend the cotton conference in New Orleans while Paso del Norte celebrates New Mexico statehood as aviator Rodgers arrives.
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Stimson
Wood
United States Army
San Antonio
Fort Sam Houston
Knights Templar of
Colquitt
New Orleans
P! Paso
New Mexico
Rodgers
Old Remedy for Blood Poison Promises Cure for 40 Years
S S S is advertised as a safe reliable blood purifier used for over forty years to cure contagious blood poison in all forms. It claims to strengthen the stomach and digestive system while eradicating poison from the blood, using only roots herbs and barks with no minerals. The company offers a free home treatment book and directs readers to The Swift Specific Co Atlanta Ga.
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S. S
S.S. S
S.S.S
Swift Specific CO
Atlanta, Ga
Global unrest and events loom in 1911 notices
Secretary of War Simson and Major General Wood depart San Antonio for Washington. Aviator Rodgers flies across Texas toward San Antonio. German day observed in Austin. Galveston reports butterfly swarm. National Woman Suffrage convention in Louisville. Twelve miners drowned at Wharton Steel mine in New Jersey. Roosevelt backs judiciary recall. Chinese revolutionists win near Hankow. Italians seize Benghazi and Tripoli. Mexican revolutionary activity rises in Sinaloa.
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Simson
Wood Seave
San Antonio
Washington
Pbe
Rodgers
Waco
Temple
Austin
Texas
Galveston
National Woman Suffrage Association
Louisville
Wharton Steel Company
Hibernian
N. J
Roosevelt
Hankow
Benghazi
Tripoli
Sinaloa
Mexico
Norther Hits San Antonio Cooling Temperature to 53
A northern cold snap reaches San Antonio lowering temperatures to 53 degrees F. A fire causes about 20000 dollars in damage to the ware and house of the Alamo Furniture company. The postal savings bank opens in the state. An aviator Rodgers is forced to break his journey at Kyle due to a broken piston rod. The Army defeats Yale in football at West Point. A mine accident in Trabonella Sicily leaves one dead and several injured.
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Norther
San Antonio
Ware
House of Alamo Furniture Company
Postal Savings Bank
Rodgers
Kyle
Army
Yale
West Point
Burford Priory in Oxfordshire Goes to Auction
Burford Priory dating to the thirteenth century in Oxfordshire is up for sale. The estate passed through several owners including Sir Lawrence Tanfield and Boeaker Lenthall, visited by Charles II and William III, with noted interior features such as Speaker Lenthall’s chimney piece and Henry VIII era ceilings. Auctioneers Wilson and Gray of London and Yeovil announce the sale.
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London
Burford Priory
Oxfordshire
de Salas
Terriere
Lawrence Tanfield
Exchequer
James I
Charles II
William III
Boeaker Lenthall
Long Parliament
Falkland
John
Speaker Lenthall
John Prior
Lenthalls
Lenthalls, and the ‘Murder Was Publicly Ascribed To the Fifth Earl of
Weather Superstitions You Can Read in the Sky
The piece lists beliefs linking mackerel skies and dry ground to weather, midday readings to day outcomes, thick apple skins to cold winters, a morning rainbow warning sailors, a night rainbow as sailor delight, and a first snow day foretelling snowstorms. It also notes a light Wishbone at Thanksgiving signals more snow in winter.
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Woodward Carriage Co
Presi
Democratitic
WHIGS
Pacific
Butte
Mont
Aldrich
National Monetary Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
Ely
Macon
Shanghai
WoodwArd
A. Collman
Main Ave
American Bank & Trust Co
the Bell Jewelry CO
West
Southern Pacific
W. P. Lane
Dero
Madero
Revistas
Trabonella
Sicily
Taylor
East Third Street
Hanes
R. H. Hanes
F. C. Floeckinger
West Sixth and
Kimbro Streets
Bowers
Sanitarium
International and Great Northern Railroad
Comletion
Blanche Azqulay
Algiers
FE. A. Mayor Piano Company
Soledad and
Travis Streets
Alvin Japanese Nursery Company
Box L
Houston, Texas
Chas. Rees
Rees
Fhe
West Commerce Street
Sullivan's Bank
Soledad Street
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