Republican National Convention History and Key Figures
A historical survey of Republican National Conventions from 1856 through 1904 outlines venues in Chicago and Philadelphia, major nominees such as Lincoln Grant McKinley Harrison and Roosevelt, and notable moments and leaders including Fremont Dayton Blaine and Depew. It notes chairmen like New and Thurston and the evolution of nomination processes across eras.
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Ingersoll
Grant
Blaine
Garfield
Chester Alan Arthur
New York
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
George William Curtis
Dooareli
John R
Benjamin Harrison
Levi P. Morton
William Mclxinley
J. Sloat Nassett
Minneapolis
Wyoming
Thomas B. Need
Exposition Hal
Falls of St. Anthony
Mississippi River
Depew
McKinley
Napoleon
Harrison
Whitelaw Reid
New York Tribune
U Harrison
MecSkinley
Reid
Cleveland
Adlai B H. Stevenson
Ilinois
St. Louis
Charles W. Fairbanks
Senator Voorhees
Indiana
Thurston
Nebraska
Garret A. Hobart
New Jersey
1Eller
Colorado
Wolcott
Senator Lodge
Massachusetts
Philadelphia
McWinley
Roosevelt
Efe
Elihu Root
Cannon
Cullom
R. R. Hitt
Illinois
Fairbanks
Street Lighting Pioneers and the New Orleans Gas Start
The article traces street lighting from early tallow candles to gas and links its rise to the era of American popular government begun with the Revolution. It highlights New Orleans 1792 beginnings under Baron Carondelet, who proposed lamps and watchmen despite a city revenue of only about $7,000.
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New York
United States
Boston
Philadelphia
New Orleans
America
Baron Carondelet
Louisiana
New Orleans Picayune
Carondelet
Cabildo
Lighting the City A Century of Street Illumination
The piece notes a progressive governor funding street lighting in New Orleans via a $1.124 per chimney tax, creating the city’s first lamps. It contrasts old oil lamps with modern glow, recalling lamplighters and Broad Way’s transformation into a bright modern thoroughfare.
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Cabildo
Louisiana
New Orleans
Washington
Smallest Mammals Shrews Stir In Night Food Quest
The smallest mammals are shrews tiny nocturnal hunters of worms and insects. They roam woods and meadows at night while a mother shrew shelters her young in a eggshell or other compact nest.
The Artful Absorption of Italian Macaroni
A humorous Chicago Record-Herald piece describes the long Italian style macaroni as a winding string on a platter. It offers comical instructions to “absorb” the strand with a fork and fingers, noting the challenge of locating the end and ending with an empty plate.
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Chicago Record-Herald
Southern Judge Faces Off In Courtroom Anecdote
A southern correspondent reports a courtroom moment with a judge and a matter involving a person named Immanuel Baxter or Yassah and an officer named Tucker accusing theft of a side of meat.
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Immanuel Baxter
Immanuel—Yassah
Jedge
Tucker
Judge Sentences Thief After Ham Theft
A Cleve land Leader report notes a judge charged Immanuel Ab with stealing a ham from Walters store. The exchange shows the accused unsure, the judge responds with a 30 day sentence, and remarks on the value of ham versus sides.
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Walters
Immanuel—Ab
Immanuel
James
Cleveland
Obesity Saved England Liberally Here Lie The Habeas Corpus Act
The London Chronicle reports that England's habeas corpus act was passed by an odd maneuver. Lords Grey and Norris were tellers. Norris, prone to vapors, was counted by Grey as ten to mock the tally, then the miscount stood and the bill passed with a majority in favor.
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England
Bishop Burnet
Grey
Norris
Lord Norris
Lord Grey
London Chronicle
Three Great Rivers and Their World Urban Centers
The Thames hosts London with 6,000,000 residents over 215 miles, the Hudson ends at New York with 4,000,000 residents over about 350 miles, and the Seine serves Paris with 2,000,000 residents over 497 miles. The piece notes these rivers as vital to world commerce and city life.
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Thames
London
Hudson
New York
Seine
Paris
New York Tribune
Why She Couldn't: A Wig Remembrance in Verse
A fragment from the St. Louis Republic depicts a witty exchange about love and disguise. The speaker notes a man’s wig as the barrier to affection, humorously describing removable notions like rats puffs coronet braid pompadour and switch as the woman sits to read two novels.
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St. Louis Republic
Like a Dog Quip Cited in Washington Star Phrase
A Washington Star quote notes two women joking about a husband who works hard like a dog. The dialogue contrasts the labor and domestic routine with humorous imagery of muddy feet by the fire waiting to be fed.
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Washington Star
Payment for Stuart portrait of Washington finally paid
The Columbian Historical society notes papers on the Carroll family and U S government regarding the $800 due for Gilbert Stuart’s 1795 portrait. Daniel Carroll urged payment after Congress initially refused, a promissory note arranged, and the Carroll heirs received the balance twenty years later. The painting’s history includes the 1814 rescue by Dolly Madison and later placement in the White House blue room.
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Stuart
George Washington
Columbian Historical Society
Carroll
United States
Washington
Gilbert Stuart
White House
Dolly Madison
Philadelphia
London
George IV
Prince of Wales
Mars
Siddons
Congress
Daniel Carroll
Duddington
Martha Washington
New York Press
Bryan names states he could carry in presidential race
The Frankfort News reports Mr. Bryan lists Kentucky as certain and Ohio Indiana North Dakota California Oregon with chances in New York New Jersey and West Virginia. Some Democrats call him a dreamer while noting slim odds for Ohio New York Illinois Indiana under his leadership and compare Texas to the Republican side.
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Republican Party
Chicag
United States
Joseph G. Cannon
Charles W. Fairbanks
Joseph B. Foraker
Charles E. Hughes
Philander C. Knox
Robert M. la Follette
William H. Taft
Harry
New
Republican National Committee
Philadelphia
Robert Emmet
New York
Musical Fund Hall
Locust Street
Henry
Lane
Indiana
Rockies
John C. Fremont
California
William L. Dayton
New Jersey
Dayton
Springfield
Ill
Abraham Lincoln
Chicago
Willian H. Seward
William M. Evarts
Norman Judd
Illinois
Carl Schurz
Wisconsin
Seward
Mr. Delano
Ohio
Lincoln
Bryan
Kentucky
North Dakota
Oregon
West Virginia
Texas
Frankfort News
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the Coliseum
Hannibal Hamlin
Maine
Tanteele
Balti
Robertus Love
Robert J. Breckinridge
William Dennison
Front Street
Johnson
Jove
Crosby Opera House
John A. Logan
Tor
Henry Lane
Schuyler Colfax
National
House of Representatives
Colfax
Henry Wilson
Hayes
Wheeler
James G. Blaine
Robert G. Ingersoll
American Congress
Exposition
Nosece Conkling
Conkling
John Sherman
James TF. Jor
Michigan
James TH
Janits
LA Follette
Where Fremont
Taft
Linkboys
Lanterns
Uncle Sam’s
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