Cox and Roosevelt Nominated by Democratic Convention
James M. Cox of Ohio and Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York were chosen as the Democratic candidates for president and vice president after a long balloting process at the convention in San Francisco. Cox secured the nomination on the forty fourth ballot amid weeks of factional battles and platform debates.
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San Francisco
James M. Cox
Ohio
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York
Cox
Stephen A. Douglas
Horatio Seymour
Woodrow Wilson
McAdoo
Palmer
Smith
Gerard
Cummings
Owen
Hitchcock
Meredith
Howards
Davis
Glass
Simmons
Harrison
Willams
Marshall
Wood
Clark
Underwood
Hearst
Bryan
Colby
Daniels
Order of Business
Robert L. Owen
Oklahoma
James W. Gerard
F. W. Simmons
North Carolina
Carter Glass
Virginia
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Francis Burton Harrison
Resolutions Committee
National Committee
Clark Howell
Georgia
Points of Democratic Platform in 1919 Debate
The platform supports ratifying the peace treaty with reservations, praises the wartime administration, calls for a tax survey, blames reduced production for high prices, and promises anti profiteering action. It upholds tariff policy, seeks higher postal salaries, favors protections for public welfare in strikes, opposes compulsory arbitration, and backs Mexico policy. It urges foreign trade, merchant marine improvements, campaign finance regulation, aid for disabled veterans, and rail and reserve system support. It defends vetoed budget system and federal control of finance.
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United States
League Associates
Bar of Justice
Wxtols
Federal Reserve System
Trio of Women Candidates at National Convention Highlight History
Mia ne Stewart of Morehead Kentucky became the first woman to receive a vote for president at a major party national convention amid a three-woman slate. J T Griffin of Owensboro and Laura Clay of Lexington, with Annette Adams of San Francisco, were noted for similar commendations in the lengthy bid for the 1920 nomination. Stewart, head of Kentucky’s state school commission and national education association chair, joked the cabinet post would educate 5,550,000 illiterate Americans and secure teachers’ salaries.
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Mia
Ne Stewart
Morehead
J.T. Griffin
Owensboro
Laura Clay
Lexington
Annette Adams
San Francisco
Washington
United States
Mrs. Stewart
Stewart
Kentucky State School Comminsion
Natonal Education Association
Lafayette at Bunker Hill Fortieth Anniversary Recalled
Josiah Quincy recalls Lafayette’s return to Boston for the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill. He notes Lafayette’s 1776 aid to Lincoln and his self funding voyage to America, the veterans’ reunion, and Massachusetts’ pensions for Revolution soldiers.
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Lincoln
General Lafayette
Bunker Hill
Paris
America
France
George Washington
Maine
Florida
Lafayette
Boston
Population and Land Across Nations
Frederick DC Howe, former commissioner of immigration, compares population densities per square mile across nations. He estimates if U S lands were cultivated like others and agriculture protected, the country could support vastly more farmers and a population possibly reaching hundreds of millions.
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United States
Denmark
France
United Kingdom
Austria- Hungary
Switzerland
Frederick DC. Howe
Poet's Corner at Westminster Abbey Noted for Poets and Notables
The Poet's Corner lies in the south transept of Westminster Abbey where poets’ graves and monuments sit alongside divines, philosophers, actors, novelists, architects, and critics. It houses busts and tablets for Chaucer, Dryden, Milton, Spencer, and Shakespeare, plus about seventeen others of lesser class.
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Westminster Abbey
England
Chaucer
Dryden
Milton
Spencer
Shakespeare
Cincinnati market prices and commodity listings
The Cincinnati market report lists prices for corn, clover, wheat, butter, eggs, poultry, and live stock. Grain quotes include corn No 2 white at 1.71 to 1.72, No 2 yellow at 1.66 to 1.67, and No 2 red wheat around 2.81 to 2.83. Live stock and hogs show varied ranges for steers, heifers, cows, calves, and sows with numerical price bands.
Nomination Committee Called One Individual
In a brief dialogue Stella questions preparations while Bella notes a nominating committee of one. The ad promotes Roman Eye Balsam to prevent and relieve tired watery eyes and eye strain.
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Stella
Bella
Smoker and Colored Car Dilemma on Texas Train
A white passenger describes a segregated Texas day coach with a dividing partition for whites and colored passengers. A half grown black boy boards at a flag stop, offers silver dollars to buy a ticket, and plans to ride until the money is exhausted or he can endure the look of the place.
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Jerkwater
Texas
Cap’n
Darky
Irvin
Cobb
Saturday Evening Post
Time of Great Danger
Quoted from Bacon, the note warns that when any of religion justice council or pressure pillars of government are shaken men should pray for fair weather, reflecting Shakespearean era political caution.
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Bacon
Free to Kick Mrs A Don t you visit in summer
A brief dialogue excerpt notes Mrs A and Mrs B in a Boston Transcript item. Mrs B refuses summer visits while remarking on her husband wanting places to spend, pay board, and be disagreeable. The line captures domestic tone and newspaper style from the era.
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Mrs. A
Mer
Danish Proverb on Clothes and Chairs
A Danish saying notes that shallow people judge by appearance and attire, while substance matters more. It warns that a weak chair cannot serve as a lasting seat, emphasizing durability over superficial value.
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Committee On Resolutions
League of Nations
Rourke Cockran
Cockran
Kremer
Homer
Wilson
Robinson
Reed
Missouri
Committee On Rules
D. Roosevelt
Bunker ‘Hill
Josiah
Quincy
Massachusetts
New England
Josiah Quincy
Cincinnati
Phare
Sean
Clover Yat
Famcy
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cedar Rapids
Lydia
H. Korma
Ellis Blvd
Iowa
Sandusky
Anne
Mrs. Pact Para Fuse
Stone St
Lydia E.pinkham
Father
George
Rae
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