Republican Platform Condemns Democratic Policy Abroad and Calls for Strong Defense
The 1861 Republican platform urges unity and neutrality in the European war, pledges aid to restore Mexico order, supports the Monroe Doctrine, demands a strong army and navy, endorses tariff protection with a tariff commission, promotes law enforcement against predatory business, and backs federal labor protection and woman suffrage with state discretion on final ratification.
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Indian Fighter Dead in New York City
Francis Long aged 64 an Indian fighter explorer and government weather forecaster long associated with New York. He belonged to the Greely polar expedition and saved survivors twice one by killing a bear to prevent starvation and by signaling rescue parts as they passed. He also led the appeal for aid that came too late to save the Custer expedition from slaughter by Indians.
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New York City
Francis Long
Mr Long
Greely Polar
Youngstown steel workers strike over wage advance dispute
About 300 puddler and mill hand workers at Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co refuse to work over the May 1 10 percent wage boost. They contend the increment is a regular wage addition not a bonus and seek proper payment. About 30 of 200 union rubber workers seek old jobs at Republic Rubber Co with only two rehired. District payrolls show about 1.1 million dollars in losses since January amid ongoing machinists strikes.
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Republic Rubber Co
Plans Model Town Near McDonald Iron Mill
Engineers of the Carnegie Steel Co have begun surveying a large tract near the proposed bar mill at McDonald as part of plans to develop a model town. The plant isn’t to be completed for a year and no grading or platting will occur until then, with Chief Engineer Brown directing interim development plans.
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Girl Injured When Hair Entangled in Engine
Hazel Richmond aged 10 daughter of Thomas Richmond a Chesterland farmer is in serious condition after her hair became entangled in a gasoline engine, dragging her into the machine.
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Chesterland
Death of Publisher McLean at Washington Idaho
John R McLean publisher of the Washington Post and Cincinnati Enquirer is dead in Washington Idaho after an illness of weeks. Born in Cincinnati in 1845 he built wealth as a penny paper publisher and owned major holdings including controlling stock in Washington Gas Light Co and substantial stakes in street railway companies.
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Hughes and Fairbanks Ticket Chosen by Republican Convention
Charles Evans Hughes of New York was nominated for president by the Republican national convention on the third ballot. Theodore Roosevelt was unanimously nominated for president by the Progressive party, with John M Parker as vice presidential nominee. Hughes swept the Republican tally as Roosevelt drew support for his own ticket nationwide.
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Hughes Accepts Nomination and Resigns from Bench
Justice Charles Evans Hughes accepted the Republican nomination for the presidency and resigned from the Supreme Court. He pledged to support an Americanism of unity and prepared a plan to restore diplomatic strength, national security, and readiness for emergencies while rejecting partisan expediency.
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Wide World of Facts From Various Regions and Fields
A compilation notes diverse data: from forestry in America to Mexico’s rice and tobacco production rankings, and global figures on coal, metals, agriculture, and natural resources. It cites Lord Abinger’s daughter and Abyssinia, Lhassa population, French wine yields, British Columbia’s mineral and timber outputs, Tibet monasteries, Colorado shale oil estimates, Argentine locust funding, Rio beer price rise, frog physiology under pressure, Asosan crater size, Fushun coal fields’ output, and Japanese mining.
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