Blaine Accepts Republican Nomination and Addresses Tariff
In AvaustTA Maine on July 15 1884 James G Blaine accepts the Republican presidential nomination. He outlines key questions in the contest praising protection to American labor and capital, defending a strong tariff, urging steady growth of domestic commerce, and urging peaceful foreign policy and civil service reform.
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Drunken Parents in Tenement Room Noted by Policeman
A Mott Street tenement room inventory lists a drunken father and mother, two crying children, two empty whisky bottles, and four framed monograms reading God Bless Our Home. The note highlights urban distress observed by a police officer. Baseball fever grips North Carolina with Henderson shutting stores on game days. Henderson's mayor is active in the local club.
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Poets Scarify Prose in Daunting Rhetoric
A plainspoken Indianapolis Journal correspondent mocks poets as queer folk claiming they have long had their own cadence. He asserts verses, if spoken in prose, would land them in the penitentiary by Saturday night.
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Indianapolis Journal
Mormon Missionary Imprisoned for Danube Baptisms
A Mormon missionary arrested in Vienna was sentenced to one month in prison for attempting to propagate the faith. He baptized a man and a woman in the Danube canal in freezing weather, causing the man to resist and the woman to faint.
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Logan's Letter on Protection to American Labor Platform
John A. Logan writes to Hon. John B. Henderson approving the Republican platform. He outlines protection to American labor, tariff reform, monetary system, and calls for fair interstate and foreign trade, equal rights, immigration limits, civil service reform, and a strong navy. He emphasizes preserving national unity, preventing fraud in elections, and safeguarding states’ interests and coastal defense.
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Take Care of Your Eyes Advice from Prof Massey
The late Prof R D Massey of Cincinnati gave eye care instructions. Avoid sudden light changes and reading immediately after darkness. Do not read by twilight or in front of light. Let light fall obliquely from above left. Don’t overstrain and rub eyes. wash with warm water after waking.
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