President Makers and the Nation's Nominating Conventions
Felix De Fontaine recounts the long history of U S presidential nominating conventions from Baltimore in 1832 to Chicago in 1892. The article details key figures, venues like the wigwam in Chicago, and the growing crowd sizes and architectural features of major sites, with notes on election outcomes and the shifting ritual of party nominating gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Felix de Fontaine
American Press Association
United States
Baltimore
William Wirt
Amos Ellimaker
Henry Clay
John Sergeant
General Jackson
Martin van Buren
Bell
Everett
Front Street
Institute Hall
Charleston
Douglas
Johnson
Maryland Institute
John ©. Breckinridge
Joseph Lane
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
Hannibal Hamlin
Chicago Republican Club
Lincoln
McClellan
Pendleton
RicClellan
Tammany Hall
New York
Congress
Tioxallo Seymour
Francis P. Blair
The Handbook of Plots Sample Plot Parodies a Bold Tale
A fragment from The Handbook of Plots and Every Man His Own Novelist parodies a melodramatic love triangle. A beautiful girl loves a poor suitor opposed by a wealthy in law bound by foreclosure threats. A dramatic chase, a burglary arrest, a staged wedding, and a bigamy accusation punctuate the mock narrative.
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Handbook of Plots
Ane
Graff
Zarls
Downer
New York
Trey
Chicago Tribune
This Year s Democratic Wigwam
The article notes growing public interest in national conventions since 1860 and describes the shift from ordinary city balls to large venues like wigwams or auditoriums. It highlights city and state competition to attract conventions and the implications for American politics.
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Bagram
National Dvent Promises Reform Nerves Health Cure
A dubious notice claims a fifty year old event in a city will renew interest in Restorations Nervine by Dr. Franklin Moles. It touts cures for nervousness and ailments with testimonials, promoting a drug free of opium and morphine while urging Fond du Lac citizens to rally to save an old trading post and block house from demolition.
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Franklin Moles
Morris & Mallen
A Husband's Mistake and Nervine Claims Against Suffering
An ad style notice touts Dr Miles Restorative Nervine as preventing headaches nervous disorders and sleeplessness caused by marital and parental stress. It cites Woodworth Fort Wayne Snow Syracuse and others praising universal satisfaction and huge sales with trial bottles and a free book offer. A separate brutal murder report notes Marie Leppers of Mirrin Austria suspected of killing her husband by being bound and roasted with kerosene by masked assailants.
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Miles
Woodworth & Co
Fort Wayne
Ind
Snow & Co
Syracuse
J. C. Wolf
Hillsdale, Mich
Morris & Mullen
Marie Leppers
Mirrin
Austria
Castoria and Swaines Ointment Advertisements
An old nursery line touts Castoria for children from birth to marriage and motherhood. A stray account recalls a shooting at Newport Arkansas injuring a bride. An advertisement exalts Swayne's Ointment for skin eruptions and general healing without internal medicine.
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Swayne
Also Mentioned on This Page
President Makers
Grant
Colfax
Crosby Opera House
Seymour
Blair
Philadelphia
General Grant
Henry Wilson
Cincinnati
Horace Greeley
B. Grant Brown
St. Louis
Tilden
Hendricks
Garfield
Arthur
Exposition Building
Press and Telegraphic Corps
Hancock
English
Grover Cleveland
Gates
Cii
James Blaine
Exposition Hall
Minneapolis Exposition
Cleveland
Jackson
Jefferson
Washington
Ge Zl Clarrison
Minneapols
the Handbook OF Plots
Theaamoriih
Otrageois
Stime Museum
Fanny
Panny
New York Commercial Advertiser
New York Weekly
John
Boston Courier
Pater
Kirks
F.C. Wes1
Siegfried & Co
Warren
J. K. Ronne
Merchant Tailoring
Hickory Street
Jne Finzer & Bros
Louisville, KY
Ouriarade
Cruz
Johnsons
ECS
Boston
E-Bartsch
Water Street
Diamond Block
Wafs
Peg Ang
Castoria
Uutuly
Struthers
Alion Works
Warren, Pa
Warren “Rug Lines
Jiamono Furnitures
Geo
Davis
Second
Liberty Streets
Warre
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