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Newspaper
Wayne County Herald
Location
Wooster, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1884
Page
2
Wayne County Herald notes Wooster Ohio printer ID Printing Co operates as publishers with local service.
A gate side farewell turns into a playful exchange about love and heartache. The woman claims she can cure a broken heart with a paradoxical prescription while revealing she already holds the cure. The man rues his missed chance to know sooner.
The passage argues that girls do not truly swear, describing their swearing as a fraud and a delusion. It suggests they may dabble in it superficially, likening it to dipping a toe in shallow water, and concludes neither swearing nor swimming is genuine for them.
A woman at a front gate laughs at a neighbor’s dog with a kettle tied to its tail as the owner chases it. A boy approaches, asks what she’s laughing at, and notes the kettle is the boy’s. The moment ends with the kettle belonging to the boy, as the scene unfolds in Philadelphia.
A writer argues for expanding women’s education and medical practice explaining a female physician’s skill supports broader rights. The piece questions societal norms, urges midnight mobility for women, and uses a Manhattan essay to claim woman’s intellect and spiritual qualities justify greater freedom and professional access.
The passage notes how the French mock American women as fat-chested long-footed and awkward in gait while criticizing hairdressing and color harmony. It concedes some accusations may be exaggerated yet contains kernels of truth about perceived fashion gaps.
A French observer contrasts London middle and lower class women with Parisian equivalents. He notes clearness of complexion and dress, hair styling, and overall appearance, favoring Parisienne nurses and contrasting London maids and general attire. He laments cutting hair short and prefers the cap and ribbon of French nurses.
A humorous exchange between Mr. Mugg of Mugg Pitcher & Co and a debtor unfolds over debt settlement, with price offers ranging from 75 to 33 cents on the dollar. The Hartford Post notes a remark on Mexican funeral customs, and a digression about women at weddings.
State and territorial conventions report delegates for the Republican nomination. Chicago papers differ on Blaine and Arthur strength with Blaine around two hundred to three hundred votes and Arthur leading first-ballot totals. Edmunds supporters may shift to Arthur, affecting early voting dynamics.
The Iowa Republican Convention in Des Moines elected John A. Kasson as permanent president, chose four at-large delegates, and approved a resolution slate denouncing Democratic tariff policy. It praised President Arthur, named James G Blaine as Iowa’s presidential choice, and listed district delegates bound for Chicago with Blaine support.
A large crowd gathered as Howard Sanderson, State GOP chairman, opened the Wisconsin Republican Convention in Madison. Col. Thomas W. Spence of Fond du Lac was named Temporary Chairman, with Coll. Smith of Janesville as Temporary Secretary and Louis Lange of Fond du Lac as Assistant Secretary. The platform praised Blaine and Arthur and a Permanent Committee reported officers including President T. W. Spence, Vice Presidents Geer and Enos, and Secretaries Lange and Smith among others.
After lengthy debate the Wisconsin Republican convention adopted a county based basis for delegates. Delegates-at-large were elected including Col. H. Broadhead and L. Meyer, with alternates named for Keyes and Bowman. Electors at large chosen were Meyer and Husher. The platform urged unity and support for the presidential candidate who best harmonizes Republican principles, praising President Arthur, and H. A. Taylor was named chair.
The National Greenback Convention met in Kalamazoo with large attendance. C. B. Hampton of Harbor Springs led as temporary chair and denounced Republicans and Democrats, pledging a new order. Ev C. Be Deyo became permanent chair as delegates favored Butler for president.
The Massachusetts Republican State Convention at Boston elected Henry Cabot Lodge as Temporary Chairman and John D. Long as Permanent Chairman. Delegates at large to Chicago included George F. Hoar W. W. Crapp John D. Long and Henry Cabot Lodge with no instructions but expected to back Edmunds. Arthur as second choice. The platform favors tariff reform to balance revenue and labor interests and supports civil service improvements and Arthur’s presidency.
Gen John B Sanborn acted as temporary and then permanent president at St Paul for the Minnesota Republican Convention. Four delegates at large were elected to Chicago with C E Wright W G Ward James James and L P Flukes as alternates. The platform endorses tariff laws aiding revenue labor and industry and supports a bimetallic gold and silver standard with unrestricted coinage based on intrinsic metal value.
The text notes support for curbing Congress power over legal tender with constitutional amendments to ensure gold and silver coinage remains the sole full legal money in peacetime. It praises civil service improvements and President Arthur’s administration, and touts Ames G. Blaise as the Republican choice in Minnesota, while leaving Chicago delegates uninstructed on votes.
The Worcester gathering elected Edward Avery to preside and adopted a resolution urging Gen. Butler as the Democratic presidential nominee at Chicago. The platform calls for against monopolies and class divisions, seeks frequent elections, tariff reduction, tax shift from necessities, and praise for Butler. Delegates chosen for Chicago include Butler, Abbott, McCafferty, and Bealany with alternates Palmer Noble Haggett Devine.
About one hundred twenty delegates, over half colored, met in Richmond for the Straight-Out Republican State Convention. Dezendorf called the meeting to order with Major J. O. Hime as chairman. They denounced the coalition party for repudiating the state debt and chose at large delegates to Chicago. The platform attacks President Arthur and Mahone, endorsing Blaine and Lincoln while leaving delegates uninstructed.
At the Florida Republican Convention in St Augustine chaired by William G. Stewart, contesting delegations clashed for delegates. A firebrand resolution opposing federal appointees was defeated, leading to a tense fight and the nomination of the regular office holder slate Ledwith Stewart Cole and Eagen. The opposition faction then declared the elected delegates uninstructed after leaving.
The Massachusetts State Greenback Convention in Lynn names Israel W. Andrews chair and discusses the party’s vigor and its high hour system. Delegates support the Supreme Court ruling affirming Congress power to issue paper money in peace. A twelve member committee lists delegates-at-large for Indianapolis. George Foster G Hutchinson O A Wheeler Natl Cashing named. Butler widely favored for President.
The Vermont Republican Convention in Montpelier instructed its four delegates J Gregory Smith Redfield Proctor Frederick Billing and B D Harris to vote for George F Edmunds as presidential nominee. Ex Congressmen Tyler and Proctor spoke in Edmunds favor and no second choice was discussed. The resolutions upheld Republican principles protected duties on wool and opposed tax cuts while presenting Edmunds’s name.
The Louisville gathering of Kentucky Republicans endorsed Arthur and his administration, elected four delegates at large to Chicago as Arthur men, and tabled a sensational resolution attacking Walter Evans. The group praised 1880 national principles, Garfield’s death, equal rights, industrial protection, and the era’s currency. Free tobacco was stored and federal education aid commended.
A White Republican convention in Atlanta forms the Whig Republican party of Georgia. Gen James Longstreet presides with King as chair. Jonathan Norcross pushes a colored vote compromise, but the plan is tabled. A state platform favors protection and anti whisky taxes while showing whisky movement friendship. No delegation to Chicago.
The Arthur faction temporarily organized the Texas Republican Convention in Fort Worth but on day two the anti-Arthurites won a majority of delegates and named four delegates-at-large OG C Brickly Robert Zapp Richard Allen and W W Cuney with two possibly favorable to the current Executive The district delegates were roughly split between Blaine and Arthur Resolutions backed the administration and endorsed Blaine educational legislation protection and national Republican positions.
Orville D. Baker is elected chair by the Republican State Convention of Maine. Frank Robie is nominated by acclamation for re election. Delegates-at-large to Chicago are J. R. Bodwell George C. Wing Joseph Wheelwright and J H Drummond. Resolutions endorse protective policy civil service reform business control foreign policy Blaine as choice Morrison tariff and shipping bills prohibition policy approved. Adjourned.
The Maine Greenback Convention met at Augis and nominated W. F. Eaton for Governor and delegates to the National convention.
A second Maine Greenback convention at Bangor selected delegates to the National Greenback Convention in Indianapolis. The Bangor gathering rejected fusion with other parties and instructed delegates for Butler failed. The platform mirrored Democratic Greenbackers with a ban on any nominee who accepts another party’s nomination.
At Concord the Republican State Convention chose B. F. Prescott as Chairman and named Charles Sawyer George H. Stowell Edward H. Rollins and J. B. Clark as delegates at large. Resolutions urged national action to protect citizens rights in the South support tariff reduction on essentials curb polygamy reform civil service suspend silver coinage and back the national education bill.
In Denver the Republican convention elected Judge Elbert, C. C. Davis, En. Hamill, A. L. Emigh, A. Gillett, and P. F. Crowell as Chicago delegates under chair L B Barnum. The body endorsed Blaine for President and opposed silver demonetization, tariff cuts on wool, and praised President Arthur and the national administration.
The Republican State Convention in Wheeling chose four delegates at large B B Devener Ohio County Wm O Dawson Preston County E L Buttrick Kanawha County Warren Miller Jackson County and four alternates C H Beall Brooke J B Lewis Marion C H Payne Fayette and W C Stiles Wood. Delegates instructed to back James G Blaine at the national convention if nomination seems possible. The resolution sparked bitter dispute with Arthur supporters but passed 220 to 198.
In Blaine faction proceedings T M Edwards led a vote selecting M D Foley C C Stevenson S J Lee John Dixon and J H Kind as Chicago delegates who pledged to back Blaine if possible. Resolutions praised Arthur's administration and urged Chinese exclusion, civil service reform, railroad regulation and tariff stability amid a Nevada Republican platform opposing the wool tax and silver agitation.
The Topeka gathering urged unity for Blaine and chose four ballots with Plumb of Emporia prominent. Senator P. James Merritt of Wamego, J. G. Wood of Sumner, and A. W. Mann of Jewell named as delegates. Elaine led the presidential ballot 202 of 225, with delegates not instructed.
E A Davis of Yale presided as gavel. Delegates elected to the national convention at Chicago include C C Bush O R Carr H Parks G W Schell W Johnson E Denison David McClure Charles F Crocker J D Sprect er M Blake D C Reed. The platform backs protectionist policy and making Chinese exclusion perpetual with the Bureau of Agriculture elevated to a cabinet post.
Utah Republicans in Salt Lake City pass resolutions backing church and state separation a uniform silver and gold standard tariffs support Arthur and Gov Murray endorse a legislative commission for Utah and strengthen polygamy suppression General H Kimball and Gov Murray elected delegates to Chicago with Goodwin and Gallagher as alternates delegates instructed to support Arthur first.
The Raleigh convention named Tyre York for Governor and Guthrie for Lieutenant Governor with Russell, Duke, Stanton, and Cook as other candidates. Delegates-at-large to Chicago included a-Mott, W. Dockery, J. H. Harris, and J. E. O Hara, who supported Arthur.
AP Albany report notes delegates at New York Greenback Convention remain uninstructed. Indianapolis delegates were told to vote for Butler, a resolution rejected. Chicago 1880 and Rochester 1878 platforms reaffirmed. George Jones I Dean Louis Post and Epenetus Howe elected delegates at large. State Committee to name Congressional district delegates.
Rhode Island Republican Convention at Peennes named Gorham P. Pome roy Ben Bales Ellery H. Wilson and Daniel Bis iitlefield as delegates-at-large to the national convention. Four alternates were chosen. The delegation is unpledged and un instructed with personal preferences noted for Arthur Eggmunds Faine.
At Hagerstown the Republican State Convention chose W H Perkins as chairman and elected Halton Phillips James Wallace and Senator Hodsy as delegates at large to the national convention. A resolution backed Blaine as the convention choice while pledging state Republicans to support the national nominee.
The Democratic Central Committee of Washington Territory appoints A. Kuhn and J. W. Offield as delegates to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. No instruction on presidential preference. Tilden is the first choice of Territory Democrats.
The Oregon Republican Convention met in Portland and elected delegates to the national convention in Chicago. Those chosen were Senator N Dolph, J T Apperson, J M Swift, O Bh Denny, H J McConnell, and A G Hovey. Delegates are instructed for Blaine.
The Territorial Republican Convention met in Evanston and after a stormy session elected Hon. J. W. Meldru and James France as delegates to the national convention. The delegation favors unity and action for the party.
Democrats of Kentucky held a statewide convention last week adopting unanimously resolutions for tariff reform focused on revenue. McDonald and Tilden were divided about equally in expressed preference.
Washington Territory Republicans held a convention in Dayton to select delegates for the national convention in Chicago. G D Hill and John Wilson were chosen delegates and instructed to represent the territory at the Chicago meeting.
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