Convention in Chicago nominates Harrison and Gresham pace
Fragmentary report from the National Republican Convention notes tense sessions in Chicago with delegates from Virginia and California, and the contest for presidential nominees. Gresham emerges as a leading contender, while Harrison gains strong backing and a key roll-call sequence unfolds. Levi P. Morton is chosen for vice president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger
Allison
Harrison
Hawley
Ingalls
Phelps
Rusk
Sherman
Blaine
Lincoln
McKinley
Depew
Gresham
Miller
Buck
Foraker
Fred Grant
Hammond
McKiney
McKenley
Levi P. Morton
New York
In Memoriam Daisy Ward Dies at Eight
The obituary notes the June 23 passing of Daisy Ward eight years old at home with Dr D G W and E A Ward. It praises her purity, piety, and gentle nature, recounting conversations on heaven and Jesus and expressing a fatherly sorrow for the child's loss. The piece ends with a hopeful vision of reunion at the Heavenly Gates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Daisey
E. A. Ward
Angel
Elysian Fields
Victor
Crystal
Daisy
Daisey
Heavenly Throne
Mixed News Notes From A Busy Paper Page
A collage of odd facts and brief items ranges from suffrage support by General Boulanger’s wife to Newtonian curiosities, with notes on population, transport, and notable people. It mentions Queen Elizabeth of Roumania, President Diaz, poet Walt Whitman, and inventor Westinghouse, plus local quirks like a man living under an umbrella in Illinois and an aboriginal giant skeleton found near Newark. The piece also covers upcoming conventions, philanthropy, and political opinions amid a bustling stream of curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth
Roumania
Miles Lavatey
President Diaz
Mexico
Walt Whitman
Rosa Bonheur
Wade Hampton
George W. Westinghouse
Lenox
Mass
Sam
Frank James
Supreme Lodge of the Knights of Pythias
Cincinnati
Texas
Neal Dow
Gov. St. John
Bob Ingersoll
Congressional Library
Washington, D. C
England
Boycot
Gladstone
Ireland
Scotland
United States
Canada
Rhode Island
Clyde
Thurman
State News Highlights and Local Notes From North Carolina
Reports from Raleigh, Greensboro, and Wilmington cover a wheat fair in August, new graduates from Greensboro Female College, a silk mill in Wadesboro shipping the first South made silk, and a planned expansion of the C F Y V Railway. Also noted are a brace of political moves in Raleigh, a death in Laurinburg, a bishop’s Lambeth Conference trip, and Millie Caristiana the two headed nightingale living near Whiteville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyman
Europe
London
Episcopal Church
James Dickson McLean
Laurinburg
Wadesboro
South
George Singleton
North Carolina
Mount Airy
Surry County
Bennettsville
S. C
Mulbore
Madison
Wilmington
Salvation Oil Ad Promises Pain Relief In Damp Twilight
Fragmentary ad style copy touts Salvation Oil for ailments from headaches to neural pain and bruises urging relief as damp twilight arrives. The text centers on a branded oil product claimed to ease various pains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eve
Mrs Smith’s Velvet Coat and a Doctor’s Syrup Tale
A reader questions Mrs Smith’s velvet coat while a child explains that her husband saves doctors’ bills by using Dr Bull’s Cough Syrup for children. The remark blends fashion with a household remedy anecdote.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chicago
Jones
National Republican Exile Committee
Thursay
Nebraska
Wr Thurston
eConvention
Virginia
Gignone
Wise
Yber Proved
Ohio
Agence
M. M. Estee
California
Oarman
Foster
Paley
Nevada
George B Sivan
Esee
Calfornia
Estee
Enthusi
Pacific Coast
Republic
Pacific
Oregon
Cleveland
Nat Vail
Vention
Iman
Mia
Alabama
Illinois
Leon
Sy T
Walter Q. Greshames
Davis
Minnesota
Lynch
Mississippi
McCall
Massachusets
Rector
Gov. Porter
Porter
Indiana
Gallinger
New Hampshire
Iowa
Hepburn
Wm. B. Allison
Iowa Statesman
Hiscock
Huncey M. Depew
Galleres
Pennsylvania
Gen. Hastings
John Sherman
Earth
Heaven
General Boulanger
Newark
N. J
Tilton
Ills
Empress of
Japan
Sandy Hook
United Labor
Robert H. Cowdry
W. H. Wakefield
Kansas
Paris
Department of the Seine
San Francisco
Stephen Richardson
Harvey County
Don Peldro
Wisconsin
Indiana, &c
Lady Buchan
Napoleon the Great
Marshall Feld
A. T. Stewart
William
Germany
State News
Deep Blue Sea
Grand Old Mountains
Statesville
Gust. Peace Institute
Charlotte
State Board of Pharmacy
Goldsboro
Exum Lewis
Weldon
W. G. Lewis
Raleigh
Brooksville
Greensboro Female College
Durham
Cape Fear River
Fayetteville
Rose Cleveland Thurman Fowle Holt
Senate
House
Quartermaster
Col. Wm. Hoocks
Fremont
Col. Hooks
Democratic State Executive Committee
Millie Caristiana
Nightingale
Welche’s Creek Township
Whiteville
Millie
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