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January 23: ON THIS DAY in 1948, Eisenhower says he will not run

January 23, 2019 Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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ON THIS DAY IN 1861, the Brooklyn Daily Eagle reported, “Tomorrow, at one o’clock, the admirers of outdoor sports will be afforded a decidedly novel treat — nothing short of a base ball match played upon skates at the 5th Avenue skating pond. We are informed that the Atlantic and Charter Oak Base Ball Clubs will enter into a friendly but slippery contest for superiority, the players to be on skates, taking all the risks of such breakneck attachments. The proposition has at least the merit of novelty, if no other, and of course will draw a crowd, for there is an unaccountable desire felt by many to see men do daredevil feats.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1869, the Eagle published the following advertisement: “Not a house in Brooklyn or any other city has ever been robbed when protected with the Burglar Alarm Telegraph. The reason why so many burglaries are committed is because we have no protection to our houses. A brass snap, which a child can break, was well enough when all people comparatively were honest, but in these times when burglary is reduced to a trade and system, people must keep up with the times in way of protection, or they will surely suffer the consequences. The above is the only protection never broken through. Look out for infringements. Each case in using or vending will be noted and dealt with to the full extent of the law for such cases provided. E. HOLMES, 201 Broadway, N.Y.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1890, the Eagle reported, “Nellie Bly will doubtless make the circuit of the world in less than seventy-four days. The possibility of the feat was not believed until it was accomplished. The event may be of great service for commercial, military or naval purposes in the future, and in this respect has an importance far beyond the sensational feature inseparable from the performance of the task.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1913, the Eagle reported, “Albany, Jan. 22 — With but a single dissenting vote, the Wagner resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to permit women to vote, passed the Senate today. The Senate resolution contains a provision that a citizen by marriage must have been an inhabitant of the United States for five years. This amendment was not included in the resolution which passed the Assembly Monday night, and the measure will have to go to the House for concurrence. It is proposed to consider it at next Monday night’s session. Sen. [Thomas H.] Cullen of Brooklyn was the only senator to vote against the resolution, while forty were recorded in its favor.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1948, the Eagle reported, “Washington, Jan. 23 (U.P.) — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower finally and positively repudiated today efforts to nominate him for president. He told his Republican supporters that he ‘could not accept nomination to high political office.’ ‘I could not accept the nomination even under the remote circumstances that it were tendered to me,’ General Eisenhower wrote to Leonard V. Finder, publisher of the Manchester (N.H.) Union-Leader. His announcement was in the form of a letter to Finder made public by the Army Department. The Union-Leader was booming Eisenhower for president. A slate of Eisenhower delegates had been entered in the New Hampshire presidential preference primary. Ike’s positive statement came after months of speculation that he would or would not be a candidate. He had disavowed political ambitions on many occasions, but never until today with sufficient force to persuade his admirers he really meant it.”

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ON THIS DAY IN 1953, the Eagle reported, “Washington, Jan. 23 (U.P.) — Harry S. Truman and Adlai E. Stevenson said today Democrats should support the Eisenhower Administration on policies good for the country and asserted that their party’s Nov. 4 defeat was only temporary. The former president and the 1952 Democratic presidential nominee charted the course of the party in articles in the Democratic Digest, a monthly publication of the Democratic National Committee.”


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