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Campaign image featuring James Blaine, 1884 Republican candidate.
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HISTORY

The 1884 Election and the Greatest Party South Bend Ever Threw

With just two weeks left before the Presidential election, Republican candidate James Blaine spent an entire weekend wooing voters in South Bend, amidst the greatest political party the city had ever seen.

Aaron Helman remembers the parades, the speeches, and the hullabaloo surrounding the man who would go on to drop the election to Grover Cleveland.

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The Four Horsemen of Notre Dame
SPORTS
HISTORY

100 Years Ago, They Became the Four Horsemen

In 1924, Grantland Rice legendary 'Four Horsemen' column ran in the South Bend Tribune. But the South Bend News-Times wrote about the game a little bit differently.

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Whirlpool Headquarters
BUSINESS
HISTORY

The Washing Machine Empire that Never Was

The Whirlpool Corporation employs 58,000 and sees billions of dollars of revenue every year. But did you know it has roots in a failed South Bend manufacturing endeavor?

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