Georgia Soldier Faces Bigamy Trial In Sumter Court
A wartime romance in France between a Georgia soldier from the 151st machine gun battalion Rainbow division and a Red Cross nurse led to a marriage abroad. In Sumter Superior Court A H McCoy faced bigamy charges as both wives attended, testified, and disputed the legality of the France wedding. The court heard notes and certificates, with McCoy admitting the France union was in form only and that he and Miss Orpha D Wood later considered themselves single. The trial featured testimony from a hospital nurse, witnesses to the alleged wedding, and statements about possible coercion by a parent. The trial adjourned with jurors sent out to deliberate.
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Dele Fellon
Fe Gotten
G O P Convention Too Darned Lady Like Too Darned
A veteran Chicago reporter notes the Republican national convention grows too refined and notes two firsts involving women: an enlarged national committee to fifteen with seven women inside, and the first woman delegate speaker, Margaret Hill McArthur, who declares she represents 20 000 women as Lodge escorts her to the platform.
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Will Rogers Talks Nomination Hunch From Philadelphia
Will Rogers humorously contemplates the 1920 presidential nomination while in Philadelphia, recalling Penrose and Knox’s parade for Hughes, noting Chicago crooks and hotel delays, and predicting a final nominee as conversation shifts from Idaho to Missouri. The column blends satire with gossip about delegates, Pullman offers, and imagined investigations.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
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Boies Penrose
Chicago
Penrose
Philadelphia
Knox
Hughes
Fierce Battle Below Surface at Chicago Convention
Chicago June 10 A.N. Rickey. News from the national convention reveals a major power struggle beneath a dull surface. Three groups Old Guard New Guard and radical Johnson Borah contend for control with Lowden Knox Sproul and Coolidge as possible nominees amid factional maneuvering and strategic ploys by Hays and the senate group.
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Resolutions Committee
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Penrose
Smoot
Lodge
Watson
Bill Hays
National Committee
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Missouri
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Knox
Sproul
Theas Enon
Coolidge
Hoover
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Factions Adopt Plank Dodging Ratification Endorse Senate Stand
At the Chicago Coliseum on June 10, the Republican convention recesses after platform debate and moves toward presenting a Root drafted League of Nations plank. The compromise rejects immediate ratification, favors reservations, and aligns with Senate and Lodge leaders to prevent a party split amid debates over foreign policy and Hoover prospects.
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Crane
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Armenia
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Exico
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Soverene
Germany
Wilson
Congress
Culeexico
A F L Rejects Plan To Spread
Montreal reports the American Federation at Latterene Venition rejects a plan to spread activities as discussed. Details remain unclear due to fragmented text.
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