Cox Victory Dominates Democratic Nominating Session
The piece details Cox backed by Tammany and Taggart triumphs in party contests with Ohio seen as pivotal. It notes Palmer defeats McAdoo, signals Harding odds in Ohio, and reports a contentious convention ending in rioting and lingering tension about the League of Nations. Governor Clement refuses to call Vermont legislature into special session to ratify the federal actions.
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Vermont Governor Rejects Woman Suffrage Plea
The governor based his refusal on the need for legislative action and the public to express their will, noting that the legislature was elected and Vermont voters had not yet spoken on granting women's suffrage.
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Bryan declines at San Francisco convention
After a Monday session a friend urged W. J. Bryan to speak again. Bryan replied this is not his kind of convention, adding the leopard cannot change his spots. He predicts the convention has courted defeat at the polls.
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San Francisco
W. J. Bryan
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The Bonehead Convention And Rehabilitation Bill Debate
The piece contrasts a political convention scene with passage of a Republican bill promoting vocational rehabilitation for industrially disabled people. It describes funding levels starting at 500000 and rising to 1000000 over three years, framed as aiding former workers to become self supporting and reduce state burdens.
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Vermont Governor weighs extra session on woman suffrage
Governor Clement of Vermont discussed with Senator Harding the advisability of calling an extra session to address the woman suffrage amendment. Harding declined to push action, stating he would not intrude on states rights, but shared his view that national ratification should proceed to involve women in the federal election.
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Indiana Legislature Convenes in Second Special Session
The Indiana Legislature meets for a second special session to ratify the eighteenth amendment and address shortfalls in funding. Proposals include a tax bill election law changes for women voting county unit law advertising rate increases a war memorial bill and higher public bond interest rates. The session aims to finish within ten days, about a fourth of the legal term.
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Indiana
United States
Tragedy in Pal estine Echoes Ancient Sacrifice
A brief account recalls a two thousand year old event in Palestine where Jesus Christ was sacrificed to calm a frenzied mob. The fragment notes identification of the victim and betrayal.
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The White Oak and a Teacher’s Lesson in Valor
A teacher prompts students with a meaningful linguistic test tied to a green book prize. The narrative embeds a discussion of anti Semitic hatred and a political crime, then revisits school life where Roy Blinn, a returning soldier, meets Miss Hall in a park as a white oak placard reveals Quercus alba. Tommy Judd wins the book prize, foreshadowing Blinn’s future ambitions.
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The Quercus Alba Lesson From Miss Hall
The fourth grade class praises Miss Hall for her engaging teaching style. She guides them through a spelling lesson featuring the terms Quercus and alba as a late fall memory from a journey talk about Europe and nature.
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Dotheboys Hall in Nicholas Nickleby
The article notes Dotheboys Hall as the northern boarding school run by villain Squeers in Dickens’s Nicholas Nickleby. It describes the harsh tuition system of alternating beating and starving and credits Dickens with exposing such schools to help end their existence.
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