Ballot Results Rally Across States As Coolidge Sails
National leaders hail Massachusetts victory for Calvin Coolidge by about 125 000 as party lines blur. Kentucky goes Republican Edwin P Morrow wins big while New Jersey delivers Edwards victory and shapes 1920 machine gains. Maryland Governor race tight. New York Republicans gain seats. Theodore Roosevelt Jr elected to state assembly. Nebraska to elect constitutional convention delegates.
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Washington
Massachusetts
Calvin Coolidge
Kentucky
New Jersey
Ohio
Edwin P. Morrow
Edward S. Edwards
Hughes
Boston
Richard H. Long
Coolidge
Albert ©. Ritchie
Maryland
Harry W. Nice
New York
Oyster Bay
Theodore Roosevelt
State Assembly
Nebraska
Nonpartisan League
Jenkins Ransom Refund Refused by Mexican Govt
Mexican government reportedly refuses to refund $150,000 ransom paid by American consular agent Williams Jenkins of Puebla after kidnapping last month. Washington dispatch notes Mexico City papers report the decision.
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Jenkins
Washington
Mexico City
Willams
Puebla
Gas Meter Blast Kills Man at Utah Power Plant
One man died and three others were perhaps fatally injured when a new gas meter exploded at the Utah Power and Light plant in Ogden. The blast cut city gas service.
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Ogden
Utah
Utah Power & Light Company
Dry Law Affects Trade in Early Twenties
In eight months ending August 1910 the value of liquors exported was nineteen times the imports, while in 1914 imports exceeded exports fivefold. The data illustrate the changing impact of the dry law on trade balances between liquor imports and exports.
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Washington
Riots Hit Harbin Washington Chinese District
Riots broke out in Harbin Washington with Chinese shops closed Tuesday amid disturbances in the Chinese occupation area. Advices to the state department cited changes in the Russian ruble exchange value as a cause of the trouble.
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Harbin
Washington
State Department
General Strike Called in Miami Over Closed Shop
In Miami more than 00 percent of union men vote in favor of a general strike to uphold the closed shop. The strike committee sets next Monday for a general walkout. Soldiers' bodies coming home as Lake Daruga steamer to Brest brings 111 fallen soldiers.
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Miami
Hostone
Lake Daruga
Brest
Alaska's Future Riches Champion Alaska Railroad Debate
The Alaska railroad act expansion receives a 17 million dollar appropriation to finish the line by 1922. Speakers stress Alaska as a vast undeveloped treasure with coal oil minerals and rich lands, while mounting support for Mount McKinley National Park and a new game refuge amid frontier growth.
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House of Representatives
Alaska
United States
Curry
California
Seward
Russia
Scandinavia
Congress of the
Secretary of the Interior
Alaskan Engineering Commission
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Tanana River
Yukon River
Alaskan Railroad Commission
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Geological Survey
Strong
Kansas
Mount McKinley
Mount McKinley National Park
Yukon
Tanana
New McKinley National Park
Thunber
National Park
Auld Park
Newfoundland Codfish Boom and Global Fame
Newfoundland hosts the world’s largest cod fisheries with an annual catch around 2.5 million quintals. About half is exported valued near six million dollars, mostly dried for export while many residents work in the codfish industry.
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Newfoundland
Popular Science Monthly
Cascarets Offer Gentle Relief for Digestive Upset
An advertisement praised Cascarets as a safe tonic for bowel muscles that relieves billows attacks, sour stomachs, and constipation without griping. It contrasts Cascarets with harsh purgatives like calomel and drastic drugs, claiming they work quietly overnight and cost little.
Scotsman Regrets Sentimental Sermons in Grand Church
The London Nation recalls a worthy Scotsman who attended a great church but disliked the service because the pastor cried too freely when preaching. A friend argues sentimentality may be forced by the grand setting.
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London
Purifying kidneys with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules
An advertisement urges readers to support kidney function with Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules. It claims the capsules purify blood and strengthen kidneys, promising rapid relief and money-back refunds if not effective. The copy targets backaches, nervousness, and fatigue as warning signs and directs readers to ask for Gold Medal branding.
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Haarlem
Hound
Outside Help in Chiggersville Sugar Folly
In a curious exchange, Mr. Putterby remarks on sugar and sand while noting cars speed through Chiggersville. The tale blends local gossip with a satirical jab at grocers and the era’s auto culture.
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