Women of G O P press for woman representation in party
Republican women from 14 Midwestern states urged equal representation on the national committee and fair female delegate quotas for the 1920 convention. They backed ten platform planks including direct citizenship for women and eight hour work limits for female workers.
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Chicago
Mid- West
Will H. Hays
Republican National Committee
Republican Party
Women’s Bureau
Department of Labor
Civil Service
Federal Board of Vocational Education
State Central Committee
Hays
National Committee
John Glover South
C. A. Severance
Minnesota
Margaret McCarter
Kansas
Mary Garett Hay
New York
Women's National Executive Committee
Josephine Corliss Preston
New Orleans Wiret Race Results At Gulfport
Mixed card at New Orleans with six races including two claiming events. Winners include McKelvaine in a three furlong dash and Siesta taking the one mile plus event. multiple runners and odds listed for each race with times and placings.
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McKelvaine
Garner
Repeat
Costilletti
Joe Tag
Vida
Kathleen K
Charley Boy
Scotty
Oh Doctor
Audrey A
Ina Kiy
Little Mandie
Hadrian
Wright
Watersmeet
Miss Parnell
Nellie Witmer
Ragazza
Black Wind
Bearrepla 2d
George Washington
D. A. Comiskey
Bounding Through
Pierce
Jackson
W. W. Hastings
Butwell
Eve
Merchant
Fiefi 2d
Pollux
Ben Trump
Sir Barton
Glenn
Damask
Ambrose
Simpleton
Challenger
Maize
Siesta
Yowell
Thurber
Barret
Red Star
Rey el Pleasanton
Lazy Lou
Napthalius
Gourmand
Bethel Till
Sentimental
Sibyl
Goldcrest Boy
Philistine
Brown
Leta
Deckmate
Bajazet
Rodriguez
Pit
Jack Reeves
Ee Hodge
Antoinette and
Rookery
Prisoner of Bandits Endsured Eight Months of Hardship
Mrs. Cora Lee Sturgis testified before a Senate committee on the Mexican situation describing eight months as a prisoner in a bandit camp. She recounted the looting of her Virginian plantation, her mother’s starvation death, and her forced travels with a message hidden in the sole of her shoe.
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Washington
Cora Lee Sturgis
Senate
Mexican intrigues haunt border community recollections
A Sturgis family tale recalls federal raids in 1915 under Carranza and later search of their Chiapas home. Mrs. Sturgis testifies that soldiers beat the family and mocked American loyalty while seeking rebels, amid memories of Diaz Madero Huerta regimes and shifting danger.
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Diaz
Madero
Huerta
Chiapas
Carranza
Sturgis
Wet regime gives health
Windsor Ontario reports that rescinding wartime prohibition restores health as residents can buy liquor legally. The change ends long lines of patients with heart trouble and insomnia waiting at physicians offices for prescriptions.
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Windsor
Ont
City Loan Backed for Hyde Park Municipal Building
Mayor Peters introduced an order for a $50,000 loan to buy a site for a new city building in Hyde Park. The City Council sent the proposal to a second reading. The mayor urged approval, noting two prospective sites under consideration.
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Peters
Hyde Park
Lena Melville dies at 63 after long illness
Lena Melville stage name of Lena Wilmore died at her sister’s home in Yonkers after a prolonged illness. She began on stage at age five with Joseph Jefferson in Rip Van Winkle and was 63.
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Yonkers
N. Y
Jane
Lena Wilmore
Joseph Jefferson
Sturgis Family Endures Zapata Raid and Prison Ordeal
Mrs. Sturgis recounts a Zapata bandit raid that looted the plantation of $23,000 and captured the family. They were marched to a prison camp, with her mother dead and her husband near death from starvation. An embassy rescue involved a coded message hidden in a boot sole.
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Sturgis
Frontero
Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico
Zapata
Mexico City
Zapata Leutenant
Methodist Church Burns Up Mortgage in Dorchester
The Parkman Street Methodist Church in Dorchester celebrated paying off a $6000 mortgage with a gathering of over 200 members and friends. The mortgage was presented by Rev. Walter W. Van Kirk and burned by Mrs. Mary E. Wellington and Miss Lottie Moulton, the church’s two oldest members, amid receptions and talks from former pastors and neighboring churches.
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Parkman Street
Dorchester
Walter W. van Kirk
Mary E. Wellington
Lottie Moulton
Lewis Leary Receives Sharon Post Cane Honor
Sharon January 5 The Post cane in this town has been awarded to Lewis Leary born in Ireland in 1843. He is a farmer who has lived on Mountain street for 60 years. Captain C T Derry the former holder died recently and the Selectmen declare Mr Leary the town’s oldest inhabitant. The Board of Selectmen includes J R Gillespie chairman W M Hawkins and Fred A Prince.
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Sharon
Lewis Leary
Ireland
Mountain Street
C. T. Derry
Mr. Leary
J. R. Gillespie
W. M. Hawkins
Fred A. Prince
Franklin Square House Campaign Surges Toward Goal
The Franklin Square House campaign for 140000 raised 9095 yesterday. Senator Lodges donated again alongside Dr. George L. Perin and the girls of the house led by Mrs. Vera P. Lane. Vincent Club Junior League and matrons joined volunteers who will be briefed at a tea this week.
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Franklin Square House
House
George L. Perin
United States
Organization of Workers
Vera P. Lane
Vincent Club
Police R A Has Its Election
Officers of the Boston Police Relief Association were elected at the annual meeting at old Franklin School 1181 Washington street yesterday afternoon. New president Patrolman William Robinson and 640 members with 140 new officers were reported while a campaign to enroll all applicants continued. Inspector Morris Wolff announced the police ball set for January 20 at Mechanics Hall with advance ticket sales promising a bigger event.
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Boston Police Relief Association
Old Franklin School
Washington Street
William Robinson
City Hall Avenue
Charles B. McCluskey
Charlestown
Thomas F. Ryan
Edward A. Dever
City All Avenue Station
Daniel Driscoll
James Tahaney
City Point
Edward J
Geant Patrick J. Fitzgerald
West Roxbury
Bawara J. Murphy
Hyde Park
John F. Murphy
Mattapan
John Foley
Morris Wolff
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
Wolff
Mechanics’ Hall
Medford Aldermen Take Oath of Office
About 2500 people attended the inauguration of Medford's Board of Aldermen at the Lawrence Light Guard Armory. Chairman John J. Mulkerin was re elected and Mayor B F Haines delivered a brief address.
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Medford
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