Honeymoon Hoax Delays Express Train For Governor
A bridal party using a toast to Governor Coolidge and General Edwards caused the Peterboro to Boston express to be held for a train connection. The message came from Hancock New Hampshire where Mrs Madeline Okey Blalock formerly Miss Madeline Okey a Sargent School Cambridge student and Harvard Law School graduate was involved in the stunt.
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John W. Blalock
Madeline Okey
San Francisco
Sargent School
Cambridge
Hancock
N. H
Peterboro
Boston
Harvard Law School
Wedding hoax brings Coolidge Edwards to Peterboro
A Boston wedding party for John W Blalock and Miss Madeline Okey sparked Peterboro excitement with fire bells and whistles as townsfolk heard Governor Coolidge and General Edwards would visit. The couple learned it was a wedding joke and planned to depart to Boston then New York.
Eleanor Baker to Be Placed on Parole
Worcester county commissioners voted to parole Eleanor Baker who was sentenced by Judge Sisk in Superior Court on December 16 to one year in the House of Correction for being an accessory after the fact in the murder of Dwight P. Chapman in Westboro July 9 1919. Husband Harry Baker is serving a life sentence. Release takes effect tomorrow and she plans to visit Charlestown to see him.
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Worcester
Worcester County
Eleanor Baker
Sisk
Superior Court
House of Correction
Dwight P. Chapman
Westboro
Harry Baker
State
Chapman
Bryan and Irish Planks Shape Democratic Convention
Across the city delegates arrive as Bryan gains a 100 delegate base and allies with Walsh on League issues. The fight over the peace treaty and wet plank dominates bargaining as Ireland a plank nears inclusion with De Valera and Walsh coordinating dual efforts while Cohalan and Quinn shape the Irish position.
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Bryan
Tom” Taggart
Walsh
Massachusetts
Platform Committee
Friends of Bryan
League of Nations
Democratic Party
Wilson League of Nations
Wilson
Senate
United States
Ireland
de Valera
Chicago
Daniel F. Cohalan
New York
Friends of Irish Freedom
Daniel T. O'Connell
Washington
Justice Cohalan
National Council of the Friends of Irish Freedom
Frank P. Walsh
O'Connell
America
DeValera
Ameri
De Luxe Democratic Delegation Seized By Customs Agents
San Francisco reports the De Luxe Democratic section led by Pelletier and Coakley had their liquor seized by customs as they crossed the border, a loss valued in the thousands. Republicans salvaged some stock. Democrats arrived after searches. The piece notes plans for Walsh and Palmer, and mentions Irish freedom support.
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San Francisco
Massachusetts
Pelletier
Daniel J. Coakley
Vancouver
Seattle
Canadian Rockies
West
Coakley
Senator Walsh
Palmer
Gallagher
United States
Boston
John W. Coughlin
Quinn
Cambridge
Harding Discusses Campaign Finances with Republican Leaders
Senator Harding held hour long talks with William Boyce Thompson and Theodore Roosevelt on campaign finances and unity. Thompson announced a $1000 contribution limit policy would be followed this year, reflecting Harding's push for a harmonious financial plan. Roosevelt endorsed Harding as standard bearer in a post meeting statement after their discussion.
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Washington
Senator Harding
William Boyce Thompson
Ways and Means Committee
Republican National Committee
Theodore Roosevelt
Thompson
Harding
Mr. Thompson
Republican National Organization
Roosevelt
Hitchcock
Nebraska
Socialist candidate challenges Coolidge to debate
Seymour Stedman of Chicago, vice presidential nominee on the Socialist ticket, issues a challenge to Governor Calvin Coolidge to a public debate on campaign issues. A letter from Socialist national headquarters states time and place would be set by mutual agreement to help the public grasp differences in purpose.
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Chicago
Seymour Stedman
Calvin Coolidge
Massachusetts
Socialist National
Coolidge
National Checker Tourney to be Held at Cedar Point
The biennial American checker tournament, halted during the war, will take place at Cedar Point in Sandusky from August 8 to 15. Sixty top draughts players have entered, with the previous championship winner Hugh Henderson of Pittsburgh now deceased.
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Sandusky
Ohio
Cedar Point
Chicago
Hugh Henderson
Pittsburg
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