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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1920
Page
9
Republican women in Massachusetts plan to join the torchlight parade Thursday October 28 with an anticipated 25000 participants. Their aim is to have half the crowd as women and to surpass the men in numbers if possible. A working committee will be formed after the State convention to handle financing and details. Every woman may carry a torch and wear notable attire.
Emile Le Blanc of Jamaica Plain claims to drive 3600 nails daily as a floor layer with Day Hardwood Floor Company. He notes weather and rest affect his pace and compares favorably with rivals William J. Babine and Frank Brown in the ongoing nail driving contest.
Mrs Hilda Hedstrom Quirk was appointed chairman of a committee to prepare records of candidates for federal and state offices in Massachusetts. The Boston League of Women Voters will broadcast the records before the November election in response to inquiries from thousands of women. Assistant is Mrs Emme J Hutchins.
The Women’s Industrial Civic League hosts a suffrage victory celebration dinner next Wednesday at the Twentieth Century Club. Mrs. Julius Andrews will be hostess with guests Miss Alice Stone Blackwell and Mrs. Maud Wood Park as speakers, along with Mrs. Guilford Dudley of Tennessee who helped win suffrage in her state. The event also notes fashion commentary on winter bodice silhouettes.
President Paul Deschanel submitted his resignation today at Rambouillet. Premier Millerand will present the documents to the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, with parliament to be convoked for an election of a successor on September 25 at Versailles.
In Orwell Vermont, Misses Ann and Jane Smith aged 80 were the first women to cast ballots in the primaries, waiting at the doors as they opened. Nearby Mrs. Sarah Burnham, 86, of South Burlington, was the first woman to vote in her town, despite her age, still working in her garden and walking four miles round trip.
Senator Harding issued a statement urging observance of Constitution Day in Marion Ohio. He warned that without the Constitution autocratic power could creep in and sovereignty shift away from the people. He planned a front porch address to central Ohioans on constitutional government.
In Burlington Vermont on September 16 a Peeping Tom again alarms residents. Greene, North and North Willard streets report nightly visits with sightings by many, who chase him but fail to catch him. He evades dogs and moves through back yards and alleys, even near St. Joseph's Convent where nuns alerted police but yielded no trace.
Arlington voters completed a nearly dozen article warrant in about 16 minutes. The principal decision ratified a spring adjourned vote for $230,000 to build a junior high school on town land on Fessenden road. The town also approved $2000 for the extension.
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