1916 Party Ticket List for Connecticut Election
Voter slate for October 24 1916 includes Wilson Marshall Cummings Donovan Beardsley Ulrich Duffy Iner Baldwin Lyon Burns McGovern Meltzer Hurley Schwerdtle and Samuel among others for governor treasurer comptroller secretary state and local offices with education board and alderman positions listed. Names appear in a fragmented OCR style reflecting a ballot or sample ballot sheet.
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Owen Burns
Edward
McGovern
A Meltzer
Board of Education
John A. Hurley Louis
Schwerdtle
Lesson of experience in Bridgeport boss rhetoric
A Bridgesport letter writer attacks boss rule and postal politicking by Judge Peck, warning of Europe postwar effects, tariff and trade powers, and the need for open bidding, fair contracts, and honest municipal governance. The piece decries propagandists and stresses local priorities over distant statecraft amid public distrust.
Hughes and O Leary in Meeting Dispute
R Hughes admits meeting with Jeremiah im O Leary and states he said nothing privately that he did not first say publicly. The exchange drew support from the American Independent Conference represented by O Leary and German language papers, with increased zeal from backers. Wilson faced a sharp telegram addressing the same issues.
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R. Hughes
Jeremiahim O'Leary
O'Leary
Hughes
Mr. O'Leary
Wilson
Taft Elector Backs Wilson While Staying Republican in Wisconsin
A. E. Matheson, a Taft elector and law partner of ex-Senator Whitehead, declares support for President Wilson’s re election while remaining on the Wisconsin Republican ticket. He praises Wilson’s social welfare stance and his handling of the German American question, urges unity against anti Wilson sentiment, and cites patriotism over partisanship.
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New York
A. E. Matheson
Taft
John M. Whitehead
United States
Wisconsin
Wilson
Matheson
Mexico
Huerta
America
Germany
Hughes
Voted Van Buren octogenarian to say Wilson
Chicago reports Arm in arm with his 19 year old wife Jacob Harris aged 102 the oldest registered voter in Illinois and probably in the United States will walk to the polls on November and cast ballots for Woodrow Wilson They celebrate a golden anniversary and have about 385 descendants including great grandchildren Harris voted for Jackson and later Republican candidates until 1912 then returned to the Democrats praising Wilson Mrs Harris urges all Illinois women to vote for him citing war peril and Wilson’s leadership Both are in good health and keep up with current events
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Chicago
Jacob Harris
South Laflin Street
Illinois
Woodrow Wilson
Harris
Andrew Jackson
van Buren
Polk
Pierce
Fillmore
Buchanan
Lincoln
Wilson
Europe
Judge Beardsley’s eye trouble delays campaign events
Democratic governor candidate Judge B Beardsley has canceled several speaking engagements due to eye trouble. Doctors advised rest and avoidance of strain, but he plans to resume appearances in major cities including a large rally in New Haven on Thursday night.
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B. Beardsley
F. M. Wilson
Dorland Smith
Beardsley
New Haven
Silk Velour Coats and Accessories on Display
Silk Velour coats with fur borders shawl collars and wide cuffs priced 150 165 dollars. trim coats 45 65 dollars. Esquemette Plush Ripple Crepe and Broadcloth coats full length fur trimmed and plain. Novel boot design in gray velvet. Wool and novelty wraps 20 27.50 dollars. Wool mixtures coats fur collars 15 18 dollars. Opera coats in broadcloth old rose blue with Iceland Fox collars. White broadcloth collars sets and satin. Men and women underwear and vivid bed accessories described. Floor sales and houseware items featured with a new rectangular non wobble pan and drainer described priced 1.50 dollars.
Read Co Debuts 1857 Winter Coast Collection
Read Co announces a 1857 Winter Coast collection now ready for inspection at Read's. Aimed to delight the most critical taste, the display showcases a curated assortment appealing to discerning buyers and collectors.
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Read’s
O'Leary's push to bind government to biased stance
The text condemns DN Read Co and O'Leary for steering government toward an unneutral path. It criticizes the American peace conference for attempting to enlist the clergy in Hughes' campaign, even proposing to pay clergy expenses to Milwaukee. Clergymen viewed this as a priestly trespass and most rejected it. The piece brands Hughes and allies as reviving national, class, and sectarian hatreds to win elections and says such tactics will be rebuked.
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Hughes
Scarcity of Bridgeport Painters Slows Housing Projects
A shortage of painters in Bridgeport hampers residential and general housing construction. Contractors hesitate to finalize buildings until painting, paperhanging, and related work improves. Union leader Alfred J. McKeon calls for help from neighboring cities to finish unfinished jobs. Also noting bridgeport winter work and a charter grant to Pinay Navigation Co. Inc. of New York. London reports the 4212 ton Midland steamship sunk after voyage from Melbourne to Las Palmas. Mabel Downey of Brooklyn died in a Morristown automobile crash.
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Bridgeport
Alfred J. McKeon
Union
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Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Fareer
O Department
Ar Cine Bettie
Smith
Fredricks
Boston
Chicaco
Thomas R. Marshall
Homer.s. Cummings
Jeremiah Donovan
Morris B. Beardsley
Sun Acu
Simeon E. Baldwin
Archibald McNeil, Sr
Charica
X P. Lyon
Samuel
Peck
Stratford
Bridge- Y Shampion
Egy
Uni
Tariff Commission
Trade Commission
Bolivia
The
Priscilla Magazine
de Bevoise
B. & J. Brassiere
P. N
Richelieu Underwear
Che D
Read
Che D.N
Pinay Navigation Co., Inc
London
British Steamship Midland
Midland
Melbourne
Australia
Las Palmas
Canaries
Cape Town
Mabel ‘Downey
Brooklyn
Morristown, N. J
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