Peck Faction Wins Victory At Caucus In Stratford
In Stratford on August 27 the Peck faction won the caucus vote, with Abram Wellington elected chair, over Elliott W. Peck 199 to 156. More than 800 voters filled the hall, many turned away outside. Delegates to state senatorial and congressional conventions were chosen, amid a tense scene and protests over tellers.
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Times
Stratford
Republican Party
Republican Club
Abram Wellington
Elliott We Peck
Francis Drew
Rex DeLacour
David L. Rhoades
Edward Curtis
George Bateman
Thomas C. Coughlin
Albert Goodell
Edward Birge
Harold C. Lovell
George F. Ashe
Ivan L. Morehouse
Republican Town Committee
Charles H. Peck
Fairfield Count Bar Association
Elliott W. Peck
E. P. Bullard
Beardsley
Joseph Stempel
John Graham
Harold F. DeLacour
Frank FE. Blakeman
B. ©. Warner
Gift deemed not to reduce Mrs Lawrence’s share in estate
Cornelius J. Sullivan as referee filed in Surrogates Court that $950,000 advanced to Mrs Julia Watt Lawrence by her aunt Miss Mary G Pinkney, before 1908, was a gift. Pinkney’s Harlem real property valued around $10,000,000 at death. some heirs argued deductions from Lawrence’s share. Mrs Lawrence is married to Dr G Alfred Lawrence.
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New York
Cornelius J. Sullivan
Julia Watt Lawrence
Mary G. Pinkney
United States Mortgage and Trust Company
Lawrence
Thomas L. Watt
Archibald L. Watt
Grace Watt Thomas
202 Promoted From Ranks In Navy
Secretary Daniels issued permanent commissions in the navy to 202 men who won their way from the ranks and served creditably as temporary officers during the war. He praised their long, honorable records and noted the navy now offers opportunity for enlisted men to rise to commissioned status and even admiral, alongside Annapolis graduates.
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Washington
Daniels
Annapolis
Christians slain in Bedouin raid near Jerusalem
One hundred fifty Christians killed at Ajlun about fifty miles northeast of Jerusalem by Bedouins. In a separate raid on a train near Damascus an Italian naval officer was killed. Cairo dated dispatch notes the attacks and casualty figures.
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Cairo
Egypt
Ajlun
Jerusalem
Damascus
Roosevelt at Salt Lake City Banquet and Speech
Franklin D Roosevelt toured Salt Lake City as Democratic vice presidential nominee speaking at the Mormon Tabernacle after a Utah delegation greeted him at a banquet. A workmen group asked about prohibition and was told the issue was not national, as no action was taken in San Francisco. Utah Republicans renominated Senator Reed Smoot.
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Salt Lake City
Denver & Rio Grande Railroad
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
San Francisco
Utah
Reed Smoot
Aug
Wean
Freezone promises painless corn relief for quick removal
Advertises Freezone as a cheap cure to stop corn pain instantly and allow removal with fingers. Claims it works on hard and soft corns and between the toes without soreness or irritation, sold by druggists in a tiny bottle for a few cents.
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Tarecriss
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