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Newspaper

Bridgeport Times

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1920

Page

8

Prohibition Party Debates Bryan As Possible Ticket Head

Lincoln delegates discuss William J Bryan leading the Prohibition ticket with Billy Sunday as a potential running mate while Virgil Hinshaw indicates openness. Colorado delegation backs a tobacco prohibition plank. Bridgeport grocers plan protest against factory cooperative stores amid statewide inquiry and anticipated report.

Lincoln Neb Prohibition Party William J. Bryan Prohibition Tcket William A Billy Sunday W. G. Calderwood National Committee Virsil G. Hinshaw Daniel A. Poling Charles H. Randall California Clinton N. Howard Rochester N. C Server Galo Colorado Bridgeport Grocers’ and Butchers’ Association Kiota Hall Broad Street Phillip Connell New Haven Eugene J. Sullivan Sullivan Manufacturers’ Association

Norwich Girl Friend of Prince Joachim

Norwich reports Prince Joachim youngest son of Kaiser Wilhelm died by suicide in Potsdam. Once connected to Norwich girl Olive Huntington in 1914 Cairo meetings, his war notoriety, and later marriage to Princess Marie Augustine, with divorce rumors surfacing earlier this year.

Norwich Prince Joachim Kaiser William of Germany Potsdam Connecticut Olive Huntington Joseph Worth Egypt Miss Huntington Cairo Berlin Marie Augustine Prince Edward of Anhalt

Oxford awards Harold Harmsworth American history chair

London July 20 Viscount Rothermere funds 20000 pounds for the Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professorship of American history at Oxford. US citizen holder elected by an electoral board including the American ambassador and the chancellor. Ten year terms with possible renewal, honoring his son Captain Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth.

London United States Lord Rothermere Cambridge University King Edward Witt Cambridge Vere Harmsworth the Ancre

Old Yale Team Plans South Training Camp Stunt

Yale baseball coach Billy Lauder plans a winter training camp in the South for ten days to two weeks with full focus on baseball prep. If approved, the squad would stay in one location and play feasible games with big league teams, possibly facing Col. Huston's Yankees at Yale Camp.

Billy Lauder Yale New York Polo Grounds East Col. Huston Yanks Elis

French Nurse Circles Lake Geneva in Noted Swim

Geneva July 20 A young French Red Cross nurse Marguerite Funchs is said to have set a record for women by swimming eight miles across Lake Geneva from Erian a Lu try in about 10 to 14 hours. She faced rough seas and had to alter her course, while the previous men's record stood at 7 1 2 hours.

Geneva Red Cross Marguerite Funchs Lake Geneva Erian_a

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