Ballot drama marks multiple party conventions through history
The text details how various U S presidential nominees were chosen after long deadlocks, noting ballots, leading candidates, regional support, and state influences from Ohio to California across conventions from Harrison in 1888 to Willkie in 1940 and beyond.
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Blaine
Ohio
Garrard
Republivan
Aimong Grant
Sherman
Sher Quan
Harrison
Harding
Wood
Lowden
Johnson
Davis
Democrst
McAdoo
Smith
Willkie
Dewey
Taft
Vandenberg
Twenty Years Ago in Corry May 17 1938
Read notes from Corry dated May 17 1938 including David Ketner a Comy High School 1936 graduate and sophomore at Comet University who may join the Naval Academy at Annapolis after June medical and physicals. Gasoline price at 21 cents in Corry, methyl at 24 with state tax. School board president D A Bikstrom urges caution on tax cuts. Paul M Conway of Gentry Brothers circus promoted in Corry for May show. Substation work for Pennsylvania Electric Co. progresses with steel in place. Gary Motor Club plans to buy gas and parts at local stations via a questionnaire. United States relies on imports for almost two thirds of quicksilver.
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David
Ketner
H. C. Ketner
West Smith Street
Comy High School
Comet University
Naval Academy
Annepolis
Kether
Corry
Compromise candidates in historic party conventions
The piece surveys post Civil War national conventions and the rise of compromise candidates. It notes Dewey and Stassen in Oregon and Taft allies maneuvering for delegates, with Vandenberg seen as a likely compromise choice if current efforts falter. It lists seven past compromise nominees including Seymour in 1888 and Hayes in 1876.
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Dewey
Stassen
Oregon
Camaign
Taft
Vandenberg
Slassen
Snatc Hie
Bryan
Wilson
Cox
South
Middle West
East
Allergin
F Seymour
Hancock
Pendleton
Hendricks
Horatio Seymour
Hayes
Erie Driver Faces Three Motor Charges
An Erie man, Henry Page, 32, is held on drunken driving, larceny of an automobile, and related charges after a four vehicle collision at 13th and State, where he allegedly stole a car and drove on the wrong side, colliding with several vehicles. Page awaits hearing before Alderman William Heisler.
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Erie
Henry Page
Slate Street
1Th
Slate Streets
John Anthony
Tom Harkins
Page
Harold Sieber
Nancy Louis P McCidell
Robert. F. Edwig
William Heisler
Wattsburg Man Dies After Carbolic Acid Plan
Grant Charles McClelland a 60 year old Pennsylvania Railroad employee in Wattsburg died after taking a liberal dose of carbolic acid at the Station Hot on Peach Street. Coroner Warren Wood said the death was self inflicted though financial difficulties were suspected. An empty carbolic acid bottle was found in his jacket pocket.
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Wattsburg FE
Brig
Grant Charles McCleland
Wattaburg
Pennsylvania Railroad
Warren Wood
Hot Peach Street
Wood
McClelland
Helen Murray
Elmer Ashby
Hamo Hospital
St. Vincent's Hospital
Mayville Court to Retry 2 Cases
Mayville district opens its May term with county court judge Hugh V. Boldine presiding. Jamestown defendants Edward T. Ahlstrom, 44, and Orlando J. Muhollen, 26, face retrial for charges including first degree intent and criminal negligence in a fatal motor vehicle crash that killed Leslie M. Scowden on February 10. The Ahlstrom trial previously mistried on one count and halted for March. Muhollen’s case previously ended in a deadlock after six hours and 15 minutes of deliberation.
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Mayville
Torney
van Aeceny
Ant Orlando J. ‘Muhollen
Leslie M. Scowden
Jamestown
Ahlstrom
Endling
Fother
Milhallen
How's Your I Q A playful trivia quiz from a vintage paper
A reader quiz lists ten questions testing memory and general knowledge. Topics include the Daughters of the American Revolution in Constitution Hall, Quito as capital, Spanish dance, American rivers near Lake Tasca Minnesota, unions AFL or CIO, which metal heavier steel or copper, Greek myth Achilles heel, Italian parliamentary election day, Rockefeller's basic commodity, and the latest major planet.
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Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Constitution Hall
Quito
South Americas
Lake Tasca
Minnesota
United Packinghouse Workers’ Union
AFL
John D. Rockefeller
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Journah
D. A.bikstrom
Board of Education
Paul M. Conway
Gentry Brothers Circus
Pennsylvania Electric Company
Associated Gas and Electric System
Gary Motor Club
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United States
Glenton
Franklin &. Hosbach
Day
Willie Glenton
Handyman
Frank Jonnson
Elmer L. Evans
Gleaton
Hosbach
Commonwealth
TZ. S
Mayville Court
I. Q
Heiman’s
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Coby
Auger
Falke
Heiman’s Jewelers
North Center Street
Gorry, PA
North, Corry Emblem
Merritt Appliance | Co
West Main St
Cage Bri Siggwaller
America
Whirlaway
Futuramic Oldesmobil
Oldsmobile
Wiggers Garage
Corry PA
Are] Corry, PA
Keystone
Dixie Margarne
Puritan
Florida
Sunkist
Chevrolet
Mort
Simonized
Thomas Motors
of Corry Inc
Wera
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