Illiteracy and Wilson law impact on Maryland vote
The piece analyzes how the Wilson ballot law could reduce Republican votes in Maryland by restricting illiterate voters. It details illiteracy rates among white and Black voters across counties and districts, examines likely losses in the First District, and notes differences in behavior between white and Black illiterates and their party leanings.
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Maryland
Anne Arundel
Calvert
Charles
Frederick
Garrett
Kent
Prince George’s
Somerset
St. Mary’s
Talbot
Washington
Worcester
Republican Party
Jackson
William Jackson
Congress
Roads and rail in national aid debate prompt reform
The article surveys federal aid for road construction, agricultural input on road needs, and the coming decade of highway improvements. It notes political conventions, delegate counts for Hearst Parker and Gorman, suffrage remarks by a woman reporter, and remarks by Chief Justice Lore on Catholic influence. It also covers Baltimore conventions, wholesale price posts, and historical postage rates.
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St. Louis
Hearst
Judge Parker
Uuit
Gorman
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
New Jersey
Parker
Lore
Delaware
General Conference
M. E. Church
Catholic Church
Statewide school law changes outlined by M Bates Stephens
State Superintendent M Bates Stephens issued a circular to county school boards detailing new and revised school laws. Highlights cover appointment rules for trustees and principals, county board authority to consolidate schools, transportation charges, supervision of normal schools, a $150000 free book fund, textbook adoption by counties, diploma endorsements, tax rate changes, minimum salaries for white teachers, nine month school years, comptroller withholdings for noncompliant boards, no separate colored school fund, and apportionment of state taxes by age 5 to 20. The act goes into effect upon passage and includes staff and pension provisions.
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M. Bates Stephens
Boards of Trustees
Normal School
Frostburg
Normal Department of Washington College
Maryland State Normal School
Baltimore Colored Normal School
State Board of Education
Maryland
State Superintendent of Education
County School Board
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Denton Journal
Howard Melvin Benj. NI
Joinson
Melvin & Johnson, Publishers
Caroline County
Denton
Mel
Democratic Party
Caroling County
Baltimore
United States
Ocean City
Thomas A. Smith
Emory S. Turpin
A.W. Sisk
Easton Gazette
Deston
Easton
HPCE
Arthur P. Gorman
L. E. McComas
Stevenson A. Williams
William H. Jackson
Felix Agnus
Charles J. Bonaparte
Calvin L. Bretz
Messrs
P. L. Goldsborough
H. M. McCullough
Carroll D. Wright
Roosevelt
Department Store
Speardl
Taig
J. Hartzburg & Co
Ham
Voile Gust
Fleeis
Howard and
Lexington Streets
Gretchen
Hochschild, Kohn & Co
Lexington Sts
Wright’s Store
Hamburg
Arbuckle
California
W. R. Wright
China
Japan
Zoe
Percales
Joe Percale
Nisi
William E. Lord
Alexander W. Lord
Frederick A. Lord, Et al
Orphans’ Court
Equity
Orphans’ Court For
Elmer W. Deen
John F. Dawson
W. H. Deen
J. Olin Clark
Robt. J. Jump
Register of Wills
Tilghman Harvey
Steel Ranges
Harvey
Maggle Cole
Burrsvills
Mr. Havrala
HL. Saulsbury
Grfinshoro
Mr. T.marvel
Thos.c. Curry
Arthur A. Adams
Burrsville
Snov
Mr. T. Harvey
F. A. Porter
MiLrourb
Mr. T Harvey
N.S. Stayton
Mar. T Iarvey
Sir
W.D. Taylor
Federalsburg
MR. Tearvey
O. K
T. Marvey’s
W. T. Adams
Slinsboro
T. Harvey
Wilbur Pennington
Gatpsboro
R. KE. Jones
Dfaton
Tilguman Harvey
Jaseh. Wright
Chaseline
Oliver and South Bend
Burrsville Hardware Store
Flarvey
Burrsville, Maryland
Sat
County Commissioners
Caroline Courty
Chas. IL
Whithy
Denton, Md
Glerk
National Life
Montpelier, VT
Wall Street
Businessx
Burnet & Saulsbury, General Managers
Wilmington
W. J. D. Lucas
Edwin M. Garey
Queen Anne’s County
Centreville
Chas
Whitby
Queen Anne's County
Joseph M. Parvis
Mullin
Elmer M. Waldron
Josephine Allen
Circuit Court
Chancery
Oscar Clark
Thomas L. Day
A. B. Chase
Sarah Williams
P. A. Fisher
Fair Ground Farm
Bethlehem
E. Leonora Valliant
T. HW. Everngam
L. B. Towers
Croce
Dr Warner
Canon
Grocery Department
Godwin
Washington St
Fred. R. Owens
Robt. D. Wayman
Fred. R. Ownens
Clatse
Wright
Bullock’s Jewelry Store
Nal Building
Ridgely
Preston
James H. Douglass
J. Edward Douglass
Emory L. Fooks
James UH. Douglass
Ice
Bradford Downes
T Pliny Fisher
Heather Milligan
Paint & Color Makers
Chicago
U.S.A
C. H. Dean
Queen Anne, MD
Henderson & CO
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Denton Bridge
T. S. Slaughter
Roe’s Cannery
Ghingher & Cooper
Mattings
Pittsburg
the Nuttle Hardware CO
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