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Newspaper
Elko Independent
Location
Elko, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1916
Page
1
California shows Wilson ahead as counting continues. Hughes trails with Los Angeles largely unreported while New York and New Mexico count toward a potential Democratic majority in Congress. California results fuel optimism for a Wilson victory and party gains nationwide.
North Dakota 18 candidates faced Crom in Fargo as Wilson led with about 1500 votes while McComb was reelected constable and O T Hill retained Justice of the Peace. Architect C Lewis Wilson of Butte Montana was in Elke for talks with the High School Board on the new building.
Thirty six of thirty nine Elko County precincts report results for 1910 races. Presidential ticket Wilson 1910 Hughes 1004. Senator Miller 6.0, Pittman 1410. Representative Caine 159s. Supreme Judge McNamara 566. Assembly candidates incl. Kent Boucher 1928 Coryell 1611. Sheriff Ames 2268. District Attorney Carville 171. Weather noted. bonds Yes 49% in Elko High Bonds.
Senator Pittman returns to Tonopah after a remarkable campaign victory carried by a coalition of Republicans Socialists and the Women’s Party. Ten thousand cheer as he arrives in Renot onjeht is greeted by the Nevada Military Band and a packed crowd. He addresses supporters from a railroad truck then is carried to Kane's Café amid jubilant cheers. He carried the state by about two thousand votes the largest for a winner in years. The reception marks one of Nevada’s greatest political moments.
A fragment reflecting on Thanksgiving as a national holiday, praising patriotism and divine blessings, noting world events and peace, ending with an unclear name Jerrit's.
Early returns showed Hughes leading but by midnight Wilson gained enough electoral votes to secure re election. California emerged pivotal with New Hampshire likely for Wilson Marshall and other western states flipping from Hughes to Wilson, giving Democrats control of the next House.
San Francisco totals give Woodrow Wilson a 15 091 vote lead over Charles B Hughes with 78451 to 63357. Prohibition amendments appear heavily defeated citywide. Elko High School plans a celebration tonight for the new building following Tuesday’s election.
California results show Wilson's lead cut to 500 votes when an adding machine error from Ree istar McAleer of Los Angeles added 2000 to Hughes. Six LA precincts remain but Republicans say they will erase Wilson while about 300 precincts, mainly in the north, favor Wilson. Final counts unlikely before tomorrow night.
St Paul dispatch notes Hughes holding a lead with a 501 vote margin as 219 precincts remain unreported by 4 PM. The earlier 240 precinct update showed Hughes ahead with a substantial majority.
Four thousand votes misallocated in Indiana returns shift support from Wilson to Hughes. The error, discovered at four o'clock this afternoon, makes Indiana doubtful again and increases the chance that Wilson will lose the state.
A promotional note offers Sunset iie Steel Cut Coffee at regular prices with a 17 cent saving when purchased together, labeled with the code e200 R 1. The wording emphasizes value and discount tying to a specific item.
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