Women win ballot in the Empire State headline rally
Women of New York achieve a victory in the suffrage movement as Carrie Chapman Catt lauds a nationwide push. Voters in Ohio and Virginia politics show antiwar and party shifts while New York City celebrates a large margin for women’s suffrage with demonstrators lining Manhattan streets.
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Election Results and Shifting Fortunes in New York
New York elects Mylan mayor by a large plurality. Mitchel places second, Hill retires third. Vennett pursues suffrage aims. Dry and wet factions mix as candidates struggle. a Republican wave fills vacancies and party seats across key offices.
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New York City Mayor Race Narrowly Splits Vote Amid Party Lines
Judge John F Mylan Democrat and Tammany ally captured a plurality in New York City mayoral race as Mitchel trailed and Hillquit kept pace in Brooklyn. The Socialist vote rose while party factions rallied. estimates put Mylan around 300,000 votes, Mitchel 160,000 to 170,000, Hillquit about 135,000, and Bennett near 20,000.
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Morrie Milquit
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William M Bennett
Seee Atwood Leads in Maryland Mayor Race
With half Pallimore precincts reporting Republican Atwood leads incumbent Democrat McMullin by about 1000 votes in Baltimore City. Baltimore typically leans Democratic in mayoral contests.
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Watt elected mayor of Albany in plurality win
James R. Watt, a Republican, was elected mayor of Albany with a margin over 8,000 votes. Democratic challenger Charlies H. Armatage trailed. John C. Williams, Socialist, polled under 1,000 votes.
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James RB. Watt
Charlies H. Armatage
John C. Williams
Chicago bears war sentiment in judicial ticket election
Early returns show the Republican allied judicial ticket sweeping Chicago with a margin near 900 votes and the Socialists trailing by about three to one. Afton Zeman led the joint ticket by roughly two to one. War fervor boosted turnout for a bench election, with Cook County voting around 126000 and about 15000 from rural townships. The independent ticket earned little support. In Cincinnati Ohio, prohibition supporters gained a small lead with 4046 precincts reporting 294042 for and 392320 against. Presidential woman suffrage in Ohio shows 217643 for and against in partial returns.
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Afton T Zeman
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Cincinnati
Massachusetts Election Returns Show GOP Landslide Victory
The Republican slate was reelected with strong margins and the party retained control of the Legislature. The anti funds to religious or private institutions amendment won by a large majority. Governor McCall led Democrat Mansfield by about 3,600 votes with sixty three precincts unreported. Calvin Coolidge led Democrat Hale for lieutenant governor by a substantial margin.
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Samuel W. McCall
Frederick W Mansfield
Calvin Coolidge
Matthew Hale
Metall
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San Jose Voters Ban Saloon Doors in 1917 Victory
San Jose and San Joan, California voters approved a ban on saloons by a majority of 1647, forcing 78 saloons to close on January 1, 1918. Wholesale liquor houses may continue under restrictions. In Indiana, Rockport Republicans won unopposed after Democrats failed to qualify their ticket.
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Republican W W Lufkin Defeats Bolofield In 9th District Race
In the Fifth congressional district race Republican W. W. Lufkin defeated Democrat George A. Bolofield. The Town Meeting party, organized by independents, claimed two Republicans and two Democrats won its ticket amid a city election showing a GOP edge of 14 298. In Philadelphia, supporters of State Senator James P. McNichal shifted to the Town Mooring ticket as a protest against regular Republican methods.
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W. W. Lufkin
George A. Bolofield
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Augustus Gardner
Philadelphia
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James P. McNichal
Leouievile KY First Time As Republican Party Wins
In Leouievile Kentucky the Republican party claimed a victory for the first time in a local election. George Woodah and Charles Wo Cretan are named among supporters and the result indicates a Republican alternate and house was elected. Voter turnout appeared low and the campaign faced limited local enthusiasm.
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Manchester Mayor Defeated by Reform Candidate
Fragmented OCR text implies a political race in Manchester where a reform-minded candidate challenged and defeated the current mayor. Identified names include Harry W. Spauid and references to a political party or vote context.
Shreiber Victor Elected Mayor in Toledo Race
Shreiber Victor in Toledo was elected mayor after counting more than half the precincts. The candidate Carnell Shreiber, now Partisan, led over the Sodelis with a majority estimate. Total votes exceeded 16,000.
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Robert T. Ha
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Indiana City Mayor Election Result Shifts by Plurality
Official returns from Indianapolis show Charles W. Jewett, known as Hop, elected mayor by a plurality of 47. The tally lists Jewett 22087 votes, Mier a Democrat 12101, and Shank of the Home House party at 149.
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Publican Huffalo Hoch elected mayor for third term
George Hoch, publican, was elected mayor by about 10 percent plurality in a race where Woman Suffrage won by over 2,000 votes. Hoch seeks a third term as mayor amid the suffrage victory reported across the city.
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Reelected Syracuse Mayor Walter Ko Stone Faces Vote
Republican Walter Ko Stone was reelected mayor of Syracuse amid a vote tally showing Stone 11,002 and opponents Hitch and Met receiving 1,825 banded results. Bandera in Sac records lists Dave Flasington as prohibiting 1645.
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Utica Mayor Race Reelected by Plural Margin
Utica New York voters reelect Democrat candidate Janes Smith as mayor by a plural margin of 1832 over Republican William F. Dowling. Smith secures continued leadership amid close campaign dynamics.
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Janes Smith
William F. Dowling
Stone Re Elected in Syracuse Mayor Election
Syracuse electorate reelects Stone Re as mayor with 14885 votes. Walter HO Hep reelected? Walter Ho Hep appears, with 11406 votes for W. Paige Hitcock Democrat, Santis Soo, and 3487 votes.
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Syracuse
Walter HO
Herechard
W. Paige Hitcock
Dem
Santis
Soo
Mayor Marty Dates Reelected With Narrow Lead
Early official returns show Marty Dates of the Republican party reelected as mayor by a plurality of about 200 votes in Cleveland. Whichever party ballots were counted first suggest a tight race. The result reflects a close contest with ongoing vote tallies expected.
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Marty J. Dates
Drys Lead in New Mexico Albuquerque Election
Dry voters lead in Albuquerque with 2 615 for prohibition campaign and 1 793 against across 18 precincts. Results reflect early returns from New Mexico city races and statewide questions.
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New Mexico
Albuquerque
Prohibition
Twenty-eighth District Race Sees Narrow Majority for Dem
Unofficial returns from the Twenty eighth congressional district show Headline Dem halos Lyona iRep leading by about 1200 votes, with Monroe county yet to report.
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Congress
Monreer County
Go to Bed Now Son Question on Words and Roots
A father explains why words have hue and root in a playful exchange with his son. The dialogue suggests language growth mirrors a family’s curiosity, with a gentle nightward cadence and a warm, domestic setting.
Unidentified Ball Night Package Inquiry
A brief exchange recalls a nighttime search for a package in the ball. One person asks if a package was found, and the other replies that it was thrown away with someone else. The dialogue hints at a domestic memory or anecdote from a past event.
Dr Smart Says It Requires Patience To Run An Automobile
A quip notes that running a car demands patience with a pun on patients. The joke highlights Dr Smart as speaker and plays on the wordplay between patience and patients, reflecting light humor in everyday life.
Usurers and Interest Rates Through The Centuries
A fragmented discussion traces historical moneylending practices from the thirteenth to fourteenth centuries with references to per cent rates and state interventions. It notes the usual rates around 14 to 15 per cent and later reductions influenced by specie changes and government limits, mentioning figures such as James and Charles and the concept of a ten-month term in loans.
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