Harding and Coolidge Win in Historic Landslide Victory
The 1920 election returns show a massive Republican landslide with Harding and Coolidge sweeping coast to coast. Republicans gain a strong majority in the Senate and a large majority in the House as Democrats lose key contests in Oklahoma Missouri and Tennessee. The final vote tally tops the 400 mark for Harding with Republicans winning most Senate seats and controlling the House by a wide margin.
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Coolidge
League of Nations
Wilson
Cox
Roosevelt
Dayton
Ohio
Karding
White
McKinley
Taft
New York
Ilinois
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Michigan
Wisconsin
Iowa
Minnesota
Senate
Representatives
House
Oklahoma
Missouri
Tennessee
Harding-Coolidge
Montana
Beckham
Kentucky
Richard J. Ernst
Chamber
House Judiciary Committee
Electoral Vote and the Result in 1916
The article lists the 531 total electoral votes and 266 needed for victory, detailing state by state Republican and Democratic results in 1916. It notes Republican gains in Ohio and Missouri, with several senators and representatives listed as elected or re-elected, plus Democratic senators elected on incomplete returns.
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Illinois
William B. McKinley
Indiana
James E. Watson
Thomas Taggart
Iowa
Albert B. Cummins
Kansas
Charles Curtis
Missouri
Selden FF. Spencer
Wilson
New Hampshire
George H. Moses
New York
James W. Wadsworth, Jr
North Dakota
BE. P. Ladd
Gronna
Ohio
Frank EB
Willis
Pennsylvania
Boies Penrose
J. Thomas Heflin
Oscar W. Underwood
Alabama
Marcus A. Smith
Arizona
Thaddeus H. Garaway
Arkansas
Duncan A. Fletcher
Florida
J. CC
W. Beckham
Kentucky
Broussard
Louisiana
Charles B. Henderson
Nevada
Lee
Overman
North Carolina
Scott Ferris
Oklahoma
George Chamberlain
Oregon
Ellison D. Smith
South Carolina
Carter Glase
Virginia
Texas Democrats Run True to Form in General Election
Democratic majorities of more than five to one over Republicans appear in returns from Texas general election Tuesday. Democrats sweep state offices and Congress except San Antonio’s Fourteenth District where Carlos Bee loses to Henry Wurzbach. Two constitutional amendments pass. compensation amendment appears defeated. South Texas districts vote heavily Democratic. few American party wins elsewhere. Total Texas general vote likely sets a historic high, with primary turnout also surpassed.
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San Antonio
Carlos Bee
Henry Wurzbach
South Texas
Texas
State Land Office reports two year activity and oil permits
J. T. Robison Texas land commissioner filed a biennial report detailing school land sales and oil permits, a historical sketch since 1836, and recommendations on coastal boundary lines to protect public ownership. The document cites open land accounts and extensive royalties, noting the Fortunes from a Houston Galveston channel and potential boundary victory with Oklahoma.
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Austin
Tex
J. T. Robison
Texas
Robison
Houston Galveston Ship Channel
Oklahoma
United States
Count Primo Magri Dies At 71 Former Tom Thumb's Husband
Middleboro Massachusetts reports Count Primo Magri died Sunday after a two week illness. Magri the second husband of Mrs Tom Thumb and a famed dwarf stood 37 inches tall and weighed 55 pounds. Two weeks earlier he had an auction sale of the late Tom Thumb and his wife effects with proceeds planned to return to Italy.
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Middleboro
Mass
Primo Magri
Tom Thumb
Count Magri
Italy
Trophy Armistice Night Honors Belgian Pilot
Gordon Bennett trophy to Lieutenant Ernest de Muyter for piloting the Belgica in the recent international contest will be presented Armistice Night November 11 at a reunion of wartime air pilots in Birmingham, Alabama, announced by the Aero Club of America.
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New York
Ernest de Muyter
Birmingham
Ala
Aero Club of America
Dempsey Carpentier Title Fight Set for Havana Cuba
Jack Dempsey and Georges Carpentier will meet for the heavyweight championship in Havana Cuba the city announced on Friday.
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New York
Jack Dempsey
Georges Carpentier
Havana
Cuba
Ricci Envoy Named Salian Ambassador to Washington
According to the Popolo Romano on Tuesday Senator Rolandi Ricci is to be appointed Salian ambassador in Washington.
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Rome
Rolandi Ricci
Popolo Romano
Washington
Just the Place romance in a match factory remark
A brief exchange notes that many romances occur in business life and humorously cites a match factory as a setting. The line hints at workplace romance with a wry tone.
Diamond Dyes promise easy dyeing for all fabrics
Advert says Diamond Dyes give a rich fadeless color for wool silk linen cotton and blends. Each package includes simple directions so any woman can diamond-dye old garments draperies and coverings. Druggist offers Diamond Dyes Color Card with 16 colors.
Is That a Pedigreed Dog A Curious Exchange
A conversation hints at doubt about a dog’s pedigree as a theft concern remains minimal with no known thefts yet.
Hall's Catarrh Medicine promotes natural healing
A historical advertisement claims catarrh is influenced by constitution and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a tonic and blood purifier. It says the product cleanses the blood and builds up the system to restore normal conditions, with circulars free from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
Nature
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Drug CO
A Human Bouquet from a Rocky Mountain Telegram
Miss Thomas appears in a rose pink organdy ensemble with a matching hat, carrying a cluster of pink gladioli in a vivid description from the Boston Transcript. The ad promotes Dr Peerys Dead Shot claiming it expels worms or tapeworms and argues no second dose is needed for stomach and bowels.
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Rocky Mountain Telegram
Thomas
Boston Transcript
Dr. Peery
Not Aiding Profiteer Mul Tiplication Story
A third grader struggles with multiplication as parents assist at home. In a quoted exchange the sister asks what the boy would say to a grocer charging 7 cents each for nine apples. He responds quickly I wont pay it signaling a refusal to overpay.
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Birch
Indianapolis News
Parasol Seller Amid Shadows of Business and Jealousy
A proverb laden note questions shady dealings of a parasol seller. It contrasts men preferring bondage to domestic ties and comments on ease of earning versus spending. It likens jealousy to a vine bearing sour grapes.
Peterson Ointment Heals Major Ulcer Says Buffalo Resident
Letter from Mrs Albert Southcott of Medina New York describes long running sore healed by Peterson Ointment. She praises the product and notes it cost nine dollars for a large box and enabled walking again. Mail orders are filled by Peterson Ointment Co Inc Buffalo New York.
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Peterson
Albert Southcott
Medina
N. Y
Peterson Ointment Co., Inc
Bufjo, N. Y
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