Wilson Wins Presidency as California Push Gives 269 Votes
The 1912 style contest ends with Wilson securing a Democratic majority in the electoral college after California adds 269, with New Mexico, West Virginia and New Hampshire in play. Recounts loom in close states as parties marshal legal might while Hughes campaigns in New York Indiana Illinois and Ohio remains decisive.
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Charles B. Hughes
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The
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New Jersey
Mr. Hughes
Willcox
George W. Perkins
Baltimore
North Dakota
McCormick
Alton B. Parker
Morgan J. O'Brien
Delaney Nicoll
John B. Stanchfield
Rae
Mittee
South States Vote Maintains Democratic Lead Across South
President Wilson secured large majorities in Virginia North and South Carolina Georgia Florida Louisiana Alabama Mississippi Tennessee Arkansas and Texas. Democratic state tickets won by customary margins and at least one new congressman emerged in North Carolina. In Virginia Democrats held nine seats and Walt P. Martin won in Louisiana over Wade O. Martin. Tennessee re-elected eight Democrats and two Republicans to Congress.
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Taggart
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William F. Kirby
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Hiram W. Johnson
Connecticut
George P. McLean
Josia O. Wolcott
Florida
Park M. Trammel
Harry E. New
James E. Watson
Maine
Frederick Hale
Bert M. Fernald
Maryland
Joseph I. France
Massachusetts
Henry Cabot Lodge
Michigan
Charles E. Townsend
Minnesota
Frank B. Kellogg
Mississippi
John Sharp Williams
Missouri
James A. Reed
Tennessee
Kenneth D. McKellar
Texas
Chas. A. Culberson
William H. King
Vermont
Carroll S. Page
Claude A. Swanson
Washington
Miles Poindexter
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Wade O. Martin
South Dakota Votes Dry and California Prohibition Loss
South Dakota voters passed a prohibition to ban saloons by at least 20 000 with Norbeck elected governor. In California George M Mc Dowell claimed amendment No 2 abolishing retail liquor outlets was lost.
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George M. McDowell
The
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South Dakota
Pierre
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Norbeck
Walsenburg Arrests Target Election Officials On Tuesday
Between 20 and 30 people were arrested in Walsenburg Colorado on various misdemeanors. Several election officials were among those arrested. A. W. McHendrie judge of the Third judicial district, summoned from Trinidad at midnight and set bonds from 300 to 500 dollars.
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Charles E. Hughes
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Walsenburg
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Third Judicial District
Trinidad
Election Frauds Charged in Wheeling
Nine Black defendants were arrested Tuesday by federal officers in Wheeling West Virginia and jailed on charges of election fraud.
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W. Va
Uncle Joe Re-Elected. Cannon Victory Reported
Danville reports Uncle Joe Cannon conceded by Smith in a local race. El Paso dispatches say Edgar Koch German consular agent at Parral was killed or held for ransom by Villa forces near Santa Rosalia after taking $50,000 in silver for an American mining company. A later note claims Koch was executed. Also a Dorado Chihuahua clash between Villa bandits and reorganized Carranza troops near Parral and Jiminez is reported to U S authorities.
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Dorado
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Jiminez
United States
High Cost of Living and Cheap Macaroni Meals Ad
An advertisement urges cutting high priced meat and using Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as a cheap nutritious alternative. It promotes a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg. Co. of Omaha Nebraska, aimed at homemakers seeking affordable meals.
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Local Race Talk Sparks Lively Troup at Station
At a southern railroad station several Black waiters discuss a fellow craftsman named Henry. The talk compares his moving feet to pancakes and embraces a vivid, humorous cadence. An unrelated advertisement for Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills is included offering samples at 372 Pearl Street.
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Wright
Pearl Street
Antique phonograph sparks buyer dealer banter
A second hand dealer touts a rare antique phonograph while a skeptical customer jokes about its age and value. The exchange turns comic as the dealer notes the instrument was long owned and paid for.
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Kansas City Star
Mansfield Cough Balm Ad Promises Quick Relief
A vintage advertisement urges avoiding a doctor's bill by using Mansfield Cough Balm for a hacking cough. The ad promotes bottles priced at 25 cents and 50 cents, touting fast relief.
Loud Enough in My Car Horn Snafu
Comic exchange about a broken automobile horn and a mention of Ethel wearing a new sports skirt. The line hints at a humorous domestic moment without further context or action.
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Ethel
Romantic Girl Seeks Moonlight Over Daylight Plan
In a playful exchange a romantic girl voices support for more moonlight over the proposed extra hour of daylight. Her remark contrasts with the daylight shift idea, adding a whimsical local color to the discussion.
Nature’s Hoodoo Temple Figures in Hoodoo Basin
In western Wyoming’s Hoodoo basin curious hoodoo formations resemble Punch and Judy heads grim savages simpering old maids and many animals. Fifty head shapes and over forty faces are counted. The rock is volcanic breccia carved by Dame Nature.
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Hoodoo Basin
Wyoming
Dame Nature
Popular Science Monthly
Women Find Hope in Lydia Pinkham Remedies
Readers from North Crandon Wisconsin Lawton Oklahoma and Roxbury Massachusetts share experiences with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound claiming relief from displacement ulcers fatigue irregularity and related female health issues. The letters urge others to seek advice from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co emphasizing confidential female guidance.
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Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Mayme Aspacu
Worth Crandon, Wis
Lawton
Okla
Lydia Eb, Pinkham
A. L. MoCasiano
Oklo
Massachusetts
Roxbury
Mass
B. M. Oscoon
Haynes
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