Votes for Women in 1920 Triumph Rushes Through States
Washington and Delaware ratified the Susan B Anthony amendment completing three fourths of the states needed. The long suffrage fight began in 1848 with Seneca Falls leaders Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton and included Susan B Anthony. The movement saw key victories from Wyoming 1869 to Kentucky 1920 and culminated in the 1920 ratification after years of state campaigns and national organizing groups.
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Delaware
United States
Union
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Ohio
Supreme Court
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Georgia
Mississippi
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Connecticut
Vermont
Marcus H. Holcomb
Percival W. Clement
Florida
Louisiana
North Carolina
Thomas
W. Bickett
United States Supreme Court
Lucretia Mott
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Seneca Falls
N. Y
State Supreme Court
Henry B. Stanton
Susan B. Anthony
Lucretia Motz
Adams
Mass
Miss Anthony
Congress
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Rochester
Senate
Sargent
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Iowa
Indiana
Maine
Minnesota
Missouri
Kentucky
National American Woman Suffrage Association
National Woman's Party
Alice Paul
White House
Paul
House
Sixty
National Woman Suffrage Association
Mrs. Stanton
American Woman Suffrage Association
Mary A. Livermore
Julia Ward Howe
Lucy Stone
Boston
National American Woman Suffage Association
National Association
St. Louis
League of Women Voters
Chicago
A Love Story in Japan and Delicacy in Scenes
An American reader is brought to a Japanese love scene where a foot note hints at a marriage proposal. The remark cites John Halifax Gentleman and notes how Japanese sensibilities influence the portrayal of romance with discretion and understatement.
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John Halifax
Court of Lions at the Alhambra
The Court of Lions in the Alhambra palace in Spain is famed for its 12 white marble lions that drain water from their mouths into a central alabaster basin.
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Alhambra
Spain
How Oysters Grow Shells and Attach to Bottom
Young oysters float on the surface then sink and fasten to the bottom. There they extract lime from water and deposit it as shell around their bodies.
Benner stock farm adds Giant boar at $21000
Hartford City reports Stimson, owner, paid $21 000 for Marshall's Giant a yearling Poland China boar added west of the city. The herd expansion reflects Indiana farm industry activity across several towns with crop and livestock notes.
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Marshall
Stimson
Kokomo
Howard County Farmers’ Federation
Evansville
Varney Electric Company
Andrew Jackson Cigar Company
Vincennes
Johnson County
Kane County
George L. Ryan
Columbus
Joseph E. Clouse
Hope
Indiana
United States
Crawfordsville
Japan
Laporte
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Chicago
Northern Indiana Editorial Association
Angola
Morton Streets
Charles Foster
Monticello
Seymour
Jackson
South Bend
Case Works
Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing Company
Indianapolis
Indiana Federation of Farmers’ Associations
Russellville
Sutherlin Brothers
Here
Mammoth Giant
Disher Giant
Illinois
Lafayette
Taylor Fouts
Camden
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Purdue
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Canning
Marion Township
Shelby County
Goodrich
Miles Schaeffer
Charles W. Camp
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George C. Bryant
Reporting Service
Senate Campaign Funds Probe Seeks Hays and White
Chicago Aug 25 Republican and Democratic leaders were ordered to appear next Monday before the senate committee investigating campaign expenditures. Will Hays George White and treasurers of related committees were told to bring books and papers. Governor Cox was asked to submit or appear with evidence supporting his claim of a 15 million dollar Republican funds. Dayton Aug 25 Cox vowed to publish his evidence and stated he would reveal proof of a slush fund to influence the presidency.
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Senate
Will Hays
George White
Kenyon
Cox
New York
Will H. Hays
Dayton
James M. Cox
William B. Kenyon
Iowa
Americans Move Into the Towns Third of Census Tabulated
The 1920 census will show more people living in cities and towns than in rural areas for the first time. With one third of data in, officials estimate 51 or 52 percent urban, based on a 105 million total population. Detroit rises to fourth, Akron leaps to thirty second.
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Washington
Ior
United States
Census Bureau
J. A. Hil
Bureau
Samuel L. Rogers
Detroit
Akron
Illinois Loses Fare Fight In Court Ruling
Illinois failed to secure the 2 cent a mile fare when a federal court injunction blocked enforcement of the 1907 rate law. The temporary order raises intrastate passenger rates to 3.6 cents a mile starting September 1. Hearings on rate increases for freight and passenger services are set for September 8 by the Interstate Commerce Commission.
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Chicago
Ilinois
Geiger
Baker
English
Interstate Commerce Commission
Illinois
Flames Sweep Forest Near Vancouver Firefronts Threaten Timber
Vancouver reports more than 250 fires in the Campbell River district over recent days. Dozens burn across the Stillwater area amid vast tracts of timber loss and ongoing destruction described as a sea of flames.
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Vancouver
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Campbell River
Hamburg Senator Named German Ambassador to Rome
Berlin reports John von Beren berg Gossler, Hamburg senator, appointed German ambassador to Rome. Georg Alfred Plehn, formerly consul general at Barcelona, named German minister to Brazil per the Tageblatt.
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Rome
Berlin
John von Berenberg-Gossler
Hamburg
Georg Alfred Plehn
Barcelona
Spain
Brazil
Tageblatt
New York Investors Urge Liberal Water Power Licensing
Representatives from several New York investment houses urged the Water Power Commission to adopt a liberal policy under the federal water power act. The panel, led by the secretaries of war interior and agriculture, will study a proposed Potomac river power plant to supply Washington and consider requiring licensees to earmark earnings above a set figure for the government.
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Washington
Water Power Commission
New York
Secretaries of War, Interior,and Agriculture
Potomac River
Des Moines Car Men Strike Brings City Transit to Halt
Des Moines workers walk out under union orders as 400 motormen and conductors refuse to work until $84,000 in back wages from last spring’s wage increase are paid.
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Des Moines
McAdoo to Preside at Cox Luncheon in New York
William G. McAdoo former treasury secretary will preside at a New York luncheon for Governor James M. Cox Democratic presidential nominee. McAdoo will deliver a short address introducing Cox next Saturday as announced.
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Secretary of Treasury
New York
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
James M. Cox
McAdoo
Cox
Fire destroys notable Brunswick hotel in Moncton
A blaze in Moncton New Brunswick completely destroyed the Brunswick hotel valued at $175 000. The hotel had been newly built the previous year and was destroyed within hours.
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Moncton
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Brunswick
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