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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1952
Page
16
A West of the Pecos column riffs on turnout tactics and playful political ads. It jokes about paid voting, bargain discounts to lure voters, and hints at urging women to mobilize with their partners, while noting humor yet urging civic participation. It also mentions Wright-Patterson Air Force Base and a Roswell joke, plus a note on demand for horses in the Northeast.
The report notes well matched teams are essential as draft horses from Iowa Nebraska and Missouri command around $100. Merritt reports shipping 10 carloads of horses this year. The piece mentions Abraham Lincoln at age 21 crossing the Wabash River and seeing Illinois plains, plus his early leadership in the Black Hawk War.
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