Maine shifts to Democratic governor in surprising election
Maine voters elected Lotis J. Brann, Lewiston mayor, as governor, in a result that reshapes the state’s political balance. Democrats also captured two of three Congress seats, while Republicans held one district, as national leaders react to the upset and prepare for November contests.
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Maine
Lotis J. Brann
Lewiston
Burleigh Martin
Edward ©. Moran, Jr
Rockland
John G. Utterback
Reform
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Carroll L. Beedy
Everett Sanders
Hoover
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Farley
Michigan
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Person
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George H. Moses
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South Carolina
Cole Blease
Louisiana
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Huey Long
Broussard
Hillsdale
Philip ‘Watson
Cyrus Smith
Smith
Lansing
John Wendell Bird
Ingham County
Michigan News Roundup of Fires Fines Deaths and Elections
Michigan reports 2005 forest fires to date with Lower Peninsula leading 1131 to 874 in the north. A fatal saw accident in Kalamazoo killed Edgar McGee, 48. Assembly of towns reports robberies, poison scares, dand disbanding GR G.A.R. unit, and cattle poisoning cases. Other items note licenses, malt tax redistribution, mine reopenings, and a bigamist sentence in Traverse City.
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Lansing
Michigan
Lower Peninsula
Muskegon County
Mackinac County
Upper Michigan
Kalamazoo
Edgar B. McGee
McGee
Penalty of Success at a Kiwanis Picnic
William C Durant speaks on success and penalties at a Boston Kiwanis picnic. A humorous anecdote about the Sinnickson boarding house at Ocean City shows success bringing unexpected downsides. An ad promises consulting psychology guidance for personal problems at 1152 N LaSalle Chicago.
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City Hall Comedy Stranger Where kin get a marriage license
Humorous exchange from Louisville Courier Journal about obtaining a marriage license. An attendant declines with a sharp line while the stranger asks where to go for the license.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Seagull Receives First Known Artificial Leg
A seagull in Sault Ste. Marie Michigan with a broken leg was given an artificial leg. Dr D B Allen performed the operation after the gull was brought to him. Alphonse Scozzafave made a leather socket and Doctor Allen fitted a chicken bone as the prosthetic.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
D. B. Allen
Sault
Alphonse Scozzafave
Doctor Allen
By These Presents Love Gift and Marriage Token
The Boston Transcript quotes a quip on love as a gift and marriage as a token, then ponders aristocracy and affectation in a wry aside. The remark frames social commentary with a witty, epochal tone.
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