Will Frances Axtell be first Congresswoman in world
Frances Axtell, a candidate in Washington's Second Congressional district, argues Congress needs the woman’s view. She campaigns in Seattle today with speeches at Duwamish and Kent, facing bitter opposition from party organs while maintaining humor and humanitarian progressive ideals.
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Mrs. Frances Axtell
Prances Axtell
Bellingham
Frances Axtell
Wilson
Bellingham Herald
Samuel Perkins
Republican National
Axtell
Congress
Wilson Gets Big Welcome in New York
President Wilson arrives for his first New York campaign swing amid loud cheers and a hoped for historic Madison Square Garden gathering. He plans three major speeches, with overflow meetings and a Tammany parade, as he appeals to the common masses and aims to press a strong political argument.
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Robert J. Bender
United Press
New York
Wilson
New York City
Madison Square Garden
Garden
Buffalo
Fea
Wilson Business Men's League
Cooper Union
Tammany
the Waldorf
Wilson Parade in Seattle Promises Record Crowd
Ten thousand supporters are expected for a Woodrow Wilson demonstration in Seattle. The parade will travel Second and Third avenues from Pike to Yesterway, ending with a rally at the Metropolitan Theatre and an overflow gathering in Metropolitan Square. Col. Otto A. Case is grand marshal as labor groups and nonpartisan associations join the line with flags banners and brass bands.
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Seattle
Woodrow Wilson
Metropolitan Theatre
Metropolitan Square
Second
Third Aves
Pike St
Yesterway
Wilson
Seventh Aves
Pike
Senecasta
Otto A. Case
Drift's to Wilson in New York
Altamont New York November 2 19 I came to meet farmer voters in their orchards to hear how and why they plan to vote for Wilson. I spent half a day traveling about 60 miles talking to 24 farmers and gathering their views in this rural community in Albany County.
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Gilson Gardner
Altamont
N. Y
Albany
Albany County
Germans Evacuate Fort Vaux on Verdun Front
German troops evacuated Fort Vaux on the Verdun front amid intensified artillery fire from the French. The fortress, last Verdun stronghold held by Germany, was evacuated after a night withdrawal ordered by the German command.
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FT. Vaux
Berlin
Sayville
Fort Vaux
Verdun
Meuse
War Office
Fort Douaumont
United Press
Berger Sees War Peril In Hughes
Victor Berger argues that a Hughes victory would push the United States to defend European commerce and aid allies to protect billions in investments shared with English capitalists. He contends defending investments risks dragging the nation into war.
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Berger
Hughes
Republican Party
Europe
Inquiring Lady Milk Quotas from the Truthful Boy
A playful exchange from the London Saturday Journal features a lady asking about a cow's daily milk. The truthful boy responds with eight quarts produced and twelve quarts sold, showcasing wit in a rural setting.
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London Saturday Journal
Aviator Sets New Mark by Flight to East
Victor Carlstrom, flying from Ashburn field in a Curtiss biplane, aims for New York nonstop. He encounters a forced descent near Erie after maintaining speeds above 100 mph, having already broken his own American nonstop record earlier this year. He carries letters to officials and greetings to German authorities for a return voyage.
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Chicago
Victor Carlstrom
Ashburn
New York
Erie
Carlstrom
Kearsarge
Newport News
Marshall
French Air Service
Nafcy
Berlin
Poland
Eli
Thompson
Pres. Wilson
Whitman
Mitchel
Gov
Dunne
Thomas H. Barry
Leonard Wood
Bion J. Arnold
Thomas A. Edison
Association of Commerce
Merchants’ Association of New York
Campbell
Burleson
Germany
Arrest Plotters in Border Towns
Nogales Arizona November 2 The charge of a plot to violate U S neutrality appears to bear fruit with arrests in Nogales and Tucson. In Tucson authorities seized 5000 rounds of ammunition and rifles from a cache while hardware dealers and several Mexicans were arrested.
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Nogales
Ariz
Baker
United States
Tucson
The Bride's Hero Begins Monday at Coal Mine Romance
In a coal mine setting a delicate love story unfolds as heiress Sandy Phayre and her hero navigate passion amid dust. The Bride's Hero by Mrs Williamson centers on a doomed opera singer Comtesse Helene Garde and the man Sandy loves, with the mystery of how she secures him.
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Comtesse Helene Garde
Sandy
Wealthy trust promoter letters do not prove marriage promise
A New York jury ruled that Getty-Up letters from Whitney Lyon to Misa Connell did not amount to a marriage agreement. Lyon, sued for 100000, used playful lines such as Dear Doll and Your Big Fat Fool in letters from Florida to Connell. In Miami February 1914 he spoke of returning with passion flowers and love.
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New York
Whitney Lyon
Misa Margaret Connell
Lyon
Miss Connell
Supreme Court
Florida
Royal Palm Hotel
Miami
Fla
Doll
Fifth Ave
Misa Connell
Court to Pass on Election Boards
Attorney Reynolds files suit in superior court for a peremptory writ to appoint a Democrat in each precinct ballot area claiming 51 percent pre cineta are Republican only and noting arrests of three appointees. He asks the court to compel the county commissioners to obey the law and ensure fair voter access.
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Precineta
Do. A. Reynolds
Superior Court
Reynolds
Board of Commissioners
Todd
Kathryn Williams Invited to Wisconsin State Lectures
Kathryn Williams has been invited to give a series of lectures at the Wisconsin state university on how to make motion pictures.
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Kathryn Williams
Wisconsin State University
Nineteen Scott Boys Born in Corning During Decade
Mr and Mrs Frank Scott welcomed nineteen sons in Corning Arkansas over ten years. The tally includes three triplets and four sets of twins. Each child’s name begins with the letter A as noted in local records.
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Frank Scott
Corning
Ark
Wife Deserter Amy Thompson Arrested With Florence May
Butte police arrested Howard A Thompson and Florence E May on telegraphic warrants. Thompson, a Skinner-Eddy machine worker, left his wife and two and a half year old child for May, marrying supposedly in October and traveling to Chicago. May is charged as a state vagrant. her mother urged return to Seattle.
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Butte
Mont
Howard A. Thompson
Columbia Ave
Florence E. May
Thompson
Skinner-Eddy Corporation
Mra
Alathea Thompson
Carmody
Miss May
Fremont Ave
Chicago
Chary
Utility Deposit Plan Opposed by Seattle Officials
Privately owned utilities push a $5 deposit on all light and power customers via a state public service commission ruling. Assistant Corporation Counsel Walter F. Meier says ownership or a guarantor signature proves credit. a deposit could be demanded otherwise. Seattle to contest the move as state control over municipally owned utilities is debated. Hearing on electrical construction rules continues December 5 in Seattle.
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State Public Service Commission
Walter F. Meier
Meier
Public Service Commissioners
Seattle
Caldwell
Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Football Fans Board Special to See Huskies in Eugene
More than 200 University of Washington followers are to ride the Great Northern special leaving King Street station at 1034 Friday night for Eugene to watch Washington clash with Oregon on Saturday. An extra car will carry a souvenir wagon for fans to show team spirit.
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University of Washington
Great Northern
King St
Eugene
Washington
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