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Detroit Voter Warnings and Turpentine Porch Fire
City Clerk Thomas Leadbetter warned Detroit voters about democracy risks in a century- old political speech. A separate event recounts McKinley noting a drop in 1948 presidential voter turnout. In Pennsylvania a turpentine bottle on a porch ignited, Charles Miller and utility workers contained the blaze by dousing water and tearing down the porch to stop spread.
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