Chicago convention seats flood 50 000 requests
Chicago sets 3000 tickets for the Republican convention at the Coliseum after tallying 50 000 applications. Door guards will be ex soldiers with badges and tickets required for entry. The venue will offer free water, numerous lunch stands, a post office, hospital and press rooms, plus an electric scoreboard and phonograph system to manage the event.
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Coliseum
National Committee
Chicago
Henley
Cwill
Indianapolis
Republican State Committee
Will Hays
Republican National Committee
Wate ‘Company
Women Delegates Debate Hats at 1916 Republican Convention
Chicago hosts the Republican National Convention with hundreds of delegates and alternates. Officials debate etiquette on hats and smoking on the floor, while rest rooms and smoking areas are arranged for women and men. Costs exceed 150000 with major spending on seating, lighting, decoration, and bands.
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Henley
Heney
Malatesta
Chicago
Mittee
Fred. W.upham
Republican’ National
Walter
Jugo-Slavs Outline Fiume Settlement Demands
A Rome dispatch summarizes the Jugo-Slavs aims for a Fiume settlement. It calls for altering Wilson's line to favor Italy near Senesechi and Mount Maggiore, keeping Pola under Italian defense, and placing Fiume under League of Nations control. It notes possible swap of Lissa for Cherso Istria and highlights Albania talks as the hardest part of negotiations.
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Associated Press
Buenos Aires
Fiume
Anton Trumbitch
la Nacion
Rome
Wilson
Italy
Senesecchia
Trieste
Mount Maggiore
Pola
League of Nations
Lissa
Dalmatia
Tissa
Cherso
Istria
Albania
Scutari
Jugo-Slavia
United States
First death in family of 20 children reported
The first death in a family of twenty children occurred when Ernest J. Smith died in Rapid City South Dakota. The family’s father, 77, still runs a hog farm in the Sioux suburb, and the deceased was the youngest generation member at 26.
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Rapid City
Ernest J. Smith
Sioux
Notable liferary: falls and a German immigrant Civil War veteran
Falls recount a German immigrant who arrived in 1857 at age 14, served four years in the Civil War, and lived a large family with nine sons and four daughters from his first wife and four more children from the second wife. Each son weighs over 200 pounds and Ernest’s four grandparents lived past 80. Independent Market ad notes top poultry price in Twin Falls, with want ads promising quick results.
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Falls
United States
Germany
Jie
Ernest
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Flerfeher Dobyns
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