Bubble car politics: Grant and Gray in Ruraldene race
In Ruraldene a campaign between Uncle Peter Grant and Mayor William Gray grows tense as supporters clash. A comic Bubble car stunt aimed at boosting Grant’s bid ends in chaos, mishaps, and a staged public showdown billed as a joint debate.
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Peter Grant
Bill Gray
Gray
Grant
William
Bunch
Rye
Peter
Uncle William
Alice
New York
Buraidene
Uncle Peter
Martha
John
Nix
William Gray
Buraldene
Bunch Jefferson
Editor Answers All Questions With Cage And Funnel
A sharp featured suffragette confronts the editor about a missing mail question on how to tell a bad dog. He quips that only a strong cage and a 20 inch funnel will convey it, then exits for lunch as she threatens to sue.
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North ‘Pole
Mad Am
Judge
Coon Hunt Brings Narrow Escape From 300 Foot Cliff
In Lake Keuka area a man recounts a near fatal fall while coon hunting. He climbed a tall tree to kick a coon off a limb over a ravine and nearly tumbled 300 feet into the void as the limb gave way. He miraculously held on and survived the plunge, vowing to hunt coons less after that night.
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Game
Portland
Lake Keuka
Old Steuben
Packy
Griswold
Hammondsport
Bath
Lege Keuka
Early Manuscript Letters and Capitals
The text notes that early manuscripts used the same style as metal plates and wax tablets with all capitals. It states minuscule writing was invented in the seventh century. Subscribe for the MAIL.
Revolt Near Hankow Shifts Chinese Loyalties
News dispatches report two thousand imperial Chinese troops near Hankow revolting in favor of the republic. The American minister in Pekin shelters Americans in the legation quarter as the city absorbs the upheaval.
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Hankow
Republic
Pekin
Legation
Record Flight Sets Time World Monoplane Streak
Four men spent one hour and thirty minutes in a monoplane at Johannisthal to set a flight record. Yuan Shih Kai is noted as created a marquis. Reichstag elections indicate Socialists at 110 seats in the new assembly. Montenegrin immigrants in the U S pledged 200000 dollars to a republican movement in Cetinje. Olean New York orders readmission of unvaccinated children. Kansas City police testify to a grand jury that explosions were arranged by others than Manigal and the McNamars.
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Yuan Shih Kai
Johannisthal
Reichstas
Assembly
United States
Cettinje
Olean
N. Y
Kansas City
International notes and political shifts across 1919 headline items
The Manouha crew of 29 Turks surrendered to the French consul at Cagliari while Italy released the Tavignano seized near Trioli. In Tabriz Russian forces order Persians and Armenians to lay down arms as a broader power struggle unfolds. United Mine Workers in Indianapolis push a Socialist leaning editorial stance and Champ Clark runs for president on his own record. Negotiations at Lawrence Massachusetts between mill owners and striking workers are called off amid ongoing labor strife.
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Italy
Manouha
Cagliari
Tavignano
Trioli
Tabriz
United Mine Workers
Indianapolis
Champ Clark
Lawrence Mass
Chief Pension Official William Tochren Dies in Minneapolis
Tuesday reports state William Tochren, commissioner of pensions under President Cleveland, died at his Minneapolis home at age 8. Other items note a fatal fire at the home of Curtis Hale in Claytonia, Pa, a federal grand jury indictment of 30 in a dynamite conspiracy probe, Turkish forces clashing near Tripoli and Ainzara, and a Quito mob lynching of several Alfaro and Paez revolutionists.
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William Tochren
Cleveland
Minneapolis
Curtis Hale
Claytonia
Indianapolis
Federal Grand Jury
Ghirgarish
Tripoli
Ainzara
Quito
Elo Alfaro
Flavio Alfaro
Medardo Alfaro
Ulpiano Paez
Manuel Serreno
Famine appeal and riots reported in British and Persian notes
Governor Dix appeals for famine victims in China. The Duke of Fife dies in Assouan Upper Egypt. Rebels lynched by the Qutists. bodies burned. A strike riot in Lawrence ends with a death and a stabbed officer as troops restore order. W Morgan Shuster discusses Persia at a London Savoy Hotel banquet.
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Dix
China
Duke of Fife
George V
Assowan
Upper
Egypt
Quits
Lawrence
Foss
W. Morgan Shuster
Persia
Savoy Hotel
London
Bomb attacks on Chinese provincial viceroys and treaty news
Thursday reports two bomb attacks against viceroys in Chinese provinces. A US Hungary copyright treaty was signed in Budapest. The British admiralty ordered three large submarines from Vickers Sons Maxim. William Jennings Bryan's presidential candidacy in Nebraska was withdrawn. Judson Harmon of Ohio had his filing noted by the secretary of state. Secretary Meyer condemned the Democratic house caucus vote against battleship construction as snap judgment.
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United States
Hungary
Budapest
Vickers Sons & Maxim
William Jennings Bryan
Nebraska
Judson Harmon
Ohio
Meyer
Democratic House Caucus
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