Suffrage Vote Certainty for November Election
Harrisburg May 3 suffragists say no legal obstacle will block a November vote on the woman suffrage amendment. Secretary of the Commonwealth Cyrus Woods and Attorney General Francis Shunk Brown concurred that no special legislation is needed to place the measure on the ballot. Mrs Roessing and Miss Patterson stated election-law steps are complete and the vote on November 2 is a certainty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Secretary of State
Frank M. Roessing
Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
Hannah J. Patterson
Woman Suffrage Party of Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Roessing
Miss Patterson
Cyrus &. Woods
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
George D. Thorn
Department of State
Woods
Francis Shunk Brown
Arkansas suffrage amendment clears legislature but blocked
The suffrage amendment passed both houses of the Arkansas legislature by 81 to 18 and 28 to 12 but cannot go to voters due to a law limiting amendments submitted at once. three amendments have already been submitted, preventing another ballot measure.
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Arkansas
Merchants Embrace Suffrage Colors in Store Windows
Pennsylvania merchants across towns and cities transform show windows with yellow tulips jonquils and daisies to honor the suffrage cause. Altoona Harrisburg Philadelphia and Pittsburgh leading displays join retailers department stores and tailors in spreading the suffrage color scheme statewide.
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Pennsylvania Woman Suffrage Association
Chamber of Commerce of
Altoona
Eleventh Avenue
Fifteenth Street
Harrisburg
Washington
Scranton
Wilkes-Barre
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Illinois Women Seek Full Suffrage Influence Says Jane Addams
Jane Addams notes that partial suffrage has empowered Illinois women and boosted their civic and philanthropic work. She says women here wish to push for full suffrage as eastern women campaign this year.
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Ilinois
Jane Addams
Bomb damages big tabernacle in Hagestown Md
An explosion at two o'clock this morning damaged the large tabernacle used by Evangelist William E. Biederwolf during a six week campaign. Dynamite placed under the southeast side tore holes in the building and ground. Night watchman Ezekiel Finnafrock fired at the blast, police arrived, but suspects remain at large. The tabernacle cost five thousand dollars.
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Hagestown
Board Tabernacle
William E. Biederwolf
Ezekiel Finnafrock
Evangelist Biederwolf
Warren Mail Bermuda tour contest for county women
The Warren Mail invites five Warren County ladies and a chaperon to a Bermuda trip paid by the paper. District winners with the highest votes win. the top district winner names the sixth member. Nominations open to women 17 plus, with votes via coupons and paid subscriptions. Voting runs April 26 to June 22, 1915, with rules and district boundaries listed.
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Warren Mail
Bermuda
New York City
Warren County
Odd Bits of News From Across the Nation
A Kansas elephant market run by William P. Hall attracts attention from Lancaster visitors. In Des Moines a bankruptcy reveals Miss Dottie Morgan pawned her body to Moses Levich for a death pledge. In Oakland a bee sting caused a fatal car crash that killed Grace Jacobi. In Columbus Miss Clyde Yarborough wins damages for a streetcar accident. In Brooklyn Caroline Klink, 17, swindles friends for jobs and is jailed at Blackwell's Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
J. Kelly Wright
State Board of Agriculture
William P. Hall
Hall
Europe
America
Des Moines
Dottie Morgan
Moses Levich
Denver
Levich
Oakland
Calif
Alex Jacobi
Grace
Jacobi
Columbus
S. C
Clyde Yarborough
Brooklyn
N. Y
Caroline Klink
Customs Service
Blackwell’s Island
Carman Trial Resumes as Jury Panel Grows
In Mineola New York May 3 Mrs Florence Carman begins a second trial for the murder of Mrs Louise Bailey at Dr Edwin Carman’s Freeport office. Five of twelve jurors are seated with a larger panel ordered after 46 salesmen were exhausted. The prosecution relies on Celia Coleman a Black maid, while racial bias challenges arise in jury selection.
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Mineola
N. Y
Florence Carman
Supreme Court
Louise D. Bailey
Edwin Carman
Freeport
Blackmar
Mrs. Carman
Celia Coleman
Carman
Draw Your Own Conclusions Protest and Suffrage Debate
A historical clipping contrasts 1828 anti railroad sentiment with 1915 anti suffrage rhetoric. Protests argue locomotives threaten safety while decrying changes to traditional roles and the home. The piece juxtaposes fears and calls for continuity in labor and voting practices.
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Mrs
Frank M. Koessiing
BIG Tabernacle
Evangelist W. E. Biederwolf
Hagerstown
Bermuda Islands
City of
Warren
North Warren
Freehold
Sugar Grove
Farmington
Spring Creek
Conewango
Brokenstraw
Pittsfield
Irvine
Youngsville
Glade, Mead, Corydon
Kinzua
Pine Grove
Cherry Grove
Elk
Sheffield
Clarendon
Pleasant
Deerfield
Watson
Eldred
South West
Limestone
Triumph
Tidioute
Garland
Torpedo
Grand Valley
The
Warren, Pa
L. P. Gibso
Penn’a Avenue
East
Warren, Penn’a
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