Some Odd Features About The Election
Edward J. Neil reports on absentee voting trends for Roosevelt and London across the United States. The piece notes 80 000 absentee voters, daily application rates, notarization rules, and special arrangements including trains, regional campaigns, and diverse voting cases from sailors to lighthouse keepers.
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Edward J. Neil New
Roosevelt
London
Democratic
Washington
United States
Landoffice
Alabama
Massachusetts
Democratic Bureau
Pennsylvania
Kentucky
New York
New Jersey
Oklahoma
Missouri
Gasoline Revenues Discussed In Roanoke Grange Meeting
Dr. Meade Ferguson led about 250 delegates from 117 Granges at the Virginia State Grange session in Roanoke. He urged using auto tax and gasoline revenues to improve highways and backed compulsory county education, noting no anti-Grange bills passed in the last General Assembly.
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Roanoke
Meade Ferguson
Virginia State Grange
Richmond
Ferguson
Grange
General Assembly
Dr. Ferguson
L. J. Tolles
Connecticut State Grange
L. J.taber
National Grange
S. W. Kinze
Montgomery
Tolles
Randolph Macon Academy Opens Lead With Early TD
Randolph Macon Academy of Front Royal jumped ahead 6-0 in the first quarter as Lyon to Eldridge connected for a 20 yard pass and Eldridge scored. Handley fought back with a strong line but could not convert drives as the wind favored West.
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Handley
Randolph-Macon Academy
Front Royal
Lyon
Eldridge
Randolph Macon
Baker
Seal
Lilard
Yellow Jackets
Handley R. M
B—Campbell
R. Baker
T—Magon
Nce
Reee Williams Lag
Waugh GC
Boyds
Ccsisvseen Waugh R
G—Light
Levens R. T.—Tavenner
Brang R. E.W. Baker
Eldridge F. B—Kern
Cesseesss Crigler L
Hiz-Baker
Bi—Grove
Lyon Arthur
Eferee
Crowe
Stevens
Roanoke
Ellinwood Withdraws from Track to Study Philosophy
Ray Ellinwood, University of Chicago track captain and 440 yard dash world record holder, renounces his athletic career for three years to study Aristotle and Aquinas. He has departed for California to pursue philosophy with a graduate student before returning to Chicago for an undergraduate course.
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Ray Ellinwood
University of Chicago
Aristotle
Thomas Aquinas
Ellinwood
California
Chicago
New York Vote Key as Nation Awaits Election Result
The piece notes New York's pivotal role in this election and discusses how state results influence national outcome. It recalls 1876 and 1896 recalls, outlines ballot issues, recount limits, and the rapid, coordinated press effort to publish results across the country.
Nation May Know By Midnight On November 3
Washington dispatch notes that by midnight on November 3 half the nation may know the next president and vice president as modern news machinery and press networks rush to publish returns. It explains the roles of newspapers, telegraph, radio, and polling centers in tallying and broadcasting results.
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Wilson
West
New York
Hughes
Mississippi
Ohio
California
New Mexico
Minnesota
Roosevelt
London
Jefferson
Cleveland
Congress
Electoral Commission
Republic
Grand Old Republic
Frederic J. Haskin
Washington
United States
Policeman Summons Driver After Bogey Double Parked in Columbus
Officer H M Amrine cited a horse and buggy for double parking at a busy Columbus intersection. The summons carried a puzzled line for the make and owner Max Sterbaum supplied the vehicle. The tag listed Freddie as the make or line, heading to headquarters.
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Columbus
H. M. Amrine
Max Sterbaum
Freddie
Public sale of Rosenberger land in Frederick County Virginia
Special Commissioner will offer for sale at public auction in Winchester on Saturday November 1936 at 11 o clock A M the Rosenberger home place and adjacent tracts totaling 329 acres more or less Located on Wardensville Grade with Lamp Marple Miller and others Terms require one third cash at sale and the balance in two equal annual installments secured by a deed of trust and mortgage insurance. Auctioneer Brumback certified by clerk C C Brannon October 9 1936.
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Circuit Court
Frederick County
Commercial and Savings Bank
James H. Rosenberger
County
Winchester
Wardensville
Lamp
Jacob Rosenberger
James H
William Rosenberger
Herbert
Larrick
C. C. Brannon
C. I
Brumback
Verdict of Guilty In Lawson Case
Roanoke Virginia October 30 found guilty by a jury in Hast ings Court on a charge of embezzling fiduciary funds Raye O Lawson attorney and member of the Virginia House of Delegates. He was recommended for a sentence of one year and a day in the penitentiary subject to a ruling by Judge J L Almond who has taken a motion to set the verdict aside under advisement. The case charged embezzlement of 980 dollars belonging to four minor Browns for whom he was guardian. Indictments against the defendant on other counts were continued.
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Roanoke
Hastings Court
Raye O. Lawson
Virginia House of Delegates
J. L. Almond
Mr. Lawson
Ralph G. Brown
Charles E. Brown
David W. Brown
Jean M. Brown
Almond
How to Make 144 Kinds of Candy
A promotional piece touts a booklet titled Candy Recipes with 144 candy varieties. It invites readers to host candy making parties and enjoy fudges, taffies, chocolates, nut bars, mints, praltries, and popcorn balls for ten cents with a coupon.
Snow falls in Frostburg area and Garrett County
The first snow of the season fell in Frostburg and nearby western Maryland mountains, with large flakes melting on ground. Snow was reported in Garrett County and clinging to Western Maryland Railway trains. Temperatures were around freezing or slightly above. The Frostburg snowfall comes about a month later than last year and after the regional average. In Winchester Virginia the court orders Ely Newman to appear in a divorce case filed by Olive Newman, with publication and posting requirements set for four weeks. Deputy Clerk Corinne Barnett signs the order.
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Cumberland
Frostburg
Garret County
Western Maryland Railway
Ely Newman
Winchester
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