Word: brewerytown
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Dates: during 1935-1935
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...that party no less than 19 Republicans filed as candidates for Mayor. Of these, eleven remained on the ballot for next week's primary. Compromise was impossible because none of the three leading candidates would give an inch for party unity. Sheriff Richard Weglein, for 25 years boss of "Brewerytown," thought he ought to be Mayor because he is "the only real Republican of the lot." The Penrose faction of the Republican machine threw its support to City Treasurer WillB Hadley for Mayor. Also definitely in the Republican race was a newcomer named Samuel Davis Wilson...
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