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...office, etc.). But in 1924 he came back by a combination of cleverness and good fortune. He put up his wife to run for Governor. She ran second in the first Democratic primary. In the second Democratic primary Texas had the choice between her and the man who ran first???who was supported by the Ku Klux Klan. Texas, intent on repudiating the Klan, chose Mrs. Ferguson to be the Democratic nominee for Governor. In the election she beat the Republican nominee 1) because she was a Democrat, and 2) because she was anti-Klan. Last January she was inaugurated...
...most of the good ones now. But significant is the fact that in the thin receiving-line of operatic debutantes there are three Americans. This is Manager Gatti-Casazza's second answer to the drone of those who protest that the Metropolitan ignores native talent. His first???a remark made last year?was: "Find me an American Caruso, bring me the score of a U. S. Meistersinger...
...First???That five American battleships?the West Virginia, Colorado, Maryland, California and Tennessee?outrange anything in the British Navy...
...ARTICLE FIRST???The de facto Government of the Mexican United States hereby declares the Port of Tampico to be blockaded. ARTICLE SECOND?This blockade starts on the 16th of January and will be undertaken by the squadron of the Revolutionary Liberators which has sufficient vessels to enforce...