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...Hugo N. Frye of Elmira, N. Y. To a Frye dinner at Ithaca they invited Vice President Charles Curtis, Secretary of Labor James John Davis, Senator Joseph Ridgway Grundy, Republican National Committee Chairman Claudius Hart Huston, many another famed Republican. Because they knew their guests' knowledge of local history was not so good as their own, the Cornell editors obligingly identified Mr. Frye in their invitations as follows...
When the young editors sat down to celebrate the Frye sesquicentennial last week, none of their famed guests appeared, but most of them sent messages paying high tribute to Hugo N. Frye...
Vice President Curtis: "I read with pleasure your intention to give a dinner honoring the memory of Hugo N. Frye, pioneer Republican of Elmira. . . . I congratulate the Republicans on paying this respect to the memory of Frye and wish you a most successful occasion...
Congresswoman Ruth Pratt of New York City: "Greetings and all good wishes to all of you who gathered to pay tribute to the memory of Hugo N. Frye...
Among prominent politicans who effused over the new discovery was Secretary of Labor Davis who telegraphed: "Cordial thanks for your message of congratulations and the privilege extended of sending greetings to those honoring the memory of Hugo N. Frye. It is a pleasure to testify to the career of that sturdy patriot who first planted the ideals of our party in this region of the country. If he were living today, he would be the first to rejoice in evidence everywhere present that our government is still safe in the hands of the people...