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...fate of Governors depended on the final count, a recount, or perhaps on the tally of absentee ballots. Election oddities bubbled out of the county tallies: in Lincoln County, N. Mex., old stamping-and-shooting ground of Billy the Kid, Willkie and Roosevelt were tied. So were they in Gilpin County, Colo., in Marinette County, Wis. In almost uninhabited Armstrong County, S. Dak., nobody voted...
...much credit cannot be given to "Gren" Waterbury for the way he developed the team; and the assistant coaches, Potter, Dewey, and More, are also to be paid homage. The men who won their numerals were M. Carr, G. C. Cutler, Jr., Gilpin Ervin, S. M. Felton, L. Godfrey, H. B. Gardner, E. A. Graustein, A. M. Goodale, P. M. Hollister, G. G. Jones, R. P. Lewis, Captain; E. Lingard, B. Marsh, D. C. Parmenter, J. S. Parker, F. Parker, P. L. Wendell, and O. Wolcott, Manager...
...black & white wash drawings, all a little more than a foot square and all by the same artist, was a breathtaking medley of scenes and events, ranging from the crucifixion of Christ to the execution of Nathan Hale, from an attack of delirium tremens to the Ride of John Gilpin, from Little Britches left out in the snow to Poet Poe addressing the Raven. Sentimental though most of the subjects were, the craftsmanship in each picture was remarkably good. And not a single one had ever seen the light of print or public exhibition...
With a reputation in the Negro theatre equal to those of Paul Robeson, the late Charles Gilpin and Jules Bledsoe, Actor Harrison plans to open a dramatic school if and when The Green Pastures closes. "The Lord," humbly says "de Lawd," "has showered His mercies...
...Gilpin, lady-charming magician in a summer vaudeville troupe, is shot on a Cape Cod bluff. Asey Mayo, shrewd Yankee with two murder solutions already to his credit, makes much of a strangled skunk, lets the murderer commit suicide...