Word: oaklands
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...annual Presbyterian General Assembly at Indianapolis. William Jennings Bryan, a layman from Florida, was nominated for Moderator. Opposed to him were two liberal ministers, and the president of a college where evolution is openly taught. On the first ballot Bryan led, and Dr. Silsley, the liberal minister of Oakland, Cal., transferred his votes to Dr. Walker, of Los Angeles, for the second ballot. On the second ballot, Mr. Bryan polled 421 votes, with only 439 necessary to election. Dr. Wishart, president of Wooster, Ohio, College, took all the liberal votes except 56 for Dr. Walker. On the third ballot...
Rhode Island--Arthur Ingraham '96, Oakland Worsted Co., Oakland...
CALIFORNIA: The City Council of Oakland was obliged to take action to remove the name of Andy Gump from the municipal primary ballot, when the City Attorney ruled that the presence of a mythical name on the ballot might invalidate the election for mayor...
Rear Admiral William S. Sims, retired: "In a speech at Oakland, Cal., I said: ' I could have had my arms decorated with gold lace up to my elbow if I had stuck by Daniels' (ex-Secretary of the Navy's) falsehood that the Navy (in 1917) was fully equipped and ready to fight...
Meanwhile, points out Superintendent Hunter of Oakland, Cal., youths are violating either their word or the law in California, Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Maine, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Vermont, Washington...