Word: tweeds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Philipson (Mabel Russell), newly elected Conservative member for Berwick-upon-Tweed, took her seat in the House. A Labor member is said to have shouted: "Cheer up, Nancy!" to Lady Astor...
...third woman was elected to the House of Commons when Mrs. Hilton Philipson (Conservative) won a by-election at Berwick-Upon-Tweed with a majority of 6,742 votes over Labor and the Liberals...
...Following the defeat of Edward R. Litzinger, of the Lundin machine, by Postmaster Arthur C. Lueder for the Republican mayoralty nomination, a Grand Jury investigation of the Chicago City Hall was authorized. This marks another step in the successful attack on the Thompson-Lundin organization, characterized as a " second Tweed ring...