MISS BESSIE BOWEN
The paper explains that it could not obtain a photograph of the woman it calls the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, so no picture of her appears with the item. It describes her as a native and resident of Snow Hill who has served in the office since the term of Francis Henry Purnell, says she received a wonderful endorsement in the recent Democratic Primary Election, and states that she will be the first woman elected to such an office in Maryland.
A Snow Hill woman whose candidacy for Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County was endorsed in the recent Democratic Primary Election.
The Democrat has been unable to secure a photograph of Miss Bessie Bowen, the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Therefore her picture does not appear in this issue. Miss Bowen received a wonderful endorsement of her candidacy in the recent Democratic Primary Election. ·She will be the first woman to be elected to such an office in Maryland. Miss· Bowen is a native and resident of Snow Hill. She has been in the Clerk's office since the term of Francis Henry Purnell. Mr. John L. Nock, who was Mr. Purnell's Deputy needed help in the office, and he selected Miss Bowen. She has proved to be an excellent official and her candidacy for the nomination met with public favor.
Reproduced unchanged from Worcester Democrat And The Ledger-Enterprise, October 23, 1926, page 3.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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MISS BESSIE BOWEN
The paper explains that it could not obtain a photograph of the woman it calls the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, so no picture of her appears with the item. It describes her as a native and resident of Snow Hill who has served in the office since the term of Francis Henry Purnell, says she received a wonderful endorsement in the recent Democratic Primary Election, and states that she will be the first woman elected to such an office in Maryland.
A Snow Hill woman whose candidacy for Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County was endorsed in the recent Democratic Primary Election.
The Democrat has been unable to secure a photograph of Miss Bessie Bowen, the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Therefore her picture does not appear in this issue. Miss Bowen received a wonderful endorsement of her candidacy in the recent Democratic Primary Election. ·She will be the first woman to be elected to such an office in Maryland. Miss· Bowen is a native and resident of Snow Hill. She has been in the Clerk's office since the term of Francis Henry Purnell. Mr. John L. Nock, who was Mr. Purnell's Deputy needed help in the office, and he selected Miss Bowen. She has proved to be an excellent official and her candidacy for the nomination met with public favor.
Reproduced unchanged from Worcester Democrat And The Ledger-Enterprise, October 23, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Worcester Democrat And The Ledger-Enterprise, October 23, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.
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MISS BESSIE BOWEN
The paper explains that it could not obtain a photograph of the woman it calls the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, so no picture of her appears with the item. It describes her as a native and resident of Snow Hill who has served in the office since the term of Francis Henry Purnell, says she received a wonderful endorsement in the recent Democratic Primary Election, and states that she will be the first woman elected to such an office in Maryland.
A Snow Hill woman whose candidacy for Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County was endorsed in the recent Democratic Primary Election.
The Democrat has been unable to secure a photograph of Miss Bessie Bowen, the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Therefore her picture does not appear in this issue. Miss Bowen received a wonderful endorsement of her candidacy in the recent Democratic Primary Election. ·She will be the first woman to be elected to such an office in Maryland. Miss· Bowen is a native and resident of Snow Hill. She has been in the Clerk's office since the term of Francis Henry Purnell. Mr. John L. Nock, who was Mr. Purnell's Deputy needed help in the office, and he selected Miss Bowen. She has proved to be an excellent official and her candidacy for the nomination met with public favor.
Reproduced unchanged from Worcester Democrat And The Ledger-Enterprise, October 23, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Worcester Democrat And The Ledger-Enterprise, October 23, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.
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MISS BESSIE BOWEN
The paper explains that it could not obtain a photograph of the woman it calls the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, so no picture of her appears with the item. It describes her as a native and resident of Snow Hill who has served in the office since the term of Francis Henry Purnell, says she received a wonderful endorsement in the recent Democratic Primary Election, and states that she will be the first woman elected to such an office in Maryland.
A Snow Hill woman whose candidacy for Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County was endorsed in the recent Democratic Primary Election.
The Democrat has been unable to secure a photograph of Miss Bessie Bowen, the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Therefore her picture does not appear in this issue. Miss Bowen received a wonderful endorsement of her candidacy in the recent Democratic Primary Election. ·She will be the first woman to be elected to such an office in Maryland. Miss· Bowen is a native and resident of Snow Hill. She has been in the Clerk's office since the term of Francis Henry Purnell. Mr. John L. Nock, who was Mr. Purnell's Deputy needed help in the office, and he selected Miss Bowen. She has proved to be an excellent official and her candidacy for the nomination met with public favor.
Reproduced unchanged from Worcester Democrat And The Ledger-Enterprise, October 23, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Worcester Democrat And The Ledger-Enterprise, October 23, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.
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MISS BESSIE BOWEN
The paper explains that it could not obtain a photograph of the woman it calls the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County, so no picture of her appears with the item. It describes her as a native and resident of Snow Hill who has served in the office since the term of Francis Henry Purnell, says she received a wonderful endorsement in the recent Democratic Primary Election, and states that she will be the first woman elected to such an office in Maryland.
A Snow Hill woman whose candidacy for Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County was endorsed in the recent Democratic Primary Election.
The Democrat has been unable to secure a photograph of Miss Bessie Bowen, the next Clerk of the Circuit Court for Worcester County. Therefore her picture does not appear in this issue. Miss Bowen received a wonderful endorsement of her candidacy in the recent Democratic Primary Election. ·She will be the first woman to be elected to such an office in Maryland. Miss· Bowen is a native and resident of Snow Hill. She has been in the Clerk's office since the term of Francis Henry Purnell. Mr. John L. Nock, who was Mr. Purnell's Deputy needed help in the office, and he selected Miss Bowen. She has proved to be an excellent official and her candidacy for the nomination met with public favor.
Reproduced unchanged from Worcester Democrat And The Ledger-Enterprise, October 23, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
Reproduced unchanged from Worcester Democrat And The Ledger-Enterprise, October 23, 1926, page 3.
This text reflects the language, attitudes and errors of its time. A Century Late publishes it as a historical document.
Text: read from the Library of Congress scan by A Century Late, within the article boundaries of American Stories (Dell et al., 2023), DOI 10.57967/hf/0757.
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October 26, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Indianapolis Times, Daily Kennebec Journal, and Evening Star.
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October 27, 1926. The original articles, with the text exactly as it appeared and scans of the original newspaper pages, from that day’s editions of the following publications:The Bismarck Tribune, The Daily Worker, Daily Kennebec Journal, The Washington Times, New Britain Herald, Evening Star, and The Alaska Daily Empire.