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The Village Elections

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Parent Issue
Ann Arbor Argus-Democrat, March 17, 1899
Day
17
Month
March
Year
1899
Copyright
Public Domain
OCR Text

                 A HOT FIGHT IN DEXTER YESTERDAY

                        ____________________

     A Contest in Chelsea and Another in Manchester, While                       
                       Saline Goes Through the Form.

At  a hotly contested election in Chelsea between the workingmen's and citizens' tickets, the entire citizens' ticket was elected, with the exception of clerk and treasurer.
The following were elected :
President, Geo. Staffan ;    clerk,  Henry Heselschwerdt ; treasurer,    John B. Cole ;    trustees,   Henry Twombly,   H. H. Avery,   James Bachman ;    assessor,   M. J. Noyes,
The defeated workingmen's ticket was as follows:
President, Harmon S. Holmes ;    assessor   James P. Wood ;    trustees,   William J. Knapp,   Archie W. Wilkinson and Frederick Widemeyer.
A quiet but warm charter election was held in Dexter Monday.
There were two tickets in the field, the citizens, which was supported by the nti-saloon league and the republican, which contained some democrats on it. 
R. O. Copeland was elected president on the citizens' ticket by 6 majority receiving 133 votes to 127 for Peter Reider.
For assessor B. C. Whittaker, on the citizens' ticket received the largest majority of the day over Alex Dancer.
For clerk and treasurer John W. Barley and J. A. Keith were elected without opposition.
A. Y. Youst and Fred Kauska both on the republican ticket were elected to the council while there was a tie for the council between Chas. Stebbins, running on the republican ticket and Alf. Phelps.
There is some talk of a recount for this position.
There were 261 votes cast at the election.

At the Manchester village election Monday the entire citizens' ticket was elected by small majorities as follows:
President, A. J. Waters;    trustees,   A. J. Wurster,   E. S. Hagaman,   Howard Clark;    clerk,   C. E. Lewis;    treasurer,   J. Fred Schaible;    assessor,   W Kimble.

In Saline only one ticket was in the field headed by George Nissle for president and George Lutz for clerk.
It was elected.