Professor Hamilton's Diary: Nov. 5, 1935

A typical Tuesday for the Hamiltons; Socialists battle for Reading voters

It was a typical weekday for Professor Hamilton. He taught classes, did paperwork in the afternoon, and stayed with the children in the evening while Margaret attended her Chorale Society practice.

He doesn’t mention voting — odd, I thought, for someone so enamored of history and government — though there was a contentious municipal and county election in Reading that day, with headlines in the Reading Times proclaiming, “Ballots Today to Determine Party Control” and “Expect Heavy Vote.” The election day report described it as “one of the most momentous political campaigns in a generation.” Sound familiar?

Paid subscribers can read on about what was rocking Reading in 1935 and what similarities we might find with our own national election.

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