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Serving Boise, Idaho and surrounding areaVol. 1, No. 5
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Evening Capital News on Nov. 6, 1916, previewed election day as Wilson and Hughes rested

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BOISE CITY — On Nov. 6, 1916, Boise's Evening Capital News led its front page with election-eve coverage that President Woodrow Wilson and Charles E. Hughes were resting after the long campaign and each expressed confidence ahead of voting day. According to the Library of Congress scan of that Monday issue, the paper noted Wilson planned to vote at Princeton the next day while Hughes visited Republican national headquarters.

Source: Evening Capital News, Nov. 6, 1916 (Library of Congress).

Drafted by AI from the linked public source. Approved by a Daily News Editor.

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