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Many a thumping wad was skrunched when Four-Corners read the newspaper jest: HIRAM JOHNSTON OUT OF RACE.
One Hiram Johnston, a farmer of Zilwaukee, Mich., proposed as Presidential candidate by local farmers, wrote to the Michigan Secretary of State saying he was not a candidate, and asking that his name be withdrawn from the primaries. Of this homely fact the headline writers made good sport.
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