As the newspapers reported itSelma Fjelstad's defeat of the clerk who fired her

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Thursday, September 9, 1926

The Wisconsin primary · a footnote from Dane County

As printed: Girl Defeats Clerk Who Discharged Her

The Washington Daily News, Washington, District Of Columbia: Girl Defeats Clerk Who Discharged Her

ContextWisconsin's primaries were held Tuesday, and in Dane County a small score was settled. Selma Fjelstad, discharged as deputy county clerk on the ground that she lacked initiative, ran against the clerk who fired her.

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