Victor Power

Title: Article About Power's Political Future
Type: Newspaper
Date: September 27, 1913
Source: Measaba Ore & Hibbing News

Description: After only six months in office, some citizens were already encouraging Power to run for the state legislature.
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1. This article is not signed. Whom could have written it?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: We can't really know for sure who wrote the article, but we might guess that since it was on the first page and unsigned, the editor of the paper could have written it. We might also guess that it was a "letter to the editor" written by a local citizen, and that it was considered important enough to place on the first page.
2. What opinion does the author of the article have about Power?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: He seems to think that Power is doing agood job as mayor and that he could be mayor for a very long time, since many people in Hibbing seem to like what he's doing.
3. The article says that Power already has a law practice in town that is important to him. What does that say about the job of mayor in Hibbing at the time?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: The fact that Power still has his law firm and has not quit working as a lawyer while he is mayor might suggest that the job of mayor was either low-paying or didn't take up a large amount of time.
4. What does the title of this article suggest to the reader about Power's opponents?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: The title suggests that the mayor is being lured away from local government by people who would like him to move into a more powerful position, or that he is being lured away by people who would like to see him out of Hibbing. The author of the article seems to think that some people just want to see him out of Hibbing's city government.