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Newspaper
Americus Times Recorder
Location
Americus, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1920
Page
3
San Francisco guests describe the opening of the Democratic national convention as festive and decorative. The crowd of about 12 000 listened to Chairman Homer Gamings and enjoyed campaign songs in a carnival atmosphere with colorful dresses and banners.
A vivid slice of the 1920 Democratic National Convention shows ushers guiding attendees, delegates settled with decorum, and reporters perched above the floor as spectators crowded entrances. The festivity hints at undercurrents while the navy’s presence and safety pins become small anecdotes amid the bustle.
Rossville Georgia resident Kate Lee Able recalls her husband’s severe illness from abdominal injury and failed medicines before using Thedford's Black-Draught. She credits the remedy with easing his pain, restoring strength, and saving his life, urging others to use it to stay fit for daily labor.
San Francisco June 30 The Republican Party and allied groups urge immediate resumption of trade with Russia and provision of milk and medicine instead of bullets. About 100 women from across America, led by Lucy Branham, press Washington to lift the embargo as an emergency measure while citing contracts in Soviet Russia and urging action aligned with business and humanitarian concerns.
J W Raper reports on a jittery political scene with Tom Marshall claiming peacemaker status, debates over convention influence, and light mockery of leaders. Indictments touch a lone delegate, while talk swirls about Bryan, Harding, Cox, and the League as Virginia delegates weigh in on Tammany influence.
The source describes semi-starvation in Russia triggering typhus across Europe, with wheat rot and livestock shortages due to blockades. Major operations lack anesthetics, serums are scarce, and disease spreads. a strong warning that delay could trigger wider quarantines across the continent.
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