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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1920
Page
2
Treas urer of State ORA J. DAVIES Attorney General A LESH Superintendent L N HINES Judge of Supreme Court 5th District JULIUS C TRAVIS Judge Appellate Court 1st District IRA C BATMAN Judge Appellate Court 2nd District E A DAUSMAN.
A column lists political figures and comments from the 1920s era, noting John S. Benham John W. Johnston Charles S. Royce and others, criticizing Democratic leadership and wartime policy. It cites Governor Cox Senator Lodge and references to Taft era politics, the war, and party figures in a satirical tone.
Governor Cox faces a tough task convincing President Wilson that only Woodrow Wilson leads the Democratic Party. The task has defeated others, and the GOP under Senator Harding vows not to meddle in European affairs, nor should Europe meddle in American matters, as noted by the Princeton Indiana News.
Senator Harding argues Democrat policies in the Agriculture Department fail to curb living costs, citing 1916 Ohio results where Wilson carried the state by 85,000 and Cox won by 5,000. He notes New York papers reprint Cox editorials from World War I that pleased Kaiser supporters in Ohio.
Senator Harding invites Coolidge to attend Cabinet meetings amid talks of administration deliberations. Kenyon vows to repeal DOJ funding cited as Palmer boost, while Wilson battles ineffectual orders. Commentary contrasts porch or piazza speeches with summer public discourse and labels opposition rhetoric as black infamy in Harding’s allied Senate support.
Raymond Robbins, a leading 1912 Progressive and Johnson ally in the primaries, asserts Johnson’s declaration backing Republican candidates and the platform guides Progressives to flock to the GOP standard. His remark signals a political realignment within party lines and the influence of Johnson on progressive voters.
Governor Cox says the Wilson administration is to be recommended to the American people, with exceptions including the League of Nations, the Secretary of Agriculture, the insult to the Irish, and the daylight saving veto, among other items he has reached.
Editorial from Portland Oregonian writer in San Francisco argues Governor Cox’s nomination reveals Bourbonism in the Democratic party, describing it as both political and alcoholic. The piece portrays the party as captured by old-guard, pro-bourbon interests.
Irvin S. Cobb, famed writer, offers July 4 reflection on the Democratic National Convention. He quips that while the nation celebrates independence, the convention remains in session to make the world safe for Republicanism.
At the convention a loud scene erupted over whether some attendees spent private funds at primaries. The absence of discussion about postmasters revenue collectors U S marshals and other Democratic officeholders whose salaries come from public funds drew little notice.
The text argues the burden of proof lies with Democrats to show the Wilson Covenant program will bring world peace and improve the US position. It notes Cox hedges and questions whether Democrats will accept the responsibility.
The New York World condemns the Wilson administration for permitting trade with Soviet Russia calling it contradictory to private property rights. It notes the paper would ridicule a Republican administration for the same action and suggests partisan bias in coverage.
The Marion Ohio community celebrates Warren Gamaliel Harding being nominated by the Republican National Convention. Forty three years after a boy spoke of his future, Harding is portrayed as a strong, articulate candidate suited to lead in troubled times.
The Ripley County vote totals show declines from 1916 to 1918 across presidential, secretary of state, and party lines, with Democrats losing 485 and Republicans 234. Prohibitionists and Socialists fell by 27, totalling a net Democratic over Republican loss of 251. The piece analyzes absent voters due to soldiers, foreign-born restrictions, and dissatisfied electors, and muses on 1920 outcomes.
The dove has long occupied a central role in folklore and art, linked to peace and the divine. From Noah's olive branch to depictions with angels and scenes of Christ's life, the bird embodies the Holy Spirit and spiritual ascent. John 1:32 notes the spirit descending like a dove.
Mrs Julia L Mc Guire of the Chicago court of domestic relations shares marital guidance from People's Magazine. She compares marriage to business partnership and outlines six core practices including knowing your partner, aligning purposes, planning working programs, cost accounting, frank communication, and persistence with honesty.
In Hungary, marriage age rules vary by faith. Roman Catholics require a male to be fourteen and a female to be twelve, while Protestants set the male at eighteen and the female at fifteen.
Sunday School at 9:00 a m lesson David Succeeds Saul as King Divine services at 10:00 a m subject The World Has Been Asking for Bread and They Have Been Given a Stone Luther League Wednesdays 7 15 Evening preaching 7 30 subject How Often Would I Have Gathered You Together Spades Church bazaar and social Thursday evening St Marks Orchestra will furnish music Spades preaching at 2 00 p m Peppertown Sunday School 9 30 a m attendance is good come and bring someone pastor J Barthelmas
The Bible School at 9:00 a.m. and German service at 10:15 a.m. The Sunday School Council meets Friday July 23 at 7:30 p.m. The Ladies Society meets Thursday July 29 at 2:00 p.m. Hostesses: Hedwig Schrader Augusta Siebert Dora Schlesselman Carrie Schwetman Elise Thie. Board of Trustees meets Thursday July 29 at 7:30 p.m. The annual Sunday School picnic is Saturday July 31. Pastor C Held.
Bethany Lutheran Church invites all to Bible School at 9 30 morning worship at 10 30 evening worship at 7 30 and Luther League at 6 45. Pastor D P Heltzel issues the cordial invitation to attend these services.
The successful author Frances Hodgson Burnett earned a small Tennessee teaching wage before writing. It is noted she picked blackberries to buy stamps for sending her first story to magazines. Years later at peak popularity she earned an annual income estimated between $50 000 and $75 000.
The article describes diverse infant care practices: in Guinea a baby is buried in sand to waist depth when the mother works, the Lapp infant enjoys a moss stuffed shoe cradle hung safely high, and Chinese babies are strapped to the back of an older child who carries on with play.
A World Outlook dispatch from Erivan, Armenia cites a local belief that seven years of silence to any man except the husband may ease American divorces. The near East relief worker notes this peculiar custom as a potential factor in marital separations.
Japanese children are responsible for a large portion of the cheap toys sent from that country to this. They are rounded up in groups of a dozen or more and devote nearly all their time to toy production for which they receive a few cents a day.
In a terse family incident Celia slaps her brother prompting a wail from their mother. After a lengthy reprimand the young girl softens and apologizes saying she did not mean to and that her hand slipped.
It is estimated that an expenditure of 10 billion dollars would be required to equip the United States with all village tools necessary to bring farms up to the highest possible production.
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