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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1920
Page
3
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette issue dated Monday June 7, 1920. Publication details include price lists, subscription terms, and masthead licensing. The page presents the newspaper’s identity as a Daily Fort Wayne publication with Associated Press credit and circulation information.
A compact history of so called dark horses in U S presidential nominating conventions. It covers Polk Pierce Seymour Garfield and Bryan as notable examples with brief notes on ballot dynamics and key rivals. The piece emphasizes how party leaders and conventions shift support across ballots to reach a nominee.
In 1918-19 Republicans pressed for an instant extra session to push reconstruction. The extra session merged with the December session, then after thirteen months Congress adjourned amid sharp critique. The president blamed the body for inaction on cost of living, tax revision, railroads, merchant marine, and a failing budget system.
The passage describes a nonvention being called to order and a first ballot result of 129 votes. It hints at Republican clerks and two-thirds versus majority votes, with implications for party dynamics and potential Democratic conversion. The text is highly fragmentary and ambivalent about specifics.
Alexander Johnson, retired in Alien county, praises Oscar McCulloch of Plymouth Church Indianapolis and his lifetime effort for Indiana benevolent institutions. The piece links McCulloch to a potential gubernatorial future, criticizes neglect by the Goodrich administration, and urges revival of the Old colonial spirit and institutional material betterment.
A partisan report claims the Hays nations committee finished its week with Lowden securing seventy six contested seats amid jubilation from Mr. Elroys claiming unanimity on the national committee. Well-Moses offers a differing view, suggesting the experience has yet to mature.
The piece lampoons a presidential nominating fight with General Wood and other figures in Chicago. It depicts chaotic campaigning, clashes at Wood headquarters, and a general sense of disarray among delegates and leaders as they move toward the convention and a supposed stockholder takeover.
A scrambled political scene unfolds with calls for decisive league action and party unity. A outspoken critic pleads for clear stance while operatives shout slogans and clash over conventions and influence, underscoring a volatile, faction-driven atmosphere.
Bill Thompson’s strong public stance creates uncertainty for Governor Lowden’s path to the nomination. Thompson withdraws from the national committee citing conflict over presidential office, signaling a potential dark horse compromise. Political insiders may favor victory over backing Lowden, needing Thompson and Chicago to influence the convention.
A critique argues Knox stands out for refusing personal button-holing in Chicago while others in the party push money and influence in preconvention battles. The writer laments the era of wage bargain politics and questions the dignity of modern state leaders amid convention crowds.
A garbled notice reflects a New York Democratic endorsement pattern for a presidential nomination. The piece mocks Tammany Hall and hints at a controversial figure connected to the city, mentioning NobIS and other distorted names.
A widow sues United States Cremation for 10000 dollars claiming ashes of her two husbands were mixed in a single two compartment urn. The author defends the widow, notes grief is sacred, and condemns the cremation factory for careless handling while praising the widow’s altruism to spare other widows similar pain.
An Answers London essay notes Hyde Park and St James Park hauntings with recurring reports of suicides and mysterious apparitions. First memories recount a solitary figure by the Serpentine claiming a spectral voice and a phantom friend. A later sighting in Green Park features a woman who sees a ghost and a man who vanishes when asked the time, supported by a policeman who recalls similar encounters.
John O'London surveys the 400th Pilgrim Fathers voyage anniversary events in Plymouth and London. He notes Masefield's sympathetic verse on the Mayflower journey, Henry's wartime esteem, rising journalism training, and publisher Herbert Jenkins responding to skepticism with an oath affidavit.
A London observer reports ghosts in Regent's Park including a vanishing child who vanishes as soon as she is dressed, a nursemaid pairless perambulator turning into a tiny hearse with a skeleton child, and a sorrowful policeman in formal attire. Voices elude the specters and explanations remain elusive.
A nostalgic poem recounts Grandma as a sweet coquette admired by men for her fan. Grandfather recalls her hair whitened by time while she knits lambs wool socks for Grandpa. She preserves the fan in an oblong box, and though she hides the tale, she enjoys being praised for her former beauty.
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