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Newspaper
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
Location
Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
5
Soma stores push cut price wholesale tactics while Warne Clothes Shop at 724 Calhoun St keeps high stock at modest rates. Ground-floor savings fund window displays, with a new Palm Beach line and over 500 wool suits offered for hot weather at 19 and 23 dollars.
Washington delegates push for rapid convention work while balancing platform issues and nominee prospects. Reports say leaders seek stronger women’s representation in party councils and platform shaping, with a push to avoid delaying nominations. McAdoo fights claims of illness and pledges to deter Jenkins from seeking San Francisco nomination. Glass arrives from Washington for platform talks as pro liquor delegates back Likely beer and wine manufacture and oppose Volstead renomination.
Amid wage dispute turmoil, President Wilson sought action from the Railway Labor Board as hearings proceed. Reports from Chicago and Philadelphia detail strikes spreading to the Midwest, while board officials pledge no premature statements and aim to resolve schedules and seniority rights.
The article urges readers to handle minor eye care themselves and seek Meigs for serious issues. It highlights Meigs organizing specialists in examinations and lens grinding to keep eyes functioning at peak efficiency and deliver required work.
Retice hereby states that the undersigned have appointed a person for estate administration at the place of Allen county. The appointed administrator is THOMAS MWA of Somers & Kennerk, per the notice field.
A late 1920s era analysis discusses Governor Cox and William Gibbs McAdoo, with Wilson’s strategy and reactions from Cummings and Roper. The piece surveys McAdoo’s health, possible nomination paths, and Meredith as a potential vice presidential candidate amid shifting delegate support and party maneuvering.
A special session drive is pressed with Attorney General Thamrin advising on constitutionality. The debate centers on whether any federal action requires a two thirds vote, with legislative approval contingent on the state assembly and prior ratification by members elected before the amendment submission.
The National Salesgirl beauty contest draws entries from cities and hamlets across the United States. A Portland girl, Ella M. Van Alst, is a leading entrant and hopes for the top prize a film engagement in New York. Salary offered is 100 dollars weekly for four weeks total 1300 with travel and chaperone costs covered.
In San Francisco prominent figures appeared as the Democratic National Convention opened. Norman E. Mack reads news on McAdoo’s withdrawal as others pose: Mrs. George Bass, Mrs. John Weir Troy, Mrs. Robert L. Owen, Charles Boeschenstein, and Arthur Mullen. The scene highlights factional tensions and cross party commentary.
An aged notice offers a cash prize with a contest entry sold by mail. It features garbled lines about contestants and a focus on commercial plant sales from Ten Eyek Greenhouses in Auburn Indiana offering Jersey sweet potato plants at 75 cents per hundred with postage paid.
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