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Newspaper
Fulton County Tribune
Location
Wauseon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
6
The article reviews a chaotic convention season with Bolshevik dangers in Russia and political maneuvers in the United States. It highlights figures like McAdoo Cox Palmer and Wood in shaping a fractured party, plus international tensions from Tokyo to London, and the looming Legion convention as a major public event.
In Duluth Minnesota a mob of about five thousand overpowered police and lynched three Black men accused in the attack on a seventeen year old white girl. National Guardsmen arrived, set up riot duty, and patrols began after two priests urged legal process.
War emergency broadens Turkish women's public life as veils vary and women attend theaters with special arrangements. Rail carriage etiquette shifts with open curtains, and men rarely sit in women’s compartments. Women work in relief efforts, aiding government needs and challenging traditional barriers.
A fragmented, old style quote-filled passage argues against women in music education, claiming females are naturally mechanical and hinder artistic development. It shifts to random notes about salt rivers in the Americas and Canada, then returns to disparaging remarks about women speaking.
Boston, June 18. The vice president greeted Gov. Calvin Coolidge with a message of commiseration not congratulations. “Please accept my sincere sympathy” was Marshall’s note to the Republican nominee.
Two persons are reported killed and 60 injured when Santa Fe train No. 4, the California Limited, wrecked east of Reno, Colorado. The dead include A. O. Swanson of Chicago, a combination barber and baggage man, and Dr. W. F. Harper of Mount Vernon.
The provisional governor Jose Chavira, named by President Adolfo de la Huerta, has been driven from his post by rebel troops in Colima state according to La Republica. The report from El Paso, Texas, notes unrest and a shift of power amid the Mexican crisis.
Capt Edward V. Rickenbacker, America's premier ace, was named a member of the Ohio state aviation commission by Governor Cox. The commission is touted as the first of its kind in the United States. Other items note a $150,000 whisky theft case in Chicago, Irish railway closures, a fatal train collision in Mascoutim, a Paris wartime death toll update, Cervecza's son-in-law leaving Vera Cruz, and Kansas needing 50,000 harvest hands.
Mrs John B Casserly of San Francisco has been appointed director of Women’s Relations for the United States Army and arrived in Washington to assume new duties. The office promotes cooperation between the army and women nationwide. During the war she received France’s Medaille de Reconnaissance for aiding orphaned children and other relief efforts.
Washington June 19 President Wilson signed the water power bill after Congress closed. Opponents plan to challenge the measure in court arguing the Constitution auto veto rule applies if not signed before adjournment. The act creates a licensing system for private development under federal oversight while other bills remain unsigned.
Washington June 21 government expenditures from July 1 1919 to May 31 1920 totaled 20 775 535 858 the treasury says. Heaviest outlay occurred in September and November with large sums leaving the treasury. Navy department ranked third in disbursements 723 717 26 and labor department at 35 004 240. White House expenses were 0 702 830 and congressional 17 681 120. Public debt payments reached 14 346 554 373.
George Underwood of Carrollton, Mo., was forced by two men at night into a motorcar in Excelsior Springs. He was taken near the Wabash tracks, robbed of 70 dollars, bound to the rails with barbed wire, and left as a passing train severed his left foot and hand. Police say the victim had sold two motorcars in Kansas City, suggesting knowledge of his funds.
Samuel Gompers was re elected president of the American Federation of Labor at Montreal despite opposition. The convention voted for government ownership of railroads and raised the president’s salary to 12 000 yearly, while approving a national steel organizing drive and a Labor Memorial Day. The session also rejected expanding the executive council and exonerated W D Mahon of disloyalty accusations.
Reports from Belgrade describe a wide anti murder movement spreading to Italy and Albania, with a mass mob in Tirana killing 300 Italian prisoners and executing 27 more on a train. In Maine a suffrage referendum on presidential elector votes was ordered by Governor Milliken. Fehrenbach to form a German ministry after a conference with Ebert and Trimborn. Chinese troops gain in Hunan with Changsha seized and northern forces retreating toward Tochow. Kansas City court grants 70000 alimony to Mrs Latie Belle Mitchell in divorce from Thomas C Mitchell. Battle Creek notes the death of child welfare writer Mrs H I Kellogg. A 500-strong posse searches for a nude wild man near Oskaloosa but finds none.
reports from El Democrata via Jacinto Trueba say Francisco Villa executed three hundred camp followers attached to the de facto government after capturing the women near Parral and Jiminez. Excelsior corroborates the claim but cites no source. Villa reportedly ordered the women lined up for review and shot them when he could not determine the attacker.
In Rockford Illinois on June 17, Maude Lucille Moss wife of the camp supply officer and daughter of Bion Arnold of Chicago was shot dead. Authorities believe revenge sparked a manhunt for four soldiers who escaped the guardhouse as a car stolen from Davis Turnton nearby is linked to the fugitives. Court-martial charges have been brought against one of the four researchers three times by Captain Moss.
G W Perkins financier died today at Stamford Hall sanitarium in Stamford Conn after a nervous breakdown that became known June 11. Officials say influenza and pneumonia contracted in France with the American Expeditionary Forces during the war contributed to his death.
Detroit ranked fourth among U.S. cities by population with 008,739 residents, an increase of 527,997 or about 1134 percent. Washington reports a nationwide drive on coal profiteers ordered by Attorney General Palmer, plus League of Nations reaction and other brief items from London and Pensacola.
A fragmented advertisement notes backache misery and promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a trusted remedy for women. The text hints at seasonal weakness and urges reliance on the product to restore health. It reflects early 20th century medical ad language and gendered wellness claims.
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