02 Jul 1924
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Newspaper
Indiana Evening Gazette
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1924
Page
1
The article surveys the growing role of women in politics, noting their influence on campaigns and party dynamics. It discusses expectations for female voters, party appeals to women, and projected turnout targets, estimating that 75 percent of eligible voters could participate in the next election and highlighting ongoing efforts to mobilize women in civic life.
Professor Irving Fisher of Yale, economist and statistician, studies election figures and percentiles. He notes the usual Brasign A elections are decided by less than five percent and suggests that mobilizing the women vote could push the Democrats past that margin, possibly with a woman candidate for vice president.
F H Roshoro of Uniontown Motor Club argues mountain travel is as safe as lowland routes thanks to the Highway Department snow removal and upgrades. He cites state figures showing most accidents occur on straight roads or dangerous curves, not on mountain grades, and warns drivers to downshift and avoid overreliance on brakes on descents.
In the Democratic National Convention amid factional divides delegates renew efforts to nominate a candidate with 782 of 1098 votes. McAdoo Davis and Owen are leading contenders as ballots show shifting support, with Oklahoma and Missouri backing McAdoo or Davis at various points. The scene features leaders and delegates at the Waldorf conferences as votes unfold over multiple ballots with no decisive result yet.
The ad claims Tanlac restores energy and helps with winter heaviness, poor digestion, and lingering coughs, asserting thousands cured from indoor living harms. It touts a nationwide sale and warns against substitutes, selling capsules and vegetable pills as a remedy for run-down health and to boost strength.
The Progressive convention outlines policy planks including tariff cuts constitutional amendment to let Congress override Supreme Court rulings direct primary for president and vice president tax reforms disarmament anti trust tightening and Muscle Shoals water power. The scene shifts to potential second ticket with La Follette, Wheeler, Stone and others as contenders. The East waits for Coolidge while the West fights for influence. Read the Gazette Classified Ad.
A long piece recounts an envisioned revival of the medieval children’s crusade, led by Jackie Coogan’s allyship and a broad American youth mobilization. It covers fundraising, Approximately 690000 cans and over a million dollars raised, and aims to aid hungry children in Bible Lands through Near East Relief, framed as mercy not war.
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