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Newspaper
Macomb Daily By Stander
Location
Macomb, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1920
Page
2
A light rainfall touched the Fourth of July events in Sciota and nearby towns as residents and visitors enjoyed parades, boat races, picnics and lawn gatherings. Local families, merchants, and clubs reported lively participation with many traveling to Macomb and Burlington for festivities and related events.
The Chicago Journal notes Homer Cummings’s San Francisco keynote favors national pride and Democratic achievements, praising wartime leadership and the Federal Reserve Act while urging focus on taxation and Mexico policy. It criticizes overlong treatment of some topics and calls for stronger stances on home exploitation and intervention.
Mrs. Ollie Barnes of Tennessee and Mrs Grace Newland of Colchester visited Pete Lowderman and family. Several families from Plymouth and nearby areas joined Walter Crambly and wife to help hay. Chas Stevens and wife enjoyed a fishing outing. Stevens, 80, boasted a three squirrel kill. A large crowd attended Foley's Grove Fourth of July celebration with a band concert, fireworks, and about 35 gallons of cream sold, raising roughly $60.
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