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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
7
The arrival schedule centers on a 1:20 time tomorrow with a public reception at the White House this afternoon. President Roosevelt plans to return early morning and attend a White House conference with Wilson and two candidates.
A report from Washington notes the death of Capital Rector, a Confederate veteran, at a summer resort. The piece covers a presidential conference, party leaders, and efforts to organize a press bureau for campaign information while detailing dates, absentee voting, and delegate movements.
The market notes show bids and prices for corn, oats, barley, and eggs, with various months and locations cited. Livestock quotes include steers, veal, lambs, and hogs with general trends described as steady to lower in parts, and receipts noted at several yards and markets.
Republicans in the district shift from rhetoric to action as volunteers hand out buttons and set up headquarters at 1400 Penn Sylvan Avenue. Lincoln Townsend urges a meeting of the executive committee tonight at 1326 New York Avenue to coordinate with the district central committee and plans for state club officers to attend notification ceremonies in Marion Ohio and Northampton Massachusetts.
Senator Harding works through the day on his acceptance speech ahead of the July notification ceremonies in Marton. He plans to meet suffragists led by Miss Alice Paul, reaffirming Republican support for equal suffrage while Ohio women form a Harding for Present Womans Club to assist in ceremonies.
A Washington woman waited twelve weeks for a nat GC her Swem pastor. Sunday night a local home event involved free chairs at Eternal Baptist Church.
The Rev Dr Randolph Harrison McKim longtime rector of the Church of the Epiphany Washington died suddenly at Bedford Springs Pa while on vacation. He served 32 years as rector of Epiphany and helped transform the parish with missions and diocesan work. He was born April 6 1842 in Baltimore and previously led churches in Alexandria Harlem and New Orleans. He leaves widow Annie M. McKim and two daughters Katherine Rathbone of Florence Italy and Eleanor McKim of Beaver Col. He resided at 1623 K Street. Funeral arrangements await Mrs McKim’s return.
Budget notes show repairs to district school buildings require about 400000 annually, with only 240600 available yielding at most 100960 worth of work at prior ratios. Official says the current funding is inadequate, forecasting years of limited repairs unless costs stabilize.
Crowds in Antwerp protested police firing on celebrants of the 1202 Bath Spurs battle anniversary. A wounded Flemish man died, hailed as the first Flemish martyr on postcards. Photographs advertised the martyr status as the commemoration continued.
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