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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
4
The passage notes that regular passenger and express service remains limited to nearby cities such as London and Paris while the world’s uncertainties hinder broader growth. It argues that as people and prices fall, more airplanes and passengers will rise.
General Wood returns to active duty after a brief fur lough used for political campaigning. His sudden departure disrupts a five state speaking tour and jeopardizes a critical Americas club dinner in Pittsburg with Governor Sproul aimed at rallying Pennsylvania delegates for his Chicago convention bid.
The article ridicules a man arrested in Butte for distributing seditious literature barred from mail. It argues he sues the arresting U.S. agent, while praising federal efforts to curb sedition and preserve constitutional order. The piece asserts citizens should back officers protecting the republic from Bolshevik influence.
General Kenly reports European aviation in decline due to reduced government backing after World War I. He notes England’s £300,000,000 eight year plan faltered as military interest waned, leaving civil efforts to advance the field. He argues aviation needs government subsidies because hangar costs and aircraft repairs are too high for private funds. He contrasts European stagnation with claims of faster European progress toward distant destinations like the Suez and Capetown.
A commentary contrasts American dynamism with disorder in Mexico and critiques the Washington Star for its views. It argues Mexico suffers from illiteracy and demagoguery while the United States enjoys growth and stability. It denies mass upheaval will degrade American society.
A miscellaneous Washington-era column catalogs American sleeping sickness cases, notes their distinction from African forms, and mentions lethargy and paralysis. It also collects scattered political nods, booms, and cultural quips about Hoover, Bryan, Poindexter, and Obregon, with urban gossip and faint predictions.
A collage of jokes and stray stories from newspapers including a farmer’s dialect, Tommy’s answer on “repentant,” a flu remedy rush to a drug store, and a jest about English visitors in Ireland with Pat’s penny trick, reflecting lighthearted clippings from multiple sources.
A string of quotes from editors and papers shows mixed reactions to political maneuvers. Headlines from Charleston News and Courier and other papers highlight concern over teasing opinions on leadership and campaign moves.
Paul M Gilbert Jr son of the Rev William Morris Gilbert pastor of St. Paul’s Yonkers served as former naval ensign. Under dire conditions he evacuated 2000 Armenian orphans from an American orphanage at Harouniyl northeast of Adana after Turkish raiders set the building ablaze. He left the navy a year ago and joined the American Near East relief association.
Winifred Black critiques the Slummis and Slumming Feature Service and a group of seven college women who seek to observe life in New York after dark. The piece questions privilege, curiosity, and the ethics of “slumming” as District Attorney Swann warns against encouraging impressionable youth, while contrasting upper-class intrusion with the dignity of a poor mother and her child.
A collage of editorials and notices from Montana papers discusses drift in national policy and party factions, a rocky Wood campaign, Johnson boosters, and Carranza’s Mexican upheaval. It also reflects on French poverty, postwar recovery in France, and a call to support homegrown teachers amid a nationwide shortage.
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