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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1919
Page
6
The piece defends honest merchants amid profiteering accusations and critiques a Brooklyn style attack on business. It calls out a few false defenses, notes the trade commission probe, and highlights Montana women in politics with Jeanette Rankin as a example of perseverance and resilience.
Washington focuses on soaring prices seen as a social danger with fears of unrest. A New York representative warns of hunger driving bolshevism while senators, the president, and agriculture committee discuss possible solutions amid a lack of comprehensive bills. Investigations into profiteers and publicity are urged to curb abuses.
In New York City two Republican women will run for alderman against a Democrat. One candidate told a reporter men she asked promised support, yet women show little interest in politics and uncertainty in commitments. The remark reveals male gallantry and women’s conservatism or indifference. The 59 year old candidate is seen as naive about politics. Democratic women are less eager.
In Washington a military wife advertised for help with housework. A capable young colored woman proposed 50 dollars a month, citing her husband is a first lieutenant and must be kept satisfied. The maid insists on the wage to support her own lieutenant husband.
A compilation of pungent riffs on Hearst nominations, Prohibition, League of Nations, New York clubs banning beer, I W W sentiment, Washington police, Montana rains, and a kaleidoscope of political and social observations. The piece weds satire to current events with sharper asides about suffrage, law, and public figures.
The Associated Press notes the War Department will sell about 125 million dollars worth of canned meats and vegetables directly to consumers at cost plus parcel post delivery. Local postmasters will take orders, with caveats on parcel post rates affecting price validity. The move aims to curb profiteering and provide relief, while agencies debate logistics and impact on prices.
A collage of brief quotations from multiple papers including Utica Observer Detroit News Ohio State Journal New York Beyond Al Censure Detroit Free Press Syracuse Post Standard Philadelphia Record and New York World. The items reference taxation debates burglary rights political candidacies and public reactions to social trends in a rapid-fire roundup.
In a muddled report senators Pomerene and warning amony soes, Senator Harding is urged by allies to run as the Republican candidate. Pomerene's backers have launched a nationwide push to elevate him to the presidency for the Democrats.
A tribute to a veteran, the last surviving member of the Mentor who defeated Merrimac, noted as a humble artisan whose wartime service and homecoming were marked by uncomplaining labor. The poem recalls heroic days, praising quiet courage and national memory through a somber, reverent tone.
A collage of quips and jokes from multiple papers. Short gags about a chauffeur who crawls under a mule, a gardener waiter, party loyalty lines, a Sanitary cart joke, a boastful veteran with a D.S.C. and a 200 yard golf drive. Brief, humorous snapshots show era wit and social cues.
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