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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
4
The dispatches report Madrid theaters have no orchestras for the first time in 50 years due to musician disputes distant from the city. Audiences lose daily pleasure while musicians, paid highly, reorder loyalties under unseen pressure.
Butte office located at 1319 North Main Street lists editorial and business department phones. Anaconda office at 9 One 423 handles general business correspondence for STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY in Montana.
State bankers gather in Butte as drouth and hard times test Montana enterprises. C F Kelley of the largest trust company leads a welcome, praising bankers as backers of local industry and farmers. The visit emphasizes confidence in Montana’s future and investments.
An Italian immigrant named Carlo Ponzi created a rapid money making scheme by buying foreign currencies at deep discounts and selling them at profits. His operation grew to about 35,000 customers before a government inquiry began. He remains confident of a clean slate despite the probe.
A discussion on how music is affected by commercial pressures and labor disputes. Musicians face organization demands and pay issues, risking harmony as disagreements cause players to quit, leaving orchestras short staffed in various cities.
Editors and publishers of Montana weekly papers in Helena recount battles against red propaganda and economic hardship. They praise loyalty to the constitution, warn about print paper costs, and urge perseverance to keep state journalism strong and free.
Debs shows willingness to conduct either a front porch or a swing around the circle campaign. He would accept an invitation to engage voters in that format.
Lloyd George argues America lacks right to meddle in Europe as not in the League though four years earlier he held a different view. The remark underscores shifting opinions on U S involvement in European affairs and hints at American opportunities for young men to launch newspapers in Ohio.
A reflective editorial style comments on sugar profiteers facing punishment, the impracticality of paper clothes, and shifts in campaign practices as women engage more in politics. It recalls past candiate baby kissing traditions and notes a political shift with Democrats now favored by many who were once Republican supporters.
The remark contrasts formal political organizations with extralegal groups that operate by intimidation. It notes that legitimate parties pursue policy and elections through lawful means, while night riders rely on violence and fear to advance aims, undermining due process and public order.
The Bozeman roundup opens drawing thousands from Gallatin and other counties and from across Montana and nearby states. Visitors will see a realistic old West display and are assured a warm welcome despite potential minor inconveniences. Bozeman Chronicle urges hospitality and pride in the town and its people. Wheat prices slide to 2.22 hurting growers and the wool market, with farmers facing losses under current costs. Kalispell reports record heat with above normal rainfall, optimism rising as rains aid crops. Missoula notes Bolshevik accusations over white collars sparking local controvery.
Aaron Sherman Watkins of Germantown Ohio earns the Prohibition party’s presidential ballot slot in a year with three Ohio nominees. A former vice presidential nominee in 1908 and 1912, Watkins is a Germantown literature professor and Ohio native born November 29 1863. He became a lawyer in 1889 and earned an LL D from Taylor University in 1902, later entering the Methodist Episcopal ministry in 1893.
A woman declines a matinee for practical reasons and later attends in disguise as she reveals new shoes and gloves remain unused at home. The tale contrasts social status, wealth, and anxiety about appearances with the idea that what we own or fear we lack does not truly define us. The narrator reflects on how storied possessions shape confidence and social ease.
A collage of editorials and headlines comments on peace, politics, and personalities. Quotations from Pittsburg Dispatch Los Angeles Times Detroit Free Press and Wall Street Journal reflect mixed attitudes toward Democrats Republicans suffrage and the Wilson Cox contest with satirical take on leadership and future peace prospects.
New York state has ordered 2 percent grams of radium at 225000 dollars to combat cancer and malignant diseases. One gram, about one thirtieth of an ounce, cost 120000 dollars and arrived in a lead cylinder eight inches in diameter and twelve inches long.
A collection of light quips and banter from era newspapers. Jests range from quarreling cooks to politicians, lovers and critics with clever punchlines and moralizing asides. Notable exchanges include a joke on well rounded periods and a stock-bond gag about gilt-edged securities.
In Belgium the diamond industry reports 6,500 union workers unemployed out of 12,000 as demand for cut stones falls. Employers seek a 35 percent wage cut while the union rejects more than 15 percent. Arbitration is underway and hundreds seek other work.
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