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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1921
Page
4
Buffalo police fear unrest when the restaurant cornerstone is opened for a hotel project. Beneath lies two dozen quarts of fine beer from 1901. Preservationists want museum display while dry advocates demand immediate destruction, as workers plan a cautious extraction of the hidden stash.
In New York City a fusion coalition nominates Henry H. Curran for mayor as primaries approach. Curran faces opposition from Reuben L. Haskell F H Le Guardia and possibly William M Bennett. The contest deepens divisions among Hylan backers and fusionists as debates over fares rates and city control of utilities intensify. The Sept. 13 primaries loom over a budget exceeding 313 million dollars and a $15 000 annual mayoral salary.
The piece warns that pellagra will surge in the cotton belt from Texas to the Carolinas due to a poor diet of salt pork corn meal and molasses. It describes symptoms weakness and despair and projects at least 100000 victims this year with 10 percent fatalities if no relief occurs. The analysis ties the outbreak to a failed cotton market and tenant farming debts.
London banker F C Goodenough foresees steady improvement across the board with no trade boom. He warns against feverish 1920 style activity, urging slow and steady progress and strong public cooperation to realize gains from recent improvements.
Historical reflection on the feasibility and cost of a deep waterway from the Atlantic to Chicago. It notes quarter‑billion dollar estimates, financial strain on governments, and the risk of entering a costly, slow-return project. It mentions evolving engineering, disarmament hopes, liquor smuggling issues, and postwar reconstruction challenges.
Montana editors call for tax relief and budget cuts as property values drop by millions statewide. Officials should reduce levies or trim expenditures, urged voices from Helena and Missoula, stressing hardship for farmers and service costs amid low prices.
A 1921 TA Daly piece narrates MeAroni's rise to fame amid street life and a parade. A band plays a tune deemed Mericana and a traveler mocks a Dago stereotype while the narrator notes the crowd and a misnamed crown. The piece blends humor with social caricature.
A collage of brief vintage clippings touches politics and science. Notes include boundary disputes among little nations, a vast universe idea, and reflections on prohibition, Greek Turks, fashion, and trade policy across several U.S. papers.
A collage of quips and jokes from multiple papers includes Maud I and Jack ring talk, a Washington Star postcard gag with Mr Growther, and a Tit Bits punch line about reusing clothing. Other snippets feature a Maiden Aunt quip about church, Mrs Goodheart’s charity, and a farmer recounting wages versus pinochle.
Astrologers warn of a tense day with Neptune and the sun favorable early yet Uranus casting trouble. Initiative may rise but judgment falters, appeals before noon may succeed, but treachery and deceit loom from various quarters. Fires, accidents, and risky ventures shadow the period, with notable emphasis on women’s financial risk and political intrigue.
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