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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1920
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard discusses rising coal prices from $3.50 to $4 at the mines and blames speculative bidding by consumers and middlemen. It argues extortion and chicanery exist in some areas and urges the justice department to act to curb excesses and improve government function.
Analysis argues Cox’s frank acceptance speech shows independence from the crowd. It contrasts Cox’s candor on the League of Nations with Harding’s lingering alignment to the senatorial bloc and Wilson era politics. Cox is portrayed as closer to public will than Harding.
The eastern press blasts coal operators amid rising prices and protests. Justice Department action mounts in cities where utilities struggle to secure fuel at high rates. Authors blame operators for price gouging while operators cite causes like shortages and exports.
The piece presents a patriotic speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt highlighting American unity and forward progress. It emphasizes education expansion to illiterates, stronger immigration standards, better working conditions, and protections for women and children, framing the Democratic program as a hopeful path.
After weeks of heat Montana enjoyed a refreshing rain that boosted crops and improved late-winter grazing prospects. The piece extols Northwest climate over other regions and invites skeptics to experience Montana’s air and scenery to appreciate local fortunes.
The clipping cites Havre and Great Falls editorials praising clean campaigning, discusses Tennessee suffrage elections as a test for ratification, notes Bolshevik advances in Poland and Wrangel’s battles, warns of missing girls linked to auto rides, and quips on prohibition and public sentiment shaping law enforcement.
Analyzes Egypt’s cotton boom and wealth gap as natives rise to wealth through cotton deals paying mortgages and buying land. Reports new millionaires in Cairo and Shepheard’s, with lavish spending and persistent poverty in villages, noting April’s arrival as a metaphorical flourish.
A collage of quotes from major papers across the United States remarks on politics and war. Mentions candidates like Cox Watkins and Lipton. Notes debates on national policy, war avoidance, and party strategies with regional commentary.
Brevity and wry humor appear as characters banter about love, work, and a swindler. Ei gbert notes a wife at a department store ribbon counter while a punchline about poetic justice follows. Luella sits through a circus, clowns oddly amusing her prim churchlike pose.
A fragmentary verse piece reflects on the night wind and poetic inspiration. The speaker imagines a pensive poet at a window, the city below, and the heavens as he riffs on beauty and pity. The text teases a publication by TA Daly with copyright notes.
The article warns that petroleum reserves decline quickly after production and new oil fields are hard to find. It argues current gasoline demand outstrips supply, prices rise, and eventual scarcity will shift demand to substitutes as storage of vast oil volumes is impossible.
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