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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1919
Page
4
The excerpt argues for one uniform Sunday rest to reduce confusion and costs. It notes that city cigar store patrons are mainly business men and their employers who are away from their shops on Sundays. It ends with a jab at tobacco magnates, implying they understand the issue.
The Oyster Bay date line returns with a look at Colonel Roosevelt and the Democratic Party. Critics call the party a "representative government" undermined by a dominant executive and rubber-stamp Congress. The younger Roosevelt faces inherited comparisons to his father, with mixed view on his own potential.
Attorney General Palmer wires state food administrators who worked with Hoover to appoint county fair price committees and publish fair price lists. Public sentiment, not punishment, should deter extortion by retailers while recognizing many retailers earn fair profits amid high wholesale costs. Official price supervision is seen as necessary to crush extortion across the supply chain.
The Anti-Saloon League plans to raise vast funds to press national prohibition, while a tobacco firm begins Sunday closures, signaling a possible shift influenced by public opinion. Experts note parallels to liquor bans and question long term triumph, as magnates weigh moral aims against profits and employee considerations.
In closing days of the open range the stockman clashed with homesteaders as dry farming rose. Years of poor rains dampened dry farming, prompting diversification. The big stockgrower era is ended, yet the agricultural revolution in Montana persists against the critics.
The two cent per ounce reduction for letters by airplane sparks doubt over when mail travels by air. Letters missing the evening New York train go to Chicago next morning by air, but early arrival in Chicago may negate speed. The post office will judge which mail uses air routes, with limited data on real time gains for businesses and individuals.
A jumble of quotations and musings on politics culture and society. It references suffrage debates Taft bedbugs and the ex crown prince with scattered wry observations on stockings the Orient and commentary on public life in a satirical voice.
Montanans react to Anaconda Standard investigations into profiteering by commission mem bers in Butte and related calls for prompt, thorough action. Several papers defend merchants, urge lawful reforms, and discuss licensing ideas for soft drink vendors while noting divisions over publishing full conditions and the state’s future.
A collection of light anecdotes and social quips from city life. A tiresome puncture incident leads to a kidnap scare gag about a baby asleep in a third house. A visitor comments on Rasus Johnson and Sambo’s ambitions while Mrs. Wickwire jokes about credit and the poorhouse.
Colonel L. Huston, part owner of the Yankees, attacks the American League resident over his alleged bias toward the Cleveland Indians. Huston charges the AL president favors Cleveland, saying belief is shared by other owners that the root problem must be removed for league health.
In a fragmentary note the ground with a lantern seeks an honest man amid a grim encounter. A second ditto hints at misfortune and bad money, contrasting with what was advertised. The exchange remains unclear but suggests a dubious bargain.
A 1910 Wheeler Syndicate piece quoted by T. A. Daly depicts a lively scene on Hareont Hallads where a suspect, Angelott, is described as too soft and a pair of helpers are jailed. The narrator recalls a confrontation with Profe Yoyneen, noting a rough encounter with Davies and a wheel. The call-and-response style reflects street dialect and neighborhood tension.
A collage of overheard blasts from 1919 era newspapers mocks Bolshevik panic and political misstatements. It cites pained mockery from Los Angeles Times and Houston Post, with quips on Ireland’s vice presidency and nervous American pep.
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