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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1920
Page
4
The reader is shown office locations at Butte 119 North Main Street and Anaconda with business and editorial phone lines listed as 422 423 48. The fragment preserves address and telephone data for local departments.
Governor Cox accuses Republicans of raising at least 15 million dollars to push Harding and the ticket. He predicts a methodical drive across seven districts. The piece notes money, influence, and infighting in Illinois between Lowden, Smith, Small, and McKinley camps, plus Democratic push with Lewis and Lewis.
A Quincy Mississippi letter argues nature can foretell politics by a watermelon slice showing the name Harding, vouched by Bishop M. E. Fawcett. It jokes about testifying beyond the fruit and suggests a starry prophecy to reveal the president’s name to all, then return to normal.
The Chicago mayor leads a heated Republican split against the Lowden faction in Illinois. A massive money race tops $1,000,000 for upcoming primaries and elections with Thompson’s organization controlling most funds. Thompson claims $300,000 in treasury and $400,000 pledged for primary expenses.
In a crowded New York campaign scene Harriet May Mills, a San Francisco convention delegate, edges into the secretary of state race. She faces opposition over past squabbles but gains backing from Tammany Island chiefs and women voters, seen as a test of female political power. The piece also weaves in partisan jibes and broader state political climate.
A compendium of brief items notes political silence on railroad wage hikes after wartime growth, praise for bicycling at the Olympic Games with a Belgian dominance, a nostalgic return to traditional motherhood, and a critique of modern female career ambitions. Insurance growth in Montana and national tax data are summarized, alongside a sober forecast that suffrage progress was inevitable despite anti-suffrage opposition.
Winifred Black muses on romantic clichés and the value of simple affection. She notes that a plain “I love you, Mary” from John carries more sincerity than grand epistles from poets or Persian lovers, and advises Mary to stick with the honest, ordinary warmth of his message.
A collection of brief humor snippets from various papers. Includes quips about a reckless man, fashion notes on shoes, a piranola joke, a scout chorus, a vic trola gag, a blonde versus delirious line, and a driving lesson mishap with wife teaching him.
With 4904 immigrants awaiting examination at Ellis Island and several large ships entering port carrying at least 3000 more, a postwar influx swamps the inspection system as arrivals surge.
A collage of editorial quips from multiple papers lampoons politicians labor policy prohibition and foreign affairs. Items include Senator Reed and Cox bandwagon jokes about campaigning and drum beating, a quip on labor shortages from federal agents, Bryan and Willis opinions, the Turkish treaty with a wry twist, McGraw and the League of Nations, critique of party platforms, and a jab at rail rate stations.
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