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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1920
Page
4
The piece argues that hunters kill duck game despite laws and warnings by Dr. Hornaday. It condemns escalation of poaching and trespassing, warning that state and national actions may slow but not stop the possible extinction of hunting as a sport.
The Standard Publishing Company of Anaconda Montana lists contact details for its offices in Anaconda and Butte. It notes post office entry as second class mail matter and provides telephone lines for business and editorial departments.
The New York Evening Post abandons neutral stance and endorses Cox, claiming the Democratic nominee embodies American aims. The independent press is broadly aligned with Cox, arguing that educated, cultured voters count as much as others in the electoral outcome.
A Canadian to U S bootlegging scheme uses torpedoes filled with liquor fired across the Great Lakes. Several such contraband devices have been captured by enforcement inspectors along lake shores. The piece ponders potential growth of submarine smuggling and the challenge to authorities to curb it.
Dr William F Hornaday calls for a 50 percent reduction in game killing and a strict licensing regime. He proposes banning most hunting on private land, doubling license fees, and per animal charges for big game with emphasis on Alaska. He also urges planting food for wild birds and increased winter feeding and shelter for upland game birds.
Ahead of the American Bar association gathering in St Louis, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws held its annual meeting. Members, chosen by state authorities, number three to seven from each state and have pursued dozens of uniform acts. The group, active for 29 years, showcases zeal with little achievement as drafts on uniform incorporation mortgage fiduciaries vital statistics and penal statistics proceed slowly. This year a tentative uniform prohibition act adds to the list, expected to be a lifelong commitment.
President Barrows addressed UC freshman sternly warning against a world of relaxed endeavor. He criticizes the idea that life’s rewards can be enjoyed without hard work or merit and promotes sacrifice and effort. He condemns socialism as favoring the indolent, asserting the American competitive principle will endure.
A national push by the American Legion news service seeks public help to illuminate the fate of about 2000 soldiers listed as missing in action or dead with minimal records. Newspapers join the effort to publish details, hoping to resolve lingering family anguish and provide fuller histories of the fallen.
A compilation of Montana newspaper notes highlights Californians chasing sharks with bows, strong wheat quality attracting millers, railroads warning on rate impacts, Roosevelt’s bite into GOP resistance, Livingston’s population rise, and Missoula’s take on Canada whiskey smuggling via an underground railway.
Miss Harriet May Mills of Syracuse has been chosen for secretary of state by the Democratic convention at Saratoga Springs. She is the first woman named to this important office, a lecturer and reformer born August 9, 1857, at Syracuse and a noted suffragist who earned an A B from Cornell in 1879.
Winifred Black urges young women to embrace true love fully rather than pretend restraint. She warns that shallow control of emotions leads to pain and urges engagement as a serious, heartfelt bond. The piece extols passionate commitment and warns against cold detachment in romance.
The item collects a string of witty clippings from era newspapers. It cites Will Hays about Republicans and funding, Lenine’s fall in Russia, Armenian mandate excitements, Bryan’s silence, and the public’s curiosity about prohibitionists, framing them as timely political quips and observations.
A collection of humor lines from newspapers including New Orleans States Boston Transcript Washington Star Boys' Life and London ideas. Jokes cover fresh eggs banking opinions dog ownership and family court quips reflecting early 20th century humor and social manners. Includes playful exchanges between waiter judge farmer and cousins.
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