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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
4
Anaconda office battorial department phone 422 423 48. All general business letters and correspondence could be addressed to the Standard Publishing Company, Butte, Montana.
In Silver Bow County voters fear a radical minority steering the Democratic primary. Leaders accuse Bolshevik influence of pressuring party nominees while denouncing mining interests and corporate power claims. The article cites President Kelley insisting state legislation favored farming and asserts the majority resists soviet tactics.
Maine faces a September 15 vote for state officers and four congressmen with the GOP seeking a larger majority than the 14 000 posted four years ago while Democrats push to cut it in half. Leaders look for the outcome to influence national politics as Senators Lodge Moses and Frelinghuysen are noted in the discussion.
Kenyon of Iowa drives a flood of campaign rhetoric as Republicans rally to crush the 1916 record. The intense effort centers on energizing voters and highlighting issues through speeches and events across the state.
A Chicago banker reports that Chinese depositors are the most satisfactory, with large average accounts and no bank trouble. They are diligent savers who treat their own kind well and mind their own business. On the Pacific coast prejudice against Chinese wanes while Californians rail against Japanese. yet attitudes toward the Chinese grow more favorable as both groups are described.
Professor Kimura warns Japan faces crowding and may seek a natural or forceful outlet. The piece traces rising pressure as Japan probes other nations, warns against defiance, and cites Germany’s population density as a wartime caution. It urges avoiding forcible outlets and hopes for restrained policy.
An Indiana origin term white mule for moonshine spreads across the nation. It denotes a drink seen as harmless though illegal. West to Midwest bootleggers target white mule carriers for profit while both producer and user violate the law and oppose law enforcement.
A column contrasts Roosevelt’s posthumous opinions with spirit world communication, praising friends who mourned his death and criticizing his supposed linguistic excess. The piece also notes a Tennessee suffrage game full of sensational features and a remark on bolshevism’s perceived persistence in life’s quota.
The report notes Jim Reed unlikely to speak for the national ticket in Missouri or elsewhere and suggests a gracious thank you from Governor Cox. The Poles plan mild treatment of Russian visitors and eject them from the front porch. Senator Johnson holds back from major publicity in Republican circles.
A report notes that ignoring German opinions and desires appears to be a settled habit of France, reflecting a broader diplomatic stance and ongoing tensions between the two nations.
A collection of editorial briefings notes public reaction and commentary from Montana newspapers. Topics include war orphans, Harding versus Cox, editorial philosophy, tuberculosis relief campaigns, air fleet firefighting trials, and sugar market profiteering. The items reflect press sentiment and framed headlines from Helena to Missoula.
A collage of punchy newspaper blurbs and quips from major outlets. The items poke at political figures and events, joke about governance and policy, and note oddities such as a post mortem finding of hair in the stomach and the Russo Polish war reference.
A collage of light quotes and jokes from newspapers including the Philadelphia Ledger Louisville Courier Journal Baltimore American Akron Times Boston Transcript Detroit Free Press and Car Toons Magazine. Witty exchanges touch on friendship promises drunken fines and social quirks in compact quips.
Serge Voronoff, famed French surgeon, reportedly performed a gland transfer from anthropoid apes to a human at Chicago’s American hospital in front of 400 leading physicians. He recently demonstrated the procedure at Columbia University in New York, details not yet disclosed.
Albany Georgia reports the 1920 census shows Quitman County population down over 25 percent and Clay County down about 15 percent in ten years. White population loss appears negligible, while large-scale movement is concentrated among African Americans.
International News Service reports at Lower Fort Garry the Hudson’s Bay anniversary celebration features three airplanes flying over the wigwam encampment. Indians observe in quiet astonishment as the planes skim the battlements and rise high, first sight of an airplane for these wilderness men.
The Cincinnati Enquirer laments Ponzi’s collapse and the gullible investors who chased 50 percent in 90 days. It notes about 40,000 people invested 15 to 21 million dollars, drawn by quick profits, while a guardian government intervened. It condemns credulity and questions moral distinctions between Ponzi and many investors.
The United States has become a world trade center through wartime upheaval, boosting prestige. To sustain leadership in foreign markets, American educators and businesses must deepen training in international commerce, outpacing European rivals. If trade declines, U S influence worldwide will fall. Los Angeles Times.
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