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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1920
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard reports speculation on what the president may do after leaving office. It notes he discussed retirement to the country to devote his life to writing, focusing on issues central to his administration.
A front porch speech shows Senator Harding trying to placate party factions including the so called lunatic fringe. He sketches a vague “society of free nations” mixing Hague tribunal and Wilsonian League of Nations, then admits the plan is both shadowy and impractical. The piece questions if any wing, including the California irreconcilables, is truly satisfied.
The piece compares fundraising for the 1920 campaigns with 1916, citing figures for the Democratic and Republican national committees. It notes rising costs from travel, lodging, and party infrastructure, plus the impact of women’s suffrage on budgeting, and questions whether campaigns can stay under prohibitive sums while warning that large expenditures invite scrutiny.
Dr Grayson reports President Wilson approaching full mental capacity and restored weight of 179 pounds. He works three and a half hours at his desk daily, concentrates well, sees visitors only occasionally, and undertakes twice daily exercises. He climbs stairs, walks to regain strength in his left limbs, reads an hour daily, and is read to as well.
A harsh critique of John Spargo’s The Great Failure in History, accusing Bolshevism of deception and failure. The piece cites Lenin and Trotzky, condemns the Soviet regime’s exclusionary franchise, suppression of meetings, and heavy fines on critical press, forecasting doom for Bolshevism akin to czarism.
On Friday night Faw asks you to cut out conversations about sports icons like Jack Dempsey Ted Ray Babe Ruth and Tilden at the dinner table for mother believes sporting events shouldn’t be discussed in good society.
Harold L. Ickes of Illinois announces he cannot support Senator Harding and will work to elect Governor Cox. He cites strong reasons for his switch aimed at appealing to other progressives in the Central West. The note appears in the Montana press as part of a broader roundup of political and social items.
American relief coordinators Maj. A. F. Edouard and Maj. E. B. Swift reach the western Russia area to photograph Baltic relief work. They will spend weeks in the region, with pictures distributed to schools and Red Cross chapters nationwide to showcase aid efforts.
Dr W N C Carlton, former Trinity College librarian and longtime Newberry librarian, has been named head librarian of the American Library in Paris. He becomes European representative of the American Library Association and will oversee the A library at Coblenz providing a full library service to the American army of occupation with 1,900 distribution points in the zone. He also chairs the ALA books for everybody fundraising efforts seeking 2 million dollars.
The Fork Times declares the nation is entering a great experiment with woman suffrage. It warns of the difficulties and dangers, notes the shift from rights to country and common welfare, and expects elections to be more costly and complex while the American spirit adapts to making the institutions work.
A Syracuse Post Standard Penal summary notes the collapse of a high yield Ponzi plan. Winners are returning profits amid internal fights after a warning from key holders. The piece condemns quick riches and urges awareness of fraudulent solicitations while highlighting victim sympathy.
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