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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1920
Page
4
The article argues changing the presidential inauguration from March to January. It notes historical delays from communications and returns, claims modern methods enable canvassing within a month, and suggests the sitting president should sacrifice two months if voters choose radical administrative change in November.
Butte office at 119 North Main Street lists business and editorial department phone numbers. Anaconda office also provides business department phone contact.
The Sixty-seventh Congress Republicans push a vigorous campaign against the Wilson executive order on first class postmasters, arguing for civil service protection of postmasters and questioning the order's administrative flaws. They suggest campaign pressure and potential moves in Congress to shield merit principles, warning of continued political maneuvering.
The Wall Street bombing case remains unsolved with a new $50,000 reward raised to a total of $70,550. Rewards seek detailed clues on the wagon driver owner and manufacturer, aiming to identify implicated individuals. The public remains persistent despite the baffling crime.
Senator Lodge endorses a plan to shorten the period between a presidential election and inauguration. The piece notes states generally install new governors on January first, and recalls early republican practice.
The 1920 Christmas seal will feature the double barred cross of the Montana Tuberculosis Association instead of the Red Cross emblem. Ninety five percent of sales proceeds stay with Montana, five percent go to the national tuberculosis association, with the change reflecting new funding arrangements and ongoing public health aims.
A reflective discussion on presidential succession if Harding dies before or after election, possible moves by the electoral college, and the impact on Coolidge and Wilson. It notes legal gaps, congressional responses, and hints at forthcoming Congressional Record rebirth, with satirical notes on party politics and current events.
A Montana press roundup sums editorials on immigration limits, labor surplus, and economic expansion. Miles City Star warns against admitting foreigners during unemployment. Other papers reflect on hunting season, jazz criticism, wireless advances, and a boxing feud rumor involving Georges Carpentier and Jack Dempsey.
Channes Kadjaznuni aged 62, first president of Armenia, serves as a private on the Alexandropol front. He led Armenia from May 28, 1918 to June 1919 and visited the United States in September 1919 at the head of an economic mission.
A collage of quips and light jokes from various papers shows fathers, wives, and friends trading humorous lines. One liner gags involve mischief, clever questions, and social situations, including a boy misusing a golf club and a tailor’s pad request.
An editorial letter from the St. Louis Globe Democrat questions whether political progress can exist outside opposition terms. The writer argues that public discourse often frames plans as opposing something, hindering constructive action and forward motion.
Rhyme and Reason presents a comic tale of Tonio Baldi, slow to propose yet eager for marriage, while Rosa Baratta insists on calling him by her terms. In a park moonlit moment she nudges him to speak and reveal his true name for a future union. Copyright 1920 by T A Daly.
A collage of editorials mocks prohibition talk and political intrigue. Witty jabs target Joe Miller, Horah, and a rumored figure in Harding's cabinet. Cartoonish lines hint at money drives and postcard envy from Geneva to Washington.
The New York Sun essay argues that water power, dubbed white coal, will expand across the United States in coming years. Maine Governor Parkhurst predicts Maine will break industrial obscurity by tapping vast water resources, potentially turning one eighth of national industry wheels. Conservation frames the shift as saving at both ends of the energy chain.
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