Anaconda Standati ng Daily 1920 December 16
The Anaconda Daily announces publication with Standard Publishing Company as publishers in Anaconda Montana. It notes Associated Press news use rights and lists advertising and editorial contact details along with Western representatives. The issue date is Thursday morning December 16, 1920.
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Fici
North Main Street
Anaconda
Batterial
Standard Publishing Company
Butte
Montana
Associated Press
Banter
Pradden
King & Pradden
Fifth Avenue
New
Waiting Days at Washington
Republicans in Washington plan a waiting game until March 4, pledging watchful scrutiny of any Democratic nominations or appointments. They claim to act from a patriotic duty to honor the will of the people, insisting no Democrats should be considered for appointive offices.
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Washington
Wilson
Senate
California
Wonders of the World A State Dept Self Support Story
Washington reports a government department covers its costs through passport visa and immigration fees. Congressman Tom Connally is credited for raising passport and visa fees doubling revenue. The piece recalls anti Japanese immigration fears, arguing a Japanese colony harms local American atmosphere and social mixing.
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Washington
Uncle Sam
Department of State
Tom Connally
Texas
State Department
Californians Clash With Pacific Coast on Japanese Immigrants
A newspaperman notes California leaders urge a public education campaign to explain why Japanese immigrants are not welcomed. Critics say Japanese communities resist assimilation, maintain separate language and customs, and form colonies with ongoing allegiance to Japan. The issue centers on social difference, not race.
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Congress
Pacific Coast
Kahn
California
Europe
The
San Francisco Chronicle
The Shyster Element and Lawyers in Movies
Brooklyn Bar Association debated film portrayals of lawyers as villains. Members urged a protest to remove stigma, but the motion was overruled as irrelevant. The piece argues shysters exist in many fields, and fiction may even help curb real fraud.
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Brooklyn Bar Association
Brooklyn
Christmas in the Nation and Political Shifts
The piece weaves political courtesy from Governor Cox offering to appoint Willis if Harding resigns the senate, praising Cox as noble. It shifts to Christmas cheer reflections, noting regional attitudes toward the season, and comments on state legislatures resuming in January amid nationwide political theater.
Big Enough Now Speaker Gillett on apportionment
Montana editorials discuss congressional size and the need to keep the House at 435 members to avoid unwieldy growth. The Goat of Greece and U S policy on self determination are debated amid calls to focus on domestic affairs. Northern Pacific leaders urge conservation of materials and thrift, praising workers who protect employer interests. Montana Power Co faces public accountability and calls for corporate transparency. Retailers are criticized for not cutting prices as banks note rising costs in a changing economy.
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Gillett
National House of Representatives
House
Lewistown Democrat- News
Greece
League of Nations
United States
Wilson
Kalispell
Inter Lake
Ingston Enterprise
Townley Step Down Leaves Nomination To Lemke
From the North Dakota turmoil to national political shifts, Townley relinquishes control of the league, passing leadership to William Lemke amid a Harding landslide era. The collapse of banks and the farmers’ reaction mark a turn as Townley focuses on league organization work.
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Townley
North Dakota
Alonzo Herndon: From Slave Birth to Atlanta Barbershop Tycoon
The 1858 birth of Alonzo Herndon in Atlanta, later a leading Black businessman, built wealth through barber shops. He bought a $10,000 house in Atlanta to serve as a day nursery for Black children, becoming one of the wealthiest Black figures in the South with an estate around $0.00.
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Alonzo Herndon
Atlanta
Emaneit Rha
Atanta
South
Humorous exchanges in a 1900s style cartoon dialogue
Cartoon conversation shows crooks plotting mining funds and a sharp response about a cow pedigree. A witty retort at a social table and a commentary on domestic chores contrast with a mention of a new maid and locked-up kitchen.
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Miss Fresh
Boston ‘Transcript
Flashes of Lightning Do Your Own Cussings
Irreverent city column clippings mix quotations from papers like Indianapolis Star Washington Post Toledo Blade and Chicago News. The snippets mock public discourse on prices politics and language while attribution to Brennan Clapp appears in a clipped byline.
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Indianapolis
Gas About Mineral Water Believed Cures Across Civilizations
The Courier-Journal notes ancient belief in mineral water from Macedonia caves as curative. Greeks claim Nereids protect springs and require quiet drinking with a ritual sacrifice, while England also shows vestiges of well worship, linked to life’s source and biblical patriarchs.
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Courier-Journal
Macedonia
Greece
England
Abraham
Isase
Women Hungrier Than Men Says Lunch Counter Study
The Spokane Spokesman Review notes widespread belief that women eat more at work and lunch counters. Clerks report office girls and stenographers visiting two to three times daily, with three major lunch rushes, while men eat at regular noon and then linger with activities.
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Spokane
New York
Pirc
Ularly
Tam Mameyer
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