Butte Mines Promise Merry Christmas If Mining Spreads
The spread of mine activity in Butte coal mines would bring a genuinely merry Christmas to local communities, with miners reportedly free of grievances as production resumes across the district.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
6
The spread of mine activity in Butte coal mines would bring a genuinely merry Christmas to local communities, with miners reportedly free of grievances as production resumes across the district.
Helena dispatch links J. W. W. style propaganda in Montana and Wyoming coal fields to a deliberate campaign by radicals to keep mines idle. The piece alleges organized labor has won its point, while reds, aided by foreign funding, delay reopening in Butte and nationwide coal output suffers amid fear and hunger.
The era of doom predicted around Dec 17 fades as Professor Porta of University of Michigan faces scrutiny. The piece mocks sensational science claims while praising genuine advances from North Pole to space, urging faith in scientists who dispute Porta.
Secretary of the Interior Lane denies resigning or discussing the move with President Wilson. Washington buzz linked him to policy rifts, though he remains a cabinet member and strong presidential candidate only if natural born status allows. Other notes touch Porta's chaos, Reed drafting on U.S. politics, and worldly quips.
A collection of editorial quips from several papers mocks government reporting, public appetite for facts, and officials. Observations cover Creel’s Bureau, Burleson, D'Annunzio and Fiume, coal strike humor, Lady Astor, Ohio politics, and money’s power.
A collection of jokes and vignettes: Mrs Brown waits for a christening sermon, playful quips about the Reds and gossip, and a five year old Margery at a party insisting the dress is new to her father.
Federal Judge K M Landis said he could not stop William D Haywood I W W propagandist from speaking in Detroit next Sunday. The Detroit American Legion post urged action while Judge Alschuler of the circuit court of appeals said no action was possible.
A wartime poem calls patriots to service with fervent praise of the flag and sacrifice. The verse pleads for a just war, noting tears for the banner and urging soldiers to depart heroically. Copyright 1919 Wheeler Syndicate.
Maj Gen George H Harries former commander of the American military mission in Berlin told a Washington luncheon that the government knows about Russia Germany ties and the sources of funds for trouble in the United States He warned of a red menace abroad and predicted Reds would try to replicate bloodshed in America.
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