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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard notes severe famine with people selling possessions and children sold as slaves to survive. It cites relief organizations as trustworthy sources for aid to ensure funds are used for actual relief and urges giving during Christmas as hopeful, safe.
Financial experts see possible extraction of 100 billion marks over years to ease Germany back from insolvency. The argument centers on delaying, clarifying, and settling the reparation amount to restore foreign exchange stability and revive trade and industry. Allies may need to be lenient to avoid counterproductive restraint.
An appeal urges belated Christmas giving to aid millions of starving Europeans and Chinese famine victims. It cites Hoover era estimates of 3.5 million European children at risk and notes China facing widespread starvation across vast areas, with America as the key relief source.
A major issue facing Republicans in Washington is devising a reapportionment plan that keeps the House size unchanged and preserves current membership for all states. House leaders resist enlarging the body, while raising the basis of representation could cost states like Maine Missouri Kansas Nebraska and others one or two seats.
A survey of international sentiment as Mexico under Obregon cleans house and seeks recognition after March 4. The piece notes U S friendliness, potential delays in formal action until Harding takes office, and Obregon’s aim to abolish confidential agencies. It also mixily critiques political figures and social issues of the era.
A Montana press roundup notes plans for Christmas carols in Billings as part of local holiday atmosphere. Entries discuss shipping views, prohibition era topics, and regional notes from Helena Glasgow Glasgow Courier and other papers, highlighting civic mood and cultural events.
A collage of political chatter and editorials mentions Mexico's new president plans for revolution, consultancy moves at a home, and figures like Harding and Wilson. It weaves together scattered quotes about Armenia borders, prohibition enforcement, and diary keeping, with numerous garbled names and phrases from various papers.
Mine Woon, a maker of rag dolls in London, models the former Princess Troubetzkov of Russia who fled after the Soviet confiscation of her property. The article shows her at work in her London apartment as a rag doll modeler.
A collage of humorous exchanges and snippets from newspapers including lines about a tailor, a fortune question, a taxi driver, a proposal, and a local bar scene. It presents witty or inquisitive remarks, noting characters like Mr Hunter and Gladys, with brief dialogue fragments and comic asides from various sources.
A fragmented 1920 tale copy captures a speech by a character named Santa Claus amid tangled dialogue. The text blends misspellings and stray phrases, including references to Minat edos and Memtear Pansaph, with a stylistic, stage-like cadence. The piece reads as a vignette or dramatic monologue excerpt.
The article critiques George Bernard Shaw and H G Wells for predicting a new world war and argues that true security comes from international cooperation rather than isolation. It notes Shaw’s lurid visions of racial conflict and chemical warfare, countering with calls for logic and common sense in defending militarism against cynical nationalism.
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