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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
4
The Leading Daily News from Anaconda Montana notes its status with STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY. It lists publishers and proprietors for the town paper and indicates postal registration as a second class mail matter.
A sub committee of the Senate Military Committee drafts a bill embracing a 280000 man standing army a separate air service expanded national guard representation on the general staff and a chemical warfare service with universal compulsory military training for all youths likely at age nineteen the plan aims to create a 4000000 trained reserve but critics warn it would encourage militarism lift prices and pull men from homes and jobs. The piece also notes Japan moves to economy with the emperor cutting back grand celebratory events including cherry blossom and chrysanthemum banquets as costs rise.
The piece outlines diverse missions across politics finance and charity, noting an English economic mission of 14 Germans and seven Austrians led by Arthur Von Gwinner of Deutsche Bank. It warns of postwar efforts to rebuild German economic power and suggests a German mission may travel to America, while the U S hosts many foreign missions.
The article reviews a new Mikado libretto with vivid satire and notes Japan’s wartime zeal. It discusses Tokyo’s chamber of commerce urging currency deflation to aid trade, along with abolition of duties on beans sugar fertilizers and petroleum and embargo ideas on cereals potatoes sugar coal petroleum cotton cloth timber. It also suggests opening pawnshops and housing initiatives to meet demand while the government moves cautiously.
A year after Montana’s bone dry law began, illegal liquor and bootlegging persist in places. While some see dryness as an improvement over wetness, critics note failures and dangers from tainted products. The piece reflects on prohibition politics, economic signals, and distant federal views, with multiple references to national figures and policy debates.
The Press of Montana notes a coal strike cost 60 million in wages as 400000 miners idle over five weeks, leaving 40 million tons of coal in demand. It cites losses to operators, businesses, and the public, while questioning slacker behavior postwar. The Missoulian and other papers offer varied editorials including caution about political influence and regional loyalty.
Poem fragment recalling a youthful impulse during a wintry night. The speaker reflects on love, desire, and memory as lovers endure the cold. Copyright notices appear from 1919 and 1819 with attribution to Wheeler Syndicate.
Sixteen hundred Butte children under fourteen cheered a Wild West drama on the Rialto screen yesterday morning. The Young Mery audience broke a record for orderly conduct as they applauded with enthusiasm and left with boxes of candy, during Claude Rick manager of Rialto praised the festive children’s show.
About 20 000 people welcomed William M. Wood, president of the American Woolen Co, as he arrived in Lawrence Massachusetts to press merchants to cut prices after charging profiteering and threatening to open company stores to sell worker goods at low prices. Merchants deny the high price charges.
Mr Myricle notes next year’s event will be bigger with another Christmas party for Butte youths. All seats were filled yesterday and a few stood, with no one turned away. Gratitude expressed to George Hurke and Salt Lake company for help in making the celebration possible.
The Davidson Grocery company donated a hundred dollar check to the Firemen's disability fund sent to Chief Martin with a note wishing the department a successful year and a merry Christmas. The firemen recently checked a blaze threatening the Davidson warehouse and the department expressed appreciation for the surprise gift.
In Butte inmates faced a large Christmas meal featuring elk turkey and a 22 pound turkey. Guards and county officials arranged the feast, with prisoners receiving cigars candy and Christmas gifts. The event drew attention as details of the lavish spread and care for inmates emerged from the county facility.
Under a handicap in Marshalltown Iowa the Times-Republican plant was almost entirely destroyed by a fire that broke out shortly before midnight. The blaze, of unknown origin, forced printing to be done on job presses in various parts of the city.
Early yesterday morning a thin snow mantle covered Butte but melted under bright sun as temperatures rose. The day proved one of the warmest Christmases in the city with highs near 30s and morning lows around 20 below. Snow and ice disappeared, and walks cleared by noon. Forecasts call for continued warmth before a cooler spell next week.
The new George Walsh photoplay The Winning Stroke features Yale crew scenes filmed on campus and at the training quarters marking a first for motion pictures. Walsh impresses as stroke and romance hero delivering a fast paced, wholesome drama with victory in love and war. A fishing tragedy near San Francisco leaves several fishermen missing after wreckage is found from Enricheta and another boat, with four men aboard.
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