Dixon Declines Interior Secretary Post to Remain Montana Governor
Friday December 31, 1920 reports Mr Dixon rejects the interior secretaryship to stay Governor of Montana. The piece notes Montana’s finances and the need for wise policy, with cooperative legislature and a focus on rational state progress. It also surveys the growing domestic electricity market and appliances.
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Dixon
Montana
Secretary of the Interior
Joe Dixon
Helena
Plecea
Debs Vote Analyses Show Socialists Fall Short of 2 Million Target
An analysis of election returns reveals the socialist vote at about 950,000, far below Debs’s 2,000,000 forecast. New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Massachusetts and New Jersey contributed strongly while Illinois Ohio and Pennsylvania lagged. Women voters further reduced the total, indicating no nationwide surge.
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Debs
Benson
New York
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Illinois
Altgeld
Ohio
Pennsylvania
One Servant in the House Sparks Domestic Reform
The passage reflects on the unsatisfactory servant problem and the shift from grandmother era privations to modern housework. It contrasts early electricity scarcity with children experimenting in cars and notes how pressing a button now automates many household tasks.
Jersey Method Evokes Jersey Justice in Milltown Bank Burglary
Burglars broke into a Milltown New Jersey bank late Monday December 20 at midnight. Two were captured and two escaped. The captured men were arraigned at a special term of court Tuesday afternoon and pleaded guilty. They were sentenced to four to seven years in the penitentiary and sent toward prison within 18 hours of the crime. The article contrasts swift punishment with lynching mobs.
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Jersey
Milltown
N. J
Mills of the Gods
New York Nights and a Citywide Gong Defense
A quirky column notes New York burglaries drive residents to install electric gongs with floor push buttons to summon neighbors and police during invasions. It ponders practicality, potential overuse, and the noisy defense craze amid a broader survey of 1920s politics and events.
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New York City
New York
Solomon
Society For the Promotion of
Press of Montana mocks prohibition enforcement
Collections of editorial snippets note criticism of hard sider rules and nosey busybodies, urging common sense in enforcing prohibition. Other stories touch Groaning European news and Montana power development, with light satire on Dannunzio and a comic Christmas quip from John Barleycorn.
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Washington
Nyac
Nome
Abe Potash
Great Falls
Alien Propaganda and early U S education debate
The Missoulian notes concerns over foreign sympathy in school histories and academic staff, amid broader fears of alien propaganda in society. It cites editorials from various papers and mentions cork wood production stats and New York City's early fire department.
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Billings | Gazette
Missoula Sentinel
York
New York
Anthony Lamb
Socialists Spargo Refutes Wells and Vanderlip on Bolshevism
In a Cincinnati Enquirer excerpt Vanderlip and Wells advocate lenience toward Lenina and Bolshevism. John Spargo counters with a stark warning that bolshevism would ruin civil civilization and wreck economic and political systems of major nations, especially the United States. He argues Bolshevism does not reflect Russian will or honorably engage with the West.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
America
John Spat
H. G. Wells
Washington
Vanederlip
Lenina
John Spargo
Lrfe
Ion
Russia
United States
Bolshevists
Vander Uip
Wells
Lenine
Wild Men of Japan Hid in Remote Prefectural Valleys
Japan’s first social census uncovers isolated hamlets with histories of tragedy and humor. In Sanitama, a forest hamlet of 240 survives by bow hunting and charcoal trade. three men are registered, each long settled. Other unknown groups named Yamaotokimountain men and Shozentoxe village were found in Crystal valley and Daido river regions. Authorities plan scientific visits to Crystal valley to study these enigmatic communities.
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Japan
Salima
Sumida
Chichibu
Suishokei
Crystal Valley
Yamaotoki
Shozentoxe
Daido
Yamanashi
Yamaki
Authori
Hes
Humor and social quips from old papers about marriage and daily life
A collage of jokes and captions from newspapers including Sydney Bulletin and Boston Transcript. It features a serious look at marriage humor, a taxi driver taunt, and jokes on gender roles, January and June anniversaries, and urban life.
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Brenda
Freddy
Billy
Bulletin
Sydney
Jimmy
Eve
Wye—Nevers
Boston ‘Transcript
Gracechurch Street
London
Detroit
Cleveland Plain
Rhyme and Reason in The New Year Paton as kin
Fragmentary OCR text from an 19th century style poem or verse. Mentions Paton as next of kin, wild blood, and a cascadence of archaic phrases. No clear event or concrete facts beyond literary lines.
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Paton
Daly
Light quotes and wry clips from 1920s papers
A collage of short quips from U.S. newspapers humorously commenting on Congress wartime policy, government work, young lawmakers, graft exposures, and costly travel by auto. Notable lines reference Charles J. McLeod, Jesse James, and various city papers.
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Rhyme and Reason
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