Only One of Him Hoover and the Harding cabinet discussion
The piece notes Herbert C. Hoover reappears as a candidate for multiple posts in the Harding administration, with supporters urging him for labor commerce or interior to build domestic and international leadership. It discusses his fit, international stature, and objections to purely domestic roles, plus looming housing and building market hopes and fears for spring.
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Harding
Herbert C. Hoover
Round Table
Hoover
Legion
Department of Labor
Brooklyn Eagle
Franklin K. Lane
Department of the Interior
The
Eagle
Brooklyn News
Commerce Department
Uncle Hick
Montana Record- Herald
Hick
Percy
Record-Herald
Farmer
Manhattan
Rocky Mountain American
Desirability of Health Wealth and Wisdom as Social Cure
A provocative piece argues health wealth and wisdom could end global problems if people pursue them and care for their bodies. Surgeon General Cumming claims 100000 Americans could be spared death with rational exercise and use of medical knowledge. Public fears spike during epidemics, then fade as typhoid diphtheria tuberculosis and smallpox recur, a pattern the author attributes to conventional thinking.
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Heaven On Earth
General Cumming
United States Health Service
Dr. Cumming
THE HOUSE SHORTAGE AND BUILDING DELAYS
The United States faces a housing shortage of 1,125,000, per the development department of the United States chamber of commerce. Prewar construction averaged 850,000 to 400,000 dwellings yearly, while during the war period no such building occurred. After the armistice, the pace lagged. 1919 saw 70,000 houses built, and 1920 likewise hampered by high material costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Development Department
United States Chamber of Commerce
Daylight saving sparks eastern war on time zones
A historic clash over daylight saving pits rural resistance against urban expansion. New York backed by Governor Smith pushed for spring time shifts despite rural protests, as Senator Edge proposed a bill extending daylight saving to the eastern time zone from May through September, while other zones could opt in or out.
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Congress
New York State
Smith
New York
Upstate
Senator Edge
New Jersey
Atlantic Seaboard
Cleveland
Ohio
Central States
Mountain States
Pacific Coast
Crook Trap Plan Ends In Early Alarm and Irony
A former Sing Sing convict provides New York police with blueprints for a bank safe door activated by a cashier’s secret button. The door locks, the thief is trapped, and alarms shout “Thieves! Robbers! Police!” while the bell rings. The piece satirically notes political quips and a busy winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sing Sing
Four Montana electors choose carrier for Washington
Montana’s four electors convene in Helena to select one member to carry the official certificate to Washington. A contest may arise over the honor and the 25 cent per mile travel allowance, with debates echoed by Montana papers about economy, politics, and public administration.
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Washington
Montana
Helena
Electoral College
National Capitol
Shiles City Star
Movement to Reform the Movies and Censor Action
The Rev. Dr. Wilbur F. Crafts, founder of the international reform bureau in Washington, campaigns nationwide for film censorship. He seeks government control over motion pictures, ban on vampires and violence, and assigns enforcement of the Prohibition amendment to church leaders, calling himself a Christian lobbyist after nearly six decades as a reformer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilbur F. Crafts
International Reform Bureau
Washington
The Rising of the Tide by I' Holland
A poem from Butte Montana reflecting on Ireland and freedom. The speaker recalls olden times, envisions a rising tide of liberty, and celebrates the Irish Volunteers as the modern knights defending embattled walls.
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Holland, Butte, Mont
Ireland
Empire
Freedom
The
Irish Volunteers
Civic economy and blame in county finance rhetoric
The passage criticizes county financial policy blaming county commissioners for deficits. It frames warrants and budgets as political tests, accusing officials of failing to meet promises and urging fiscal restraint as a central campaign goal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Powell County
Knopf
Humorous Quotations and Cartoon Snippets Across Papers
A collage of lighthearted lines from Boston Transcript, Pearson's Weekly, Cartoons Magazine and Richmond Times Dispatch. Jokes spoof business insomnia, amateur sports trivia, generous friends, devoted spouses, and marital mixups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Browne
Brooks
Towne
Cartoons Magazine
Pearson's Weekly
Richmond Times Dispatch
Public sentiment and satire mingle in scattered headlines
A jumble of clipped quotes mocks politics and poetry as Utien Observer and Detroit Free Press note familiar investigative flaps in New York and America. D'Annunzio’s visit threat is parodied, while Chicago News and Minneapolis Tribune rail at spending and public health debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Utien Observer
D'Annunzio
Amer Fca
Detroit Free Press
National Public Health Service
Minneapolis Tribune
Rhyme and Reason MCARONI BALLADS Olden Pays Verse
A fragmented reminiscence of folk speech and poetry with names like John Quincy Adams as a backdrop. It recalls a scene of a customer, a brown horse, and a private secretary, blending dialect and historical reference in a single evocative snippet.
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Olden Pays
John Quincy Adams
Washington
Can't Prove It by Statesmen
A terse historical note critiques national security reliance, arguing it rests not on a few but on the common sense majority, reflecting editorial sentiment from Baltimore Sun observations.
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Ford
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Joe
Joe Dixon
Havre
Chicago News
Rhyme and Reason
McAroni
Deesa
Manny
Cena
T Joosta
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