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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1919
Page
6
The Armenian relief campaign runs Jan 12 to 19 with Montana allotted 90000 toward a national $30000000 aid goal. Red Cross backs the effort. the society has already funded four and a half million dollars to Armenia and Syria, citing famine and destitution as urgent factors requiring U.S. aid.
The article lauds France for weathering four and a half years of war despite losing a million lives and many crippled. It notes one seventh of the country including key industrial areas under enemy control and praises the population for quickly subscribing 4.5 billion dollars to finance the war effort.
The article explains why Liberty bonds trade below par as sellers exit investments after the war. It notes buyers expect higher future yields, while some holders need cash or switch to other securities, anticipating prices rising to par later.
The President will return to sign bills once Congress acts. The revenue bill is in conference committee and aims for passage before March 4 to set spring tax collections for war expenses. Beyond the revenue measure, few actions are anticipated this session besides essential appropriations.
The piece rails at Senator La Follette for endorsing the Soviet government and the I W W, arguing Americans distrust his Americanism. It questions Bolshevik sympathy while urging removal of artificial price supports, proposing a direct 1919 crop bonus and free move in the grain market amid wheat policy debates.
The article argues for reducing standing armies while preserving navies, aims to cut military burdens and boost European prosperity, and notes mixed reactions from nations led by Britain. It weaves in political commentary on leaders and events, referencing Hindenburg, Berger, Liebknecht, Ebert, and Kaiser remarks.
William Huntley, a leading Washington stockman, told businessmen that the 1919 government guaranteed wheat price would cost U S consumers about 2 billion dollars this year. He cites a 1 billion bushel crop and notes the price would be roughly one dollar above normal and foreign market prices. He ties wheat to corn and meat prices and questions tariff driven beef imports from South America.
Lieutenant Harold A. Mayforth of Springfield Massachusetts marries Miss Mabel Nancy Watts. They met at the University of Vermont, class of 1915. He will live in Springfield and resume his job as traveling auditor for Pisk Rubber Company. He served as an observer with the American Expeditionary Forces in the St Mihiel salient and Meuse Argonne offensives, entering the army in September 1917 and training at Fort Sill before serving in France.
Exclusive photographs depict Red Guards arresting a man in a public square amid counter revolutionary plots. Bolsheviks destroy monuments of royalists and generals, including General Skoboleff’s statue toppled by the Red Guards.
The article notes fashion trends that suit working housewives, emphasizing collarless styles and sleeves designed for ease of movement. It highlights adaptable garments like wrap skirts and jackets, with patterns and simple fastenings that accommodate daily chores and varying tasks. It cites a ready-made, affordable uniform approach for efficiency.
A fragmentary 1918 bulletin reviews war spending and debt totals. It notes $20,500 and a possible $200,000,000,000 end year projection, compares Central powers debt to Germany and others, and discusses demobilization and taxation impacts on national wealth.
From The Washington Star a senator notes Parisians could extract humor from sieges. Two young Frenchmen meet in the Tuileries garden the morning after a raid and learn of a family blown from a window. Neighbors report the couple unseen for seventeen years.
A collage of quirky phrases and mock dialogues from various papers. Snippets reference humorous lines about marriage bets betting dogs yard of tape and odd questions about a rabbit's foot, with scattered names and places like Yonkers and Washington Star.
A collage of quoted lines from various papers skewers democracy influence on public spirit and authority figures. Snippets reference pay checks affecting ideals, license portrayals, and remarks on Hoover and the war, ending with a note on Congress and railroads.
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