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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1920
Page
4
A column mocks Georges Clemenceau and Paul Deschanel amid French political shifts. It compares Bryan at Paris to a shock entrant and questions Deschanel’s policies and fate while saluting Clemenceau’s steadfast burden.
The New York Republican State Committee named United States Senator Wadsworth the party’s candidate to succeed himself. The decision overcomes objections citing his votes against the eighteenth and nineteenth amendments. Supporters praise his loyalty to the party while drys and suffragists alike are cited as misreadings of his stance.
A humorous column laments that Babe Ruth and Jack Dempsey earn far more than college professors, noting the public’s preference for amusement over instruction and suggesting this pattern may endure.
A column of satirical vignettes targets senators presidents and industry. It lampoons Johnson La Follette Bryan and Hoover while noting brewers eyeing China and a Vancouver plant. The piece blends humor with political observation and pop culture references of the era.
The piece notes that the U S population may reach about 110 million and highlights a rapid rise in national wealth through commerce, manufacturing, and agriculture, citing a New York World writer on the visible leap in wealth and progress.
The piece notes enormous growth in farm products, bank deposits, and manufactured goods outpacing many nations. It argues such power requires stronger public and private duty to avoid cupidity and internal conflict, warning against pessimistic fits about the republic while stressing census-era wealth astonishment.
The piece argues democracy has doomed the silk hat in most of the world, noting its near disappearance except in conjurers performances and traditional attire. It recalls London’s failed bid to revive silk hat production since 1914 and highlights Americans preferring the fedora and derby over formal headwear.
The Press of Montana surveys reaction to the League of Nations and the treaty while political figures like Senator Borah maneuver for attention. Media commentaries from Helena to Missoula praise restraint and warn against dangerous rhetoric amid ongoing international and domestic debates.
A humor snippet from Baltimore American and Washington Star features jokes about a returned soldier avoiding insult, sugar at dinner due to a lost safe deposit key, meat prices, and a quip on oral surgery. The lines mix wordplay with domestic situations and punchlines.
A daughter in law endures her mother in law who invades privacy and critiques every move in a three house setup. The writer advises tact and patience to soothe conflict, praising diplomacy to win the elder woman over and restore harmony.
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