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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
4
No 139 presents a biting portrait of the city and its police department. The narrator rails against a familiar cast of fools and crooks while lamenting recurring investigations and stale recommendations in a New York characterized by both virtue and vice.
The piece urges Montana's Seventeenth legislative assembly to enact a state narcotics law making drug trafficking a felony. It condemns the Harrison law as ineffective and calls for stricter penalties to deter sellers, noting local cases in Butte and backing from the League of Women Voters. It stresses immediate action to empower state, county, and municipal officers to cooperate in stamping out narcotics commerce.
A sweeping critique of New York portrays the city as a corrupt cesspool described with biblical imagery. Charles S. Whitman leads a metropolitan corruption probe while targeting Mayor Hylan, Police Commissioner Enright, and Tammany’s influence.
The piece notes a planned ten year transition in the Sixty-seventh congress to adopt the metric system as standard. It recalls past failed efforts, fears of sudden change, and contrasts metric with familiar U S units while praising decimal monetary counting and questioning American readiness to abandon the yard and pound.
A collection of editorial notes argues Britain would not count on as an ally should Japan attack the United States, citing Australia and Canada as aligned with white nations and likely to back the U.S. Australia and Canada would oppose Japanese aggression. The piece also notes the League of Nations’ obituary since November 2, and surveys various political quips about Taft Wilson Harding and Senate prerogatives, plus a China railway earnings report and a sharp, critical remark about China’s age.
The Helena report describes Dillavou of Cellowstone pushing section only codification on third reading, clashes over agricultural and asylum plans, Havre pride over Fort Assinniboine, and a push to empower law officers. It notes lengthy sessions, continued investigations by the highway panel, and references to the mothers pension bill and the Black and White highway.
The clippings blend policy quips and crime notes from New York to Los Angeles, praising a dry year while lampooning enforcement. Bits touch on counterfeit dollars, bandits, and satirical musings on armaments and discounts, reflecting a tumult of era headlines and opinions.
A garbled humor column fragment recalls a druggist dancing and chatter about soda, a plumber fixing a prescription, Maggie and a domestic scene, plus wartime talk and a judge asking about speeding. Named sources include Harper's Week Crawford and Houston Chronicle in a shuttered clipping style.
A satirical reflection on Prohibition era life as a first anniversary piece. The speaker laments Dame Prohibition’s impact on household order and health, noting roaches and rats thriving on the conveyed drink and the household’s decline while awaiting Dame Hubbard’s return to normalcy.
Reports from the Canadian Pacific coast describe shark fishing as an established, lucrative industry. Fishermen claim record catches as crews at Main Island and other shores haul huge mudsharks from depths around 100 to 120 feet. One coast steamer skipper recalls a single shark body seen at least 40 feet long, signaling remarkable ocean bounty and ongoing development of the fishery.
In a brisk Christmas mood residents of a small town share warmth against winter's chill. The poem notes kindly families and neighbors brightening dark days, while a street address evokes homey imagery of Moor and 047 Bouth Wyoming Street as symbols of humble, cheerful spirits.
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