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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1920
Page
6
The article questions coroner reports linking sudden deaths to organic heart disease arguing such cases often involve other illnesses like diabetes Brights disease or arterial disease. It notes 1919 ended with unprecedented health improvements due to medical sanitary progress favorable weather and industrial conditions, credited to insurers and science.
The piece parodies Napoleonic pageantry as Bolshevik exiles in Belio Ostrov are greeted with genuine American comforts. Armed bands, cheering youths, and a wave of pork and beans symbolize a homecoming that contrasts with anti Bolshevik sentiment in the United States.
New York based League argues against returning bodies from France citing misidentification and cost. About 80 percent of next of kin have asked for removal, while U S authorities plan to repatriate roughly 11,000 dead already buried outside the war zone and may press on 18,000 eligible within reach.
A collage of editorials and letters from Montana papers discusses nationwide unrest, education costs, Prohibition, census timing in Bozeman, wage demands for professors, party politics in Montana, and Senator Myers stance on Bryan and the treaty. The excerpts reflect regional responses to national problems and political positions.
Medical officials report New York City health data showing more deaths from heart disease than tuberculosis in 1919. Tuberculosis deaths fell since 1899 due to crowding and sanitation controls, while heart disease rose, linked to individual life habits and less controllable factors. Doctors Hubbard and Guilfoy discuss eating habits, work hours, and lifestyle as key contributors.
In New York last week the National Wholesale Dry Goods association warned there will be no hosiery yarn in 1920 as yarn prices have surged over 500 percent in five years. Prices may not fall for five more years, signaling widespread stocking less. The piece notes Jeremiah Simpson’s attempted denial of hosiery, yet impeachment lingers as a precedent. Census populations are cited as figures that never lie, yet provoke bitter bickering.
The note lists varied topics from a lightnine-change artist to Cuba sugar planters cheering a cane cutting machine, then shifts to a mock critique of Man Without a Country and mentions Edward Hale, Soviet risks, Cox and Lowden, Indiana politics, Washington pedestrians, icy sidewalks, and Senator Poindexter’s Chicago hopes, all in a drifting, satirical newspaper tone.
J G Luhrsen president of the American Train Dispatchers association headquartered at Spokane received a telegraphic request from Will H. Hays national chairman to join the committee of 60 on policies and platform. The panel will study national issues before the June convention and make recommendations to the resolutions committee. Luhrsen was at the national capital. aides said he would accept the appointment.
A joint congressional committee of three senators and three representatives to study legislation aiding former soldiers sailors and marines was proposed in a resolution by Senator Robinson of Arkansas. The measure aims to examine welfare needs for veterans and consider related legislation.
A collage of humor lines from various papers including quips about one eyed vision in Boston transcripts, hobble skirts, blank verse, and a sheepish exchange on a flivver. Jokes cover manners, desserts, shopping, and movie nights with punny punchlines and regional accents.
Ellensburg January 20 Washington State Press association and other western state press groups plan a convention trip to Southeast Alaska in July. J C Kaynor, former state president, announced the plan. Idaho Montana and Southern California associations may be represented. A steamer will be chartered with stops at Juneau Skagway Ketchikan and other inside passage ports.
Secretary Daniels told Congress that the navy was ignored in last month’s bill granting six months pay to widows and dependents of army officers and men who die in service. He said the army’s recognition caused discontent in the Navy and urged equal treatment.
The United States transport Buford arrived at Helsingfors carrying 249 Russians after sailing from Hango this morning in company with the destroyer Ballard and her convoy on the return voyage to Finland.
Dublin dispatch reports that American newspapers arriving in the city in recent days have been seized by postal authorities. Officials indicate the seizures are due to articles concerning Irish affairs.
Chicago January 20 The board of education announced it will meet with representatives of teachers organizations this week to discuss teachers salaries. More than 14 000 pupils were in consolidated classes today as 311 teachers failed to report yesterday.
A collage of quips from papers like the Philadelphia Record and Rochester Herald ridicules crime and politics, noting the perils of alcohol as murder witness and the dramatic image of Bolsheviks in America. It cites huge rail passenger totals and a tongue in cheek volcano count to lampoon sensationalism and presidential booms.
Astrology predicts a favorable romance period with love blooming and wedding luck high. The theater and arts gain growth and public drama interest rises, while contracts carry risk and Uranus portends scandals. domestic happiness appears, but beware accidents for Aquarius births.
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