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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1922
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard reports a jury ruling that a betrothal promise to love and cherish in sickness and in health applies retroactively to the engagement period. The plaintiff, now past 21, faced her father’s restrictions and a sarcastic verdict suggesting flirtation and chaperoned ardor were required. The piece mocks the ethics of post engagement expectations set by a New York jury.
Sir Philip Gibbs urges that powers aid Russia to become a civilized nation by restoring strength and demobilizing its red army, while demanding disarmament of Poland. He sees renewed confidence with France and access to raw materials as world benefits, though specifics are missing. Lenin meanwhile reclaims economic principles, risking a self-solving Russian problem.
National road congress in Chicago touts a vast highway program with nearly 1.25 billion dollars available from federal state and local sources. About 700000 workers will be employed in road construction and patrol as the United States enters a historic expansion while repairs focus on the popular road to normalcy.
A New York jury heard a $25,000 damages case where a banker promised marriage. He admitted romance and a diamond ring but argued illness and lack of visits ended the engagement. The plaintiff claimed her father barred visits during the betrothal.
In a New York luncheon clash, suffragists clash with League of Women Voters critics calling it vanity and a tool of democracy. Mary Garrett Hay defends LWV, noting 35 percent female turnout last election and party cooperation, while Republicans insist women should align with two major parties.
A garbled collage of humor quotes and exchanges from various papers including Buffalo Commercial, Houston Transcript, Buffalo Express and New York World. Bits touch on bragging aviators family boasts misheard lines about plays, misdialed numbers, snakes, trust, roller skates, and parental teasing.
A collage of brief newspaper quips from Washington Post Buffalo Express San Francisco Chronicle and more. Mentions laws hunger for reform petrified man in Oklahoma and boxing stars Lloyd George and Dempsey as public mood shifts through 1910s era clips.
Lady Cyrkon, daughter of the late J. Monroe Hinds former American minister in Brazil, is named Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for war work. Her first husband Alfred Duggan of Buenos Aires died, and she later married the British foreign minister on January 2, 1917.
A childlike meditation on feeding sparrows in winter. The poem laments scarcity and need yet finds joy in caring for birds. It celebrates small kindnesses that sustain creatures, with a warm, hopeful tone about nature and gratitude.
The article notes a global shift toward economic recovery driven by confidence in the Washington conference. It describes how demoralized exchange, shipping, labor costs, and taxation affected trade, yet says renewed faith in financial centers signals revival. It points to a broader impact on raw materials, production, and commerce as nations stabilize finances and peace prospects improve.
Predictions say good and evil stars contend for dominance with Uranus in benefic aspect Saturn directing. The report notes reforms in social conditions, rising interest in wealth, and changes in marriage and divorce discussions. Spain and other nations may be affected by the influence of Mars in Sagittarius.
Tropea Giuseppe, convicted of making moonshine in St. Louis, faces a year in prison and a $1,000 fine but is remitted and ordered to go home to Italy and never return. Judge Wurdeman bars him from the United States, though he will not be deported as such.
Miss Elizabeth Haupt, a Washington literary authority visiting California, accuses government neglect of Indians. She cites the Chico area reservation loss due to unpaid taxes and says her report will detail further neglect by agents and withheld maintenance for native peoples.
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