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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1920
Page
6
The note bids farewell to a man once famed for bold wager wins who now retires to the Soldiers' Home in Southern California. Known as Jack to Colonel Roosevelt, he leaves behind a high stakes past for quiet days with veterans and oxen, seeking sun and peace.
The Yellowstone trail runs about 800 miles through Montana from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound. Western Montana men directing the highway work gather in Deer Lodge, promoting a broad civic good roads movement. Montana’s rugged stretch aims to improve rural access, farm mobility, and regional pride with better roads.
State department proposal would make egg sellers rebate to offset bad eggs. Producers must keep product registers and undergo strict inspection. Distinct classes fresh storage and preserved eggs will be accepted. A cautious toast to improved candled eggs.
A legendary Bangor born Civil War veteran known as Fat Jack is ending a long run in Butte Montana. A bullwhacker barber miner taxi driver and guide to presidents he helped shape the romance of early mining camps. He heads for a gentler climate hoping to ease the twilight years and reflect on a life among Yankees and Southerners.
The dispatches note a spike in self inflicted deaths with over 5000 U S citizens taking their lives in 1919 linking the rise to war and hardship. Editors are blamed for emotional distance and the idle as a source of pessimism while editors are said to have time to brood.
Five socialist New York legislators face expulsion votes amid claims of loyalty to the government. The piece argues the effort may be political, warns against punishing socialists unjustly, and asserts that legitimate reform within the law should still grant representation.
The United States now consumes less meat and grain than two decades ago while milk, butter and cheese rise 6 percent, vegetables 4 percent, and fruit 8 percent. The Agriculture Department provides these figures, noting meat and fruit trends as health encouraging for the public.
A set of scattered lines notes Christmas tax exemptions and a 24 hour sentence in Deer Lodge. Mentions Bear Creek trail to Yellowstone and Admiral Sims. Compares temperatures Deer Lodge and New England with Montana warmer. References Senator Newberry and Michigan memory fears. Mentions San Francisco convention and Wilson.
A compilation of Montana clippings discusses political ambush over constitutional amendments and April primaries, a presidential bid by the French tiger, Bozeman census efforts, legislative ejector talk, Dutch justice demands on a Hohenzollern, sugar beet outlook for Billings, Alice Paul picketing strategy, and Reds in public discourse.
Winifred Black discusses anonymous letters, noting their spread across regions and their harmless yet hurtful impact. She describes readers’ reactions, the “open season” for letter writers during crises, and offers reassurance to the troubled letter writer.
A collage of humorous remarks from multiple papers mocks politics, prohibition, and social trends. Notable lines reference Senator Jim Watson, dry Kentucky, Hoover's appointment, and ironies about railroads and labor. Each remark reflects editorial wit rather than reporting.
Ohio State Journal quotes a provocative Bolshevist remark claiming destruction of barns and theft of mortgage wealth as a supposed path to riches, illustrating wartime economic tensions and hostile rhetoric. The line underscores the era's ideological clash and press controversy.
A collection of short comic exchanges and quips from the Baltimore American and Washington Slay era. Jokes cover social customs, family inquiries, a recruiter’s banter, and a bureau of information clerk. Wry lines on daughters clubs, alter egos, and government railroads.
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