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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1920
Page
6
Other cities provide for air plane service to attract aviation business. It would be a strong advertisement for Butte to appear on an official map as a station for aerial transportation with conveniences and shelter. No city between St Paul and Spokane could compete as a safe harbor for airships. They need a place to tie up out of snow and rain.
The piece argues the United States is expanding in China, surpassing European rivals in shipping and investment. It notes China’s rising nationalism and openness to U.S. finance and industry, while Britain, France, and Germany lag. It cites vast land, coal, minerals, and labor as attractors, with Japan also active amid Shantung tensions.
Opinion columns say Sims must stop talking after World War II era prominence. Critics argue quiet action by Pershing and Wood earned esteem, while Sims seeks limelight and faces rising disapproval from Washington and New York clubs.
Butte has built a flying field to serve as a landing and hopping-off point for flyers and potential headquarters. County commissioners chose a suitable tract, but a hangar is needed to make the field truly useful. Erecting a shelter is affordable and minimal. a field without a hangar is likened to an automobile without a garage.
After World War I, economists warned of job scarcity as veterans rejoined the labor market. Proposals to settle veterans on Western and Southern lands failed. production demand rose and factories sought workers. The piece laments stalled land reform and foresees possible shifts in groceries and wages as conditions change.
Montana’s musical history shines through Sam Treloar founder and longtime leader of the Boston & Montana, Anaconda, and Butte Mines bands. Once premier in national cities, the group under Treloar’s baton remains a bastion of melody, praising Butte’s cultural mark in the West.
A compact collection of quips and opinions touches on Butte’s convention by Bolshevists, a California writer’s forecast on lighter vinos, beer, and near beer delays, and an array of political and economic musings including Coolidge’s line strategy and a possible long debt moratorium.
The Press of Montana notes radical groups push blame for the Centralia massacre on veterans while the I W W fought back, with Townley’s Campbell’s Scientific Farmer calling the attack by a mob led by the American Legion. Also: Japan’s Korea promises, Montana fish closed season debated, Chicago crime stop, and influenza immunity noted.
A collage of short quotes notes varied views from newspapers. Topics include national duty and self help, tribute to women in the army nurse corps, a professor who studied apes, anti tobacco efforts, and observations on Ukrainia and postwar trade.
A compilation of quotes from various U S newspapers lampooning political figures and factions. It references George Creel Clemenceau Glenn Plumb Baker Sims Hitchcock Underwood Bryan Wilson and Adams era topics with satirical tone about partisanship and prophecy.
An astrology forecast warns of a rough day for many interests due to malefic aspects of Saturn Neptune and Uranus. It foresees propaganda affecting students and workers, potential trouble for mining, and rising oil and mineral discoveries this summer.
A collage of jokes and witticisms from various U S newspapers. The humor lampoons politics chores and social life with quips about vot planning miscommunications back to the soil sentiments and light cruelty. It reflects the era’s crowd pleasing one liners and domestic foibles.
A verse from 1920 by T A Daly laments aging and romantic intrigue. The speaker fondly recalls a son named Barney and predicts his flirtatious nature will meet a future mate like Nora Kearney, echoing the mother’s own past. The piece features Irish tone, playful dialect, and nostalgic verse.
Observers note the value of naval medals falling rapidly, a trend likened to soaring prices of real commodities in the market. The Utica Observer comments on declining prestige and market pressure affecting military memorabilia values.
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