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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1922
Page
4
The article notes a bank holdup case and discusses whether harsher penalties deter crime. It contrasts nineteenth century England's use of the death penalty for minor offenses with modern calls for severity, while some humanitarians doubt stronger laws curb crime.
Editorial examines McCumber defeat and the looming fight over the Senate seniority rule. It notes Smoot, La Follette, and aging committee chairs, arguing seniority unduly limits capable lawmakers. Democrats push to make ending seniority a campaign issue and seek broad pledges from future candidates.
Virginia enacts a law making armed bank robbery a capital offense with the electric chair unless jurors favor a lesser penalty. Historical notes reference Montana and states like North Carolina and Delaware that already treat first degree burglary as a capital crime, illustrating a trend toward harsher penalties.
The near centenarian former U S Senator Cornelius Cole of California received a Doctor of Laws degree from Wesleyan University in Middletown Connecticut. He toured New York City sights and remarked on the East’s slow progress while criticizing women in politics and strict alcohol laws. He remains a kindly old school gentleman who enjoys life and requests courtesy rather than bootlegger chasing.
A London observer notes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle praising American spiritualist fervor yet finding frauds while contrasting H G Wells denial of spirits. The piece lampoons U S politics with Watson-esque images and calls for cautious reforms as global revolutions unfold.
Denver judge Ben J Lindsay criticizes youths' fashion as signs of moral weakness. He notes oil smeared hair, bell-button trousers, low-cut vests, and “ruff-back” cuts as indicators and orders added notes on dress in delinquency reports. Crane, 19, receives 30 days for probation violation after fleeing to Texas.
The clippings mock or praise political figures and policies. References include mandamus on American tours and dry ships, Secretary Daniels drying the navy, Senator Borah defending state rights, and portrayals of Pancho Villa and Villa’s weather or taxes.
The Saturday Evening Post notes wages for film figures have fallen from 85 000 to 65 000 for seagoing stars and down from 750 a week to 400 500 for leading women. Directors drop from 4 000 a week to 2 500 and other tiers shrink accordingly in these austerity days.
Marion Illinois county treasurer Foward M Heaton states he cannot read minds yet fulfilled a nonresident property owner's request. A woman owner asked for the tax amount on a lot near the I C depot in a new addition so she could pay it now. Heaton located the lot despite claiming no clairvoyant powers.
The American library in Paris houses 30,000 American volumes and spreads of American magazines and newspapers. It draws about 33 percent of its readers from the American community, reflecting its central role in transatlantic cultural exchange.
Inmates at Chicago's church home for the aged approve jazz music and feel young again. Mrs. Catherine Evans, center, shakes a mean pair of shoulders as Matthew Amatore and Tom Thatcher play. She cites a fountain of youth in the bluesy tunes and sways with the syncopation.
The piece notes a French literary audience forming a strong link with American culture. It highlights how the two years of the endeavor have intensified French interest in American affairs and literature.
A playful Fourth of July verse by T. A. Daly urges celebration with lemonade and pie while warning against smoke and noise. It contrasts patriotic fervor with a curious peanut Stan jest and ends with a separate poem about a Ginny Hen on vacation, noting its odd song and nesting habits.
The stars foretell a mixed day with ill omens for miners and voyagers. Farmers face possible unusual weather while real estate activity slows. Travel European guidance may cause wasteful extortion, and political unrest, libel, and scandals loom.
Miss Harriett Ridell, scion of a Scottish family, has left Seattle to resume her mission among lepers in Japan. She aims to find a potential cure during her years of future service abroad.
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