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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1920
Page
4
The article notes campaign activity on the stump but argues that films autos and newspapers shape voter knowledge more than documents. It emphasizes the newspaper as a constant influence, predicting a year where popular media outruns spoken oratory in swaying public opinion.
Anaconda office contacts show the business department phone as 47 48 and the editorial department phone as 47 48, indicating a shared local line for departments. The listing provides no further details on hours or extensions.
The piece celebrates Governor Cox's nomination with a telegram from Col. Henry Watterson of Kentucky praising Cox as a pure, undiluted democrat. Watterson claims the nomination revitalizes democracy and promises glorious victory, reflecting long-standing political loyalties and memories.
A critical blast at national convention demonstrations as deceptive, costly, and ineffectual theater in American politics. The piece argues such displays imitate reality, mislead observers, and burden campaigns with lavish spend perhaps more ado than outcome.
The San Francisco convention spurned Franklin D Roosevelt for vice president with Smith, but Tammany uses him as a trump card. Smith, popular and capable, is groomed for mayor of New York City after a fall reelection as governor, with a resignation in 1922 to pursue mayoral aims.
A magazine article portrays Orange County as a moonshine hub where illicit stills are numerous and quickly rebuilt after suppression. It notes high court activity linked to trafficking, rare convictions, and a thriving bootlegging system that enriches locals despite prohibition pressures.
A dramatic column critiques political rhetoric around Harding and Roosevelt, noting renewed vigor in Democratic debates and regional tensions. It contrasts Johnson’s endorsement with no praise for the Republican candidate, and comments on Ohio political flair amid national shifts.
A montage of Montana editorials critiques and observations on national leaders, foreign policy, and domestic issues. Includes praise of Warren G Harding, skepticism toward permanent allied war, labor and gender voting topics, arid land reclamation drives, and a vivid call to explore Fergus county’s agricultural potential as spring approaches.
A rural obituary poem recalls Jim Bogmedders grieving his wife Miss James Bogmedders after her death. Wreaths from friends decorate the parlor where immortelles bear the inscription Too Soon. Months later Jim remarries, with the same wreath still on display naming T. A. Daly.
A compilation of short humor lines from various papers. A Boston Globe quip about providence and money, a divorce court exchange over changing gowns, a Buffalo Commercial joke about a child and world shape, and Washington Star and Brooklyn Citizen quips about work and stories.
Louis D Brandeis associate justice of the US Supreme Court was elected president of the International Zionist Conference in London. The first gathering in seven years will form a political program to be urged for Palestine.
Wealthy women cut spending as exclusive restaurants lose money and florists feel the impact. Modistes report gowns reduced from three to one per event at Ascot and commercial travelers note fewer orders as affluent shoppers sew their own lingerie or hire day workers.
Bruce Barthing age 24 confessed to a burglary and planned more crimes. He was nabbed on a third floor apartment porch after a private watchman fired six shots at him. He carried a handbag and a powder puff as part of his disguise.
A Japanese special commissioner is in Mexico City to study cultivation and handling of sugar cane henequen cotton and other fiber plants for potential introduction to Japan. The mission aligns with Japan's plan to gather Mexican industry information and will extend to South American countries afterward.
A collage of satirical and opinion lines from 1920 era papers. Items mock Bryan and Wilson figures, praise or critique leadership, and comment on campaigns and policy shifts. Headlines hint at party loyalty, foreign leaders, temperance, and public sentiment amid a dynamic political backdrop.
In Glasgow Scotland James Frasier and James Rollins were sentenced to death for murder. On hearing the judgments they stood smiling at each other and shook hands. They left the court smiling cheerfully at friends.
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