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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1919
Page
6
Financial comment notes the drop in value of Russia related securities from twenty five billion to a fraction. It argues that Americans see hope in a future government to honor debts and notes the implied loss to investors as markets reassess Russia's fiscal obligations.
The Canadian Mining Institute proposes a program to employ returned soldiers as prospectors under engineer supervision. Selected groups would explore mineral areas under government contracts, earning salaries with potential prize claims and royalties. The idea awaits government response and gains interest from veterans groups.
The piece argues three years of drought cripple Montana crops and livestock, with high prices masking hardship for some farmers. It questions whether breaking up the range to farm was a mistake and predicts many will seek city work as the rural population faces economic stress and potential social upheaval.
An Oklahoma paper recalls the passing of the sod shanty on the prairie. The piece notes fading sod dwellings, contrasts western timbered cabins, and jokes about prairie verse linked to sod houses while recalling rustic pioneer scenes and the howl of coyotes nearby.
A plan to fence the Mexico border with a military road and wire fence draws serious interest in Texas despite a twelve million dollar price tag. Proponents argue patrol limits make a wall practical, noting Arizona wire fencing showed results and suggesting a Chinese wall with barb entanglements. The piece envisions harsh enforcement and chides unlawful crossings and bandit activity in stark terms.
American holders of Russian bonds face upheaval as a $50,000,000 6 1 4 per cent issue sold by New York bankers in June 1916 likely will not be paid soon. The securities, offered at 94, later reached 102, but fell to 45 and 38 by March following Lenine and Trotzky’s peace with Germany. Now quoted at 53 in New York.
A statement to the German people declares that the world denies international justice and vows renewed homeland effort. Erzberger is praised however and the comparison to throwing a bomb is rejected as a misread aim for justice.
A collected note ridicules wartime and postwar figures and policies. It jokes about Germans, American resilience, Montana rain shortages, returning soldiers, and political tempers. It links beer rulings, the Dred Scott decision, and Senate battles with a stream of satirical one liners.
A fragment on flag etiquette and use, critiquing inconsistent practices in American households and public buildings. It notes varied rules for raising and lowering the flag, urges reverence, and jokes about practical adoption by families and schools. The piece ends with a broader copyright notice and a brief public affairs excerpt on anti anarchist funding and enforcement.
From the Chicago Post an argument that American labor unions should align with established American institutions. It warns against endorsing Bolshevik tactics or alien elements seeking to overturn democracy, urging sympathy for constructive, lawful labor progress within the United States. It stresses cooperation between democracy and socialist leadership as compatible with American ideals.
A collection of brief quotes and notes from various papers. The items punchy remarks about Germany America oil firms Prohibition Irish question and taxes through a mosaic of headlines and opinions. References include Pittsboro Gazette Times Cleveland Plain Dealer Chicago Tribune Detroit Free Press St Louis Post Dispatch and Washington notes.
A poem titled Mexico and the War Within a Silent Plea questions readers about knowledge of Mexico and the impact of indifference at home. It condemns those who have never seen hardship or kept their doorstep clean while others wage unseen battles abroad. The piece, credited to A. Daly and published by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.
A collage of light verse and quips from the Buffalo Express Boston Transcript Louisville Courier Journal and other papers. The jokes poke fun at courtship autos vacations and daily life with witty wordplay and cartoonish dialogue across several jokes and captions.
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