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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1919
Page
4
A historical blurb recounts U S presidential pay from Grant to Roosevelt and Taft. It cites initial salaries, later increases by Congress, and a tax repayment reducing the president’s funds, illustrating early 20th century fiscal policy. Roosevelt and Taft are referenced in context of salaries and living standards.
Senator Glass pegged war debts at eighteen billion dollars after Europe’s dues. Cincinnati Enquirer’s Holland argues new wealth from 1919 crops will offset this. Spring estimates ranged from 1.25 billion to 1.1 billion bushels. harvests promise vast output across Northwest, South, Southwest, and Middle West. Banks in agricultural areas show ample credit. no NY call needed.
The Springfield Republican questions the airship's revolutionary impact on the economy. It notes potential commercial basis but doubts sweeping changes akin to the steamship, comparing air travel to rail in early days and citing limited practical gains beyond faster mail and travel for a few.
The piece argues President Wilson cannot live on his $75,000 salary after taxes and official expenses. It notes $21,430 tax, $5,000 in yearly entertainments, plus dinners and other costs. It compares past presidents and their finances, suggesting Wilson must draw on royalties or other income to cover duties.
One year after the conflict, French shop windows display English Spoken American Understood as merchants resume business with renewed energy. Returning Americans report progress in restoring battlefields, noting shell holes filled and land resurfaced though buildings remain unreconstructed. Businessmen face hard losses but brace with hopeful resolve, marking a clear shift from July 1918 to July 1919.
Missouri abandoned life imprisonment to resume capital punishment after learning that life terms fail to deter murderers. The piece compares Missouri to Colorado, noting a prior Colorado law allowing life terms was replaced after killers taunted authorities following murders. Since the switch, Colorado reportedly stopped pushing for easier outcomes for murderers.
A compilation of satirical observations on Burleson and other figures. It mocks post office expansion, Borah’s League of Nations rhetoric, Prohibition era habits, sugar use, and political maneuvering, lampooning GOP unity proposals and Texan views on the Mexican situation with a wry tone.
A historical account describes revolutionary era currency in Mexico, detailing bills nicknamed billembiques and the manipulation of paper money by figures such as Carranza and Villa. It notes extensive issuance, varying exchange values, and eventual restoration efforts by the treasury to stabilize the monetary system.
The New York Herald reports unusual momentum in trade and industry during dog days with a strong outlook for the second half of 1914. Restored peace and expectations of steady prices boost confidence, boosting construction and metal industries, farm conditions, and employment as demand rises and purchasing power grows. If a war ban is lifted promptly, Europe demand could surge, signaling an exceptionally good business outlook.
The Kansas City Star reports the public health service plans a country wide education campaign to shrink commercialized vice and protect soldiers and future generations. It cites New York City cutting vice resorts from 1831 to 203 in five years as a model, noting Kansas City support and COPPEE MILL introduces a portable electrically operated coffee mill.
A collage of 1920s editorials and wire-item quips cites diverse papers on presidential resignations and league debates. It notes public sentiment for Wilson to pass leadership to Harding and references mock or speculative lines about Burden, Carr, and Johnson amid league talks and political satire.
A fragmentary verse excerpt titled A Little Girl of Five with garbled lines about eyes, dreams, a man in a monarch hour, and a distant old man. The poem mentions a girl named Tove and a figure who says The ugly thing, with lines about glue, seating away the heart, and keeping the speaker forty eight. Author T. A. Daly.
A collage of comic quips and jokes from various newspapers. Phrases reference misfit sayings about spouses, teaching, and oddities like a yard stick with a three legged stool and a line about the skeeter as an insect Hun. The collection reflects early 20th century humor columns.
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