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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1920
Page
4
The article notes gasoline costs rising to alarm levels with forecasts of a dollar per gallon, predicting longer term price increases. It discusses substitutes like denatured alcohol and benzoin, yet concedes no clear solution. The piece links higher fuel prices to broader public concern and a shift in the automobile culture.
The Helena assembly praised the Montana Democratic ticket led by McDowell praising unity and diversity of party interests. It warned Bolshevik elements and Soviets seek to capture party machinery and offices, urging loyal members to oppose factional splits.
A New York letter profiles World War I veterans who, after shell shock gas or wounds, operate modest farms across New Jersey Connecticut and New York. Graduates of the New York State School of Agriculture at Farmingdale they are rehabilitated and now productive food producers. The federal board for vocational training praises their achievements noting many exceed expectations despite serious handicaps.
Joy comes to grief as automobiling faces shortages and price hikes. Southern California counties show a rise from 23 to 26 cents per gallon, adding about 12.4 million dollars daily in fuel costs across 11 counties per the Automobile club figures.
The prohibition party debates its future at a national convention in Bryan’s home state. Leaders claim enforcement violations justify preserving the party to prosecute violators, while critics expect a new proposition possibly wasting a quarter of a million votes. William Jennings Bryan’s San Francisco speech looms over Lincoln gathering.
Cheer rises for Sir Thomas Lipton as he triumphs in another international regatta round. A victory could send the America's Cup trophy to England with Lipton hailed as a fine finish hero. If he wins the cup, cheers would echo in England and Ireland. yet US opposition lingers over the sport’s controversial substance ban.
A fragmented opinion piece rails at baseball park expansion and Montana farmers while lampooning politicians. It mocks dry land farming, laments the airplane era, and hints at Cox Harding Coolidge and Bryan politics amid crypto economic quips. The author asserts electricity aids growth and ridicules election turbulence.
A compilation of editorials and notes from Montana papers covering juvenile conduct and property, political party purpose, tourism growth, baby clinics, voter registration, and a mother's persistence in seeking mercy for a son in a life sentence. The pieces stress parental guidance, public health, civic participation, and moral responsibility amid community progress.
The text features jokes from Cartoons Magazine and quotes about peruke meaning a wig and other humorous lines. It includes exchanges about free government Bolshevik views and domestic life jokes, naming publications like Washingtonsy Star Life Boston Transcript and Brooklyn Citizen.
Brig. Gen. C. H. T. Lucas of the British army was taken prisoner by armed Sinn Fein rebels at a hunting lodge near Fermoy Ireland while on a holiday trip. Two other officers accompanying him escaped. The incident is reported by International.
A collage of 1920s newspaper quips contrasts Bryan and Cox across cities like San Francisco Chicago Detroit and Pittsburgh. The blur shows evolving political fortunes from 1896 to 1920 with sly jabs on Prohibition and Tammany Hall amid vivid editorial tones.
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