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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1920
Page
4
A former critic argues the Congressional Record wastes public funds, then notes an absurd Guam order banning whistling in Agana with a five dollar fine. The piece contrasts modern life with past singing at work and laments lost simple joys.
Butte office listings show the business department at 119 North Main Street and the editorial department line for public inquiries.
Christensen of Salt Lake, a third party figure, acts as a de facto adviser to Cox and Harding. He urged Harding to pardon Eugene Debs and to use his influence to sway old nominees. He warns of ongoing Polish Russian policy and claims secret war supplies to Russia have been denied. He is outspoken about directing national actions.
A Wilmington police chief ordered officers to attend church more regularly, granting half the force Sundays off. The move aims at personal spiritual improvement, not religious enforcement, as officers balance law duties with church life.
A nostalgic vignette of a farm family as Jimmy drives cows home Mary peels potatoes father cleans the musket mother sings a lullaby while hens crow and roosters cackle, capturing a tranquil domestic rhythm.
The railway wage award of 600 million dollars will raise living costs as shares go to recipients who will spend more. Workers demand higher wages, and wealthier classes spend recklessly, abandoning thrift. The war left a lasting disease of extravagance, eroding foundations as nations chase luxury.
The New York theatrical industry booms with $25,000,000 in new construction as 500 theaters operate in the city and 650 in the metro area. Plans include eight new houses in Times Square, several in Greenwich Village and the Bronx, plus others in Brooklyn and Washington Heights. The piece likens growth to pioneer roller skating days and notes electric storms energizing public mood.
A Montana press roundup reports on British imperial campaigns against native peoples, political debates around Bryan and Parker, forest service cigarette rules, wool market hope, and automobile terminology debates. It notes editorials from Kalispell, Helena, Havre, Great Falls, Missoula, Lewistown, and other papers.
Gov. Frank O. Lowden of Illinois blamed railroad failure to supply empty coal cars for a miners strike. He noted the top daily wage under federal award is six dollars, but car shortages left many miners to two days of work weekly earning about twelve dollars.
A collage of vintage quips and jokes about artists models, city life, poker like fame, and prohibition era humor. The snippets depict playful banter on reputations, gambling, and moral tone in rough frontier towns and social circles.
A brief verse praises a Naples born artist working in America. The speaker extols the artist as talented and trustworthy, noting the craft in his brush and his value to the country. The piece ends with attribution to T. A. Daly, 1920.
A collage of editorial quips and satirical lines from papers like Detroit Free Press Boston Herald Pittsburg Gazette and more. It references figures such as James Hamilton Lewis Robert La Follette and Calvin Coolidge amid reactions to campaigns and a mix of international notes.
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