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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1919
Page
6
The piece discusses the rise of American tonnage and wages, noting its expected impact on shipowners and labor. It mentions the Thames and contrasts current pay with future conditions, highlighting concern among capitalists in the commercial sector.
A fire apparatus speeds down Main Street at no less than 40 mph and fatally strikes a dog as bystanders note the driver could not stop in time. The writer argues dashing through crowded streets to save ten seconds is absurd and dangerous, risking lives for minimal gain.
Montana lawmakers convene an extraordinary session but will not debate beer law. The piece notes federal alcohol content standards render state limits moot, citing Governor Stewart and Governor Sproul vetoes as precedents. It concludes wets face a futile path as federal law looms.
England's health ministry pledges unified command to battle public health foes. The program centers on improving provisions for mothers and children, ensuring clean milk and wholesome food, aiding decent housing, and promoting a new vision for national health. Venereal and other diseases will be addressed, but mothers and children are the priority.
Nearly half of foreign trade vessels clearing U S ports fly the American flag as the U S Shipping Board reports 729 ships totaling 4 286971 tons in general commerce plus 2 500 000 tons in war service The American merchant marine has seen a remarkable revival and now reaches every globe market, underscoring American maritime strength amid British concern and shifting wartime shipbuilding dynamics.
The piece warns of a race war spreading from Washington and urges public unity and law obedience. It cites a 2000-person New York mass meeting, notes parallels with England riots, and stresses that both factions are easily sparked. It calls all Americans to uphold and enforce the law.
The column mocks current events with fragmented jokes aboutTaft Hays Pershing Dewey and Bela Kun while railing at inflation onions and insurance costs. It comments on Hungary Italy Shantung and the League of Nations and jests about Pancho Villa and Ireland in a satirical collage of headlines and witticisms.
A February hearing cited by Harper's Magazine showed 25 percent of drafted men could not read newspapers or write home letters. The report compared illiteracy to inland Chinese coolies and warned of impacts on training, operations, and industrial mobilization, arguing for federal aid to improve English education for immigrants and natives alike.
Rom London Tit Bits outlines famous pens tied to treaties and notable figures across history. It notes Empress Eugenie’s 1856 Paris treaty quill pen, Taft’s signatory instrument, the Vienna treaty pen preserved with Viscount Bangor, and other famed quills from Wellington to Boz and Scott, highlighting auction values and private collections.
The Hampton Roads report recalls an armada of about 200 ships with 2,000 escorts and 33,500 men, showing American strength and spirit. It notes the fleet’s 1908 voyage around the world as a display of readiness to defend rights and oppose external aggression in trade and commerce.
A collage of witticisms and misquoted lines from judges prisoners and reporters. Jests touch on sentencing politics submarines and poets while a dial tone of satire emerges from the Kansas City Journal London Answer and Detroit Free Press pieces.
Alfred Bohol and Alwin Grothe, retreating to shoot Pershing, aboard the Agamemnon to escape Germany's revenge, led by an officer and 15 guards, reportedly trusted by Von Hindenburg. They were sent directly to Washington on arrival.
A satirical lyric by T. A. Daly declares a hunger for riches and mocks a chorus of gluttony while a serious essay from the Charleston News and Courier urges restraint. It argues that historic violent upheavals over wealth fail to yield lasting justice and calls reforms guided by reason and caution.
A collage of quips from various papers mocks political stances on Shantung, trade with Germany, and wartime policy. Snappy lines debate treaties, tariffs, and public figures with humor and bite, highlighting public skepticism and media wit across multiple outlets.
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