Americanization classes aid workers and a Montana bishop joins Helena Methodism
The Anaconda Standard notes that English classes help workers improve citizenship and communicate with Americans, illustrated by a Greek polisher learning English to impress an Irish chambermaid. Montana Methodism welcomes Bishop Charles W. Burns, 46, newly elected, assigned to Helena area to serve Montana, Idaho, and North Dakota, with hopes for two decades of leadership. Born 1874 in Pennsylvania, Burns is a Dickinson College and Boston University School of Theology graduate, formerly pastor in Philadelphia area, led Hennepin Avenue Church in Minneapolis since 1916, praised for eloquence, culture, and magnetism.
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Idaho
North Dakota
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Bishop Burns
Pennsylvania
Dickinson College
Boston University School of Theology
Philadelphia
Hennepin Avenue Church
Minneapolis
The Circus Concert Prelude to San Francisco Convention
This item previews the upcoming Democratic National Committee event in San Francisco with Chairman Cummings portraying administration support. It discusses Secretary McAdoo as a likely nominee and notes the fractured, uncertain state of the convention’s outcome and candidacy dynamics.
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San Francisco
Golden Gates
Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
White House
McAdoo
Treasury Department
Blessings of Bolshevism Seen in Rescued Russia
A critique notes conscription of labor in Soviet Russia with workers assigned to mines rails and industry under government control. It compares to US drafts and describes enforced labor and police oversight. The piece vents dissatisfaction of Russian farmers who refuse to trade eggs butter and beef for paper money and domestic goods, citing value differences and backwardness.
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Russia
United States
Soviet
Lenine
Dis Jay
Practical Americanization in New York Hotels
A group of New York hotels runs a practical Americanization program with voluntary English and citizenship classes for foreign employees. Each hotel has a board of education appointed teacher and about 20 students per class. Classes include workers from diverse nationalities, notably France, Italy, and Greece, with a higher male representation.
Confessions of a Broker and Political Quips
A New York broker admits stock trading often yields no profit over two years and suggests oil stocks and Liberty bonds as safer bets. The column ridicules Wall Street dreams, comments on Wood and Poindexter in Republican circles, and mocks party leaders and the 0 day term speculation amid national politics.
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New York
New York Sun
Easy Street
Wall Street
Old Suit Reflects on Bottles and Use
A quirky column presents a talking suit that mockingly questions its owner about filling it with bottles. The narrator notes the suit’s limited purpose as a vessel for carrying items, hinting at a humorous, self aware tone.
Diversified Farming and Rural Self Sufficiency
A Montana press roundup discusses self sustaining farming aims, urging home fruit and vegetable production, raising pork for lard and bacon, and reducing dependence on outside buys, alongside commentary on advertising, humor, and local agricultural notes. It notes potato planting by Race Track area farmers with investments around $2,500 per farmer and seed potato costs near $69 per acre, predicting potential strong returns if market prices rise. It also mentions Park County violets blooming and botanical notes, and ends with a critique of postal pay disparities highlighting the need for higher salaries for clerks and carriers to reflect workload.
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Waa
Elds
Isingston
Great Falls
Woman Descendant of Shoshone National Figure Heads Campaign
Serella A MEMINICY is described as a descendant of Shoshone Indians and a representative traveling for Senator Hupert L. Owen of Oklahoma in his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination. The article notes her as the first and only woman to serve as a personal representative of a presidential candidate, and mentions her talents as a pianist with extensive travel in the United States and Europe.
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Serella A. Meminicy
Hupert L. Owen
Oklahoma
A Brant
United States
Owen
Humorous snippets from papers collide with personal tales
A collage of quips and quick exchanges appears from diverse papers including the Washington Star and Boston American. Snippets touch on nerve weighing speeches, late sleep, marriage money motives, and a delirious patient asking where he is while a wife soothes him.
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Ike Aetter
Washington Star
Bowen
Renton
Boxleigh
Jude
Yonkers
Roaen
Public View on Politics and Protests Across Papers
A collection of clipped quotes mocks public access to railroad probes and political funding. It cites Chicago Tribune and New York World views, noting bias in scholar politicians, military salaries, and campaign finance. Figures such as Nicholas Murray Butler and Wilson-era themes appear amid debate.
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Chicago
Fribune
Misaouri
Nicholas Murray Butter
Columbia University
Chinwee News
Birmingham
Dallas News
Wood
New ‘York
Wilson
Stouleville
Coure
Unfaithful Husbands in News and Folklore Debunked
A columnist argues public obsessions with infidelity distort reality. Most men are faithful providers, he says, citing workers supporting families and ordinary couples in towns and cities. The piece urges readers to seek ordinary truths over sensational stories in plays, cartoons, and papers.
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Ian Sil
Abe
Mary Smith
John Smith
Herbert Brown
Dolly Brown
Mary
Herbert
Smiths
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