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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 23, 1920
Page
6
A critical profile of Admiral Sims showing his anger at Navy decisions and testimony with a critique of his breach of trust. The piece also covers public figures in the prohibition debate and Mr. Anderson’s controversial statements drawing Catholic and Protestant responses.
An Anaconda post office records entry of mail as second class matter marking the shipment as standard mail for local distribution. The notice notes the mailing status and designation used for periodical and nonadvertising mail in the region.
The article discusses the wets and drys in a looming struggle over prohibition. It cites William Allen White warning that the issue will persist for years and notes the San Francisco convention as a key battleground with Southern voters' loyalties uncertain.
The San Francisco Chronicle warns Mexico’s presidential vote may be forced by bayonets rather than the will of the people. It names General Obregon and General Gonzales as likely figures at the showdown, with Ambassador Bonillas tied to Carranza interests and potential bloodshed anticipated.
The Fashion Art league meeting in Chicago last week announced no immediate change in women’s dress styles. High material and workmanship costs restrain innovation, and league says current fashions are the finest ever devised. The piece notes broader themes and compares political and social figures of the era.
The Press of Montana quotes Senator H L Myers of Montana praising his stand against a third term for Wilson or any president and lauding his courage and state-focused public service. Also noted are Hiram Johnson’s anti machine stance, Bryan’s willingness to accept a nomination, Paris taxi strikes for lower fares, and Admiral Sims’s testimony judged as ego-driven by the Great Falls Tribune.
A humorous piece by T. A. Daly from 1920 reflects food shortages and inflation. The speaker laments high bread and meat prices and wine seizures, then finds relief in a playful, sprightly verse revival as joy returns to the tongue.
Winifred Black presents a vignette on a mountain trail where a fainted girl is aided by a vividly dressed Painted Woman. The observer contrasts compassion with public indifference as crowds pass by and a magpie’s mocking refrain echoes the scene’s moral tension.
The latest Rockefeller photo shows John D. Rockefeller Jr. at play in Ormond Beach Florida. The world’s richest man turns 81 next July and maintains health by dedicating play time to golf.
A fragment notices a biblical teaching moment about the Good Samaritan and a priest and Levite passing by, with a humorous prompt about the man being robbed. Quotations reflect editorial snips from multiple papers and a Dayton woman’s claimed motive in a killing.
A collage of light humorous exchanges from Boston Transcript Brooklyn Citizen London Opinion Baltimore American and Birmingham Age Herald. Jokes about dress values horse attachment marriage in olden speech and domestic hat misplacement.
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