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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1920
Page
4
Anaconda officials face a sharp public clash over ice supply and coal allocation as city departments spar over policy. The dispute centers on disruption risks, budget constraints, and the impact on residents and local businesses during winter.
A Georgia state Democratic convention erupts over factional lines with Palmer delegates contesting the bounds as Hoke Smith and Tom Watson camps ally to denounce the League of Nations and oppose Wilson era policies. The scene hints at a potential San Francisco delegation contest amid a broad tally of political and criminal intrigue described in dramatic terms.
The article notes Carranza’s terse farewell, We are lost. Good-bye, gentlemen, as a concise epitaph of his presidency. Critics applaud his condensation, calling his valedictory a model of wit and wisdom in stark historical context.
The piece paints Jules Arnstein as a daring, self styled genius of crime. It extols his audacity in imagining Wall Street as an uncharted treasure and frames his alleged plan to steal millions from Wall Street brokerage houses as a grand modern conquest. The prose likens him to Christopher Columbus of crime and questions traditional morality.
Americans worldwide rally to reconstruct Theodore Roosevelt's birthplace in New York City. Foreign committees, spanning China, Hawaii, South America, and France, aim to create a permanent center for Americanization promoting Rooseveltian ideals.
A collage of quips and exchanges featuring Senator Sorghum, police, and citizens. The humor touches on censorship, automobiles, astronomy, doctors, and government ownership, with lines drawn from Washington Star Buffalo Commercial and Brooklyn Citizen style jokes.
Montana enforcement officers fret over unprecedented demand for Jamaica Binger as the state imagines a future shaped by temperance laws. Articles comment on Carranza’s conduct, American roles in foreign aid, and criticisms of Woodrow Wilson’s treaty opponents. Local satire notes rising bootblack prices in Anaconda and praises the University of Montana journalism program under Dean A. L. Stone.
Senator William S. Kenyon backs the Interchurch world movement as a path to solve postwar greed and hate. The piece critiques war era laws, questions social habits, and notes Montana’s Jamaica ginger distaste while quoting Havre promoter and Kalispell Inter Lake.
A collage of 1920s political quips names Uncle Joe Cannon and Debs with satirical lines on campaigns taxes and conventions. References to newspapers Cincinnati Indianapolis Star Washington Post Detroit News and Birmingham Age Herald frame a whirl of party talk and fiscal jabs.
A playful early 20th century verse features Datchy Dusenberry the huckster touting fruit and garden treats. The speaker, Little Polly, praises the man who will cheerfully sing and lure customers with a lighthearted sales pitch.
A family report describes a pet monkey in Marion Harcom’s home acting playfully and sometimes disruptive around a baby. The child’s guardian notes the animal’s habit of pushing the carriage, tossing objects, and climbing in to observe the infant, with occasional calm behavior between episodes.
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