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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1920
Page
4
In this reminiscence of wartime America a writer condemns escape from duty as the Bergdoll case looms. Officials and citizens debate accountability while the memorial season casts a somber, patriotic tone on those who served and the few who fled. The piece warns Bergdoll may evade punishment but promises moral reckoning.
Washington Irving quotes frame a solemn observance as communities visit gravesites to honor those who have passed. The day is marked by meditation and remembrance rather than celebration, with scripture guiding thoughts of providence and protection.
A critique of potato shortages and rising prices, arguing that supply and demand laws fail to reflect reality. The piece laments the shift from cheap staple crops to luxuries, calls for a return to farming, and notes how wars, railroads, labor unrest, and weather affect production and pricing. It urges increased planting and production to restore affordability.
A wealthy man named Bergdoll evaded the draft by claiming beauty and riches. He refused to serve while others fought in Flanders Argonne and Chateau Thierry. He was arrested, tried, convicted, and imprisoned. plans for escape were alleged as he received permission to visit a relative under a ruse.
A critical, satirical reflection on political chaos and social ills facing the nation. The piece questions remedies for global ills, mocks politicians and profiteers, and imagines looming disaster while referencing Johnson, Wood, Bryan, Taft, and McAdoo in a restless, era-tinged voice.
A collection of satirical quotes from multiple papers mocks current affairs, including Sims debates, banking scares, Prohibition jokes, and political critiques. Observers wonder at political stances, financial policy, and international treaties reflecting a tense era.
A collection of brief quips from various papers. Mr Stormington Barnes laments Hamlet, a butchered wordplay about unions surfaces, a peroxide manicure offers a joke about carfare, and a wife grills her husband about dinner with a lampooned onion mix up.
A brief poem describes a girl planting and tending seeds to see flowers bloom by late May. She prefers planning over digging but accepts the work for the reward of watching her garden grow and claiming ownership of the results. The piece is a 1920 T. A. Daly work.
A compilation of editorial carryings from Montana papers discusses political topics, beer regulation moves, primary timing, and public finance opinions. References include Borah's resolution on campaign expenditures, presidential primaries under a same-day plan, and the mixed mood ahead of conventions plus commentary on education and procurement of bonds.
Recoveries from multiple wartime wrecks around Great Britain total 260.6 million pounds, with salvage work expedited by machinery developed in the United States. The program follows the war’s end and underscores extensive postwar naval salvage activity.
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