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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1921
Page
4
The piece argues Tod’s Ellis Island appointment signals patriotism and willingness to enforce laws faithfully. It notes the difficulty of the role, cites editorials urging humane application of policy, and claims Congress holds power to overhaul the law.
General Pershing laid the Congressional Medal of Honor on the tomb of the unknown British soldier in Westminster Abbey. He invoked prayers for peace and linked the ceremony to the Washington conference's aim to curb militarism and armament, noting a miscommunication over the invitation and honoring Britain’s wartime victory.
Canada heads toward a general election on December 6 as the Conservative government led by Arthur Meighen defends power after 1911. Liberal leader William Lyon Mackenzie King, a lawyer and sociologist, counters with a pragmatic platform and a family lineage in Liberalism. Both leaders are 47, seen as energetic and capable.
At West Point authorities require newspaper reading in history economics and government courses. Cadets stay in touch with current events to discuss world affairs intelligently. The focus is on industrial and political news including the Far East, arms talks, labor conditions and Soviet policy.
President Harding appoints Robert E Tod to replace Frederick Wallis as immigration commissioner at New York. Tod, born in Scotland and Princeton graduate, has banker and railroad background and served in the naval war effort aboard the Corsair, bringing expert yachting credentials.
A 1893 census note recalls President Cleveland calling western states undesirables. Now Montana Idaho Wyoming Utah and Washington report among the lowest illiteracy among native whites at 0.3 percent. Across the nation the illiteracy rate is higher, concentrated in big cities like New York with two thirds of state illiterates and strained school capacity.
A clipped period piece ponders rail strikes hobbling trade and growth while Babe Ruth faces Judge Landis over exhibition plans. Lloyd George critics seek a holiday, Venus de Milo and disarmament satire surface, and tax reform debates show partisan resistance amid postwar strain.
A mosaic of editorials and notes from Montana papers discusses the state supreme court’s brisk session, Ku Klux Klan funding probes, Canada US water treaties on Milk River, fishing rulings below dams, and farm life critiquing urban dependence, with brief humor items and reader questions.
An item notes Nashville will reproduce the Parthenon in solid masonry after admiring a wood replica for years. The columned project is praised as a cultural landmark for the city.
Edith Kelly Gould wife of Frank J. Gould has reached New York to challenge a Paris court divorce grant. The note recalls Mrs Gould seen in Needles and Pins at the Gaiety Theatre London.
A humorous verse weighs two potential brides Clara and Mary. Clare refuses every proposal while Mary eagerly agrees to please, leading the speaker to prefer the steady No given by Clare over Mary’s eager yes. The speaker would choose the lesser evil a wife with persistent No over a premature yesser.
Astrologers warn of an unlucky day with Neptune Mercury Saturn and Mars adverse. The forecast cites despondency disrupted thinking and business readjustments. It foresees newspaper agitation over middlemen, cautions farmers, and notes possible world peace delays and education advances.
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