Shifting Voter Demographics Reshape Political Strategy
The North’s shift to war industry alters locations and adds women voters, forcing parties to gauge strength in each locality. Intensive organizing targets newcomers, with Detroit highlighted for its rapid growth and diverse representation. Republicans worry about new black voters from the South lacking permanent residency and voting qualification, estimating only about half will be counted for the GAP.
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Detroit
North
South
Standard Publishing Company Office Contacts and Affiliations
The Anaconda Montana based Standard Publishing Company lists general business and editorial contacts for the Butte office at 119 North Main, with departments and phone numbers, plus Eastern and Western representatives for news distribution. The paper is a member of the Associated Press and reserves republication rights for AP content and local news.
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Butte
North Main Street
Standard Publishing Company
Butte, Montana
Associated Press
Eastern Representatives
Prudden, Kine & Proadden
Fifth Avenue
New York
Steger Building
Chicago
Globe Building
Boston
Western Representatives
R. I. Bidwell Company
Market Street
San Francisco
Its New Quarters Opened for Butte Chamber of Commerce
The reformed Butte chamber of commerce held a housewarming at its new quarters last night. The event featured a display of Butte products and drew a large, enthusiastic crowd. Citizens expressed eagerness to cooperate to advance the city's interests. The chamber is seen as entering a era of vast usefulness under its renewed leadership.
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Butte Chamber of Commerce
Butte
The Terrible Tennesseans and Woman Suffrage History
A Tennessee house faction tried to erase ratification records of the nineteenth amendment. The record shows Tennessee ratified, Governor Roberts certified, Washington reported the vote, and Secretary Colby issued the proclamation making woman suffrage law. The piece dismisses opposition as futile against history.
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Tennessee House of Representatives
House
Tennessee
Roberts
Washington
Colby
Women vote shift could challenge Penrose in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Democrats anticipate a new narrative with women voters in play. They see hard work to defeat Senator Penrose, who remains seen as crafty and formidable. A Penrose win could outpace Harding, making November's results unpredictable in both major parties.
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Pennsylvania
Texas
Harding
Cox
Penrose
Hard Year for Arithmeticians in Politics
The text notes the unusual challenges for election forecasters from new factors like the women’s vote and population shifts. It mentions a large influx of African Americans from the South to the North, with census estimates suggesting about 500,000 moving north in the last decade and northern cities doubling or more their black populations in some cases.
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Washington
New York Evening Post
Pan American John Retires Yet Keeps Pan American League Hope
John Barrett retires as director-general of the Pan American Union to pursue private life butplans to aid a civic project. He proposes a League of the Americas to unite Pan American progress and peace through cooperative economic social and intellectual efforts beyond government control. The public would still gain his guidance and optimism for the western hemisphere.
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John Barrett
Pan American Union
John
League of American
League of the Americas
Pan American League
Americas
Western Hemisphere
North
South
Central
Illinois Iliad and national political clashes in 1920s tone
Discussion highlights Illinois governor race with J Ham Lewis and Oglesby. Thompson and Lindon machine campaigns across the state. attacks on Lowden’s administration. Tennessee politics and Jeannette Rankin noted. House and Harding league of nations debate. Russia’s 1920 series hardship titled.
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Cox
Illinois
China
J. Ham. Lewis
Thompson-Lnndin
Cook County
Oglesby
McKinley
United States
Thompson
Lowden
J. Ham
Montana papers weigh in on politics and policy
The Montana press laments slow federal action on forest fire aircraft and notes a looming clash over the League of Nations as Harding seeks a stance. It critiques primary rules enabling party flight of delegates and comments on holidays hindering Poland, Romania, and broader reconstruction. Reports from Missoula, Helena, and Kalispell discuss regional views before the 1920s political landscape.
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Montana
Son of General Wrangel Photographed in Exile
A late photo shows the son of General Wrangel who France recognizes as head of the de facto government in Southern Russia opposing the bolshevists. Wrangel’s wife and three children are cared for by the American Red Cross at Constantinople. His wife served as a Red Cross nurse during the war and joined Wrangel on all expeditions.
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General Wrangel
France
Russia
England
American Red Cross
Constantinople
Red Cross
Underwood & Underwood
New York
Humor and quips from famed papers carded as daily wit
A collage of light jokes from newspapers featuring Uncle Slewfoot and Jefferson Davis, a defeated candidate’s reflections on running, a mendicant’s hollow tale, Senator Sorghum’s caution on speaking, a dealer and customer dialogue over a rare table, a vaunted veil remark, and Mandy disputing a “painless” dentist.
Flashes of Lightning Ouch Grave Tax Idea
A fragment collection notes headlines about proposed 10 cent grave tax in Chicago and various editorials. It hints debates on taxes to curb mortality, plus other distant remarks on politicians and events of the era. The tone is satirical and conference-like with multiple newspapers cited in passing.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Egg heads for Harding in Kansas farmer's omen
H F H Davis, a local farmer near La Cygne Kansas, shows an eggshell bearing the name Harding and a faint face outline. He claims the egg proves support for Warren G Harding in the presidential race.
Cormorants of Greed
Cincinnati Enquirer condemns profiteers who dumped 80 carloads of Delaware white potatoes into the Delaware River to prop up prices. The editorial denounces such food destruction as a crime and warns that sociopolitical upheaval follows such acts.
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The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Delaware
Delaware River
Cut Down the Speed
A Cincinnati Enquirer editorial laments the pace of modern life and warns that rushing causes frequent fatal accidents. It cites fatalities in a nearby city and urges all road users to slow down to reduce suffering and loss of life.
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Cincinnati Enquirer
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Tennessee Mountains
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Billings Gazette
League of Nations
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Kalispell Inter Lake
Europe
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Romania
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Jefferson Davis
Kansas City Star
Yonkers Statesman
Missis
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Washington Star
Louisville Courier-Journal
Mandy
Ouch
Marshal Foch
America
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Debs
League
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Charleston News and Courier
Maxim Gorky
Christensen
Los Angeles Times
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Reds
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