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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1919
Page
6
The Saskatchewan colony sells land to finance moving to Argentina after opposing the dominion's law abolishing foreign language schools. In Manitoba a test cast fined 11 Mennisionites for failing to educate their children locally. Despite their sincerity, the piece argues Americans should conform to American ways.
The US Senate unanimously confirmed John J. Pershing for the permanent rank of general of the regular army amid applause. He is praised for modesty, firmness, and leadership in crises, likened to Grant, with a lasting mark on the republic.
Mr. Hoover warns Europe faces record lows in production of essential goods for 450 million people due to war and postwar chaos. He cites economic demoralization from armistice political restructuring and government friction, urging maximum industrial activity and strict economic restraint by governments and peoples.
Joseph E McDonnell, longtime Anaconda resident, dies after a life linked with the Smelter city’s early years. He was known for ability, energy, industry, and practical devotion to others, with residents mourning his loss and honoring his memory.
The article traces Mennonites from Holland Germany and Russia who settled in Germantown and later South Dakota. Facing 1917 draft pressure they sold sheep to fund war support and sought relocation to Canada Saskatchewan districts forming small colonized communities.
A New York pulpit sermon by Rev Dr John Roach Seaton mocks clergymen's union talk proposing an eight hour day and 50 percent pay rise with a strike. The columnist notes the satire but warns widespread action would ruin hellish prospects and worsen climate conditions, arguing ministers should think before joining.
A collage of observations on spending, progress, and politics with references to whiskey aging in hours, Bela Kun, Budapest heroes, alimony versus groceries, Senator Borah, John Barleycorn, President Wilson, the League of Nations, Mars discussion, Boston war mood, delivery men, and Colonel House. The tone comments on public figures and trends without direct events.
The piece traces attacks on Attorney General Palmer by German alliance advocates via Frelinghuysen, notes his rising profile amid profiteer prosecutions, and links Montana's victory in a hard season to the state fair's Victory Exposition. It also covers Cummins railroad plan aims, cider boom prospects, and local reactions to Dunn at Livingston with sedition concerns.
A Billings Gazette critique rejects claims that Montana faces harsher prohibition issues than other states, noting similar violations and occasional enforcement while arguing against sensationalist portrayals of alcohol dangers. The piece argues the harm claims are unfounded.
Fragment from a 1919 verse about a tenor serenading a woman, notes his fresh voice yet dispassionate audience reaction, and ends with a sharp exchange about coldness and love. The piece evokes a dated sentimental mood and theater world imagery.
King Swope, a 26 year old discharged soldier, wins a Kentuck district seat as a Republican. He is the second Republican elected from his district and the first returned soldier to join the House, signaling more veterans may be elected in the near future.
The Cincinnati Enquirer argues patriotism costs soldiers dearly as war shifts clients and income. A Ohio doctor or lawyer who clings to a fallen soldier’s former patrons is condemned for lack of loyalty. The piece condemns the selfish behavior of stay at home rivals and praises enduring patriotism.
In this column the New York Times discusses the concept of the middle class, noting it once carried an epithet and now many claim the label. It cites Mallock and Seager on income thresholds and argues middle class status hinges on mental labor, education, and the need to work to avoid financial instability.
Professor Irving Fisher of Yale argues for a gold dollar fixed in purchasing power, not weight, and urges a composite dollar plan with official price tabulations. He suggests adjusting weight or face value to match staple prices, potentially ending wage disputes and inflationary pressure, but details on implementation vary and raise questions about feasibility.
A garbled OCR fragment cites quotes about millionaires and democracy, a warning to the senate committee on foreign relations, and scattered lines from Chicago and Philadelphia papers. It references Ame rican attitudes toward wealth, labor slogans, and foreign policy with incomplete, uncertain phrases and misplaced names.
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