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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1920
Page
4
The text notes a striking resolution and mentions other memorials adopted by the committee in memory of John Mitchel and George W. Perkins, both friends of Roosevelt, who contributed to the Memorial association.
The New York police may have concluded the Wall Street explosion was caused by a TNT bomb. If true, it would shock the nation and heighten anti-violence vigilance. The piece recalls the 1886 Haymarket tragedy and notes the ultimate punishment of four anarchists.
Anaconda is praised as the cleanest city in America after receiving the Ince fire prevention trophy from the Pacific Coast Association of Fire Chiefs. Fire Chief Collins and Sanitary Officer Dennis Shovlin are credited for the city’s transformation from a smoky past to its current reputation, with Shovlin active in enforcing duties and improving streets and alleys.
The permanent Roosevelt Memorial association, chartered by Congress, has received all funds and records from the old body. Col. William B. Thompson leads as active president, with Charles B. Hughes Elihu Root Leonard Wood as honorary presidents and Henry Cabot Lodge Hiram W. Johnson James L. Garfield as honorary vice presidents. Gifford Pinchot will chair a committee to create a living memorial for Roosevelt ideals, praising Seth Bullock as a devoted servant who gave his life for the cause.
The Thompson machine crashes into the Lowden campaign, gaining sway on the republican turnpike in Illinois. As Lowden supporters assess the wreck, Democrats Lewis and Burke loom as possible governors, while Thompson’s bold, insurgent appeal mobilizes restless voters despite a deeply divided GOP through a bitter, lasting conflict.
An opinion piece ridicules a proposed 1 500 shot per minute revolver for police and criminals, warning of mass casualties and absurd excess while noting a potential boom for the lead industry despite implied social harm. It references the 1930 census and imagines drastic consequences and comic excess.
The Montana Press notes a British labor view of Russian conditions under Leninism as a warning while urging constructive reform in U S democracy. It cites unrest after World War I, calls for health education in schools, and praises the Northern Pacific’s immigration and development efforts. It also mentions Harding circle plans and voter registration drives in multiple counties.
The piece mocks Democratic woes with references to Cox Roosevelt Reed and Tom Watson. It notes Missouri resistance to Cox and Roosevelt, Ruth of New York rising in favor, wets versus dries complicating campaigns, League of Nations fading behind US affairs, and Will Hays as a sharp watchdog.
Miss Ethel Frances Walden Donaghue of Hartford Conn has been named special assistant to Attorney General Palmer. A 1917 Vassar graduate and Penn Law alumna, she becomes the first woman to hold the post.
A reader writes about being tall and plain, renown for her failed romance, asking Winifred Black for guidance. The columnist urges embracing character over beauty, noting many happy marriages come to plain women and encouraging self-respect, hope, and patience.
A humorous note on a stenographer’s restlessness hinting at an upcoming marriage to the boss. Other brief items reference temper affecting costs with a moving man, a joke about a costly unbreakable bottle, and a line about diamond crop values versus wheat in Kansas.
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