Causes of Hard Times and Reform Skepticism
An editorial argues hard times stem from mixed factors including lack of confidence, excessive credit, and inflated postwar optimism. It cautions against reckless investment, urges farmers to adopt sobriety, and critiques reform moves without practical solutions. An Duluth News Tribune editorial note questions anti vice laws and cites a Casper, Wyoming, paper excerpt.
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Bank Waul
Plenty
Europe
Duluth News ‘Tribune
Segeregated
Duluth
United States
Casper Preas
Burden of War Weighs on Future Generations
A Billings Gazette editorial notes Europe’s war burdens and the moral questions raised by German censorship and defeatist hints. It warns that postwar debt and taxation will strain citizens while commemorations fade, contrasting brave sacrifice with the heavy costs faced by those who must pay for the war.
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United States
Europe
Germany
Times
Billings Gazette
England
France
Billings Journal
Glasses, poker and fashion bits in quirky prose
A humorous fragment reflects on a man swearing off glasses only to order a pair a week later. It muses on popular pastime paltries, a prop for talk, and a punchline about a poker player’s son who can deal a diamond from the bottom. It notes changing views on gifts like a silver thimble and hair adornments.
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The
Bell Sytem
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co
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Prege
von Bothwaan-Holweg
New York Times
Frazier-Johnson CO
Live Stock Commission
South Omaha
Bill Frazier
Billie Lynam
Willis Hoopes
Berry Lumber Co
Old Basin Lumber Co
M. R. Douglas
Mountain View Hotel
Catherine Goodrich
Basin
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C. S. Kelly
Denver
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California
Portland
San Francisco
Pacific
Great Northern
South
W. Wakeley, G. P. A
H. G. Fetter
Omaha
Nebraska
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