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Newspaper
Mckean Democrat
Location
Smethport, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1920
Page
1
Everett Scott of the Boston American shortstop yesterday extended his consecutive-game streak, setting an unbroken-service record. The Lancaster Examiner lauds his consistency amid strikes and discontent, noting his June 20, 1916 start and four-year league-leading fielding marks.
A pithy column riffing on Mrs. Charlie Chaplin revealing her divorce woes and the theatrical idea that comedy is serious business. It imagines Chaplin’s silent toil, lamp posts, pies, and a director, skewering press boilerplate and the star’s burdens for a million dollars a year.
A Smethport analysis criticizes Senator Harding as a dependable standpatter aligned with Lodge Penrose and Wall Street. It contrasts mail order dominance with home dealers and notes his mixed votes on prohibition and woman suffrage. The piece cites the New York World on his Senate record as unimpressive and beholden to old guard interests.
The piece labels Utah Senator Reed Smoot an artful dodger and plodder. It accuses him of absences on quorum calls and missed roll calls, while supporting big interests and pro prohibition. It notes criticism from suffragists and prohibitionists for political double standards.
In the House on April 3, 1943 Governor Cox urged establishing a Children's Bureau within the Department of Labor. He argued it would conserve the human race and reflect public demand for Federal participation in humanitarian work across states. He said the nation expects federal leadership to advance civilization and improve the race.
Compliments flow for ex service men at the recent convention as they enjoyed themselves without any rough or raw behavior. The town takes pride in welcoming them and notes their sacrifice for the country will be a fondly remembered part of local history.
The passage cites writers claiming the bubbles of excess and high prices will burst, dragging unfated wages into ruin. They warn a coming financial panic will be the worst in world history, recalling a self styled billion dollar Congress and past excesses in gleaming eras.
A chaotic collection of reflections and snippets from Just Jottings by R. K. Knapp mix and mingle with comments on prewar attitudes, suffrage moves led by Anthony and Catt, Tennessee ratification, and local plans in McKean county. The piece also references dancing masters and jazz, Ponzi defenses, stock judging, and a string of unrelated notices from Wymore to Nebraska City.
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