The Cynical View of Father’s Day Rituals
The Montana Standard laments the sentimental Father’s Day customs as effeminate hooey. It argues fathers are real he men bearing burdens and resisting reminders of their responsibilities.
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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1929
Page
4
The Montana Standard laments the sentimental Father’s Day customs as effeminate hooey. It argues fathers are real he men bearing burdens and resisting reminders of their responsibilities.
Publication information for The Montana Standard lists address, editorial contact, advertising and business mail, and subscription rates. It notes daily and Sunday editions, official paper status for Silver Bow County, and Associated Press ownership. Includes mailing details and national reps.
The piece notes a shift toward Anglo American cooperation on a sweeping demilitarization program led by Ramsay MacDonald and President Hoover. It cites U S warnings that naval failure would cost billions and highlights the Tacna Arica settlement as a model for resolving disputes peacefully.
The piece notes practical fathers likely indifferent to a national Father’s Day, cites congress resolutions from 1914 and 1919, and mentions state laws recognizing the third Sunday in June as Father’s Day, while contrasting with the sentimental drive behind Mother’s Day. It hints at a broader social view of holiday creation.
George Eastman funds a $200000 endowed Visiting Professorship at Balliol College Oxford to hire an American scholar for one to five years. Selection is by the Association of American Rhodes Scholars with Oxford trustees. The aim is US expertise shared with English students and to foster international character at Oxford.
Officials weigh the case for Walter F. Brown as the next postmaster general. A Harvard alumnus and former Commerce Department assistant secretary, Brown moved from Coolidge era politics to lead the postal service after Hoover's election, earning praise for practical frankness and intimate White House access.
KGIR Butte airs a full day of Mountain Time programs June 5 including openings at 7:00, Bible study at 7:15, Anaconda wire broadcast at 7:30, market and farm talks at 8:00, and educational talks at 9:00. Later arc features nursery, furniture, and dance orchestra programs with numerous affiliated stations listed.
Hazel faces possible left back after poor arithmetic and spelling work. A hopeful mother promises a camera for good report cards, but Hazel slips again and misses promotion. The story ends with a note on immediate action and the child’s need for tangible goals. Mr Patri offers guidance to parents and teachers on child care and development.
A discussion on chemical advances shaping human character and the cruise of crusaders. It notes frankness as a social asset and warns against pretence, praising self admission and restraint while critiquing how reformers push laws and charm fades with flattery.
Astrological readings warn cross purposes and misjudgments due to conflicting planetary aspects. Farmers may face unusual weather and losses, while some may seek change of occupation but should delay decisions. The day favors advertising over buying and advises caution with money and health headlines.
A colored man brings a letter to his pastor asking the Lord to send $50 at once. The church raises $42 for him, and the next day he writes another note asking the Lord to send money directly to him, not through the parson.
A wealthy man on his deathbed tells his chauffeur that his final journey will be long and rough. The chauffeur replies with a grim consolation that the path ahead is all downhill.
A waiter remarks on the student's fourth glass of milk and the student jokes that he drinks water to enjoy a little milk, highlighting amused banter over a simple beverage. The exchange captures a light campus moment.
A 1929 Bell Syndicate poem reflecting on cows and farming shifts from pastoral ease to engineered milk production. It contrasts the ideal of carefree bovine life with modern aims to maximize lactation, ending with satirical lines about tax, reform school sentences, and the flood of new laws.
John Blake argues life satisfaction comes from sensible margins of profit and using wealth to benefit others. He cautions against chasing endless wealth and urges enjoying work, backing investments that aid society, citing Rockefeller philanthropy and the futility of hoarding.
Robert Grant manager leads Parrott company officials and foremen on a 7 am special train from Butte to visit the Parrott plant in Madison county. The party includes supervisors of mines smelter converter furnace yard and concentrator along with engineers and ore buyers. return planned for the evening.
Answers to questions on page 1 include William V. Pratt Santa Anna Anna Hathaway and Proverbs xvii 13. The note comments that the cost of living in Germany is now the highest since stabilization.
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