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Newspaper
Wallace Miner
Location
Wallace, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
2
The Wallace Miner is listed as second class mail matter at the Wallace Idaho post office. The notice confirms the paper’s mailing status under postal regulations and local listing.
Republicans nominate win ning county ticket in a decisive primary showing approval of county administration. Nominees for commissioner sheriff and assessor hold current posts and boast strong support while editors push for aggressive campaign to back Warren G. Harding and mobilize northwest newspaper men for publicity.
For the first time in the nations history republican editors and publishers are urged to endorse a fellow newspaper man Warren G. Harding. The piece argues Harding’s broad newspaper experience from weekly to daily and his personal ties to the craft will yield human sympathy and balanced leadership.
Text discusses Governor Calvin Coolidge accepting the Republican nomination and outlines his vision for America's governance. It contrasts his plain speaking with Harding's presidential acceptance remarks and emphasizes national virtue, thrift, industry, self sacrifice, and building character at home. It stresses that a great republic rests on its people and hearth, not on offices.
The Shoshone County Republican convention set for August 17 will clearly back Charles W. Veale for the United States Senate nomination and instruct delegates to support him at the Pocatello convention, reflecting the county’s unanimous GOP sentiment.
The county figures Beale’s candidacy reflects Republican sentiment and labor council support from Wallace area. Since entering the race he has raised his profile across the state, earning broad acknowledgment of his citizenship and qualifications to represent Idaho in the U.S. Senate.
A Marion Star editorial attributed to the Harding era stance argues Americans are wealthy yet must work and save. It cites post Civil War wealth growth, warns against waste, and urges continued labor, prudent spending, and avoidance of debt while highlighting vast national production and resources.
Former secretary Lane resigns from the Wilson cabinet, a move linked to disagreement with the president’s socialistic and internationalist ideas. Lane, born in Canada but fiercely American, leads a movement to deepen knowledge of the U.S. Constitution and quips that nerve should be paired with sanity, not hysteria, possibly hinting at Harding.
Boise Statesman reports the Nonpartisan League held a convention to ratify a ticket and endorse a platform. It criticizes the backroom tactics and warns of a $16 per member levy and large gifts to fund a broad campaign. The group aims to control public utilities banks water power and state lands, pledging taxpayer wealth to support dubious reclamation schemes.
Mining development has lagged but the outlook is bright with rising metal demand. Copper may face price pressure yet silver production accelerates as the US government plans to buy silver at 1 dollar per ounce for years. Legislation to shield tungsten producers from cheap labor is pending, while broader mining activity is seen as essential to meet electrical power growth and eventual price rises.
The Engineering and Mining Journal cites Theodore N. Vail stressing that true satisfaction comes from worthy accomplishment, big or small. He argues money alone cannot define value and that every role from messenger to CEO offers meaningful progress toward personal growth.
A lyrical meditation on August heat and night’s arrival with vivid imagery of cattle and forest shadows. The verse juxtaposes nature’s languor with a spiritual note as Whittier contemplates faith, love, and the Christian path, citing interpretations of devotion and salvation through human acts.
The piece argues work ethic and civic pride, praising republican leadership in the suffrage movement. It details legislative votes: in Congress for suffrage, Republicans 236, Democrats 122. against, Republicans 27, Democrats 87. It notes ratification by 29 Republican states to 1 Democrat. 6 Republican, 6 Democrat states rejected. It cites 15,000,000 women in 27 states able to vote for president this year and contrasts party control across states.
J B Haggerty posed as a United States geologist while working in Wyoming and Oklahoma. California authorities questioned a stock permit application after a report labeled consulting geologist under Haggerty. A DOJ special agent investigated and he was arrested for impersonating a government official and held in Green County jail after bond default.
Harvey's Weekly condemns Senator Harding for misrepresenting equal suffrage and urges sincere suffragists to repudiate such tactics. The piece argues resentment is warranted against partisan misuse of the suffrage issue and warns it harms the cause and the party, noting true suffragists are honest and severe in their critique.
The New York World notes a big demand for hops before January 17, 1920, tied to the same purpose as today. The piece uses satire to question dry agents about the role of hops with malt and bottling gear, implying confusion over prohibition era commerce and drink production.
The text asks if laying off 12,000 Pennsylvania Railroad workers will boost freight movement or production. It notes most laid off are not train hands and suggests freight flow may stay unchanged while demand for workers in other underproducing industries rises, likely boosting overall production.
A quotation urging Americans to pursue greatness by putting national interests first. Roosevelt calls for nationalists who combine heart and mind, arguing the country can best serve the world by serving America first and best.
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