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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1923
Page
4
A fragment from a 19th century editorial extols Charles Burbank describing his claims of improving fruit varieties timber trees flowers and tree growth while noting readers should view his life work with appreciation and applause. The passage contrasts practical industry with eloquent praise.
The third annual Institute of Politics session at Williamstown Massachusetts opens with a diverse group of leaders and scholars discussing international topics. Germany will send an unofficial delegate Count Harry Kessler joins South American representatives amid high interest in regional matters. About 200 attendees, attracted by scholarly discourse, fill a town far smaller than Shelby, Montana.
The 74 year old plant pioneer Charles Burbank laments reduced energy while noting 5000 plant varieties tested and his decades of contributions to agriculture. He fears future exploration will suffer unless others take up the torch, even as the world values his work and its impact.
Frank L. Hampton, secretary of the democratic senatorial committee, predicts that the 1924 elections will deliver enough Democrats to control the Senate on a straight vote. He claims re election of all 14 Democratic incumbents is probable and envisions targeted GOP defeats in several states. The veteran observer also warns of a possible third party impact similar to 1912.
The Atlanta dispatch shows Mr. Bryan still prefers religion over politics by urging legislatures to oppose teaching Darwinism in schools but to treat it as scientific theory not fact. The piece notes shifts in his stance, compares past attacks on evolution, and comments on other current topics including Ford, Underwood, and European affairs with a general sense of summer dullness and unrest.
An offense punishable by a fine of 25 to 800 dollars and imprisonment from 10 days to three months is cited for refusing to give name and address after an auto collision. Leo Eriksen is charged in py rt county. complaint sworn by Thomas Connor. Also complaints against Ambrose, Roe Paul, Ayres and Ackerman for milk plant license and against Nick Campus for selling milk with insufficient butter fat. Darraugh charged with assault on Fred McMillan.
At a one minute talk meeting the Butte Kiwanis club will hear members who played for the ball team recall their part in a tragedy while addressing the Rotary club theme. Ed S. Nash manager of the Butte Electric Railway will discuss My Bus Wisner on Why Is Jerby Sweet on Yes We Sell Green Bananas. Earl Genzberger chairs the entertainment committee and Mart O Nell presides.
After two years as chief clerk at the Butte office under Agent B M Denton, ROM Einar is promoted to chief clerk of the Portland office. He leaves today with Mia and the baby to join the big Portland office, while Roy Gilbert becomes chief clerk of the Butte office.
National park booklets received by the chamber of commerce outline Yellowstone Glacier Sequoia Yosemite Mount Rainier Grand Canyon and Zion with travel costs methods and scenic highlights. They will be given to tourists entering parks through Butte and available by calling the chamber. A separate notice mentions hearings on a Montana wheat freight differential set for Spokane September 13 and Seattle September 29. Aged Minister Dies notes the death of Rev. George Peebles aged 74, a Congressional minister who served in Chicago Naperville and Wyoming.
Emanuel Lutheran Sunday school picnic set for today at the Gardens. Children with parents meet at the church at 9 30 for fares. Lunch baskets carried by families. Coffee and ice cream for children. Event hosts invite members and friends. Associated Press report from New York notes.
Elizabeth Cornell, a Philadelphia schoolteacher and recording secretary of the Jewelers, was elected Queen of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union at its Harrisburg gathering. A bright court pageant was performed in her honor as part of the event. Gov. Pinchot's $260,000 law enforcement act is noted in connection with the ceremony.
The astrology piece states Neptune and Mercury in malefic aspects make this a poor day for judgment and signing loans or agreements. Travel at sea may be perilous as the month advances with unexpected dangers. Domestic affairs could be fortunate and the young may wed, with Leo subjects likely to win fortune through talent.
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy join Rocket Woodpecker friends in a whimsical tale where Grampy Groundhog guards a garden after Percy Pig’s nose rooting mishap. The adventure follows a chase ending with help to replant the garden and a plan to fetch soda water for all.
The Woodpeckers visit a soda spring with the Raggedys and New Gnome. They marvel at the fountain shooting up and promise to return for a silver cup of soda whenever thirsty, sharing a playful exchange with Grampy Ground and Percy Pig as they depart.
The process of recovering copper from water through scrap iron, described as turning tin cans into copper, has grown large in Arizona mining. Water with dissolved copper passes through iron, depositing copper as the iron wears, with Ajo as a regional example. Scrap iron is abundant and tin cans, though iron and tin, suit the method, sourced mainly from Arizona and Southern California.
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