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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1925
Page
4
The Montana Daily notes Montana’s growing fire losses, with 1923 figures roughly double 1919, and cites a rising fatal automobile-accident trend. It attributes about 95 percent of crashes to driver carelessness and laments Sundays’ and Mondays’ concentration of spills, deaths, and injuries.
The Montana Taxpayers' association presents over ten years of county receipts and expenditures showing the heavy burden on taxpayers. It urges county commissioners to tighten budgets and curb waste, citing daily state and local government costs surpassing seven thousand dollars and totaling around twenty seven million. The piece credits officials and governors for budget reform calls.
A 1920s report cites the National Board of Fire Underwriters claiming 618 fires strike American homes daily, averaging a fire a three minute span. The article notes five year totals 1919 through 1923 with substantial losses across the United States.
Miners' Field day at Columbia Gardens showcased first aid demonstrations once unfathomable to the industry, now core to safety culture. The mucking contest drew record efforts as families enjoyed baseball, picnics, and child health exhibits amid light showers.
The Prince of Wales sails from Africa to South America with a stop at St. Helena. He will reach Montevideo on August 14 as Uruguay hosts social events in his honor while other nations prepare receptions. His brief, warm remarks charm audiences, aiding Britain’s diplomatic aims across the region.
A local bootlegger spends much of his time performing as Davy Crockett mimicking a coon skin cap and frontier persona to blend into crowds and avoid suspicion. The quip hints at sly asides about prohibition era antics and frontier folklore.
The piece laments England's job crisis noting struggles to find work while alcohol access seems easier. It suggests removing unhelpful figures could calm domestic upheaval, even if it cannot resolve broader European turmoil.
The 1925 French cabinet endures relentless scrutiny from opposition presses. The public narrative suggests fatigue with political wrangles as rival outlets dissect policy moves, alignments, and leadership styles, aiming to shape opinion ahead of key votes and parliamentary maneuvers.
Smarty Chipmunk, a self styled genius among five Chipmunk siblings, ignores danger signs and mocks his parents. His overconfidence fuels a warning from Mother Chipmunk that real danger will come, revealing his folly. The tale, written in Burgess style, precedes The Unheeded Warning.
A playful tale shows Annie impressing a suitor by portraying hard work in the kitchen. He weighs marrying her sister Kate but asks if Annie will join as wife and homemaker. A separate quip highlights a husband nagging about a missing button and his wife’s sewing.
A reader laments hardship in a gendered economy and urges the woman to work for economic freedom. The piece argues real freedom comes from earning a living, even if it means sacrifice, and urges Trotz Worried to seek steady work to support her eight year old child and gain independence.
Daily astrology notes changeable planetary influences for Tuesday August 4 1925. Sun improves after dawn while Saturn and Uranus oppose. art gains freedom and theaters risk losses from new managers. Be cautious of accidents from electric transport and fires. conserve funds and strength. Leo births may face tests and eventful lives.
Poem excerpt praising guidance from faith, recalling longing for control and the comfort of divine leading. Mentions John Henry Newman and angel faces, with imagery of night, moor and fen, and a request for pathfinding amid encircling gloom.
Puzzle clues reference a famous Connecticut city known as the home of the three horned goat. Across and down entries list many terms including Melancholy Mug and various geographic and civic items. The page credits J. P. Stone as the author of Winsted items in metropolitan papers.
University of Chicago dean Shailer Mathews likened Tennessee lawmakers to Robespierre in a sermon on faith and science. He argued Christians can use modern intelligence without abandoning belief, warning against forcing biblical literalism through fines or religious control. He urged acceptance of science and nature as evidence of divine will.
King George appoints Gen Sir George Milne to succeed the Earl of Cavan as chief of the general staff at year’s end. Milne, born 1866 in Westwood Aberdeen, has held multiple high commands including the 27th division and 16th army corps, and earned numerous honors from Europe and Asia. Labor troubles in Mexico are described as broad and persistent, becoming a federal issue.
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