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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1924
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard outlines subscription options for United States and Canada, including monthly and yearly rates, with a note about foreign country pricing. The text also quotes discussions on radical political schemes by Foster and Gitlow and remarks that such changes are distant prospects.
Under perfect weather Butte hosted its seventh annual Miners Field Day with first aid demonstrations and athletic events. Delegations from Great Falls and Anaconda attended as the Great Falls Zinc plant team won first place and the Hobnina cup, edging Butte experts by narrow margins in the first aid competition. The outing also featured picnic, games, races, baby contests, and the unique mucking contest, illustrating miners aid to comrades in accidents and reflecting safety first ideals.
A critique of the Foster and Gitlow ticket branding it as a burlesque alliance. Gitlow, a 22 year old tailor by trade with Russian descent, advocates sweeping away all old parties and replacing them with government by the workers and small farmers. The piece ridicules the ticket and its leaders while contrasting them with Populist and reform elements.
Lieutenant Wade and Sergeant Ogden, the American round-the-world team, had 19000 miles completed before a forced grounding. Extreme weather, fogs, cold, and head winds halted their hop toward California, ending hopes of using the northern route as a quick aerial artery for some time.
Joseph Conrad is praised as a master of sea fiction with austere yet hopeful vision. Ohio reports a subdued political landscape with no presidential contenders or pennant winners, noting the straw vote season’s light enthusiasm. The era’s radio charm persists despite no scandal, while France pressures Germany for money or life. A quip frames voice versus mosquito, and a relic memory recalls Coolidge in a modest rental.
In a Burgess tale from 1924, the Little Happy Jack escapes Redtail the Hawk by hiding in a brush pile, then learns disobedience has consequences. His mother and siblings gather as he reflects on fear, safety, and the lesson that disobedience does not pay.
Excerpted fragments recount Doctor Dolittle and companions after a great flood. They voyage by raft over drying seas and land on a new world where Taven hunts seeds, the raven gathers survives from wreckage, and planting begins with care for a renewed garden and future survival.
The tale recalls a postdeluge world in King Mashtu where botanists bred extraordinary crops. Sandwich vines produce bread fruit layered like a sandwich, ice cream plants bear walnut sized berries with icy juice, and wild vegetables flourish. People once lived by art and poetry, now must work to eat. The narrator hints at future talks on how food reshaped geography and life.
Readings predict a benefic Sun influence favoring merchants manufacturers and political hopefuls. Uranus warns of industrial trouble and strong labor power. rail traffic grows this month while seas bring weather risks and shipwreck fears. Western regions face losses and careful spending is advised for those born on this date.
A long column extols honest labor over idleness as a cure for societal ills. It highlights a 103rd birthday saddler's 13 hour day, backs purposeful activity for families and workers, and argues vacation time should still lead to productive routines at home and in business.
The Hague announces the outdoor prison plan a success with extended use planned across the Netherlands. After a year long experiment 60 inmates worked on Veenhuizen moorland fields without guards or direct supervision and none abused the trust. Foremen oversaw voluntary participants and reported productive, disciplined labor and no escapes or misconduct.
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