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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1923
Page
4
In 1922 air accidents numbered 128 with 126 traced to identifiable sources that could be controlled by law. The piece condemns air circuses at fairs and stunt flying while praising government progress in air mail transport and a Northwest aviation service that detected over 400 fires early, saving timber value worth millions.
A terse items list shows office locations and phone lines for Butte at 88 West Park Street and Anaconda offices. Departments include Business Pastorials Editorial with mixed phone digits 422 423.
The United States Steel Corporation reports 35 000 employees saved from injury or death through safety education and protective measures across its plants. The New York Herald notes such campaigns save money and lives, aided by films bulletins multilingual literature and even schools in machinery handling. The piece urges better safety education for automobile drivers as well.
The Aircraft Year Book for 1923 outlines future air transport as a mix of freight and passenger flights with tethered gliders and high power aircraft. It notes France as a leader in military aviation, with Britain and Italy following similar patterns, while Germany, Russia, and Switzerland face constraints. The United States is credited with leading commercial aviation, though dangers and costs persist until the industry matures beyond its experimental phase.
The New York constitution requires new voters undergo a literacy test. The board of regents now mandates reading a state constitution sentence and proving passage meaning. Critics warn examiners may overstep and call for accountability if tests drift from fundamental understanding.
The Stanford plan, funded by Thomas Welden Stanford, aims for a genuine scientific examination of psychic phenomena. The project will be impartial and overseen by Stanford scientists, seeking authoritative results on topics such as ectoplasm, with broad public interest among spiritualists and skeptics.
Raggedy Ann Raggedy Andy and little Ned Gnome flee two mean witches who conjure a paddling machine. The dolls, safe from harm as paddles strike their stuffed bodies, laugh and retreat to the soda spring. Horoscope notes follow on August 16 1923 with guidance on business luck health and hopes.
Prof. D. D. Luckenbill of the University of Chicago undertakes a 10 year dictionary of Babylonian Assyrian, aiming for over 200 000 word forms and 30 000 words. The study traces ancient commerce, contracts, law codes, and daily life from clay tablets spanning up to 3,000 years.
Development of coal tar colors has destroyed the orchellar industry, once extensive in gathering this lichen species around Magdalina. The shift in pigment production has diminished demand for local lichens and disrupted regional collectors.
A gigantic county fair to be named the Cleveland National exhibition will run October 6 to 16 at Public Hall. James F. Fleming leads the event with exhibits from Canada Mexico Porto Rico and Cuba and top American livestock entries. The fair also features an apple show and displays of women's work and domestic science from area schools.
London reports shocking betting levels as a Glasgow bookmaker testifies to MPs investigating a government tax on racing. He claims an average of 25 000 dollars daily, over eight million dollars yearly, via a credit account system in legal offices.
A device using centrifugal force like a cream separator has been invented to separate combustible material from waste in ground coal samples, aiding determination of ash content.
Jack Hurd, wealthy Pittsburgh steel man, accuses Mrs Dorothy S Campbell Hurd of indulging in golf to the exclusion of marital duties. The case involves a former United States, British and Canadian golf champion seeking divorce.
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