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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1926
Page
14
The Forty-niners contributed many colorful terms to American English, with expressions like no slouch and you git still alive in modern speech while others fade. A catalog of slang shows enduring words such as savvy and pass, and fading terms like ornery and slumgullion.
The piece laments expected low turnout for the November elections with 21 governors, 33 senators, and the entire House on the ballot. It notes a persistent voter absence despite pulpits, press, and organizations urging participation and emphasizes a crisis of citizenship and duty in exercising suffrage. The prohibition issue is seen as a potential mobilizer, though turnout remains uncertain.
A Butte correspondent questions whether Bret Harte's camp names in California stories are historical or fictitious. The editorial argues Harte invented many camp names while noting they closely mirror real life patterns and naming styles of mining communities, including camps, characters, and groups.
Washington officials and 60,000 government workers react to a philanthropist proposal via Secretary Hoover to construct downtown apartments at 12.50 a room per month with bath. Real estate interests fear overbuilding and value loss while renters welcome the cheap rate. surveys gauge response as meetings unfold.
The Electrical World reports July industrial activity in the United States rose 12 percent from last year and 7.7 percent above the three year average. July, normally the slowest month, exceeded May in operations.about 1,800 plants driven by electrical energy used roughly 8 billion kilowatt hours annually.
The narrative follows Elizabeth Austin, daughter of Anne Austin, a former Moody College student who becomes a newspaper feature writer in Waco. Elizabeth shows extraordinary intellect, excelling in early reading and writing, joining school early, and acting as a perceptive participant in adult conversations around the newsroom, with her growth framed as a remarkable young talent.
The day is marked as unfavourable with caution urged in all dealings and possible disconcerting news for the United States before month’s end. Predictions touch on politics, public life, vanity and individualism, with a Leo Virgo blend for those born that day and remarks on autumn financial trends.
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