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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1925
Page
4
Miss Scopes, 24, refused to disavow evolution and was offered a York school post for her stance. Dr. Lehman praised her heroism, while Dr Straton and Clarence Darrow are drawn into a public clash, highlighting a clash of laws and ideas in New York's educational scene.
The American Automobile Association proposes erecting standard signs for safe drinking water along major highways. The plan, endorsed by the Public Health Service and state sanitary engineers, aims to expand nationwide via 715 A A A clubs.
National attention centers on New York City mayoral race between Tammany and anti-Tammany forces. Governor Smith fights for political survival with Sept. 15 Democratic primary looming. Mayor Hylan faces Walker. Hearst backs Smith to crush him in a clashes marked by sharp factional power.
Gertrude Ederle, age eighteen, fails to swim the channel due to swallowing salt water but earns praise for grit and skill. The piece notes rising public interest in swimming, widespread instruction, and the role of the Red Cross in water safety. It cites Chicago, Boston, and Springfield as centers producing swimming directors and links swimming to education and discipline.
The Rev Dr John Roach Straton, a leader of fundamentalist thought, aims to take the warpath against the Scopes case but is unlikely to move against Miss Grace Scopes. Scopes, convicted in Tennessee, faces limits on her role as a mathematics and biology teacher at a girls’ school in Tarrytown, New York, after a Paducah, Kentucky appointment was refused.
Ruth von Phul, the Cross-Word Puzzle Champion, finished this puzzle in thirteen and a half minutes. The page lists clues and answers across topics from England to antiquity, including relic terms, Greek letters, and funeral hymns.
John Hays Hammond famed mining engineer is named head of a government fact-finding commission to break the coal industry deadlock between operators and miners. He is alleged to earn about $1,000,000 yearly from copper mining connections and studied at Yale and abroad.
The fragment discusses resignation to fate and the ephemeral nature of pleasures. It contrasts yearning with the immutable sky and dew on the grass, hinting at questioning and acceptance without clear resolution.
A 1928 horoscope warns of pushing business with high enthusiasm leading to trouble. It foresees a temptation to speculation, energy that may turn impulsive, and risks in contracts. It predicts a successful business year, possible long pleasure trips, and children born on this day may excel, with Leo Virgo cusp traits.
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