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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1924
Page
4
The article from the August 25 1924 Anaconda Standard discusses classroom testing methods and brain exercise tasks. It notes arithmetical reasoning and comprehension as measures of mental agility and cites educators planning to trial these selection methods.
Buster Bear, captivated by curiosity after blueberry feasts, follows rustling sounds and repeatedly discovers Reddy Fox chasing his tail. Fox baits him with a tale of a blue berry bush near a paper wasp castle, leading to mischief and a clever ruse.
A garbled horoscope sketch suggests August weddings may happen and warns partnerships face upheaval due to strong currents this month. It forecasts luck may come later in the year for some, with public figures and wars hinted in a broad, non specific way.
A 1924 report notes Japan's new 100 percent luxury tariff and the government’s aim to curb foreign goods. Phonographs are luxuries while pianos are not, and many items are deemed luxury or not. Critics call the diet inefficient, with Sanji Muto suspended after condemning the imperial diet. The piece suggests rich material for a modernized Mikado.
About 100 American colleges explore a new examination to measure brain capacity and flexibility rather than mere recall. Princeton Minnesota Chicago Northwestern and Dartmouth plan institution specific questions to challenge freshmen beyond grammar and memorization, aiming to separate bright students from those with ingrained stupidity.
The article quotes R. A. Young of the Minneapolis Fed noting debt relief could ease credit, spur banking and business, while wholesalers and millers report rising optimism as high prices and foreign demand bolster grain markets. A Continental and Commercial Bank of Chicago review adds that money is plentiful, rates are low, inventories shrink, and 1924 style prosperity looms as Europe settles reparations.
The report notes a planned radio world’s fair in Madison Square Garden for late September with 60 US manufacturers exhibiting and a new inventions section expanded to 100 devices. Europe and several countries will showcase radio innovations including motion photograph radiocasting.
Gov Charles W Bryan the Democratic vice presidential nominee eyes a key Midwest tour with John W Davis as party plans unfold after Omaha events. The setup hints at unified campaigning across Lincoln Omaha Denver routes as Democratic advisers expect a joint appearance to push the ticket.
Governor Charles A Templeton of Connecticut plans to attend Yale University as a freshman. The column argues college should be an end in itself, not merely a means to improve life, and ponders the value of education beyond practical gains.
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