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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1925
Page
4
The piece argues that taxing cars as luxury vehicles is unsound since about 90 percent are used for business and over 60 percent of car mileage is business related. It urges 17 million motorists to press Congress for relief, warning lawmakers will face pressure unless relief is granted to motorists.
A moral tale features Digger the Badger and Peter Rabbit debating fear and courage. Digger recalls past dangers in the Far West and an encounter with a two legged man that led to a tail injury while I was digging. The text shifts to a horoscope from 1925 noting Virgo traits and family implications.
Henry Ford backs air transport with plans from Chicago and Atlanta. John Hays Hammond Jr. leads Airways to link New York and Chicago. Vanderbilt Jr. talks of a vast Atlanta base and L A to Salt Lake route. Hoover urges a civil air navigation bureau for regulated, confident passenger aviation with sea law parallels.
The American Automobile Association urges a national drive to repeal the federal motor vehicle excise tax. In 1924 total auto taxes reached 555 million dollars with 123 million from the federal excise. President Henry notes more people favor excise repeal than income tax reduction as motorists face state and municipal taxes.
Dr Charles Keith of Wisconsin argues that neither Japan nor China can menace Western civilization due to lacking steel. He notes three global steel centers England, Lake Superior, Ruhr basin supply 90 percent of world steel and that Japan could not threaten them. He doubts new iron coal fields will appear and says essential factors for a large steel industry are unavailable to Asia.
Dr. W. V. King of the Tallulah experimental station says planes drop poisonous dust over swamps to kill mosquitoes with little risk to humans. He notes cities would resist aerial dusting and urges eliminating standing water to stop town mosquitoes.
Debates rise as other animals challenge the tiger’s status of top dominance in the city menagerie, signaling a tense power shift within the New York zoo.
The piece contrasts peaceful birth and achieved peace with China's forced peace and criticizes Prohibition era policy. It also mocks New York municipal politics as a dirty liar infested race, warning of scandal and political gamesmanship.
Frosty mornings signal a familiar scene as a man recounts cold dawn plunges while life’s annoyances persist. The text notes mosquitoes are plentiful this fall and references General Dawes and reform efforts stirring political activity.
Peter narrates how a fox named Digger escapes captivity after daily attempts to breach a wire cage. Digger recalls life in a park with many fur prisoners, his longing to dig, and a final breakout aided by an inattentive keeper. He travels nightly and hides under a house before reaching freedom on the Green Meadows.
Astrologers forecast a positive day with Sun Saturn Mars and Jupiter benefic and Venus adverse. Moon in Capricorn supports practical, legal, educational, and corporate efforts through the afternoon, favoring farmers marketers and industrial expansion. Readings point to renewed near term prosperity and a back to the land trend.
News reports that Crown Princess Juliana of the Netherlands will head the Girl Scouts of Holland. She camps with 50 scouts for 30 days at Assel, cooking and living in tents. If she dies without issue, Holland may seek monarchy changes or a republic.
A man in a coma is mistaken for dead by friends but asserts he was alive because his feet were cold and he hungered. A New Zealand town plans a grand overnight visit by a distinguished guest, prompting a hotel to add a bathroom, while the boy questions the extravagance of a bath night for one guest.
Fragmented verse invoking duty to God and self discipline. The speaker prays to be armed with care, prepared to give a strict account, and to live in vigilance and prayer as a servant. Contains archaic spelling and a devotional tone.
Puzzle clues span across and down including Unclean poverty Deluxe and many named terms. Notable entries reference E M O Connor and a mix of common nouns verbs and proper nouns across themes like geography animals and history. The note mentions solution of yesterday and a bogey time of six minutes with a variety of wordplay prompts.
Florence Davies notes rifts among feminists as Lena Phillips defends independence and Stella Benson praises American kindness to women. She suggests the debate shows only noise and confusion as a Buenos Aires store for women’s goods rises, costing 2.9 million dollars and employing 2,400 people.
B G Grace of Bethlehem Steel notes building and home ownership push steel use, with housing accounting for about half of last year’s activity. He cites postwar demand, improved buying power, and the auto industry’s role in expanding home locations, roads, and urban infrastructure.
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