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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1924
Page
4
The piece muses that political campaigns take a toll beyond effort. It cites Taft slimming to 260 pounds as an exceptional case and notes others lose temper and time in campaigns. It also mentions British voters shedding weight by betting on Ramsay MacDonald’s Labourites.
The article argues that high grain prices will persist as a world grain shortage exceeds 500 million bushels, with exports limited by freight capacity. It says Europe’s improving economy will increasingly demand U S and Canadian grain, reducing government intervention and leaving the farm bloc with little legitimate business.
December payments at the U S Treasury include Britain’s 90 million dollar installment on the 4.6 billion debt funding plan. Payments go via J P Morgan agents to the New York Fed as cash funding replaces Liberty bonds due to premium prices. Treasury rules require redeeming or purchasing outstanding securities at par plus interest when funds permit.
Belmont county Ohio newly elected court clerk Miss Mary McBride credits politics with weight loss, claiming she shed 20 pounds during the campaign. She contrasts her experience with President Taft, noting his weight fluctuated differently across campaigns while endorsing office running as a weight loss method.
The piece urges early holiday buying to ease the Christmas rush for merchants and shoppers. It notes parcels should reach rural post offices 3-4 days before Christmas and encourages clearly addressed, wrapped packages with Not to be opened till Christmas on holiday mail. It closes with a goodwill message.
The piece notes a drop in the U S turkey population from 6 594 695 to about half that amount over 25 years. It cites high turkey mortality in November and December and infant mortality from dampness overfeeding and unsanitary grounds. It urges scientific breeding to restore abundance for Thanksgiving and Christmas.
The piece surveys returning Congress and warns that fresh faces will not mark a new year. It notes Senator La Follette’s rhetoric, the Egypt issue with John Bull, Society for the Suppression of Smith Brookhart, Hiram Johnson, Coolidge’s cautious stance, Sam Gompers’s labor influence, a stubborn Democratic mule, and a lingering Japan crisis.
Reddy Fox steals a hen at night and outruns a pursuing dog through fields and a brook. He uses a wall jump and waterborne scent trick to mislead the hound, then returns to share the feast with Mrs. Reddy at the Old Pasture. Copyright 1924 by T. W. Burgess.
The horoscope notes favorable planetary aspects for leaders in state and business and predicts publicity around politicians and editors. It forecasts rising status for ambitious women, favorable wedding prospects, and popularity for those entering arts and theater. Money and business show gains, with swift, clever children and Sagittarian subjects rising in life.
Congress convened privately amid party realignments and a lean bill agenda. Key figures including Robinson La Follette and Curtis outlined stances as Lodge Brandegee Colt deaths prompted memorials and new oaths.
Albert B. George, elected on the Republican ticket, was inducted as Chicago municipal judge in a crowded court. Chief Justice Harry Olson administered the oath as George pledged to enforce all laws to the best of his ability and to subordinate race and color in his duties.
The Doctor and Sophie flee by hedge into a meadow after disguising themselves from highwaymen. They plan to wait for a passing coach then move toward Talbot's bridge while avoiding pursuit. A footstep and swaying hedge warn that they have been spotted.
Miss Frances Hayes national representative of the Parent Teachers Association spoke to a division of local members at the Emerson school building yesterday with good attendance. Mrs BE Beck er chaired the meeting and refreshments were served as the audience applauded. She addressed another Butte PTA group at the administration building last night and was again well received urging stronger membership and closer parent teacher cooperation.
Great Northern Railway reports October 1924 activity in Montana above any October since 1916. Division Superintendent Fred Wear notes wider system recovery with small stations shifting to heavier freight, suggesting local buying and merchant patronage. Butte division sees peak tonnage aided by a large wheat crop.
Koretz recounts 18 years of selling 5 000 000 acres of swamp land he did not own to lure buyers with a fake oil discovery. He claims to have taken in 2 000 000 but says all money is now with authorities to pay creditors. He fled Chicago and stayed at the St Regis before moving to Halifax and was not jailed.
A fight among moonshiners at a cabin behind 100 East Gold street ended with police smashing 14 barrels and seizing a still in Butte. Officers arrived as men fled in a large truck after returning for a second run. a woman alerted the station about bootleggers deserting the scene. Large mash quantities were dumped in the cellar.
A Cascade County committee led by County Agent K. Beden set Christmas prices from three bids. Northern Creamery of Great Falls, J White & Co of Chicago, and Swift & Co of Fort Falls offered 32 No 1 birds 23 No 2 and 27 cents for old toms. The highest bid for Totem county turkeys was from Northern Creamery of Great Falls. Spring loading will rise about 85 percent over 1923. seven carloads are planned for shipment east this week from Teton and Cascade counties.
From Los Angeles a 3,700 mile race from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Tahiti will start June 10. Admina Albert Scotland of the Pacific Coast Yachting Association announced four yachts, all owned by the San Francisco Corinthians, have entered, with more entries expected from clubs along the American Seaboard.
Cut this out and mail to Foley & Co for a 10 cent bottle of FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COMPOUND for coughs and hoarseness plus free sample packs of FOLEY-PILLS and FOLEY CATHARTIC TABLETS. Ads claim the remedies help millions and are sold everywhere.
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