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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1923
Page
4
The text argues that the Montreal underworld may bypass police efforts and contact professionals, comparing it to counterfeit whiskey labels and suggesting counterfeit cards could be produced to be used for illicit entry.
The New York post office reports a record December start with 256,903 dollars more in receipts than last year in 10 days. Foreign money orders exceed 60 percent, and about 100000 sacks of Christmas mail have shipped abroad, including food and clothing for Central Europe and Germany.
Montreal faces a feared influx as authorities consider a resident identification card system. Each citizen would carry a card with name and address to prove bona fide residence while exits and railways would be watched for passers with good character insignia.
The New Republic summarizes Dr. Niels Bohr's view that matter reduces to electrical basis, with atoms containing a nucleus and orbiting electrons. Electrons move between protons, enabling molecular bonding and radioactivity, while the universe may surpass the atom in certain aspects.
The Texas fire eater Blanton introduces two bills likely to provoke votes against him. One cuts congressional mileage from 20 cents to actual rail fare. the other trims House membership from 435 to 304. The moves risk erasing constituencies and party balance, complicating any White House path amid global turmoil and a volatile political climate.
In a woodland setting the Raggedy siblings and Cookie people plot rescuing Snitznoodle from Hookle the Goblin and Weeks from the Goblin’s roof. Raggedy Ann narrates a Snow White tale to illustrate cunning and stillness as a plan forms to free captives.
Raggedy Ann plans to fool Hooky the Goblin by disguising herself and others as cookie sellers. The Goblin laughs at the door but remains unaware of Raggedy Ann’s cunning scheme to outwit him.
The reading notes a favorable day for accounts and figures and for clear expression of thoughts. Be wary of Neptune’s adverse evening influence and the risk of misunderstandings in new social contacts and on national or international questions.
The article notes Florida’s appeal to tourists and its rapid population growth driven by favorable conditions and local optimism. It mentions reliable, loyal individuals benefiting from new opportunities and references a 1923 copyright notice and a motion picture expedition showing exotic animals for zoological teaching.
Gonzaga University in Spokane plans a reserve officers training corps with a minimum enrollment of 100. Training would begin in 1924 with military instruction led by an army officer and housed at Fort George Wright if federal funds and facilities permit. Enrollment would be voluntary and no compulsory service is required.
The American Museum will soon display an exceptional assortment of stuffed animals from India. Col. J c Faunthrope and A B Vernay led the Vernay Paulta expedition to collect plains species, including tiger rhinoceros elephant and snakes for the exhibit.
In a Berkeley note, Prof. I L Furlong of the University of California predicts the horse will be virtually extinct in America within a century. He cites motor vehicles replacing horses in cities and farms, and plans a public collection of modern equine specimens for the University of California Paleontology Museum.
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