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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1922
Page
4
The article urges Montana’s half million residents to unite in a campaign highlighting the state’s minerals and oil wealth and unmatched scenic grandeur. It frames the effort as a gift to the people and a rare chance to inform the world about the Northwest, promising an abundant harvest from the information spread.
The piece argues that a cross-country cooperative advertising push by major railways will boost Montana Montana’s rich resources include beef pork wheat potatoes and copper with strong water power potential. It praises Montanas climate scenery and hardy people and calls for leveraging national interest to grow commerce and industry.
An East thinker argues that the flapper type is fading as fashion and social norms change. He contends the underlying conditions persist, so a new flapper may rise only after the old departs. Longer skirts threaten her vitality, making a long-skirted flapper a contradiction.
The article notes 5,000,000 Christmas savings club depositors with $190,000,000 saved in the year, up $30,000,000 from early estimates. It credits World War I era programs and wage deductions with forming savings habits, and suggests continued shifts in personal finance amid postwar concerns and global events.
A dialogue explains electrical filtering concepts from water filter analogies to oscillographs. Jimmie and Dad discuss high voltage, commutators, ripple pitch, oscillosgraphs, and building an oscillograph. The piece notes a Beil Syndicate copyright from 1922.
An electrical filter smooths pulsating direct current and a direct current generator can provide a pure output without ripple unless a unipolar design is used. A sensitive meter with a pencil can trace voltage ripple as a wavy line on paper, unlike straight lines from storage batteries.
The Montana Historical Society bulletin recalls December 23 1804 when Clark recorded Indians visiting the fort at the Knife river and trade of corn and gifts at the Missouri camp. An 1805 Columbia River winter work scene is described with huts and trade items. The 1878 entry notes Andrew J. Smith as surveyor general under Grant amid starry prophecies and social changes.
The sun in benefic aspect dominates the day though Mars Uranus and Saturn are adverse. it’s a day to seek work or plead for promotion. Efforts to improve financial standing in the coming year are emphasized despite restrictions.
In Cincinnati Mrs Gretchen Sachs tried to cool off by bringing her mattress to the yard. She lit a match to tell the time and the mattress ignited. The blaze required the fire department and left the mattress a total loss. The note mentions a Pacific coast hatchery history and a 7 990 416 264 month-old salmon and steelhead fry planted through January 1920.
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