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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1927
Page
4
Some city residents seek to take a child home for Christmas on approval but must be approved by child agencies after a thorough investigation. Children are often loaned to childless couples for the holiday and returned after the festive period, usually with gifts.
Answers list mentions Dr. Gerardo Machado of Cuba and Pan American congress. Includes Treaty of Ghent, Leonardo DaVinci, Balto, Benjamin Franklin, and St Luke ix25.
A 1927 New York commission report highlights rising youth crime with 14 percent under 21 and 60 percent under 24 involved in crimes. It calls for expanded youth welfare agencies and praises Boy Scouts as effective preventive work.
The Children's Aid Society and New York State Charities report a Christmas rush for adoptable children. Prospective parents seek young girls about three, fair with curly hair, who still believe in Santa. Many older children aged 8 to 14 remain unplaced, and most requests aim for delivery by Christmas Eve.
The article discusses Viscount Massey’s proposed slogan Minds Across the Sea as a shift from Hands Across the Sea. It argues the idea favors spiritual union over material ties while noting Chicago leader Big Bill Thompson’s likely opposition and predicting cartoonists’ reactions. The piece questions universal adoption and effectiveness of the international mind concept.
A Christmas charity piece praises co operative giving through groups like the Salvation Army and the Joshers club. It reflects on kindness to the poor and sick and the joy of bringing happiness to children during the season. The column then observations about public figures and a digressive note on Colonel Lindbergh and other locals.
The notice lists central standard time radio programs with station call letters, frequencies, and scheduled hours from early morning to after midnight across multiple cities. It serves as a program guide showing varied music, symphony, dances, concerts, and holiday services across stations like WBAP WDAF WCCO WOW KSD KOA KFI KNX KGO KHJ KFRC KPO etc.
Cambridge students protest the insipidity and uselessness of lectures. They complain that many talks are inaudible or unintelligible and call for lecturers to improve elocution or learning psychology of teaching.
Items from The Standard recall events 10 20 and 30 years ago in Butte and Anaconda. Highlights include local happenings, notable figures, and community milestones remembered in the columnist retrospective.
Guy E. Edmonds former Western Union manager in Miles City arrived in Butte to take the Postal Telegraph company’s Butte managership. Steve Brown resigns. Navy machinist mate Dudley Hudtloff, son of the Rev M D Hudtloff, returns on furlough from Keyport Washington. Several university students return home for Christmas. Sam Bassich arrested in Butte on desertion charge.
On December 24, 1907, bowling enthusiasts from the fifth floor of the Hennessy building plan a follow up match against the sixth floor group. The scrape is scheduled for the Thornton alleys next Friday. Miss Irene Somerville has arrived in the area.
Butte from Seattle student plans holidays with parents Mr and Mrs C W Cockrell. The Butte Anaconda and Pacific railway offers a one dollar round trip fare for Christmas day only, valid on all trains Dec 25. Mrs J A Smith arrives from Elberton to attend son Roy Smith’s wedding in Red Lodge. Miss MacCallum and Miss Ruth MacCallum join from Portland to spend holidays with parents in Anaconda.
Two mineral land commissioners George D. Green and Miles Cavanaugh were in Anaconda. Mrs. Rudolph Vollenweider and her son returned from Germany. Anaconda ends school for two weeks of holiday vacation with fitting exercises. Bicycle rider William Terrell arrived after a broken arm delay. Water Supt. J S McGroarty visits Butte for Christmas. Santa Claus arrives in Butte tonight with a welcome surpassing that given to William J. Bryan last August.
In Farnham England Lloyd George the Liberal leader seeks absolute quiet at night avoiding ticking clocks. His large grandfather clock and admirer gifts are set aside on Sundays when he visits Churt his country house. During wartime he endured the midnight clock chorus while plotting schemes though now he desires silence.
A history note recalls a cat aboard Manuel Lisa's expedition into the Dakotas a century ago. The animal, described as one of civilization's early troops, was so valued that runners were sent back to fetch her when she was left in camp.
Dayton police faced a bureaucratic gap when recording a stolen horse case. The log lacked a specific provision for livestock, forcing entry under the stolen autos column despite the distinct nature of the crime.
A devotional excerpt from Psalms 51 8 12 echoes a plea for joy forgiveness and renewal. The lines call for a clean heart and a right spirit seeking God s presence and salvation.
The column warns of a depressing day with a call for contentment and avoiding radical changes. It notes a partial solar eclipse favoring theater and film, rapid new US business, and forecasts of earthquakes, wars and great changes in the coming year.
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