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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1924
Page
4
The text outlines a plan to amend the Constitution to require two long congressional sessions starting January 4 each year. It aims for ratification by several state legislatures in 1925 and 1926 to take effect by fall 1927 before the 1928 national election. The amendment would eliminate the nuisance of short sessions and standardize annual long sessions.
Jip warns of a confrontation as Doctor Dolittle confronts Brown on stage. Dolittle exposes a quack while a crowd attacks the platform with vegetables and rocks. The piece ends hinting at a future chapter and zodiac notes from 1924.
The piece surveys urban counts in Chicago Philadelphia New York Detroit and Los Angeles and compares city populations and future projections. It notes New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston Pittsburg Detroit Cleveland St Louis as over half a million in 1920 and cites San Francisco and Los Angeles metro figures.
The piece notes the Norris constitutional amendment has passed the senate and, with house concurrence seen as certain, would end lame duck status. It details timing changes for Congress and the executive offices, including shifts in session dates and terms, and discusses potential extra sessions and election timing complications.
Analysis notes La Follette’s third party carried second place in 12 states including Wisconsin where he led the field by 140,000 votes. Nationally his tally surpassed Roosevelt’s 1912 total by about 700,000, yet electoral impact remained limited amid changing electorate and the socialist influence. The convention aims to solidify the faction, likely under socialist control, with La Follette adopting a distant stance.
The Ohio board of clemency reports crime levels may have crest ed after a surge tied to postwar restlessness and Prohibition violations. It notes prison numbers near 2,877, with auto theft and Volstead violations rising, yet anticipates a gradual decline as wartime effects fade.
The article notes grim forecasts for 1925 with New Year celebrations dampened by pre Volstead gloom. It mocks Mayor Hylan's funeral as a political joke and jokes about prohibition era changes. It predicts a tough year for pessimists and comments on Kid McCoy and President Coolidge.
The horoscope predicts a doubtful last day of the year with Uranus and Saturn adverse, urging cheerful company to counter somber thoughts. It foresees a changeable morality in 1925 and possible rise in divorces, while planetary influences hint at restlessness and new year plans.
The piece reflects on endings and new beginnings as the year closes. It cites Nina from Susan Ertz's novel and Dr Prestwick urging focus on tomorrow, not the past, noting growth from experiences and the value of punctual change.
The Belfast Unionist notes pressure on President Cosgrave after 25 non commissioned officers were dismissed and two majors suspended. It cites a secret supporters meeting before Christmas as signaling a split and a likely new conspiracy development affecting government Irish policy.
A new vacuum clothes cleaner designed for travelers operates on an automobile motor. The device aims to provide on the go cleaning power for garments and travel outfits, offering compact portability and convenient use in vehicles.
Word puzzle clues by W. K. Starr across and down cover topics from plants study to ancient and modern terms. The fragment includes many incomplete entries and stray letters. no final answer grid provided.
Little Joe Otter and family flee through snow from a deadly trapper. They race to reach open water on a smooth ice pond where otters outrun the man and slide to safety as the trapper fails to catch them.
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