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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1920
Page
10
An extended survey describes Alaska's geography climate and wildlife. It details Arctic peoples like Eskimos Aleuts and Indians along with subsistence, fur resources, and local industries. The text also touches on early aircraft design including monoplane biplane and multiplane configurations.
Tomorrow is a holiday for me and I want to make a bob. To make one you need sleds blocks and a bolt, with steering wood and a rope. Then ride the sled around, rest when hungry, and read a good book at home. In Butte an Americanization school teaches reading writing English history and government to foreigners. It aims to foster loyal citizens.
A first person vignette describes slag pots at Pittsmont dump and the glowing waterfall of molten slag. The smelterman risks burns while the assayer notes slag is a mix of silica iron lime copper aluminum and other elements with limited commercial value.
The Emerson school reports renewed spirit after promotion day. Eighth A graduates 14 honors. Eighth B grows to 29. New staff include Miss Lovelass as eighth A teacher and Miss Driscoll as grammar teacher. Principal Miss Robinson leads the school.
Monroe School reports a Curtis two passenger plane seen south of the tracks in Butte. At noon children gathered to view the aircraft while men worked to assemble it. The craft now flies over Butte daily and carries passengers.
A historical verse recalls the Civil War era heroism of Union and Confederate fighters. It evokes Lincoln era courage and tribute to the soldiers who bore the old red white and blue in days past.
A summer fishing trip in Iowa turned perilous as a sudden cloudburst sent a torrent rushing down the stream. The author escaped by sprinting to higher ground just as the water surged toward him.
In our schoolroom a poster warns coughing and sneezing with a handkerchief. The teacher enforces mask etiquette and morning checks. Nutrition charts show healthy habits like brushing teeth washing hands and eating nourishing foods with cheerful pictures.
The piece discusses the Americanization movement, its origins, and its importance in Butte as a mining city with a large foreign-born population. It argues that teaching foreigners history language and government would foster loyalty as World War I responses showed language barriers and unfamiliarity with commands among draftees.
A narrator returns to a city created by his schoolmates, now a hub of military and cultural life. He visits the governor’s mansion, views operatic and comedic performances, and learns of a poisoning case tied to classmates with a murder trial looming.
Very little wind in arctic regions allows sound to travel farther. People can converse when they are a mile apart due to stable air, facilitating distant communication.
George S. Cartee, once a noted Butte business figure with Hennessy Company, becomes social secretary at the Y M C A A. He now attends to the needs of young men using the Y M C A as their headquarters and has quickly become one of the citys busiest men.
Time details mention kK A Brown negotiating with the Green company to buy the West Park street woman’s establishment. Cartes became interested and helped arrange the agreements leading to Brown taking over Cart ee’s interest in the new company. Cartee then left to focus on the YMCA where he aids the staff.
A New York jewelry figure reports many society women wear jewels they believe real, but are imitation. The pieces were bought or substituted by their husbands, highlighting fiction of authenticity in high society accessories.
Old age message urges SANSTONE Wafers as a tonic for nerves and vitality. Claims thousands aged 60 or 70 gain vigor, with a free 50cc trial package and proof statements mailed in plain wrapper for six cents postage. No obligations. tear-out coupon offered.
Judge Jackson ruled for Monida Trust in the suit against William House and others for 996.96 dollars plus interest and 150 dollars in attorney fees. The decision followed an advisement on January 31. Other rulings include alimony, demurrers, and various cases continued or dismissed.
A family of nine including seven children from age one to fifteen was reported ill and in need of assistance. Ensign Olaf Williamson of the Salvation Army at 336 South Main Street arranged immediate relief and requested clothing especially undergarments. contact 678 or 2031 for contributions.
Mrs Charles Sullivan a 19 year old near Pacific Junction Iowa, sick with pneumonia and delirious, seized her five day old baby and dropped it into a hog pen where the infant was killed. She was found unconscious at the fence and doctors say she cannot recover.
The text explains moisture in air as water vapor and visible forms like dew and fog. It defines saturated air as when the space holds its maximum moisture, and relative humidity as the ratio to the saturated amount. It notes 100 percent when saturated and gives examples such as 50 and 70 percent, linking humidity to temperature effects during heat.
J L McNutt of Hugo Colorado near here raises a 10 month old pure Hereford calf weighing 250 pounds but only 21 inches tall. The animal's head and markings are normal, legs seven inches long, and it stopped growing at seven months. Offers pour in to exhibit the freak, with circus sideshows already proposed.
Warning against feeling bully and illness and offering Cascarets as a gentle laxative. Claims the product removes liver and bowel poison, cures skin pallor and headaches, and works while you sleep without griping like salts oils calomel or harsh pills. Use a box for a few cents.
An old promotional piece touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast acting antacid for stomach distress. It claims rapid relief from indigestion acidity and heartburn, with candy like taste and low cost at drug stores.
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