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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1923
Page
4
Reporters tested a new radio setup able to transmit through concrete and steel without an aerial or ground wire using only a telephone transmitter receiver and dry cell power. They spoke across Grand Central Palace walls, a feat described as weird yet promising standard of the era.
Harding plans to visit Alaska to boost interest as the territory faces population loss since 1920. The New York Sun notes Alaska shipped 72 million in 1919 vs 54 million in 1921 aside from gold and salmon declines. Rail spending failed to help, and critics blame over conservation or lack of enterprise despite vast resources in fisheries minerals and power.
Chicago Methodists win permission to build a church office complex rising to 556 feet and seek removal of the 400 foot cap. Plans include a 650 foot Tribune building and a 27 story federal block. The piece compares Chicago to global monuments, noting Washington’s monument at 555 feet and Cheops at 480 feet.
A radio expert at a Rotary club talk suggests future devices could transmit through solid rock and earth without physical links. The speaker L. E. Jones notes that rapid radio advances may render today’s systems obsolete and outlines plans for subterranean, noncontact communication.
The American Association for the Advancement of Science, with about 11 000 members and 83 affiliated groups, endorses teaching evolution and urges against legislation restricting it. They state evidences for human evolution grow stronger and praise evolution as a major force for knowledge and inquiry despite Bryan's opposition.
A New York house notes silver demand rose worldwide as 1922 consumption exhausted production. Production revived in copper mining lifted U S output to about 5.75 million ounces monthly, with Canada and Mexico boosting years. First quarter 1923 projections suggest nearly 225 million ounces yearly. Industry links to lead and zinc by products.
In a 1922 Bell Syndicate feature, Jimmie Jones chats with Mr Quick about radio gear, modulation, and homebuilt amplifiers. The dialogue covers crystal detectors, triode valves, costs, and plans for collaboration on a new receiving set.
In a tender scene the speaker recalls a grandson Jeetta Joe and his sweet smile as he helps the ailing Grand Pop. The old man reflects on aging, pride, and a gentle bond that makes him feel queer in a joyful sense, a quiet claim to kinship and love.
Metropolitan Opera star Rosa Ponselle takes her first airplane flight as the guest of Mrs. R I Sturla of Memphis. The company soprano, shown at right, is described as a real songbird on the wing.
A compiled historical record by J U Sanders references Helena merchants backing a wagon road to Butte. The piece lists dates from 1805 to 1928, including Clark and Clarke journals, vigilante activity, Montana legislative milestones, and a 1928 zodiac-like forecast warning of changing marriages, rising farming influence, and potential earthquakes with guidance on wealth and profession.
Thursday January 4 1928 forecast notes Uranus ruling with friendly power and Jupiter benefic. It urges testing plans for the new year with careful judgment and poise. Employers will demand higher training and mental endowments, with Venus in a pivotal position shaping work demands.
An odd item notes George Porter Dennison promoting new men’s underwear designs as a symbol of progress for mankind. The text also mentions the Reindeer industry in Alaska’s north with potential annual meat output and value rivaling gold from fisheries, according to a reader observer.
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