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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1928
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard recalls Atlantis as two realms the Hesperides and the Elysian Fields. Plato spoke of easy passages to beautiful islands. Geologists note Western Europe once extended toward America before submergence. Science seeks proof of a sunken continent beyond treasure hunting.
The piece notes 58.3 million US citizens eligible to vote this year with about half voting. It cites 1924 at 51.2% and 1920 at 49.3%, Montana turnout in 1920 61.7% and 1924 53.3%. It adds officials elected by about 27.7% of the electorate and urges participation, comparing international turnout today. President Coolidge and Vice President Dawes warn that voter apathy threatens self-government. It ends urging Montana to motivate voters for the primary.
The piece describes a modern search for a mythical sunken land as the good ship Atlantis sails toward the Azores with scientists and diving gear to dredge the sea floor. It frames exploration as an enduring human impulse and invokes Ponce de Leon and Homer as cultural touchstones.
The community mourns Reverend Father Michael J. Hannan a devout priest famed for charity and service to widows orphans the sick and distressed. He shared broad interests in world and local politics and his guiding wisdom helped many beyond St Marys parish.
The Engineering News Record reports total awards since January 1 at 1.620 billion dollars, up from 1.439 billion a year earlier. Industrial building contracts for the first five months total 124.693 million, vs 97.947 million in 1927, with 599 contracts vs 575 last year. Public utilities lead with 53 jobs worth 23 million.
The set lists five questions with concise answers including Charlie Chaplin as a movie comedian from London England Prince Leopold Baron von Steuben Richard Gagner and Ecclesiastes vii 5.
The obituary recounts Father Hannan's career from 1906 in Butte to leadership roles in Helena and Butte, highlighting his charity to the poor, support for Irish independence, and work with Sinn Fein. It notes his death at 46, survived by cousins John K. O'Rourke Edward Hinchey and Sister Mary John, with strong tributes from clergy and Judge Lynch.
Herbert Hoover and five Stanford engineers reinforced the European settlement at Tientsin during the Boxer Uprising. They built barricades from sugar and rice, organized a home guard, and transformed central buildings into a fortress while scouts protected water supplies against Chinese assaults and artillery.
Program lineup details daily radio segments across stations WEAF WTMJ KSD WOC WHO KOA J E Hewitt. Musical pieces feature Stromberg Carlson Sextet Goldman band Clicquot Eskimos with varied concert selections across networks.
A dense listing shows station call signs from cities like Minneapolis Saint Paul Denver Los Angeles Oakland Portland and Seattle with time blocks for varied programs including musical hours orchestral sets dances concerts theater and storytelling features tied to each outlet. The grid lists hourly slots from early afternoon to late evening and names programs hosts and ensembles where visible.
The Montana state board of education ordered the sale of the remaining 7105 in the 1921 bond issue. Allocations: Boulder State School for the Deaf and Blind 2268.50, Twin Bridges Orphans Home 3000, Helena Vocational School for Girls 1836.50. Havre delegation offered 44 acres for a Northern Montana agricultural and manual training plant to join the Greater University of Montana project.
Astrologers forecast for women a period of established success, while Uranus may bring puzzling international issues for the US. Saturn aids industry and business alliances through the year. People born on this date face a year of pleasures, potential extravagance, artistic talent in children, and a flair for dress that may lead to wealth or high status.
The narrative describes wartime shelling near a riverfront settlement with repeated fires and casualties. A volunteer fire unit led by an aide to Hoover fought fires with water and wet rags as a temporary hospital ran short of disinfectants bandages and beds. Mrs Hoover sourced cotton goods for dressings and even commandeered sheets to aid the wounded.
Oscar Ohlander supreme leader of the Order of Vasa will visit Butte and Anaconda lodges with Mrs Ohlander for a day of city tours and a dinner at the Chequamegon cafe A 500 member attendance is expected and entertainment will include music songs and solos The event marks active lodge involvement in Montana with a large membership drive by the parent organization.
The second Artcraft Travel guild group, 145 tourists, will reach Butte this morning and at 9 will board a B A P train to Anaconda for a smelter tour. A first group arrived last Tuesday and eight more parties are scheduled to visit Butte on subsequent Tuesdays this summer.
Charles P. Nevin came home Sunday from Rochester Minnesota after a major Mayo operation. Friends welcomed his return as his health improves and he resumes managing his business interests. When he left for Rochester his condition was serious.
Mayor Beadle dispatched a telegram to John Rowe secretary of the Butte aerie of the Eagles urging him and the Butte delegation at the state convention in Great Falls to use all endeavors to secure the next Montana meeting for Butte.
A brief devotional note cites Proverbs 24 15 18 urging the reader to seek wisdom as sweetness to the soul Find wisdom and reward no disappointment follows the pursuit of knowledge for thy soul and thy expectation shall not be cut off
Railway passenger rates in Germany could be increased to cover wage rises totaling 60,000 marks annually.
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