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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1924
Page
4
The Butte office at 23 West Park Street presents subscription options within the United States for three and six month periods. Foreign country rates are shown as well, with corresponding durations and prices.
Saturday morning column notes farmer mood as wheat prices rise bolster optimism for higher market returns. It argues weather issues hinder La Follette campaign plans and contrasts farmer independence with perceived government paternalism amid debates over party support and radical elements.
Continuous day and night air mail between New York and San Francisco signals potential for passenger and express cargo services on a large scale. European routes show express traffic booming, while American passenger volumes remain small. Early efforts include newspaper runs and specialized cargo pilots, with London–continent trips and American summer routes hinting at growing demand. The London influx for the American Bar Association and related advertising clubs promises lavish events, fraternal mixing, and notable banquets as the week-long program unfolds.
A column notes that wrongful convictions occur on circumstantial evidence and long after exonerations reveal the real culprit. It cites Irving Greenwald's 1924 Buffalo case, where forged money orders led to his seven-year sentence until Gurney Smith confessed. four shopkeepers had testified accusing Greenwald, who was innocent. The piece also comments on political convention theatrics and shifting hopes for McAdoo and Reed.
A 1924 Burgess tale opens with Farmer Brown hearing a whistle blamed on a private signal. His son searches the yard and barn, peering behind the barn, around the pig pen, and through every hiding place as the whistling game continues. The mystery culminates with the revelation that the whistle was a shared prank.
Horoscope for Saturday July 12 1924 notes Mars and Jupiter favorable with women gaining influence in politics and theatre interest rising. It predicts weddings happiness and long life while cautioning about religious tensions and potential public mind shifts following a prominent death and a warning for the Prince of Wales.
Florence Davies cites Dean Inge on modern life, arguing excess machinery makes people dependent and weakens skilled handiwork. She notes some praise for practical effort and questions wholesale reliance on steam and electricity, urging balance between head and hand.
The Doctor Dolittle story unfolds with war raging unseen by cormorants as Emir forces seize pearl oysters. Jip and Dab-Dab plot escape while the Doctor sits chained, awaiting a plan and a message for Dab-Dab to deliver to Harmattan Rocks.
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