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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1927
Page
4
The readable fragment notes the Anaconda Standard, a Montana daily newspaper with advertising and publication details. It includes publisher references, office locations in Butte and Deer Lodge, and subscription pricing bits amid garbled OCR text.
Butte residents push for a state plan that avoids heavy rock work in Jefferson canyon on the Yellowstone trail. Government engineers favor a cheaper alternative route to save construction costs while linking Lewis and Clark cavern to the main highway. The program operates with federal funding and approval, indicating prudent planning and cooperation across state lines. A separate China policy note questions foreign capital and development, contrasting modernization with traditional civilization amid global trade hopes and fears.
In South Dakota's state park Gutzon Borglum plans a monumental 60 foot chin to crown a 465 foot tall George Washington carved head. The project includes Jefferson Lincoln and Roosevelt figures with costs estimated at 450000 dollars funded by multiple donors and a public appeal. Meanwhile American Legion cemeteries in France will welcome 20000 headstones with white marble crosses and stars of David and inscriptions for known and unknown soldiers as veterans visit Paris.
The article contrasts two approaches to China. It notes that Western business interests advocate awakening China with Occidental civilization, while pondering whether to maintain its traditional, placid state amid a surge in trade.
A mosaic of station schedules shows WCCO Minneapolis giving dinner concerts and musical programs at 6:15 and 8:30 with Dick Longs orchestra at 10. Across the nation KOA Denver and KFOA Seattle feature orchestras and classic programs, while KGO Oakland and KHJ Los Angeles present National Broadcasting company hours and concerts.
Assistant Secretary Charles Schuveldt Dewey calls for reform of the farm loan system, urging secretary of the treasury approval over bank reserve investments and measures to enforce shareholder liability. He notes current practices risk public confidence and suggests a bill to curb evasions and improve conservatism and oversight.
Treasury department advocates extending banking services to agriculture and notes that public confidence in the system would rise from the treasury’s long experience in examining banking structures. The fragment implies a policy discussion on improving financial oversight and agricultural support.
The weekly horoscope warns of volatile markets and cautious speculation. Jupiter’s aspect signals puzzling business conditions for merchants and manufacturers while real estate looks unstable. Theaters may gain by fall, farmers face concern, and August brings food price swings. Birthdate signs point to a quiet year financially and talented, politically minded children.
A historical digest explains lamb and mutton types from spring lamb to aged mutton, noting digestion differences and English versus American preferences. It advises mutton preparation, roasting tips, fat trimming, and cautions against starches and desserts with such meals. It also discusses meat odors and serving with light non starch vegetables and salads.
A column by Mrs. Virginia See discusses humor in humans and animals, advising a young reader named Bess to laugh with others, not at them, and to cultivate a sense of humor as a precious possession. It also explores the issue of new marital homes where wives may be cool to a husband’s old friends, urging frank discussion and balanced hospitality.
Dublin obituary notes army veteran James Carroll of Birr King's County aged around 117, claimed to be born near Birr in 1808 and to have witnessed Waterloo illumination in 1815, regarded as the oldest veteran in the British Isles at death.
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