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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1925
Page
4
Dr Willis warns that neglecting precautions causes quake damage and recommends sinking foundations ten feet or more, wide-footing walls, or a reinforced slab to move as a unit. He stresses safety first over purchasing fire life or earthquake insurance.
A dense grid of clues across varied topics from language and geography to objects and measurements. The list includes references to French terms, cardinal dignity, lamps, and a memorial line, mixed with cryptic and direct hints to solve.
Clarence Darrow argued that breeding and domestication improve plants and animals only for human use and often harm the subjects. He suggested reformers who try to remake people risk harm if they succeed, warning that such changes may lead to extinction or subjugation rather than real improvement.
A Montana Idaho forest fire warning urges strict observance of regulations amid widespread blazes caused by lightning and heat. Officials stress no campfires without permits, discourage smoking in woods, and call for public cooperation to report fires promptly to protect watersheds and power supplies.
Dr Willis of Stanford, seismology expert, concludes after examining Santa Barbara ruins that good buildings stood while poor design and bad construction revealed weaknesses. He states the fundamental issue is faulty architecture and inferior workmanship leading to widespread damage.
A London dispatch to the New York Sun reports Prof A M Low foresees drastic human evolution in the next millennium. Children educated before birth, partial atrophy of unused legs, changes in grooming, common radio use, and life sped by telepathy.
The Prudential Life Insurance study of grammar school and high school graduates finds only high school graduates showing real proficiency in math and spelling. Many youths fail to multiply decimals or locate states, while poor performance spans from 14 to 15 year olds. The piece critiques evolving education and notes a decline in basic business spelling and arithmetic skills.
A motorist buries an old car in a field to show off the new one, and a passerby asks about an accident. Two young lawyers spar over eloquence as they argue, ending with a joke about shared upbringings and birth dates. A doctor jokes about choosing skin disease work due to three aged reasons, implying patient outcomes.
A 1925 horoscope notes many kindly stars have power to influence the day July 17. It cites Mercury Neptune aligning for the future and mentions military matters under an encouraging direction. The forecast hints at sentimental changes and peculiar weather marked by shifting conditions.
Persons whose birthdate it is face a year of potential profits and romance. The young will seek love and many will marry, signaling favorable personal and financial prospects for the year ahead.
A new face appears in the office of general agent of the Chicago and Northwestern in Butte. E A Gray, who fled the position for several years, left for his new headquarters in St Paul yesterday. He said his business will bring him back to Butte frequently and he would always find pleasure in his visits. Gray is popular with Montana railways and with the Dubas, and his promotion has been warmly received by those who know him. Meanwhile Secretary of Labor Davis is invited by President Coolidge to meet before sailing for Europe, a conference noted by the Associated Press at Swampscott, Massachusetts.
Poem lines describe midnight longing and memory of a beloved. The speaker hopes spirits may revisit past scenes and say their love is remembered even in the sky. The verse imagines enduring affection beyond death and time.
The Butte library reports a year of new acquisitions under Librarian Eleanor Horgan. Fiction leads the list with best sellers by Earth Wharton Sinclair Lewis Joseph Wergesheimer John Galsworthy Scott Fitzgerald and Michael Arien, alongside technical works adding practical knowledge.
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