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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1927
Page
4
The article describes a historic triangulation project between two mountain peaks to measure light velocity. Engineers reported total error under one seventh of a million, with one tape stretching accounting for a quarter inch. The effort supports the University of Chicago’s effort to determine light speed, about 186 300 miles per second, requiring extreme measurement accuracy over 22 miles.
The National City Bank of New York notes Germany's recovery in late 1926 and into 1927 with revived industrial activity, lower unemployment, and efficiency gains. Rail and coal sectors benefited from foreign loans, German savings, and rationalization. By January 1927 industry ran at near full swing, signaling a strong year ahead.
The U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey reports a record lengthy measurement between Mount Wilson and San Antonio Peak in California. The airline distance is 25 385.53 meters, with total error of one third of an inch. They used a 20 mile base line measured with fifty tapes, four times, pulling 32 pounds to offset sag, and computed angles with theodolites by night using high power signal lights. The effort achieved about one part in a million accuracy.
Nikola Tesla at seventy envisions wireless power sending air propulsion and long distance energy. foresees planes with light electric motors, ships using directed wireless force, and deserts turned fertile by airborne moisture. He cites demonstrations of power transmission around a globe and aims to build a world power plant.
A reader quiz answers list names and facts including Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and Sherlock Holmes, a reference to The Marne, J Wilkes Booth, Mercury, and the White Chalk Cliffs of Dover. The lines reflect a casual school page exercise.
Central Pacific and mountain time stations list schedules for WCCO WEAP WEAF WDAF WHB WHO WOC KOA KPI KFOA KFWB KGO KGW KH KPO and others. Entries include dinner hours orchestras choirs and variety programs with specific broadcast times and station locations across the United States.
A July horoscope warns of broad changes in finance politics and leadership with promises of opportunity for new leaders and caution for bankers merchants and farmers. It foresees possible governmental sessions new power in the hands of certain men and women and a year turning point for those born under the sign.
Advice from Dr McCoy on meat preparation stresses avoiding frying and favors pan broiling to remove fat. It highlights searing, quick cooking times, and fat management, endorsing fireless cookers and pressure cookers plus waterless cooking as modern methods to preserve juices and nutrients.
A reader asks Mrs. Lee how intimate affection should be while engaged. The letter discusses keeping modest standards, kissing, hugs, and the line between ladylike behavior and love. Another reader comments on a wife’s money rights, noting wives’ financial concerns within marriage.
A narrow gauge train jolts passengers as it nears a smoother pace after a bumpy ride. A humorous exchange unfolds with a child calling the baby “the silent policeman” while a man jokes about wages and a French city funds relief for the unemployed.
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