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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1915
Page
6
The Anaconda Standard shows department numbers for business and editorial offices and lists foreign advertising reps. Subscription rates are provided for daily and Sunday editions by carrier or mail with North American pricing. Newsstands outside Montana locate Standard sales in several cities and agencies.
An avalanche of suggestions and patent applications pours into Washington as inventors and amateurs respond to calls for national defense. The Navy and War Departments review three thousand letters, seeking viable ideas while many submissions prove impractical or whimsical. Washington weighs the merit of proposals, amid pressure on President Wilson over the La Follette merchant marine act and debates on suffrage growth in England.
Senators and Representatives push for a one cent local letter postage bill. The plan faces a December decision by the Post Office Department amid a $19 million deficit. Proponents argue local business boosts while revenues fall.
A reader asks for preventive measures against chiggers a common red bug. The piece cites Chittenden of the federal bureau of entomology recommending ammonia water on bites, soda water, salted butter as a prior remedy, and a Minnesota physician's method lifting the mite with a needle followed by iodine or todine. It also covers home sanitation tips cleaning dust in cellars attics and closets airing spaces using soap and salt baths to deter mites and recommending short grass and sulfur powder spraying to keep grounds clear.
Readable text outlines steps for keeping kitchen areas clean and organized. It mentions washing with borax or soap and water, treating bureau drawers, ensuring the kitchen receives attention, keeping the refrigerator spotless, and storing food properly. The passage is fragmented and lacks a clear source context.
A collage of comic lines from multiple papers. Jests on music and dancing, marriage and halves, and a jail scene twist. A magistrate, a mocked honeymoon remark, and a crank bomb joke appear in brisk, playful quotations.
A compact overview of the American Revolutionary struggles in the Carolinas. It traces backcountry loyalties, English withdrawals to protect communications, and key engagements near Kings Mountain Guilford Court House and Cowpens, highlighting leaders Morgan Ferguson Tarleton Cornwallis and Greene.
A jumble of quotes from various newspapers notes political plans and reactions. References include York Sun Birmingham Age Herald Johnstown Democrat and Florida Times Union. Mentions Thaw case and a Paris Christmas dinner idea amid a broad mix of public figures and opinions.
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