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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1923
Page
4
A Pittsburgh engineer envisions artificial ocean islands like Welcome Island off the Jersey coast. He imagines nations with flags laws and a policing force built on harbors, coaling stations, airplane relays and radio stations. Engineering advances may turn such islands from castles in the air into tangible settlements.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Bozeman on June 18. Sheriff Jim Smith and Mrs Iva Danner visit the Danner home to locate the alleged Luger automatic gun tied to the 1920 Central Park murders of John Sprouse and Florence Sprouse. Danner remains jailed awaiting trial. he taunts divorce as motive while confessing details. County Attorney Peterson gathers background in South Dakota.
A British architect unveils a circular bungalow intended to be cheap to build and easy to maintain. The central inner room acts as the backbone with six partitions radiating to create four rooms a kitchen hall servant’s room bathroom and larder. The outer wall is a twelve sided polygon with a central dome for light and air. Laminated wood parts are factory prepared for quick assembly.
A zoo keeper must be on good terms with a hippo, or risk danger, in a note about keeping calm around large animals. Garden tips include trimming grass with a spade to form a V-shaped trench on slopes and using a blowtorch to deter erosion after roots take hold. A metal two pronged fork forged from a hoe aids weed removal near vines, while damp chamois skin removes dust and fat from dark clothing.
Representatives of women’s clubs gather in Anaconda for the Smelter City welcome and a convention focused on culture, civic progress, and interclub cooperation. The Intermountain and Pacific Coast Federation highlight past achievements as a basis for future Western policy and education.
Pittsburg architect engineer Wes C Greisser proposes an artificial Welcome Island three miles offshore in the Atlantic. He outlines sinking steel tanks filled with concrete to form a buoyant base, with a ship anchoring the structure. He predicts future ocean bridges and offshore construction could attract English and French capital.
An article notes a newly formed Motorists' League for Countryside Preservation. It urges drivers and hikers to avoid leaving campfires, trash, and discarded items that threaten forests. It also comments on broader political and international topics with satirical observations.
Governor Pinchot backs a sweeping extra strong dry measure in Pennsylvania while lawmakers reportedly adjourned when a Capitol-area saloon allegedly served fine beer. Reporters describe beer freely sold in Philadelphia Pittsburgh and coal regions, contrasting with Harrisburg’s crackdown rhetoric.
Cosmopolitan presents Vicente Blasco Ibanez story to play at Ansonia theater five days next week. Alma Rubens portrays Alicia Duchess de Deilisle in a luxuriously exotic boudoir set, with a rear dressing room revealing aging and doubt as Lionel Barrymore plays her lover and a 16 year old son shadows their lives. The cast also includes Pedro de Cordoba Gareth Hughes W H Thompson Gladys Hulette and William Collier Jr.
An odd overheard exchange reveals a chaotic workplace scene. A boss argues over money and a misdirected hay order, with a hat expressing grievances about being undervalued and misused. The mood is tense and surreal.
The sun in benefic rule promises aid from the great and near great and favors bankers and job seekers. Politically ambitious and publicity minded individuals should act now as luck favors bold requests and those seeking lost items or lost love. Avoid hesitancy and capitalize on the fortunate day.
A Universal J ew el production at the American theater portrays a famed baseball star whose prison past haunts his fame. The story follows Shugrue alias the Gas-Pipe Kid who, after parole, returns to pro baseball to mask his former life. Also listed: a cartoon comedy, news weekly, Helen Roberts on the Wurlitzer. Tomorrow The Lonely Road and Fighting Blood screens at the same venue.
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