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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1924
Page
4
The health program promotes milk, vegetables, early bed and rise, teeth brushing, fresh air. It targets children to boost strength and appearance, appealing to boys to excel in school teams and to girls to be pretty, a strategy used in New York and other eastern cities.
Morning flags a crowded field with McAdoo Smith and Underwood as top contenders while delegates struggle to form a solid favorite-son bloc. States name varied favorites, foreshadowing a possible deadlock before nomination.
Miss Sallie Jean of the American Child Health Association reports wide support for health education in schools. Teachers and parents clash with old views in rural areas, especially the South, as communities adopt new training for health and regular weighing to monitor child welfare.
News describes plans for a new Madison Square Garden replacement named the New Garden. Tex Rickard-led group buys uptown site for 2 million dollars with construction hoped to begin within three months. Project cost totals 5 million dollars to create a premier arena in New York and the world.
The piece lists ages of open and avowed presidential candidates led by Governor Smith at 50, McAdoo 63, Underwood 62, Ralston and Glass 66, Davis and Robinson 51, Cox 54, Clark 67, Farris 71, with historical notes on past presidents ages at inauguration and retirement. It notes Smith and McAdoo exchanged salutations, mentions women's rise in politics, and highlights a Republican supporter Helen Mariar.
The analysis notes Japan appears to suffer from inferiority complex while Mr. McAdoo offers a mid course between La Follette and Coolidge. Underwood's resurgence shows distress as Governor Smith and McAdoo ignore his advice to retreat and work with the odds in retirement.
A delegate voices mixed views on the Bush Terminal Building noting it lacks winders and fails to outshine Henry Bank Building and Galena Bally Vard. He contrasts with Our Cat TCS Depot and Ed Henny’s Beanery, mentions a soldier’s monument in Court House Square, and laments the town’s look without a scrub.
In this Burgess bedtime tale Bobby Coon wakes from sleep hunger driven and curious about spring events. He roams Green Forest, seeking food and observing new life, peppered with his appetite as he investigates a big tree and ponders what happened during his long winter.
Florence Davies reflects on women at a big political convention in Cleveland with 12 000 capacity hall. She recalls progress from Miss Anthony to Mrs Florence Porter supporting Coolidge and the vibrant female presence. She asks what women will do with newly won voting power and urges active civic participation.
Bobby hears faint baby cries and believes two infants are inside a tree hollow. He waits with hunger and curiosity, scanning the trunk and hollow entrance for signs, hoping the babies belong to someone absent and the danger remains distant.
In earlier campaigns, speakers used stumps as rostrums and were known as stump speakers. Orators climbed crude platforms to address crowds, shaping public discourse with direct, rallying language and plain, accessible rhetoric.
Dean of Barnard Virginia C Gildersleeves sails for Christiania to attend the International Federation of University Women conference. It is reported she has been nominated to succeed Professor Caroline Spurgeon of University of London as president of the federation.
In the lighthouse near Cape Stephen the Doctor tends a fallen keeper, saves him with water and medicine, and learns the keepers are Cockneys named Fred and the partner. They share city gossip via Cheapside the sparrow, who visits often and comments on their life before the Doctor departs with Dab-Dab and Cheapside for Fantippo.
A 1924 syndicated horoscope predicts Jupiter favors business planning and education will rise in status and funding. It warns political workers of Neptune’s caution, foresees unrest among some workers, stock market excitement, and a risky wedding day. Also notes bright life for Cancer births. Thirty seven tons of rabbit skins were auctioned in Melbourne. A new car periscope aids drivers with front and rear visibility.
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