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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1928
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard outlines a leadership plan to position Butte as a key center in business and trade for Montana and the Northwest. The effort emphasizes strengthening the city's image and influence in regional commerce.
The notice lists subscription prices by duration and region with rates for local and foreign delivery. It specifies monthly and six month options and totals of 12.00 for annual or six month terms and 4.50 and 2.00 for foreign and other categories.
The new Butte city council embraces a strict economy to curb municipal waste while backing a Better Butte campaign. Officials urge street and sidewalk upkeep, dust control on unpaved roads, sign inspections, building condemnations when needed, and collaboration with Realty Board for a cleaner downtown. Mayor Beadle backs the initiative.
Astronomers wrestle with Neptune s puzzling behavior as the young planet drifts from its orbit and defies conventional planetary laws. Einstein helps explain Mercury but Neptune remains baffling, with Eckert noting Neptune s long year of 165 Earth years and the distant edge of the solar system. The piece notes ongoing speculation about a more distant trans-Neptunian world and touches on national political chatter about presidential timber.
East hospitals start pollen immunization clinics offering injections to identify allergenic pollen and build tolerance. Doctors report about 90 percent effectiveness, noting hay fever can also stem from dust and other irritants, with pollen as the prime cause.
May 8 1918 reports Austin McGinty of Anaconda and J C Keppler visiting Butte for business and returning on the late train. Dr H C Gardiner left Anaconda for Salt Lake City on a weeklong trip. Helena city attorney J R Wine, a guest at the Finlen, and Basin mining man A C Eisenhour were in Butte for business yesterday.
May 8 1908 notes show T M Hodgens leaving Butte for New York for the rest of the month. Mrs A S Christie returns to Butte from Minnesota after months away. Mrs Louise Eakley visits her sister in Carson City Nevada and plans to go to Frisco en route home to Butte. Mrs C P Green of Minneapolis visits the Riter family at 723 West Granite street for the summer. James O Meara returns to Anaconda from Rawhide Nevada.
Washington reports nine Spanish ships Fort Cavite and other arms of the Spanish destroyed by Commodore Dewey in the Philippines. Dispatches via Hong Kong reach the United States. In Montana, T. E. Robart leaves Butte for Great Falls with possible side trip. W. H. Trippett of Anaconda visits Butte. Hugh Wilson travels to Helena for the week. Ed Wright A J Walker and S McCormack of Butte are visiting Helena.
Astrologers mark May 8 1928 as a day with dominant benefic aspects ideal for loans and political support but warns of bitter national campaign talk and harsh scrutiny of personalities. It forecasts travel by sea and air, potential ventures in mass production, and caution for those starting new jobs or businesses.
A detailed listing shows programs on WEAF WTMJ KSD WOC WHO WOW and others with music talks and news. Memory Lane describes a nostalgic neighbor hood fishing trip from springtime days featuring families, baskets of lunch, worms and a post picnic concert.
The Eveready Salon orchestra presents a 9 to 9 30 program featuring Bizet Habanera from Carmen Just a Cottage Small by a Waterfall Dream Melody Mighty Lak a Rose and more. Stations include KHQ Spokane KOMO Seattle KGW Portland KGO Oakland KPO San Francisco and KFI Los Angeles.
Don Amaizo performs Londonderry Air as a violin solo on NBC Pacific Coast Network tonight from 9 30 to 10. The program features Herbert compositions including Quaint Trade and Misty Moon and Colleen Asthore with orchestra. It airs on KHQ Spokane KOMO Seattle KGW Portland KGO Oakland KPO San Francisco and KFI Los Angeles.
The regular hour of dance music by the Trocaderans will air from 11 to 12 tonight with staff artists performing during intermissions. Broadcast from NBC Coast Network stations KOMO Seattle KGW Portland and KFI Los Angeles.
A verse from Ecclesiastes notes an evil under the sun where a man gains riches and honor yet cannot eat of them, leaving a stranger to enjoy his wealth. The passage condemns this emptiness as vanity and a troubling disease.
In Paris workers constantly repaint the Eiffel Tower. Each coat requires seven years of work and 66 000 pounds of paint, and after completion the process begins again.
Honolulu reports Wallace M. Alexander of the United States Chamber of Commerce warns that finding jobs for second generation American citizens of oriental ancestry will become a problem in Hawaii.
The page lists concise items: 1 King Victor Emmanuel of Italy in Rome 2 Adolfo Diaz 3 Connecticut 4 New Mexico in 1912 5 Romans xiii 7.
The piece notes long waits for calls between Paris and Brussels and long rail times, contrasting limited historic telephone links with few European cities. It adds advertisers should exploit news value and novelty, stressing that stores thrive on new goods and repeat customers for fresh offerings.
Senator Charles S. Deneen outlines Republican reservations on U S adherence to the World Court in 1925. He notes key points limiting League of Nations ties, equal election power for U S judges, withdrawal rights, advisory opinions limits, and non entanglement in foreign internal affairs. Five nations Albania Cuba Greece Liberia Luxembourg adopted similar reservations.
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