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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1927
Page
4
The article recalls the 1920s Nicaraguan power struggle after Chamorro's resignation and Diaz's rise, with Sacasa claiming succession. It notes battles between Managua government and insurgents, American marines occupying and withdrawing to keep neutral ports, and Stimson’s mediation arranging an election under American oversight.
The Department of Agriculture reports 862 tree species in the United States and 117 hybrids, with 182 trees of commercial lumber value. A push for standardized common names aims to reduce litigation and confusion from regional naming variations, noting more than 250 native Montana varieties and a rise in wood usage diversity since eight years ago.
Prominent New York women form Scientific Housekeeping Incorporated to train and place domestic workers as professional employees. Graduates will be called domestic employes and receive defined hours pay scale and living standards matching other female earners, arguing dignity and equal respect for all skilled service.
Henry L. Stimson, envoy extraordinary, proposes a peace plan for Nicaragua under U S supervision. Elections next year would be conducted by a commission appointed by President Coolidge with American marines policing key cities until a capable constabulary forms. Sacasa supports the terms as Diaz remains president until the vote.
An exploration of 125 women who attended the National League of Women Voters council in Washington shows most are married mothers, with a few spinsters. Notable exceptions include Jeanette Rankin and Alice Robinson. two of three women in Congress are widows. The group includes graduates in law, education, social welfare, literature, and journalism, joining to improve politics rather than seek honors. Despite some setbacks in mobilizing women voters, the league vows to persist, aiming for better turnout and influence in the future.
Harold Bell Wright born Rome New York May 4 1872. He has been painter pastor and novelist and retired from the pulpit in 1908 to write. Wright contends the world needs truth not varied dogmas and predicts a religious revival focusing on Christ’s teaching over denominational forms.
Radio schedule lists stations across time zones with concerts and programs from WEAF WHO WDAF KFI KPO KGW KFOA and more. The horoscope forecasts a fortunate day for May 1927 with opportunities for employment, promotions, weddings, and public service, noting favorable influences for women and lasting beauty trends.
Readers receive a daily health column menu plan to copy for family use. The article notes the menus aim to promote wellbeing and better food combinations, not cure specific diseases, and lists sample meals for a week including breakfasts, lunches, and dinners with various dishes and vegetables.
In this era of night clubs and late parties, the column suggests intimate home gatherings as a social alternative. It questions whether modern outings are worth the cost and fatigue, proposing cooking together, music, and conversation as healthier, livelier options within the home. It also offers cooking learning routes for a 20 year old seeking domestic skills. It points to public schools, colleges, YMCAs, and libraries for cooking classes and resources.
Manila public recreation department announces a city wide summer program inviting bankers, clerks, students, newsboys and others to participate. Playgrounds will host events outside and inside halls including volleyball, basketball, playground ball and tennis tournaments. Playground instructors organize field and track teams for a city athletic league with emphasis on health. Sleeping accommodations are limited to first class passengers in Europe.
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