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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1920
Page
4
An article urges every citizen to ex terminate disease by removing garbage and filth. It notes a single fly can carry 116 germ colonies and its body harbors 6,600,000 germs. It prescribes fly poisons like formaldehyde and sodium salicylate, borax near stables, lye, chloride of lime, copper in water, and carbolic acid in vaults.
Standard Publishing Company details shown from Anaconda and Butte offices including addresses and phone numbers. It notes AP membership and republication rights for news dispatches. The fragment lists postal and mailing format notes for the Montana based publisher and its offices.
The 1920 census may raise U S House seats from 485 to 504 with 33 states gaining representation. Clark urges a constitutional cap of 300, opposing any increase as population grows. A heated debate looms over permanent size and district distribution.
A 1910 era notice extols blue wallpaper and lavender oil as fiecely effective fly deterrents. It cites a New York Merchant ration scent to spray on table linens, claiming flies hate blue color and perfumed odors, while noting typhus fears and U.S. authorities preparing to curb disease importations.
Worcester Mass. hosts Prof Robert Goddard as first tests of his skyrocket are planned for July or August. The Geographical Society notes that moonward flight remains unlikely but the project aims at studying auroras sun spectrum at altitude and weather factors. The rocket uses a series of explosions to ease initial shock and may carry instruments with a parachute for return.
The piece surveys silk shirt fashion as a status sign while noting persistent demand among working-class housewives for gaudy shirts and cheaper Pereale options. It casually threads in 1918 political figures like Senator Newberry and Carranza with mentions of the Bryan boom, Poindexter, and Hitchcock, all in a fragmented, editorial tone.
A reader from Bethlehem Steel Corporation in New York writes to the Anaconda Standard praising its editorial Music and Bol shevism. He agrees with cited quotations on music's refining effect and suggests editorials promote forming musical societies. Dated May 3, 1920.
London reports British authorities believe the Trotsky Lenine regime controls more than 600 million dollars in gold and precious jewels seized from individuals, corporations and especially the Russian church.
The Missoulian and Helena Independent urge readers to study the Butte inquest into Thomas Manning’s death and the I. W. W. strike, arguing that sworn testimony challenges Bolshevik aims. Editors cite Embree and Hayes and warn that the era’s unrest shapes national politics and economic outlook.
A collection of light jokes and witticisms from the Louisville Courier Journal Detroit Free Press Life London Ideas and the Judge. The items include a biker pun about a baby automobile a doctor and patient exchange a melodrama joke about a cliff a whisky bottle gag and a store order with gravy plus gymnastic misreadings and a literary pun about a bookkeeper’s verse.
General George O. Squier, chief signal officer, told the National Academy of Sciences of a sea based cable system that could carry telephone and telegraph across oceans. Wires laid on the seabed could replace costly land telegraph poles, linking the United States with Europe and possibly China.
Astrologers foresee an unsettled day with strong Venus influence but malefic Neptune Jupiter and Saturn. Excitement for new plays and promising for actors yet caution on journeys and mood. Weddings look auspicious though focus on love over money. Wars on stocks, weather, and travel temper expectations for summer and fall markets.
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