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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1924
Page
4
Improper combustion in coal fire flues and gas motor exhaust yields carbon monoxide, an odorless tasteless gas with density like air that endangers traffic officers. Dr Hutchison announces a cheap compound claimed to nearly eliminate carbon monoxide from exhaust and reduce cylinder deposits, a finding credited to a respected engineer.
In the Old Orchard Chatterer the Red Squirrel plots to steal eggs from Goldenwing the Flicker. He observes the Flicker nest from a hidden stone wall and timing with her daily egg-collection routine. He aims to rob many nests while avoiding discovery by the other birds.
The piece notes a U S president who leads his party yet cannot command congress from the opposite wing. It details clashes over five bills tax relief soldier bonuses immigration pensions and farm relief with White House appeals to leaders and frequent bipartisan resistance. It highlights party division, including Senator Lodge proposing a world court against the president and Secretary Hughes.
Dr Miller Reese Hutchison of Edison laboratories announces a chemical compound that could eliminate danger from automobile exhaust fumes. The warning follows a near catastrophe in a Pittsburgh tunnel where 17 people were overcome by carbon monoxide, highlighting how readers underestimate the lethal risk of closed garages and stalled engines.
Gen Isaac R Sherwood of Ohio, 89, the sole surviving Civil War Union soldier in the House, announces he will not seek re election. Serving since 1873 with brief retirements, he laments modern congress, plans to return to newspaper work, and hopes to live to 99 with earnings from his pen.
New York City logged 38 fewer fatal accidents and 439 fewer injuries last month versus April 1923. Most deaths stemmed from jaywalking, which accounted for over 40 percent, with foot traffic remaining the principal danger to pedestrians and motorists alike.
In the Old Orchard tale, Chatterer tailors his plan to steal Mrs. Flicker’s eggs while Sammy Jay cries thief to draw attention elsewhere. Black Pussy in Farmer Brown’s barnyard enters the scene as the distraction unfolds, and Chatterer slips to grab the nest unseen.
A Civil War tale recounts a second lieutenant whose wife urged promotion. Abraham Lincoln read the wife’s letter, ordered an inquiry through the secretary of war, and Theodore Roosevelt called the letter Morgan Library’s greatest treasure for its human, simple faith in people.
The pushmi-pullyu narrates a tale of Badamashi ostrich hunters who disguise as birds to stalk their quarry. The narrator recalls ostrich tricks, a tennis court destroyed by a chief, and a glowing memory of the ostriches as friends, ending with a promise of tomorrow’s installment.
The astrology page notes Venus in a malefic aspect dominates Wednesday May 21 1924 with Mercury friendly. It advises caution in business dealings with women and warns of ongoing sentimentality and weak moral responsibility in male female affairs. Readers born under Gemini show affection and energy but potential luck problems in small matters.
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