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Newspaper
The Montana Standard
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1931
Page
6
The text notes most U S cities arise by accident from mining or natural springs while deliberately planned cities like Miami Fla are rare. It argues city growth depends on surrounding territory and that location choices varied greatly in history.
Edgar Lee Masters, a prominent American writer, faces a backlash over Life of Abraham Lincoln. Critics challenge his Lincoln portrayal as iconoclastic while defenses argue great deeds outshine flaws. public loyalty to Lincoln endures beyond controversial biographers.
Report notes French journalists mock American mayors for perceived junketing during a Paris study trip. The group faced questions over wine tastings and hospitality while hoping to examine French municipal methods.
An essay outlines city origins from river mouths and harbors to cross roads near El Monte, forts amid frontier dangers, railroad junctions spawning depots, and religious settlements like Salt Lake City, noting how geography and human factors shape urban birth.
A survey notes states enacting laws to crack down on slow drivers and keep traffic moving. West Virginia raises speed to 45 mph with a rule of reason, Denver enforces brisk pace near signals, Providence warns against speeds below 30 mph between intersections, and Los Angeles penalizes deliberate slow driving as loitering. The piece argues slow motorists irritate many and hinder traffic, urging cities to find effective enforcement.
In a remark reflecting local sentiment, Montana accepts being seen as all wet amid criticism and controversy, indicating a mood of reframing the state’s image rather than addressing the insults directly.
Lindbergh plans another transatlantic flight this time with his wife joining as a duo. The note adds that canoes must carry headlights in federal waters, which could aid bootleggers in locating patrons.
In the United States about two million women receive alimony payments. The article notes that regularly married women must actively request their financial support from former spouses, highlighting ongoing gendered implications of alimony.
Renowned author Materlink publishes a book about ants, reflecting on scenes from many picnics and the writer’s observant stance. The work blends natural history with playful anecdotes from outdoor gatherings.
Washington week ending think pieces note Hoover at the Rapidan’s Town Hall signals a courtly London like scene. Federal officials dread subpoenas and the budget axe as they anticipate a tough weekend dodging White House inquiries at the Virginia resort.
In tough unemployment days administrations cut expenditures while officials dodge job rejections. The article notes a bystander doubting to reach high authority without a cens warrant. When cost pruning passes, Rapidan camp visits may regain social and political weight as rare rewards.
The piece notes President Hoover privately displaying a dry humor about medals and discipline. It cites a friend’s remark about pinning medals on enthusiastic supporters and a quip about hanging a few people each year without stating reasons, with no record of who was discussed.
Benefic aspects dominate today with early morning stars. It is auspicious to start new work or expand businesses and for leaders and educators to shine. Venus favors lovers and marriages, while old family traditions gain respect and money prospects brighten. Notable birthdays include Stevenson Wagner Porter Pillow.
Glasgow plans to promote its status as an industrial hub announcing a campaign to attract manufacturers and bolster growth. Local officials emphasize infrastructure, access to markets, and skilled labor as key advantages in the bid to position the city prominently on the industrial map.
The line Absense makes the heart grow fonder originates from the song Isle of Beauty written by Thomas Haynes Bayly. The exact form appears in Bayly's 1832 collection and popularized it in English verse and song.
Idaho tops national forest land with 20 317 373 acres followed by California at 19 043 520 and Montana at 16 174 810 acres. Total U S national forest land, including possessions, amounts to 160 090 817 acres.
The nation produced about 335.7 million gallons of ice cream in 1927. This yielded a per capita consumption of 2.85 gallons annually.
Vegetable ivory derives from coquilla nuts, the seed of a palm in the cocoanut group native to Brazil, commonly called vegetable ivory.
Answers to Grab Bag questions include the diagram showing the shortest route the first man to fly the English Channel the murder of Frederick A Parmenter and paymaster and a note that both must be grounded before use.
A light exchange has one friend noting nightly writing of daily thoughts for about five years. The other tests the habit by guessing the volume of the journal, joking that a near page may be filled by now. The tone is playful and introspective.
A playful fragment features a bustling street joke about Sandy McCabe who finds a box of cornplasters and buys a pair of tight shoes, delivering a humorous regional vignette with a simple punchline.
A collage of daily news jabs notes the DO X flying from Brazil to New York to coincide with 1933 telephone book editions. It jokes about state dinners, Capone tax arrest, polar voyage delays, Armour at the British Open, tariffs, the Supreme Court vacation, and a second five year plan, all mixed with a mock press tone.
A family clashes over their son Montgomery who rejects traditional careers to pursue natural science. Despite parental fear, Montgomery designs a path with lab study, museum ties, and a summer position, aiming for college and a future as a renowned science authority, while his mother mourns lost conventional hopes.
A narrative portrait of a voracious child who ate wildly varied foods without awareness of nutrition. He snacks on hot biscuits with honey, buttered crackers with sugar, fig newtons, licorice, root beer, raw meats, and street fruits. The piece reflects on lifelong curiosity about diet and appetite.
A nostalgic reminiscence recalls a boy who fed a family sow and chickens with bran and wheat, raided cherry sap, clamming at the beach, nibbling Chinese candy and melon rinds, trying periwinkles, and feasting on dried apples and walnuts. He never had a stomach ache until he aged.
June 8, 1899. J H Conrad returns from Fort Benton en route to Salt Lake. Baron de Bats registered at the Butte. Mrs Richard A Kunkel leaves for Boston to visit friends. Mrs J P Hollingsworth departs for Minneapolis. John H Cole editor of Garnet News guest at McDermott. Dr James Reid Bozeman state college president in city. Mrs J E Schatzlein and daughter and Mrs Charles Schatzlein leave for Chicago. Senator Charles Hoffman arrives from Bozeman and registers at McDermott. A M Holter of Helena, Parrot stockholder, visits Butte. Mrs Arthur B Clark leaves for Minneapolis and Albert Lea to visit relatives.
Rebecca Winter of Streatham England has set a world record in dying by dying at age 95 after being told 52 years ago she had little time left. Unemployment solved for now in Yuma Arizona as hundreds of old prospectors leave town to pan gold in nearby desert. Average daily return is $2 to $3.
A brief item notes a sign on the outskirts of Jump, a small English town, reading the directive To Jump one mile, highlighting local humor and road signage in a quaint rural scene.
The Chamber of Deputies allocated 1,100,000 francs to Rouen for the city’s May observance of the fifth centenary of Jeanne d Arc.
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