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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1902
Page
21
A humorous 1902 Chronicle piece follows a busy man overwhelmed by sales pitches and a flood of letters, misadventures of door-to-door agents, and a moral that work is easy but breaks in the intermissions. The tale intertwines satirical office scenes with a Montana cycling race ending in a late finish.
Rev Jerry Rounder cautions congregants against taking politics too seriously and warns against selling votes. He critiques flag appeals, politics as bluff, and urges patience with elected officials while condemning bribery and graft. He references reform politicians and stresses vigilance over rhetoric.
A vivid reminiscence recounts a Main Street race between two old Butte fire crews led by Jerry McCarthy and George Fitschen. The short men and tall men vied to couple to hydrants, with an accident midcourse but the “shorts” narrowly winning by a second. The tale also recalls Helena runners Frank Edwards and Tom Kirkendall, the first Butte bowling alley on Fast Park Street, and early bicycle stories including George Davidson’s era.
A collection of quips and light exchanges from various papers, featuring jokes about lectures, teaching, car clubs, literature, and social mishaps. It compiles witty one liners and exchanges from readers, columns, and cartoons, illustrating early 20th century humor without graphic detail.
The Bozeman theater troupe endures a volatile run with a furious treasurer and hostile audience while a mastiff and a stagehand clash leading to multiple stitches. A story of winter patrols shows deputy Clyde Osgood risking life 16 days to serve a witness, crossing ice and river to finish in Lewiston. Other Montana oddities include a warned bronco and Conrad Kohlers eyeing a Mexican hacienda. The Forsyth Times recalls a hobo rescued by rail workers and given clothes and shoes to endure the cold.
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