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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1925
Page
3
The piece promotes a three day engagement of the motion picture comedy OH DOCTOR starring Reginald Denny at the American theater next Saturday. It promises one of the biggest laughs of the year and urges readers to attend to see for themselves.
Fay Clark of the University of Montana outlines how current timber taxes strain private growers, proposes a remission for young timber, a yield tax, and a compulsory patrol law to fund fire protection. He warns Montana’s hills could become barren without new legislation. Also notes Kiwanis events and a Mines band concert plan for St Paul.
State Auditor George P. Porter was ordered by a writ of mandate to issue a $3,685.51 warrant to Ludwig Rose, former supervisor of paroled convicts, for salaries and expenses due, or appear May 16 in court to show cause for noncompliance. Rose says he was hired by Gov. Dixon and the prison board at $2,000 yearly but received no pay from April 1923 to January 1925. the claim was approved by the state board of examiners but Porter refused to issue the warrant.
The Ladies Aid society under Mrs John Sewell will host a bazaar starting at 2 pm with aprons dolls and towels among items for sale and tea with wafers. A roast beef dinner runs 5 to 8 pm offering ample portions and the usual attractively arranged meal.
Dolly Baker and Eunice Hart were fined ten dollars each in police court after being charged as principals in a Tuesday night clash witnessed by a crowd. Officers interrupted the disturbance, testimony showed.
The Denial a 1924 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production by Hobart Henley staged at the Ansonia theater contrasts 1897 taboos with modern openness. Claire Windsor William Hainer Emily Fitzroy Bert Roach and others are featured in Agnes Christine Johnston's adaptation from Lewis Beach.
At the American theater today Kenneth Harlan criticizes flimsy hero roles and expresses pride in his parts in The Virginian and Poisoned Paradise while advising young writers against similar “dude cake-eater” parts. He notes producers who offer substantive dramatic roles improve his screen career.
The speaker comments on Harlan receiving too many thankless parts and expresses hope he is finally getting better roles. They mention hoping for a bigger part in Poisoned Paradise and a lead in White Man.
First National release directed by John M. Stahl stars a strong cast including Lewis Stone Helene Chadwick Alma Kennett Mary Carr William V. Mong Hedda Hopper Sidney Hzracey Ila Leslie EB H Calvert and Howard Truesdell. The domestic comedy centers on John Emerson's neglect of his wife and the ensuing misunderstandings and laughter.
An old Chicago reader testimonial extols Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as the only cough medicine that gave relief. The ad claims no opiates, suitability for all ages, and notes the product as a top selling worldwide remedy demanded for over 60 years.
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