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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1916
Page
2
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A fragmented OCR line shows numbers and words likely part of a ledger or notice. The readable items include a sequence "199 10 0302.00" and the terms "ante" and "Ao Le" but no clear event, place, person, or organization. Unable to determine a concrete news item.
United Scandinavian societies of Anaconda announce the first in a series of annual picnics at Silverlake next Sunday. Coordinating committees include Sons of Norway, Order of Vasa, Scandinavian Brotherhood of America, and Wesian 1.0. G. T. Andrew Stromma chairs the joint committee. Transportation by John Anderson and others. refreshments planned. an orchestra and dance band will provide music. march from Dewey Hall to the depot will be led by the band.
Boilermakers dominated the game with heavy hitting and four pitchers knocked from the box. A rematch is scheduled for next Sunday at Silverlake between the two organizations, Hollermakers and Molders, with umpire Hughes.
A Japanese newspaper man in Honolulu has constructed a typesetting device enabling wet settings for about 5 000 characters used by Chinese and Japanese printers. He has also devised a galvanized steel nail with a lead head to seal moisture from the queerel mace.
Teddy Jennings drove Bob Burman's old pedal car to easy wins in both the five mile and the 26 mile events at Anaconda track. Crowd observed dust and rough track conditions as Jennings built early leads and lapped rivals, with Carlitz second in the five mile and Wonderlick hampered by carburetor trouble. The program ended with a 27 minute 26 mile free for all where Jennings again led from the start and finished well ahead of Doyle and Kelly. Cars advance to Missoula and Helena tracks.
An Anaconda man critiques Mexican politics under Diaz, noting lack of free elections for six decades, land confiscations, and removal of dissidents. The piece sketches Diaz’s autocratic rule, oppression of opponents, and compares his actions to biblical treachery, framing the regime as corrupt and exploitative.
A fragment describes tracing a picture from dot to dot to reveal a verse about a small boy at a circus. After completing the sequence, cut out the picture and paste it in a scrapbook to form The Dot Circus in permanent book form.
A letter from Anaconda dated August 6, 1916 condemns Diaz era land contracts in Mexico, describing widespread auctions to investors and arrests of peon rights. It urges repudiation of Diaz contracts, granting land to Mexicans, and warns against joining a war promoted by US elites and public presses.
Citizens warn of unsafe night crosswalks on Main and Hickory. A dangerous corner at Hickory and Sixth lacks lighting and barriers, risking injury to pedestrians. Proposals call for planks or barricades with red lanterns to guide foot traffic safely through the area.
In Marseilles a British cruiser disembarked 127 survivors from four vessels sunk by an Austrian submarine. The list of ships includes the Greek steamer Tricoupis, the Italian mail packet Siena, and two British steamers Tottenham and Favonian, which aided the Siena.
London reports the admiralty announces the British minesweeper Clapton was torpedoed and sunk in the Le Nuge? Five crew members are wounded.
Tidens Tegn of Christiania reports the steamer Aaro, a British vessel, torpedoed by a German submarine. The incident is noted as a wartime naval attack with sparse details available at press time.
Yesterday's Chautauqua tents drew large audiences for two programs. The Elite trio opened with a reader, whistler and pianist while Francis Labadie offered readings on French Canadian life. Dr Hunsberger presented Mawson Antarctic expedition lecture with stereopticon and moving pictures, thrilling attendees. Miss Bristol began last story hour and pageant prep, Rexroad preached his fourth lecture, and afternoon and evening concerts featured Sequoia quartet plus talks by Wood Briga and Sylvester Long.
A collage of early 20th century items notes Americans owning Cuban sugar cane, price estimates for horses and railways, radium donations to Geneva hospitals, a 62 year old enlisting in the Tenth Infantry, and New York licensing amid wartime changes. It mentions English farm labor shifts, novel devices, and Philippine English instruction reaching over eight million natives.
The funeral for the late Abert Le Beau will be held at Mahoney undertaking rooms Saturday morning at 30 o'clock, then proceed to St. Peter's church for a requiem Mass.
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