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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1921
Page
6
A damaged OCR snippet from a local page yields a terse notice about a community matter. Readable entities point to a municipal context, with vague references to individuals and dates, underscoring a formal public-record item despite garbled details.
Philipsburg defeats Tucker's Anodes 6 to 5 at Washoe Park in a tense contest. Anaconda mounted late drama aided by hits and errors but Philipsburg held on as center fielder tracked down Dyer’s deep fly for the final out.
The Opechee Tribe of Camp Fire Girls welcomed about 100 guests from the Boy Scouts Woman's club and Rotary club to Kamp Kill Kare for an afternoon and evening event. Guests registered at the tepee, enjoyed a ceremonial circle around a large camp fire, learned about rites and merit, and viewed Indian dances and songs scheduled by Miss Lucille Cyr and other leaders.
The A C M Juniors travel to Philipsburg next Sunday to face the Junior championship contenders. Local juvenile teams have faced Philipsburg before and praised their sturdy defense. Many boosters plan to accompany the players, and a return game is likely the following week.
Five shooters contested the August Anaconda Gun club affair on Nell grounds. C C Goddard FA Henningsen and C H Smith of Butte attended from out of town. Five events of 26 targets were shot with events 1–4 practice and event 5 the Confarr medal. Goddard and Drumgoole tied at 18 breaks in the shootoff, then 14 each, then 13 to 12 in the final shootoff where Goddard prevailed.
The J. B. Gnose Juniors from Anaconda defeated the Cabbage Patch team of Butte at Clark Play Grounds 6 to 2. Swanson pitched superbly with 13 strikeouts amid a large spectator crowd. The article lists abbreviated lineups and innings with era-like notes and ends with an unrelated line about church attendance as punishment in the Seventeenth century.
The Boy Scouts completed their annual encampment and returned to the city with good fellowship, no illness, and no accidents. Scoutmaster E E McWain praised the week as highly successful with strong scouting work and practical testing along Echo Lake, noting every boy gained knowledge and enjoyed the experience.
Anaconda notes report club meetings K of P and Fourth Degree K of C gathering tonight at 8. Local residents visiting or returning include Karl Klaus of Lodi and Miss Mary McCarthy of Butte visiting Florence Conrad, with numerous motor parties and a Philipsburg baseball game. August furniture sale underway. city sees many visitors from Butte Missoula and Dillon.
In Dalton Georgia the city fire department responded to an alarm. The firefighters raced down the pole and started the truck but it suddenly caught fire from a faulty motor. They extinguished the blaze and were able to resume operations.
Pioneer printer W. C. Oakley recalls feeding a hungry man with silver in New York in 1879 and helping others in need. He describes early career days, a Park House confidant Jim Jordan, and a later clash with Boston Jack in Butte. Oakley says he cannot turn away someone hungry and has known hardship firsthand.
London debates how four new women barristers will dress at court. Will they wear the curled wig and white ribbon like male colleagues or plead bareheaded. The general council secretary notes a decision by the lord chancellor will settle the matter. Most expect gowns to be similar but wigs or coiffures remain to be decided.
At the Anaconda Country club volunteers cleared rough ground for the enlarged golf course. A larger crowd worked with vigor as stakes guided progress. Machines will be used soon to lay greens with hopes the course is playable in a month or six weeks. A list of expected attendees for the fifth annual golf tournament was noted, including numerous local couples and individuals.
Arthur C. Burch, Evanston. Ill., held in Las Vegas on murder charges linked to the shooting of J. B. Kennedy near Los Angeles. Mrs. Madalynne Connor Obenchain, with Kennedy, is detained as a witness. Northwestern classmates connection explored. defense plans underway led by Rev. Burch and attorney McNett.
In Anmis1Un, Alabama, mourners gathered as soldiers lowered the casket of James Leroy Disspain, a World War I veteran of Company C, 168th Infantry, killed in France just before the armistice. A bugler sounded taps while the three year old son, who never met his father alive, watched and asked why the big guns shoot.
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