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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1926
Page
3
The Helena weather bulletin notes cool nights and cloudy skies aiding late maturing wheat and delaying harvest but yields for spring and winter wheat look better than expected. Hail damage is light, irrigation improves prospects, corn and hay show limited gains, and moisture shortages keep some peas near normal.
Basin notes list residents and visitors over the week, including Hirsch from Helena on business, Jim Cooper of Clancy, Dr Rainville and family on a Madison fishing trip, and numerous locals like Fleming, Jackson, Gouin, Nugent, and Hall. Several trips to Boulder, Butte, and Yellowstone park are noted along with dances and social visits.
Dillon Aug 17 Tomorry morning 66 students will graduate from the Normal college marking the close of the summer session. Dr FHer who has led the history department for 18 years resigns to join the University of California in the south branch. He will deliver the commencement address The Montana State Normal College. The candidates will be presented by SF Davis and diplomas conferred by Frank Ellel. Exercises at 10 am in the auditorium with many locals traveling from nearby towns.
Philipsburg brief notes report attendees of a Pythian Sisters picnic, neighbors heading to Mullen Idaho and Yellowstone park, local officials and visitors, a Rotary meeting postponed due to rain, bridge luncheon prizes, Firemen parade planning for Labor Day picnic and dance, plus various residents visiting or traveling to Butte Helena and Helena business trips.
Thomas D Campbell, renowned world wheat king, runs a vast threshing operation on 45 000 acres. He estimates a record early crop nearing one hundred fifty million bushels with 259 workers already active. A new windrow harvesting method on about 20 000 acres saves roughly two dollars per acre and visitors from across America, including eight from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, have toured the Campbell farms to view the innovation.
Kiwanis officials announce a complete special list of county fair prizes with distribution planned early next week. The Kiwanis club also prepares two bowling teams, with one named Sinowik, and notes hospitality at Amando. Additional items cover court cases, guardianship settlements, and local visits across Deer Lodge and Helena.
Open air performances at Hohe Warte attract around 10 000 in northern Vienna. The Popular Opera presents Tannhauser Carmen and William Tell with a 100 piece orchestra and a large chorus. Poland forbids travelers bringing Tobiec in large quantities.
Bitter Root News reports Ray fork caught Cheater D. Glenn at the Jack Hay place Friday afternoon. He was pinned by the derrick, lifted to the hay barn wall, and released with his son’s help. He suffered deep hip wounds and a forehead gash, is in serious condition, with Odd Fellows aiding in barn work for his recovery.
Mrs Tara Remney of 196 South Washington street had car trouble at Rialto garage on East Galena street Monday night. An obliging stranger offered help, then aided her into the car model, but the purse containing 18 dollars disappeared from a seat. Police seek a man about 20 years old, unclear height and build, described as likely pale.
A thief entered a room in the Miners Bank building Monday night using a kitchen butcher knife and a screwdriver to force the lock. About $126 and clothing were taken while an occupant, unnamed, was away. The robbery was discovered upon the occupant’s return. A separate note mentions a $10 bad check tied to Waldorf market on West Park Street.
South Seven guests include J W Cherry and Mrs Cherry with daughters Mise Winona and Miss May visiting relatives in New York Washington D C and other places. The article records many local moves visits and a church gathering at St John the Evangelist with Father MacDonald and other residents including Mr and Mrs Lynch and their newborn daughter at 1507 Harrison Avenue.
A Warner Bros feature titled Keven Sinners stars Marie Provost and Lewin Milestone in an original story. Darrel Kan Zam burglars a manor as a key scene. The Rialto adds a cat concert by Miss Harriet Hebert Hontanse tonight and tomorrow, drawing a large local audience in Butte.
Marriage licenses were issued Monday and Tuesday in Silver Bow and surrounding counties. Names listed include Joseph Harrington and Veronica Bear, both 21, from Hutte. Matt Steink, 42, from Anaconda, and Raith Le Launderville, 20, from Desr. Lawrence Smith, 20, and Sadie Lovell, 18, from Anaconda. Andoieski, 24, and Jennie Se ark from TR. Fred Daniels, 41, Armeterd, and Sarah McCarthy, 42, Milltown. Ernest Anderson, 28, Mixsoula, and Eleanor Stephenson, Hutte. Tonald Grant, 40, and Euphemia Kichayde, both of tutte.
A $1000 reward is offered for the return of an old Amati violin stolen from a music venue in Beattie. The report lists two instruments in a single case, with names like Antonini and Hetronymus Anni Cremomen, and mentions efforts to move instruments to Sumatra using passenger cars on rough roads.
A middle aged reader praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for restoring appetite and energy after three months of illness. She reports improved work capacity, fewer headaches, and fewer symptoms after half a bottle, and notes her daughters now use Sanative Wash. She offers to answer inquiries.
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