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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1912
Page
4
Fragmentary ad style text discusses credit as a germ affecting home finances. Mentions reforms before paychecks improve the family budget and hints at buying as a strategy. No clear names, dates, or locations identified.
The Bozeman carnival plans enhanced features with a royal queen crowning and a floral pageant on day two. A chorus of over 100 voices from the German Saengerbund will sing an ode to the new queen, and local artist Fagong Quan will present a musical comedy satirizing the event and Interstate fair. Performances run in the remodeled city opera house on August 25 and 28.
Great Falls will be a convention hub over the next two weeks with seven events drawing thousands. The miners wage-talk session opens Aug 13 for about 160 attendees, followed by the Montana State Firemen’s meeting, then the Democratic county gathering, the Democratic State convention, the Republican county gathering, and the Republican State convention, all slated through Sept 5. A fire sale at Leys’ promises big bargains.
Rev. Frank Hopkin preached at South Side Methodists as the annual conference year concluded. He urged church members to support their pastor and the church, warning that stewardship accountability extends to every member and stressing unity with the minister.
Editor Taulds in to I R fault and veteran castave of the state visits Butte after attending the Anaconda convention. He tours with his daughter Russell Faulds and niece Miss Helen Herg of Arcadia, a Arcadia High school teacher. The group plans to return home to Bitter Rent region this evening. Fire damage at Leys jewelry store settled and goods to be sold at reduced prices.
A Montana man confessed to planning and executing a daring Yellowstone park coach robbery on a sunny morning. He and others halted four coaches near Old Faithful, terrorizing tourists including a University of West Virginia student and a group of seven Austin Minn teachers. After a tense day, valuables were taken, friends borrowed funds to return home, and the bandit fled into Wyoming country, later recounting the crime in a Wyoming saloon before evading capture.
A concert by the augmented American orchestra opens the program with popular selections under Musical Director Charles Glaze. Featured numbers include The Light Cavalry Overture and Vision of Salome. Vocalist Trane Randall Murphy performs In the Shadows Go Bye My Love Good Bye, with Ed B. Kestl entering his second week at the venue. Four notable studio picture plays round out the program, maintaining the theater's standard of excellence.
The fragment argues that modern prosperity and material wealth erode moral and spiritual strength, citing ancient Egypt, Solomon's reign, Greece, and Rome as examples of nations decaying when wealth and power trump virtue. It frames business culture as corrupting youth and notes governments failing to teach true character.
Aug 18 Whitehall notes report plans for the county fair Sept 1 to 15 with prizes and exhibits. Mentions Norman Pearl former principal at Veo Wiylelast school and T. Black of the state horticultural society. Heavy rains hinder ranchers. yields look poor. Travel note: races go to Geegsan Pit Springs. special train from B A P depot at 3 pm. Hottest mineral spring open to the public. cafe and plunge open all night.
Great Falls reports a labor shortage as railroad construction and harvest needs surge. Employers struggle to secure enough men while farmers hike wages to recruit harvest and thrashing workers, attracting workers from Minnesota and the Dakotas. The Great Northern brought 36 laborers, but only eight stayed, drawn by higher pay elsewhere.
Special dispatch reports Vergus entries rising for the county fair in Lowlatown. About 40 entries expected, with notable participants Musteline Musgrave and Ping Sither Dyere among those entered. Authorities prepare for Sept. events and prize allocations.
Sebastian Tenglerth, once believed to be wandering far from his home, appeared today in Norburne, Missouri. He recalled his former life and said he had been released from an asylum or hospital before moving west. He has seven dollars on his person as authorities verify details near his household goods. Meanwhile local events include a ladies wood sawing contest at Commercial Day, Columbia Gardens, with Richelieu Far Good Things advertised after races.
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