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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1923
Page
8
An old advertisement promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a cure for backache and kidney issues. It asserts headaches dizziness fatigue and nervous low spirits signal kidney problems and urges readers to trust the product sold by F D Williams at 17 East Park Avenue. Testimonials claim improved pain and regulated kidneys after use.
Marty Andrus of Dillon, on a run to Butte, escaped serious injury when a horse jumped from the roadside into his car. The impact bent fenders and broke cigars in his pocket, but the horse and driver were unharmed as the vehicle swerved off the road.
Dillon August 20 The Union Electric company of this city announces a rate cut effective September 1. All August light accounts will reflect the change. Old rates were 16 cents per kilowatt hour. New system charges 14 cents with a cash discount of 10 percent in summer and 20 percent in winter.
Dillon August 18 Everett Scott was sentenced by Judge Bennett to 60 days in county jail and a $250 fine for unlawful possession of liquor. It is the second moonshine case before the judge this term, following Fred Jackson who drew one year in the state penitentiary.
Dillon residents flock to Elk Horn Springs for a brief vacation with visitors including Miss Virginia Smith Miss Dorothy Hirschman and Miss Bernice Hirschman. Local transportation brings Judge and Mrs Bennett back soon. Notables visiting Dillon include E M Martinell J R George and W S Wads on official and personal business.
Anaconda police commissioners opened an inquiry into a Saturday night clash at the carnival grounds involving local police, soldiers from the Fourth Infantry, and civilians. Witnesses described a fight sparked by a dispute over a girl, with soldiers alleging baton blows. police deny striking. The investigation, led by Major Kobes and Mayor McCavitt, aims to identify blame and apply military or civil penalties as warranted, with a transcript due after court reporting.
Salvation Army in Anaconda reports near depletion of donated clothing for the needy. Captain Broad asks residents with old garments to phone 204 for pickup. Last Sunday 12 new junior members joined. Next Monday a junior corps entertainment with ice cream and cake follows ticketed at 25 cents.
In Dillon on August 19 a marriage license was issued to Lee Roland and Miss Alice May Reis, both residents of McHesser Montana, by the clerk of the court's office.
Examinations for eighth graders attending summer school will be held at the county superintendent's courthouse office Thursday and Friday. Pupils who did not attend since last tests or are holdovers must have private instruction. Schedule includes civics history grammar reading Friday tests in arithmetic spelling geography and more with specific times. Florence Bloomstrom announces the plan and requirements.
Officers of all Montana highway associations will be invited to a Great Falls convention within weeks to form a statewide highway organization. The move follows criticism of politics around the Montana highway commission and a failed legislature, with 1924 plans for a Great Falls convention and a post National Parks to Parks Highway gathering.
Mr and Mrs A H Knudson of Moscow Idaho visit Dillon for a brief stay. He formerly coached Beaverhead county high school athletics and mentored the 1924 championship basketball team. She taught at the Normal Training school. They travel on to Moscow after a Yellowstone National Park vacation.
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