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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1924
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard quotes Safety Director Tudor on treating strangers with consideration and avoiding abuse of drivers. He notes the value of courtesy in reducing road disputes, while allowing citations for defiant behavior and court resolutions, promoting a more pleasant traffic climate.
Report from Montana describes early returns with Judge J. E. Erickson leading the Democratic governor race in Kalispell and Lee Dennis ahead in Republican governor. Silver Bow and Deer Lodge counties contributed to a preliminary tally with many county races still unsettled and estimates suggesting about 70 percent turnout in Silver Bow.
A Boston style column notes the New York Giants’ faltering bid after a string of victories, as the Pirates surge and fans fear the four‑time pennant curse. The piece shifts to Lord Chesterfield’s guidance for traffic cops in Detroit, urging polite warnings to motorists and stressing calm minds amid daily pressures.
Michigan politics centers on Sen. Couzens who faces three hopeful rivals in the September 9 primary. Detroit voters recall his mayoralty and view him as a strong liberal progressive choice, while Groesbeck also polls well in Detroit. The Anti-Saloon League withholds endorsements and Ford’s entry failed. Party dynamics suggest three-way mix could thwart normal Republican strength.
In a tongue in cheek political column, Wisconsin readers are reminded that La Follette supporters back Blaine and seek to place Cofe electors with Republicans on ballots, while regular Republicans under Lenroot and Hirst rally to save the party slate. The piece notes Berger and other Wisconsin representatives seek re election, contrasts labels with reality, and suggests a broad anti Republican sentiment against a return to power. Political maneuvering, endorsements, and cross party tensions color the Wisconsin electoral scene.
The courtroom scene features defense and prosecution disputing post mortem findings on Bobby ranks body recovered from a water filled culvert. Judge Caverly orders audience removal before a read of the coroner report, while Clarence Darrow defends the defense and criticizes expert testimony as the proceedings unfold.
Postal inspectors in New York surveilled Charles H. Clarahan for three weeks at the request of AB Germer chief postal inspector. They say Clarahan knew train movements and played a leading role in planning the robbery, though he did not participate in the holdup itself.
The Lightning Rider star Harry Carey headlines at the Imperial for a two day engagement starting tonight. Born in New York City, Carey rose from early stage work to screen fame in Alaska and other productions, now living on a large ranch in California.
The tale explains retribution as mischief backfires. Reddy Fox schemes to harm Buster Bear with wasps and pays when the wasps chase him, while Teddy Fox suffers the sting of his own tricks and bears the consequences. The episode ends with the lesson about wrongdoings.
The horoscope notes strong adverse Mars and Saturn aspects early in the day with possible lawsuits and distrustful acts by financially powerful individuals. It forecasts tensions in diplomacy and potential wars or revolutions reported from overseas, with Portugal facing serious trouble and Cancer regions enjoying some luck. Virgos born that day may be clever but spendthrift.
President Coolidge announced two new ambassadors. Edgar A. Dy of Chicago is named ambassador to Japan, and James Rockwell Sheffield of New York City is named ambassador to Mexico City. The appointments follow the succession to Charles B. Warren, per Excelsior citing Foreign Minister Aaron Beenes.
A fragment discusses Why Leave Paradise with social critique of job churners and domestic memory, then shifts to a New York Tuberculosis Association report noting global death rate declines since WWII except increases in Japan and Germany, with US rates falling from 300 in 1880 to 100,800 per population in 18,Standard want ads for results.
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