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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1920
Page
5
Residents along State Street report heavy damage to parking areas lawns and gardens from a band of cattle roaming at large. The animals trampled over ground and destroyed above ground structures while grazing on vegetables. It is suspected the cows escaped from nearby dairy operations and ranches triggering concern of further depredations.
Umpire Asberry, recently praised for his balls and strikes work in the Mines league, leaves for Pocatello to handle three Bamex games in the Snake River Yellowstone League then goes to Salmon Idaho for additional assignments. He is expected back in time for Labor Day finals.
A scattered transcription notes registrations at the Butte hotel for Orton Broa and A D Shields and J T Armitage in Wisdom. It mentions a Justice court complaint about disturbance and failures to provide, plus multiple fragmented items about civic meetings and a coal pile fire at Butte Floral plant with quick suppression by neighbors.
We extend thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the death of our beloved son and brother. Gratitude to Mrs Boyle of the emergency hospital and all who sent flowers. William Dolan John H. Cit Frank Yoes.
McIntyre, a former deputy clerk of court, mounted a door to door card delivery in Hutte district delivering thousands of cards with precinct numbers and store addresses. He sought to reach nearly twenty four thousand registered voters and earned one of the highest votes for a regular Democrat despite opposition from the incumbent and three other candidates. He resigned his clerk post to devote full effort to the campaign.
Al Watson a Wyoming rancher recalls Bryan’s Chautauqua tour in Wyoming. He says Bryan spoke to schoolhouse and Chautauqua audiences about religion politics and any subject and that Bryan did not pledge to any party. Watson notes Cox could win Wyoming but warns of Bryan’s limited appeal and party stance.
In New York aug the Music Industries Chamber of Commerce chief Paul B Klush warned the public has grown tired of jazz and is shifting to rural music. He spoke before the National Association of Masters of Dancing as masters announced a new graceful step called evan and hoped it would gain Methodist church approval amid anti dancing edict concerns.
In San Francisco on August, the wheat exchange announced a forty cent drop in the wholesale price of a barrel of flour. The market appears oversupplied relative to demand, prompting the decline.
A police court hearing over fines for political posters led Magistrate J Grimes to summon Judge Sackson in contempt proceedings. W J Dunn and R oy Smith were arrested after appeals were denied and a blanket bond rejected. Nolan, representing Pann, claimed 47 defendants faced fines of five dollars each and a 100 bond, with separate bonds needed for each appeal. the judge criticized Nolan for overreaching authority and noted Dunn paid a five dollar fine under protest.
The body of the late O Flynn is arriving in Butte today from the Milwaukee area and will be taken to Walsh's undertaking rooms. It will later be moved to the home of his son Edward F. O'Flynn at 414 South Washington street for visitation before the funeral Monday morning at an announced hour.
A large protest disrupts pier activity as Irish sympathizers and others halt loading on Baltic Celtic Olympic Canopic and other British ships. Men and women roam the waterfront, calling for release of Mannix and urging action against British authorities. Police resist disorder as the crowd moves across Manhattan seeking to paralyze additional ships.
Senator Harding hails the Cummins Esch bill as the greatest forward step in railway legislation. He speaks in Marion and at a park campaign event, urging fair pay and conditions for railway workers while stressing government control over rates and service.
In Marion Ohio on August 31 a Governors Day event is set with fifteen to twenty governors expected to visit the Republican campaign of Senator Harding. Invitations have been extended and accepted by several lieutenant governorship candidates and other state leaders. A Minnesota delegation and Louis L. Collins lead the Republican party group.
The remains of Patrick OFlynn will arrive Saturday evening via Milwaukee from Beate fle Washington and will be removed to Wais chapel. He will be taken to the residence of his son E F OFlynn at South Washington Street before the funeral in the morning, time to be announced.
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