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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1920
Page
10
Anaconda items include Alco taxi service and local business blurbs, dance and social events at Moose hall with Larson's Jazz orchestra, plus multiple notices of visits, vacations, and out-of-town trips. Reports mention Elizbeth Page leaving for Salt Lake City, Catherine Gow visiting Yellowstone, Boy Scouts meetings, and various residents’ travels and gatherings.
The account describes a spirited road race where a driver attempted to ram Mr. Bruin with a tin Lizzie but Bruin sidestepped and headed for the timber. The item also lists used piano offers and a flurry of social notes about locals visiting relatives in Idaho, Montana, and Yellowstone trips.
The smelter welcomed a busy day with visitors from across the country including Dr. and Mrs. Karl Conley of Omaha J. K. Hore and J. K. Hesler party of Butte James H. Robinson and Ralph Case of New York J P Lautz of Butte Mrs William Robinson of Portland and others from Newton St Paul Montreal Helena Havre Dayton Los Angeles and more. Mr and Mrs Graves former residents also attended.
M. M. Kirksey of San Francisco, an American sprinter, was assaulted and handcuffed by Belgian gendarmes who blocked his entry to the American dressing rooms at the stadium. He had just returned from Paris with Charles W. Paddock of Los Angeles for medal presentations and held tickets. The gendarmes, who could not speak English, apparently acted on orders restricting access to dressing rooms to football players for the day.
In Liverpool no morning papers issued today for the first time in 112 years and no evening papers for the first time in years due to a sudden strike by newspaper compositors in Manchester seeking higher pay. The stoppage disrupts distribution and reflects wider Labour tensions in the press industry.
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