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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1927
Page
1
A hurricane devastates British shores as telegraph outages hinder casualty counts. Legal actions unfold over alleged dismemberment in a quarrel, with authorities locating parts of a woman's body across graves and mounds.
Platted in snow, authorities led by Wil iam N. Coffey recovered remains of his second wife on a second trek to Riter's woods. Coffey, a former Madison bond salesman, claimed the head could prove corpus delicti but later admitted falsifying. An inquiry into a fatal fracture from a quarrel with his bride is planned as details unfold.
A blaze in Coal Pellsville Bi-Product Coal No 1 mine trapped and threatened 200 workers in Scott's Run district. Rescue crews led by Stephen Arkwright brought all miners to the surface with no further injuries, but Harry Shelton, 53, died of a heart attack at the surface amid the alarm.
A dawn crackdown stretched along a 100 mile corridor from Park Avenue in Manhattan to Albany. Prohibition agents served summons and complaints at 43 venues between New York and Kingston. Ninety four defendants including 75 men and 19 women named. the name Joan Doe appears 41 times. A raid on Park Avenue nightclub La Basque below Grand Central marked the first enforcement action.
Calgary reports Dutch agents defy temperance laws as beer moves across the border. Alberta official testifies at a royal customs commission inquiry into smuggling, noting oil pumped to Coutts and limited manpower to inspect shipments. Beer shipments to the U S largely halted after Ottawa directives in 1826.
A bill to establish university units at Billings and Fort Assiniboine is scheduled for discussion. The measure aims to expand higher education access and create new campus facilities for the regions.
Helena dispatch reports the Montana House plans Saturday session action on adding two units to the University of Montana, a Billings normal school and a Fort Assiniboine manual training and agricultural college, amid debate over site selection and a stalled eastern Montana school. The Senate adjourns and past appropriations are noted as the state grapples with establishing new state education facilities.
A masked thief, after giving the name Fred Johnson, robbed Kohn Jewelry in Missoula around noon. He forced two employees to open display trays, escaping with 40 stones valued at about 900 dollars, as officers were alerted and the bandit fled.
William Gibbs McAdoo addressing Ohio Bar Association denounces prohibition violators and urban political machines. He argues enforcement is needed, not repeal, to curb corruption and prevent debasement of civilization by machine politicians, criticizing both parties’ liquor influence.
Butte Elke will entertain Charles H Grakelow grand exalted ruler of Philadelphia this afternoon and evening at the HP 0 240 home on South Montana Street. He will address members as the state association sits and riders arrive to welcome the grand exalted ruler.
Charles Mauch, 18, a survivor of the 1873 Indian war and later participant in the Crow Agency anniversary, died today at Population Bluff Missouri after attending the Atlactic anniversary of Custerlam stand at Crow Agency Mont.
The Clark interests sue Anaconda in federal court over ore valued at more than $6,000,000 from the Badger lower levels. The case centers on ownership and the Poser vein theory, with an equity proceeding not requiring a jury.
Fragmented OCR text centers on a 20 year old model shot dead and a confusing Broadway related scandal. Names and clear facts are missing, but the fragment hints at identity verification and ties to a Broadway figure. The article appears garbled with misread words and incomplete sentences.
Eighth killed as hurricane lashes Great Britain from Land’s End to John O Groats. In Scotland the southerly gale wrecked homes and ships, toppled streetcars, and blocked rails and roads. Fire and police battled to rescue and secure danger points.
Chicago, Jan 8 Col Frank To Smith senator designate from Tile emerges in a struggle to secure a seat in the Senate term starting next March. His camp claims readiness to go to the electorate if needed as charges of large campaign contributions by utilities executives threaten his eligibility. Attorney General Oscar Caristron accompanies the senator-designate to Washington.
Charges of conduct unbecoming and assault were filed against William R. Van Orden a longtime Butte police detective and veteran. The complaint sworn by Lois Davis alleges a beating of her four year old daughter in December 1926 and threats of further abuse. Davis seeks dismissal from the department.
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