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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1923
Page
6
Locust street paving advances toward traffic readiness from Third to the cemetery. The section between Third and Sixth is open to vehicles and base work continues toward completion past Sixth toward the hill. New curbing and grassed plots enhance the avenue, promising a beautified residential drive amid broader city repairs and rain-related delays.
Eight-year-old Michael Finnegan of 595 Birch Street was struck while crossing East Park Street near the 400 block. He suffered a broken collar bone right arm and leg with multiple bruises. Driver Mary Mc Thery, 14, stopped, loaded him into St. Ann's Hospital, and fainted after delivering him. Michael's brother Peter witnessed the incident as they walked home. Nurses and doctors call him a brave patient.
Work on the comedy A Girl's Desire halted by a sandstorm while exterior filming occurred for the Imperial theater production. The crew sheltered as gray streets and distant mountains vanished under a Sante Anna’s storm, a common California hazard that delays shoots. The film follows a young girl whose parents gain wealth and provoke social ambitions challenged by her father.
Anaconda briefs mention Elmer Jones potatoes July Victor records sale at Orton's copper city flags hunting gear for sale or rent five room house 615 Chestnut and more Fortunes of local figures including Mrs Patrick Paley and Mr F Meiheim Inquiries for a Victrola at Ortons and a vacant house offer Also dances orchestras Rebekahs and other group meetings plus a hospital case involving Peggy OBrien and a Boise visit by Mrs Lillethan
Laurette Taylor discusses imagination and deception as a child and how it led to acting in a McClure's Magazine article. The actress talks about her move from school stories to stage performances and her Hollywood work on Peg o My Heart, with Bluebird Theater appearances tonight and tomorrow.
June 1923 brought an extraordinary lull for the Anaconda fire department with no calls. The last blaze occurred May 31 at a Baet Park Street restaurant. Chief Collins cites heavy June rainfall and orderly property cleanups as key factors, while Firemen D W Thomas and Jim Durkin headed to Yellowstone and Hyattville, Wyoming.
Visiting members and all kindred societies are called to meet at Hibernia hall on Wednesday morning July 4 at 9 o'clock to join the parade under American Legion auspices. Committee: John P D Sullivan and Mike Dowdell.
The tourist camp west of the city draws many travelers with an average of 12 cars nightly. Kiwanis clubs’ improvements include a large cook shack dining hall and modern facilities with upgraded baths. Sightseers from across the country visit and praise Anaconda’s Smelter City camp, promising to boost its reputation.
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