Celebration Is Anaconda Best in Many Years
Thousands of visitors from all sections of southwestern Montana participate in independence program as Anaconda hosts a large public event.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1923
Page
1
Fourth of July Carnival Draws Swarm to Anaconda
Crowds from all parts of Southwestern Montana joined Anaconda’s Independence Day celebration under American Legion auspices. Thousands watched a Angdes versus Montana Powers baseball game, enjoyed Washoe Park dancing, and athletes competed on the common while 3000 plus listened to Shelby world fight round-by-round details at the Standard office. A street carnival and a pyrotechnic display capped a day of entertainment, with over 2000 visiting by train and many more by auto. the parade stretched over a mile from Main and Commercial to Park and Main.
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Montana
Anaconda
American Legion
Angdes
Montana Powers
Washoe Park
Shelby
Esha & P
Butte
Main Street
Commercial Avenue
Alder
Park
Hickory
Seventh
Main
Dry Law Outlawed by Nevada Court
Nevada is without a state prohibition law after the state supreme court in Carson City ruled the dry law unconstitutional. The decision held the title failed to express a subject, fatally defective, rendering the measure void as a state law enforcing the Volstead Act. Two men charged with violations were discharged from custody.
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Associated Press
Reno
Nevada
State Supreme Court
Carson City
Harding Calls for All Americans to Uphold Ideals
President Harding urges citizens to embrace American values in heart and soul, warning against agitators and defiance of laws, with calls to deport those who threaten national unity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harding
British Sailors Parade In Portland Independence Day Parade
President Harding led Portland's Fourth of July celebration with a plea for peace and a push for American participation in the permanent court of international justice. For the first time a British naval force, including HMS Curlew and six officers, marched in an American Independence Day parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Portland
Harding
Multnomah Athletic Field
United States
Permanent Court of International Justice
America
Curlew
Playwright Robert Scott Found Dead in Los Angeles
Associated Press reports playwright and scenario writer Robert Crozier Scott was found dead in his room in Los Angeles on July 4. Police ruled the death a self inflicted throat cut. Papers indicate Scott's wife had filed for divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Los Angeles
Robert Crozier Scott
Scott
Tremendous Rise in Montana Ore Production in 1922
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Montana metal production in 1922 valued at 44,975,949 dollars, up from 16,324,321 in 1921. Copper, zinc, silver, gold, lead and ore tonnage all surged, with copper output rising from 48,098,730 to 165,754,442 pounds and zinc from 23,275,966 to 119,069,818 pounds.
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Standard Washington
Montana
Geological Survey
Montana Crowd Buys Montana Fight in Shelby Arena
Tommy Gibbons, weighing 20 pounds less, challenged Dempsey in a Montana crowd of about nine tenths Montanan supporters. Gibbons fought bravely, forced Dempsey to adjust, and left observers, including Ring Lardner, praising the Montana turnout and the crowd’s influence on the championship bout.
Dempsey Goin Despite Slory Gibbons Fight Chaos
In Shelby Montana crowds of 15 000 to 20 000 witnessed Curly Bear from the Blackfeet tribe leap into the ring and pull a war bonnet over Tommy Gibbons head as Dempsey and Gibbons fought. Dempsey kept his crown while Gibbons earned glory and a shot at the title amid a wild celebration. Referee Dougherty said he would not take responsibility for the fight. Continued on page 3 column 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Curly Bear
Tommy Gibbons
Telegraph
St. Paul
Montana
Gibbons
Dougherty
Dempsey
Tommy
Leviathan Sails Across Atlantic On First Pleasure Voyage
The Leviathan, famed steamship and queen of the American merchant marine, began its first transatlantic pleasure voyage on July 4. Thousands lined the water front as small tugs pushed the liner into the channel while a toy Clermont replica and airplanes from Hampton Roads joined the farewell procession toward the open sea.
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Pregs
New York
Leviathan
American Merchant Marine
Uncle Sam
Robert Fultons Clermont
America
Hampton Roads
Dempsey Gibbons Fight Gate Totals Revealed
The Dempsey Gibbons heavyweight title bout gate totaled about 201 485 dollars with federal tax 22 448 50, per Montana internal revenue collector Charlies Rasmussen. About 7 202 paid admissions and 764 passes were recorded, many tickets at half price faced 10 percent tax, and promoter losses neared 60 000 dollars due to behind gate discrepancies and crowding.
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Associated Press
Shelby
Mont
Charlies Rasmusson
Montana
Internal Revenue
Department of the Internal Revenue
Rasmusson
Rasmussen
Jack Kearns
Dempsey
Great Falls
Monana
Lightning and Clouds Do Much Damage in Butte
Severe thunderstorms struck Butte between eight and ten last night causing widespread outages. Power lines failed, streetcar service halted across Harrison avenue and Walkerville Centerville lines, trains on the B A P railroad stalled, and telegraph and telephone lines were lost temporarily. Flooding on Harrison avenue blocked traffic and stranded carloads of passengers for over an hour as restorations began.
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Silver Bow Creek
Harrison Avenue
Butte
Walkerville
Centerville
Montana
Stand collapse at Liberty Park. one dead, 43 hurt
A Fourth of July grand stand at Liberty Park in Salt Lake City collapsed, killing Ruby Soderberg, nine, and injuring 43 others, many seriously. Firefighters faced difficulties as panicked crowd members were buried under twisted wreckage amid the fireworks crowd of about 30,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Utah
Liberty Park
Ruby Soderberg
Grand Stand
Challenger Gibbons Fights Dempsey to Standing Finish
Shelby Mont July 4 1923 25 000 crowd watched Tommy Gibbons St Paul sustain every round against Jack Dempsey in a 15 round heavyweight title fight Dempsey the favorite fought fiercely but Gibbons kept his feet and lost by decision earning a moral victory in the first bout since Dempsey became champion.
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Jack Dempsey
Gibbons
Dempsey
Associated Press
Shelby
Mont
Tommy Gibbons
St. Paul
Jimmy Dougherty
Philadelphia
Stunt Flyers Plunge To Death At Santa Monica Beach
Two men killed when aircraft wing collapsed during holiday aerial show above Santa Monica. The plane crashed from about 2,000 feet, bursting into flames. Victims were P. H. Delay, 34, and R. I. Shark, 35, both from Los Angeles.
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Associated Press
Santa Monica
Cal
P. H. Delay
R. IT. Shark
Los Angeles
Legionnaires Regret Gibbons Dempsey Fight Result
Prescott Arizona July 4 The executive committee of the American Legion department of Arizona adopted a resolution regretting that Gibbons failed to knock Jack Dempsey's block off after his late fight result The action was taken during a legion meeting to transact legion business.
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Legionnaires
Tom
Dempsey
Associated Press
Prescott
Ariz
Gibbons
Jack Dempsey
Arizona State Department of the American
American Legion Department of Arizona
Three Killed When Train Leaves Track
Three people died and others were injured when Santa Fe passenger train No. 9 tumbled 30 feet off a curve near Domingo, New Mexico. Fireman Kruse survived briefly. engineer Roberts and fireman Hall were killed, others badly hurt, and a news butcher missing.
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Associated Press
Albuquerque
N. M
Santa Fe
Domingo
J. J. Roberts
Kruse
Roberts
Joseph Blevins
Earl Hal
Eastman
Krupp Management Signs French Terms in Ruhr
Essen and London reports say Krupp management signed an agreement with French occupation engineers to use a branch railroad linking Krupp plant branches. The move signals passive resistance weakening as French seize foundries and coal yards at Segeroth near Essen. 3,000 workers to return as French gain access to coal stores while troops guard premises.
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Associated Press
Essen
Krupp Works
Commission of Occupation
Krupp
Krupp Locomotive Works
Segeroth
London
Duesseldorf
Mali
Ruhr
Herr von Buelow
Krupps
Baron von Boblen
Cpe N
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Ring Lardner
One- Eye Connelly
Slory
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