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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1921
Page
2
In November business slowed with a bluish cast as shoppers hesitated and prices stayed uncertain. Retailers cut prices and offered inducements, advertising heavily in home-city papers. Slowly demand rose, then accelerated, and by December many merchants posted record sales, with advertising credited as the key force keeping commerce moving.
Fragmented OCR notes discuss leprosy cures in Hawaii with Chalmarooga oil, Dr Dean's method, and a claimed cure for Senator Willetts. Local Deer Lodge notices mix community updates, visitors, and business matters with scattered names and places, reflecting a damaged page segment.
Dr Augustus C Thomas urged an international education congress for 1923 as many organizations pursue closer links among nations. Maurien Ricker of the U S Public Health Service warned that educated parents are producing far fewer children than ignorant ones, urging open sex education in schools to counteract alleged immorality concerns.
Testimony describes Mrs. Kaber allegedly urging harm to Dan Kaber and plotting to 'kill him' within six months. Witnesses include Mrs. Wade and Mrs. Miethke, with remarks about a palm reader and envelopes containing $500. State hints at Emma Colavito as the intermediary in the murder conspiracy.
A forest protection fund totaling 453,700 is to be used with state appropriations to safeguard forest areas this summer. In Los Angeles on July 7 delegates to the National Council of Congregational Churches approved a church wide drive to raise an adequate sum for caring for and enlarging the 25 schools and colleges of the Congregational Church. Although 10,000,000 had been set earlier for the schools, the council left the amount open for official vote. The council plans a closing discussion on foreign mission work tomorrow.
The Associated Press reports Federal Reserve data showing gold holdings increased by 483.6 million dollars while note circulation fell by 480 thousand and gold reserves rose to 519 million. The board cites deflationary pressure and a shift toward equilibrium, noting declines in production and unemployment, with total system resources at about 5.249 billion.
Frank Conley calls for a fair hearing on charges as he seeks responsive action from the governor and state officials. He cites constitutional powers to compel information and urges the state board of prison commissioners to convene or for the attorney general to seek a grand jury probe into his conduct as warden.
Congress debates the bonus bill as President Harding calls for a focus on tariff and tax programs. Key senators from North Dakota Nebraska Iowa and Tennessee engage in heated discussion while Mellons letter is cited as opposing bonus enactment. Montana and Nevada senators voice concerns about funding and wartime allowances, suggesting land settlement as a remedy for veterans.
The Associated Press reports President Harding named Grove L Johnson of Sacramento to be receiver of public moneys in Sacramento. He is the father of California U S Senator Hiram Johnson and previously served in the U S House and California legislature.
A garbled report traces a Detroit laborer rising to wealth after meeting a hotel pantry worker and a proposed marriage. The fragment hints at borrowing money, plans to invest, and a journey toward affluence, but many details are unreadable.
Helena dispatches report Rev. V. J. of BMeavy pastor at St Helena of AKAs is brother of Rev. W. Aconedy. Sinn Fein figure Rev W. O’Kennedy named as a prominent leader in Ireland amid dispatches from County Clare.
A 12 year old Chicago girl Dolly Malley has never left her neighborhood or seen a railroad train despite living near five major terminals. Reporters found she has hardly traveled beyond home and has little desire to explore, claiming a simple life suffices and that trains remain unseen to her. The story hints at a local mystery of a child who never ventures out.
London dispatch reports wavering Irish peace moves as Ulster premier Sir James Craig may join talks under limits while de Valera faces constraints. General Smuts’ involvement boosts hopes, with Buckingham Palace seen as a potential meeting venue and Dublin awaiting the July conference between Irish leaders and southern unionists.
Dublin reports the murder of Police Sergeant Foody near Ballina County Mayo amid retaliatory violence over the Dwyer foods case. Rebels fire on police in Belfast while a military canteen store in Newbridge Kildare is set ablaze. a caretaker’s wife saves her stepson but a baby is lost.
Police arrested two men named Harl Hawkins and L. R. Trent after a theft of two cases of eggs and five boxes of cigars from the Fairmont creamery on Utah Avenue. Officers found the stolen goods in an alley nearby. The Associated Press reports ongoing coverage with political notes from Washington.
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