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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1923
Page
4
The Anaconda Standard discusses doubts about a proposed peace plan funded by Bok and the difficulty of achieving American cooperation. It notes opposition from the Senate and public, Harding and Hughes efforts toward world cooperation, and barriers from reparations and the League of Nations, while ridiculing the elusive Eureka amid ongoing search for a lasting solution.
Regional conferences in Chicago and Cincinnati stir debate over where next year's Republican national convention should be held. Chicago offers centrality while San Francisco touts hospitality and reasonable hotel rates, with observers predicting a tight race between the two cities.
Governor Smith pushes a statewide tour in October to win an uncooperative Assembly. With a Democratic Senate and a Republican House, he longs to end dog in the manger standoffs and push policies endorsed by most voters. His likely success would bolster his potential as a Democratic presidential candidate.
Mr Bok offers a 100000 prize for best plan to cooperation of the United States with other powers for world peace. Dozens of proposals have reached the New York jury with more arriving by mail. A policy committee will administer the award in coordination with national unions civic religious and economic groups across the United States. A conference is to be held.
In New York City at St Marks on the Bowery a body-and-soul clinic pairs medical exam by six physicians with spiritual assessment by Rev Edward Cosbey. More than 150 attendees seek relief through this quiet, reverent joint approach blending physiology and psychology.
The Ruhr area shows money and valuables thinning, while French forces reportedly accept working on both sides of the street for the remaining assets. The comment notes tension as economic scarcity and wartime occupations collide.
Despite strong opposition from Hearst, President Harding stays determined to push the World Court proposal forward. The article notes Hearst’s firm stance remains a major obstacle, yet the administration believes a path to approval could still exist.
The article argues that even Mr Bok would fail to enlighten those ignorant of world peace, and urges Californians seeking to suppress I W W. to focus on practical hygiene like soap and water as an effective agency of reform.
The passage contrasts radical Republicans with Bob La Follette, suggesting forgiveness is possible for some but implying skepticism about his stance on propositions. It then jokingly likens a summer trip to Russia to choosing boiler factors for awap, a satirical aside on travel decisions.
Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy invite the Geewhiliker and Hinkdoppus to sit by candy covered cookies and drink ice cream soda. The Geewhiliker explains that no two Geewhilikers or Hinkdoppuses are alike. The Raggedys and the Gee join in. the party spotlights perceptions of uniqueness.
Raggedy Ann mediates a comic clash among the Hinkdoppus and Geewhiliker as they argue over who is what. They resolve to avoid fighting and share six dozen cookies and eleven ice cream sodas each before befriending one another at the Hinkdoppus’s oasis.
Aged men in the Siberian Eekimos prefer death when no longer useful, with common requests including hanging or a knife thrust through the head in their final moments.
The article describes the Butte murder case involving Hughes and Walsh. Hughes confessed to blaming Walsh for the shooting. Walsh allegedly admitted being at the scene and claimed his rifle discharged accidentally. Defense plans an ambush-killer theory citing a third party. Scopomalin test discussion rises. Walsh to be moved to Boulder jail with tightened security. Hughes held at Boulder. trials slated after Walsh.
Venus and Jupiter bless the day with the strongest astral influence for love and prosperity while Mercury and the sun warn against signing leases or contracts. The navy benefits but treasury drains worry taxpayers. Notable doctors and scientists may die as hospitals brace for summer crowds. Children born on this date are likely original and successful.
Butte visitor recounts a massive blaze sweeping Burke and surrounding districts. Firemen fought flames racing from the church to Hecla plant and depot, then Hercules and other structures. Dynamite was used to create a down draft, aiding spread. water was scarce and suppression failed. Mr Swigert, Harvard alumnus and mining visitor, comments on the scene.
An odd police court case involved a wife accused of speeding more than eight miles per hour over at intersections while her husband drove slowly. Traffic Officer Phu testified the couple each drove the same machine. The husband was charged with resisting an officer for not speeding, but both defendants were found not guilty after a trial that drew attention from 27 other speeding cases.
Washington reports a National Geographic bulletin warns against year round fur wear as naturalists fear species such as beaver marten and muskrat face extinction. An expedition to a Lower California island found no great seals and the publication urges public protection. It notes $100,000,000 spent on furs and links to threats for wildlife. It also mentions oriental fruit worm from Tokyo cherry trees harming the South.
Production shifts show silver ore rushes near Pittman act end while copper output in Montana rose sharply in 1922 and 1923. Butte, Anaconda and Elm Orlu mines boosted copper and zinc shipments. lead and zinc ore recoveries rose with higher prices. Dividends were paid by Anaconda Copper Mining and Butte Copper & Zinc.
County commissioners sitting as a board of equalization heard 17 complaints from property owners who believed their assessments were too high. Chairman Freudenstein said the board will meet every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday through Aug. 3, with most complaints from real estate owners.
A complaint filed in Justice Buckley's court charges Watne Hivala with disturbing the peace. Lavina Gerry is the complaining witness. Antone Nool faces third degree assault in Justice Wilkinson's court on Barbara Nool's complaint. J. T. Fisher is charged in justice court with disturbing the peace on Deputy Sheriff William Curran's complaint.
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