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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1912
Page
9
Rev Frank Hopkins of South Side Methodist delivers a businesslike sermon on gambling, urging citizens to demand law enforcement from officials. He notes officers reflect public will and warns that impeachments follow broken pledges to curb gambling. He argues reform requires public pressure.
Butte residents are mentioned in a rapid rundown of names and events. Walkers meet, Melrose visits, births, illnesses, and business notes appear alongside travels from Los Angeles to Flathead Lake and Tooele. A tuberculosis project at Warm Springs is announced with local workers identified.
The Standard urges readers to follow ongoing political events in the presidential year. It promotes a progressive stance and notes a subscription price of 1 per month for daily and Sunday editions delivered by carrier or mailed nationally.
In the First Presbyterian sermon Dr E J Groeneveld warned about urban life’s perils. He cited rising city populations, moral decay, and the trinity of evils alcohol impurity and gambling as threats. He urged businessmen authorities and the press to enforce laws curb gambling and liquor and promote wholesome enterprise.
A fishing party from Armstead and Red Rock returned with 195 pounds of trout and grayling after five days of good weather. Members included Eddie Green, bartender at 40 Fast Broadway, John Crowley, and Sylvester Whalen. They reported abundant fish and easy catches despite fierce mosquitoes. Green landed a 60 pound trout after being pulled into the water in a dramatic moment.
Rev. Thomas M. Barker denounces lax gambling enforcement and calls for a strong civic righteousness voice. He cites race track bias, large losses, and tragic cases, warning that thousands fall to a “great evil” as money draws locals toward games of chance in Butte.
Albert Brown, who fed three days for shift base at the Mine, was buried yesterday from the Masonic temple. At the grave the rites of the Masons and Woodmen of the World were read. Pallbearers were George M. Wheeler W. W. Wochinsky Peter Seybold C. H. Otis John Heleson and Dan Hayes. The condition of 3. C. Adams at Murray hospital remained unchanged with delirium earlier in the day and no immediate improvement expected.
A Woman's Christian Temperance Union gathering discusses the perils and pleasures of amusements including dancing. The piece cites biblical figures, Christian teaching on temperance, and suggests reform through controlled public entertainments, while noting dancing can be wholesome under proper conditions and environments. It argues for youth engagement in safe amusements and calls for national programs to redirect leisure toward constructive activities.
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