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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1925
Page
4
The article notes that even with strenuous enforcement, moral conditions remain dire in many localities while liquor consumption is substantially diminished. It cites Director Addison K. Lusk and a small force in Montana delivering notable service amid a large handicap.
Articles of incorporation filed for the Alfred E. Smith for President in 1928 Club to campaign in Colorado and other states for Smith delegates to the Democratic National Convention. Republicans attack a constitutional amendment to issue 100 million in state bonds for a building program funded by ten yearly 10 million payments.
Federal prohibition commissioner R A Haynes issues an optimistic four year report saying the big bootleg operator is making his last stand. He cites 160000 indictments since July 1 1925 resulting in 121000 convictions and fines totaling 12500000 with 2000 injunctions against property.
G A Lauzier head of the Lauzier Wolcott brokerage committed suicide after the firm failed due to clerical errors. Community notes his dedication to creditors and regrets the dramatic act that sought to bolster assets for creditors, while affirming his integrity and lack of scandal.
A volley of punchy observations critiques and quips on many topics fills the page. It cites 784 educators noting 91 school weeks including Education Fire Prevention Cleanup and Thrift weeks. It mentions Tennessee politics Mah Jongg golf lightning and General Mitchell with tongue in cheek remarks.
Ruth von Phul Crosswords champion J C Marshall notes a seven minute bogey time for a daily puzzle with many across clues such as dish after meat course punctuation mark and greenish black rock among others. Down clues include old age pertaining and to tie an animal to a stake and various geography and wordplay items.
The rise of Mary Lewis from a Little Rock church soloist at 19 in 1919 to a Metropolitan Opera troupe member illustrates a rapid ascent. She left local work for vaudeville, then Greenwich Village Folies, then Follies, and finally joined the Metropolitan Opera after debuting in Vienna in 1923.
A dapper young man tobogganing on a long hill loses footing and collides with a stout lady. She ends up seated on his back as they slide to the bottom. He calmly says, You’ll have to get off here madam this is as far as I go.
In a Burgess tale Unc Billy Possum misses Teeter the Sandpiper eggs while chasing crawfish at Smiling Pool. Teeter cleverly hides her nest and eggs, and Billy, puzzled by ordinary pebbles, passes the four spotted eggs unseen. The scene ends with Billy deciding to forget eggs and continue his search.
The astrology column says Jupiter and Mars are beneficial this morning while sun and Uranus are adverse. It notes chances to buy and invest, large public works, and busy railroad building. It forecasts success for leaders, risks for fashionable women, and positive trends in home prosperity and pet interests.
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