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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1924
Page
4
In a cold evening scene Farmer Brown's Boy discovers a hummingbird perched on a nail beside the door. Believing the bird dead from the cold, he warms a basket and tends Hummer through the night. By morning the *hummer* shows life and remains enclosed in warmth, continuing to recover.
The article notes delegates will obtain dinners and breakfasts elsewhere as the convention extends its sessions. With days lengthening, more supplies will be rushed in to meet the need. New Yorkers believe, rightly or not, that Democrats hunger for both righteousness and political office and will crave food.
The Stormy Petrel notes Senator La Follette will run mainly in western and midwestern states this summer. He aims to force a bargain in the House if the election is not decided, and dismisses the national farmer labor progressive group as too radical. St Paul reports they still back La Follette but defer a formal nomination until after his Cleveland convention.
The report credits Dr. T. J. Glover of Toronto and Dr. M. J. Scott of Butte with isolating the cancer germ and developing an antitoxic serum. Tests in over 200 cases, including many at National Stomach Hospital in Philadelphia, show favorable results and some cures. The work aims to detect the germ in blood for early diagnosis and prevention. Local pride surrounds the Butte physician’s significant role.
The New York convention plans four days of grand hospitality with two cafeterias twelve hot dog counters and an a la carte restaurant capable of seating a thousand. Officials expect seas of meat seafood and beverages including two tons hot dogs thirty thousand rolls and fifty barrels of shellfish to sustain four daily adjournments.
President Coolidge hosts the Pan American highway commission of 38 engineers in the White House. They will tour 10 eastern states to study road types and spur interior development across Brazil Argentina Uruguay Paraguay Costa Rica Mexico and other nations. The group ends in Atlantic City in June observing dirt gravel asphalt brick macadam concrete roads.
The remark portrays Bob La Follette as a pivotal leader whose reforming ideas are trusted to reshape the political landscape. It emphasizes his central role in guiding the era and his commitment to delivering substantive change for the public.
The piece lampoons conditions facing Coolidge and Dawes with a playful image of Grover Cleveland rising from the grave. It notes Bryan on the sidelines ready to act, Congress and public opinion clashing, and comments on southern Democratic majorities and Indiana’s Senator Ralston. It ends with a poke at Hiram Johnson and a dire note about France, per Paris press.
A tiny bird named Hummer, weak and nearly starved, is rescued when Farmer Brown's Boy feeds him a thin sugar and water syrup. The bird quickly regains strength, brightens, and flies away, disappearing toward the Old Orchard after basking in the sun.
The reading predicts good luck this month with Saturn and Venus in favorable aspect. Women may see progress in professional and commercial ventures, potential honors, and appointments to high office. The period foresees increased activity nationwide, with factories and homes multiplying and travel rising, especially aiding theaters and tourism programs.
The Butte Riwanis club held a Denver convention related gathering with remarks from J I Tayor and Harry L Hanson. Andrew V Corry spoke on citizenship training and the importance of poll battles over past battles. A committee was named to welcome Missoula and Bitter Root pilgrims arriving by motor caravan. Musical numbers featured Elise Collins Ed Price Dr J F Driscoll and Mount St Charles trio. Herb Dempsey led with Nevin’s Mighty Lake Rose and related songs.
The piece reports McAdoo and Gov. Smith contending for the presidential nomination with delegates pledged or friendly to McAdoo totaling 577 in a regional map. Gov. Smith conducts campaign at his headquarters while noting Babe Ruth sent a letter backing Smith and joining the governor’s nomination committee.
Postal inspectors report seven in custody in a high profile case tied to a three million dollar cash and securities theft. Authorities say three others remain at large while working with government agents. Suspects include James Murray a former political figure Walter McComb and his wife Watson Mead of Milwaukee Paul Wade of Tulsa an aviator and J H Wayne who was found with five bullet wounds in a holdup incident.
Santa Ana Cal June 16 Four men are believed tarred and feathered in Santa Ana canyon Saturday night Ed McClellan sheriff’s office chief criminal investigator says one of them is believed to be a member of the I W W from San Pedro events involve assailants unidentified and location cited as Santa Ana canyon near the city.
Astrologers predict turmoil across many regions as autumn arrives with rumors of war. They urge broad peace to safeguard civilization. Birthdate readers expect financial gain, widows may find romance, Gemini natives may attain high office, and girls could marry older men or widowers.
Police search for nine year old Pat Dyer, son of Mrs. Margaret Dyer of 538 Edison Street, who disappeared from home last Saturday noon. A lad named O Neill was also missing and possibly with Dyer. Dyer, of small build, wore a blue flannel shirt, overalls, and a cap.
The Butler forces declare a campaign boss claim without basis and Mr. Slemp accepts the assurances before leaving for Cincinnati to be away from Washington for about ten days to two weeks due to his cousin’s illness.
National Chairman Butler arrived from Cleveland and met with Gen. Charles G. Dawes to expand committee offices and coordinate leaders passing through Chicago. He praised broad party approval, welcomed Slemp’s continued role, and emphasized granting women full representation on the national committee as a key reform. He denied reports of a new party financing plan.
A June cyclone tore a 36 mile zigzag path across Cascade county from Power to Portage. Seven people were injured including Mrs Clyde McKnight who had a fractured rib and liver injury requiring operation. Others hurt were Clyde McKnight Harry Potter and family members, and 18 month old Vern Johnson. The storm wrecked farm houses and killed poultry but caused little crop damage.
Arthur Milot, longtime employee of the Centennial and Nevin- Frank companies, died Sunday in Helena. Burial will be in Helena today. He was 47, survived by a wife, and was widely known in Butte with many friends who regret his death.
Dan Shea, judge of Butte's police court, announced his candidacy yesterday on the Democratic ticket for judge of the district court.
Funeral services were held in San Francisco for Reverend Henry Collin Minton a former moderator of the Presbyterian Church in the United States and former pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Trenton New Jersey He died Saturday at his home in San Anselmo California.
Three automobile bandits robbed A. Zusman, a Temple Jewelry salesman from Chicago, on the Waukegan road between Lake Forest and Highland Park. They took $35,000 worth of diamonds and jewelry, he told authorities.
Nome Alaska June 16 The veteran Coast Guard cutter Bear on her farewell Arctic cruise is drifting in an ice pack through the Bering Strait.
Miss Normand recounts New Year’s Eve events at the Dines apartment with Edna Purviance as Greer enters with a package and a bottle. Three shots ring out as Dines is found wounded, with testimony detailing a whiskey bottle and a potential weapon.
In St Paul on June 16, communists and union labor and farmer leaders battled over control of the upcoming national farmer labor progressives convention. The committee on arrangements debated methods, with a split between advocating state organizations and a centralized national body. The majority backs state groups and no presidential nomination, while the communist minority seeks a centralized third party with a national ticket and platform.
Mrs Harriet Tuttle Bartlett, noted lecturer for the American Theosophical Society, will hold three free public lectures at 30 West Granite Street on June 19, 20 and 21. She will discuss Was Jesus Theosophist The World Teacher and the Masters of Wisdom and Life's Problems Sanely Solved. The events are open to all interested attendees.
James Larkin served as a juror in the Chris Yegen case instead of James P. Thomas, a correction noted in recent accounts.
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