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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1928
Page
4
The article lists genres in the Anaconda Standard such as sport tales mystery detective and animal stories along with human interest pieces and humor. It notes readers enjoy various forms and that short stories remain popular with best sellers selling well into the hundreds of thousands.
In Ohio a heated fight for the U S Senate nomination pits Carmi Thompson allied with Willis forces against Theodore E Burton a longtime Hoover supporter. The piece notes Ohio’s ongoing partisan strife and Democratic party amplification of the clash as preparations for a pivotal primary unfold.
Edgar Allan Poe helped spark a lasting appetite for short stories as magazines expand and new war, western, sea, aviation, and adventure tales emerge. Editors note renewed reader demand for World War fiction now spans generations, with heroism and love driving much of the market.
A detailed summary from R S Regar shows the postal service handles 25 billion mail pieces yearly with an average 2 cent postage. The money order division began in 1864 with 75 000 customers and 1.5 million dollars in first year business. The department grosses over a billion dollars, supports 150 million parcels insured, and earns fees totaling around 9 million in insurance. The stamps business alone brings in 610 million dollars, averaging 5.09 dollars per person.
A Kansas story traces Charles Curtis from a Topeka hack driver with two ill horses to a prominent political career. He bought the rig after earning fares, studied during trips, became a lawyer at 21, prosecuting attorney at 24, served in the state legislature and Congress, and earned a reputation as a sharp, smooth political operator in Washington.
Amidst turmoil in Kansas City and a stalled stump season, a wealth of Republican orators becomes available for midsummer Chautauqua events.
The governor refuses involvement in the pot and kettle analogy during a political exchange with Senator Heflin, signaling no participation in that particular line of rhetoric.
The text suggests the farm relief issue remains unsettled and repeatedly resurfaces, disturbing Banquo and triggering ongoing public unease.
The list records six quiz items with names places and terms. Thea Rasche the aviatrix is identified as German. Asia is named as a continent. Amerigo Vespucci is noted as Italian navigator. The goose step is cited as a term. Saint Luke chapter 1 verse 37 is referenced.
Program listings detail 4:30 segments with Roxy and gang Gladys Rice soloist on WJZ WHO WRC WREN WFAA KVOO. 5:00 Shining hour with Melody Maids on WEAF KSD WOC WHO WOW WDAF. 00 Riverside hour Sousa program KYW KOA 6:30 General Motors Party Oriental music WEAF KSD WCCO WOC WHO. 1:30 Time to Retire Boys Pep py music WEAF KSD Wweecco WOC WHO Wow DWAF.
A listing of evening programs across multiple stations including WDAF Kansas City WTMJ Milwaukee WCCO Minneapolis KFI Los Angeles KOA Denver WOW Omaha KNX Los Angeles KGO Oakland KGW Portland KPO San Francisco KIR Seattle and KHQ Spokane. Programs span orchestras duets operas theater and travelogues with times from 4:30 PM to 11 PM.
President Coolidge visits Brule Wisconsin Congregational church where blind lay preacher John Taylor delivers a gospel centered sermon. Taylor, who lost sight in early life, spoke on the imperative need of the gospel as Coolidge attends with aides, amid heavy church preparations and local excitement.
Items from the Standard recalling events from 10 20 and 30 years ago in Butte and Anaconda with brief notes on notable local happenings and people.
The article notes Italian forces with British and French allies holding the Austrian offensive along most of a 100 mile front from southeast of Trent to the Adriatic. It also says the Italians have launched offensives on key mountain sectors around Born. Local items include births and personal movements: Mr and Mrs Walter E Davis welcomed a daughter on June 15, and Mr and Mrs J R White had a son on June 15. Other notes mention travels, enlistments, a wedding, and residents' comings and goings in Anaconda and nearby areas.
Spanish forces under General Pena yield at Santa Cruz with 1000 troops surrendering. Similar surrenders occurred at Laguna and Pampanga with minimal casualties. Rear Admiral Dewey reportedly unable to restrain insurgents though conduct deemed satisfactory. Also notices on marriages and local visits in Anaconda, Oakland, Helena, and Bis marck.
A trolley crash section reveals eleven persons died in a string of crashes as the trolley failed. Five bodies were thrown into the air and a light coupe with a rumble seat was demolished.
Three killed and four injured when an automobile swerved through a railing on an Allegheny River bridge near Warren Pennsylvania. Victims include J. W. Dick 65 Marquis Smith 38 and Donald Smith 12 all of Erie. Injured are Mrs. Smith and children Jean 10 Mary 6 Russell 7. Car fell 25 feet onto riverside roadway after exiting an S curve.
In Sheridian Wyoming two laborers were killed and a third man identified as San Omega was severely injured when their touring car swerved into a ditch and rolled on the Big Goose road. The deceased were Joe Kerkhove 45 and Dan Woods 29. Omega suffered a broken nose and serious body injuries.
Marcel Theriault former state senator and Katherine Thomas 22 of Nashua died when their airplane crashed after catching fire today in Nashua New Hampshire. Pilot George Lennox of Wichita Kansas is badly burned and in critical condition in Nashua hospital.
Philadelphia police say John P. Carroll, once a Leavenworth prisoner and alleged millionaire bandit, was captured after a year and a half on the run. He admitted taking part in ten post office robberies and many home thefts, and was charged for passing a bad check for a costly wrist watch. Jewelry worth about 50 000 dollars was recovered. Carroll claimed to own ten apartments in the city and to have earned thousands from thefts.
The article sketches Herbert Hoover’s childhood in West Branch Iowa, from early memory gaps to a curious, outdoors minded boy. It recalls his burns and finger injury, adventures with Indian boys near Pawhuska, camping habits, and the influence of his mother Huldah Hoover a devout Quaker who preached locally. It notes family poverty after his father’s death and how the Hoover household sustained itself while supporting Herbert’s education ambitions.
Astrologers view the day as favorable for direct planets though pessimism and destructive thoughts may arise. Intrigue and deception flourish. troubles between friends and partners loom. Some unions form while others sever, with political shifts and international tensions noted.
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