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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1925
Page
9
In Anaconda a battered six passenger Concord stage sits before Smith Drug as a relic of frontier travel. The scene contrasts the old rig with a 30 passenger intercity bus from Intermountain Transportation, slated for service between Anaconda and Butte.
Local items note visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Perry from Butte and J B Marcobisciti of Chicago. A new Broadway Limited coach bus with aviation-type motor and Westinghouse brakes debuts. it will be used in a Fourth of July parade with the Concord coach. Various rentals and sales ads appear along with church meetings and community notices.
The Anaconda Military Band directed by Frank Provost opens a 10-week summer series of Thursday concerts at the city common. Each program features national airs from a different country with pieces like Ekko Fra Norden and Maria, Mexican dance. A patriotic program was held last Saturday for the G A R encampment.
An exhibit at Wembley England chronicles the long battle with disease through the ages. It shows early cures by medicine men charms and emulets alongside later medical advances to illustrate progress in health care.
The Montana State Sportsmen's Association prepares for a two day state shoot starting at 10 a m with carpenters finishing work and officials named for referees and traps Field Captain Jack Robinson leads the local effort with Frank Heffron August Bottenhardt and Frank Muller at the traps Notables include Nick Brierer Otto Schuitz Charles Flannigan and executives from Peters Cartridge Winchester Arms Remington Arms Dupont among participants and sponsors Western Cartridge company to report daily scores in the Standard
Several days of police court activity ended with a quiet session before Magistrate Murphy. James Dilley failed to appear and forfeited $150 for maintaining a nuisance by possessing intoxicating liquor in public. John Doe was fined $10 for drunkenness. C Smith, cited by Traffic Officer Miles for driving with a spotlight, paid $16 for city ordinance violation.
A pygmy elephant at the London Zoo is measured at three feet tall, highlighting its unusually small stature among its species.
Funeral services were held for John Treweek an longtime Anaconda resident who drowned last Saturday at Lake Avoca. The service at the First Presbyterian church followed a home service at 106 Locust Street conducted by Rev. James G Knotter with solo and piano accompaniment. Fraternal and union members attended and Hill Cemetery received the burial rites conducted by the Odd Fellows. Pallbearers included Alex Ross H H Logan Steve Smollack Arthur Aubertine W E Roberts and Gustrand.
The Baudelaire society led by Victor-Emile Michalet demands a 1857 Paris court case reexamination. They press for clearing six poems including Flore du Mal and Les Femmes Damnees to restore the poet’s memory and remove suppression stigma.
City authorities denounce danger and moral risk of fireworks as youths obtain sparklers from surrounding towns. Mayor Smith says investigations will prosecute any seller to the full extent of the law.
Booklets describing the Boy Scout annual camping on Echo lake and the outing regulations have been distributed to city Scouts. The four week camp runs July 19 to August 14 with flexible weekly attendance.
London doctors critique a society fad as 50 percent of fashionable people adopt a bent, question mark walk. Lord Dawson of Penn, physician to the king, warns that abdominal protrusion and the bend gait undermine posture and health.
Haynes aged 63 of England died yesterday after a two week illness. Former resident of Hutte and Dawson Montana, he worked 48 & section hand on the Hutte Anaconda Pacific railway. Body at P J Finnegan undertaking parlors awaiting funeral arrangements. Survived by a sister in Utah.
New York June 24 The Union Pacific reports a May net operating income rise of 566 162 to 1 873 424 despite gross revenue dropping over 800 000. First five months net income fell to 9 029 914 from 11 791 586 a year ago while gross total dropped to 64 169 996.
A four day non stop tran Arctic airship route between England and Japan is proposed. The plan would fly across Scotland Norway Northern Russia Siberia and Saghalien covering about 5000 miles.
Finance Minister Catliaux introduced the 1925 French budget in the chamber of deputies for final discussion. The measure reflects amendments agreed with the senate and chamber finance committees.
Italian workers gain higher wages as living costs rise with inflation. Employers and unions negotiate to balance pay increases against market pressures, aiming to ease consumer hardship and stabilize domestic demand.
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