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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1923
Page
4
The piece describes three failed kidnapper attempts against an Italian father of a kidnapped boy in New York. Police guarded him around the clock, with patrols accompanying family members when they left home. The article frames the protection as a democratic standard applied to all, regardless of wealth or influence.
A London aged account portrays China as in disorder with regional warlords wielding power, heavy taxes, opium profit schemes, devalued currency, and neglect of public works. In New York a murder trial notes how a father’s insistence on testifying against kidnappers led to four convictions and possible death penalties for two suspects.
From the American Railway Association comes figures showing 1 810 deaths and 5 388 injuries from grade crossing incidents in 1922, up from 1921. While 97 percent of drivers are careful, the 3 percent cause all harm. Railroads push safety campaigns with civic and educational partners, adopting Cross Crossings Cautiously as a public message and promoting caution posters.
In Baltimore area experiments by chemical warfare and weather researchers aim to maximize smoke production for frost protection. Smoke screens can keep ground temperatures well above freezing, shielding crops. The piece notes government effort benefits farmers and mocks agrarian critiques, while touching on politics, universities, and upcoming summer forecasts.
The article reports broad local support for a paving drive in Butte with Kiwanis Rotary Chamber of Commerce and the civic group backing a south outlet. Donors and property owners to be contacted before completion, with donor names printed in the booklet and daily press. Matter and aides spent the day distributing supplies and assisting road agents with reports and logistics for today's drive.
The Salvation Army advisory committee announced delaying its annual drive for 12 000 to a later week May 28 to June 4 to support a highway campaign on Montana Street. The group will help raise 35 000 needed for the road project while cooperating with civic efforts for Butte. T J Davis chairs with B Howell.
B J Boorman testified before the Montana railroad board that freight rates forced him to exit Montana business. He previously ran 20 retail lumber yards, a cabinet factory and mill at Great Falls, and a wholesale operation at Kalispell in 1917, but said rates hindered competition in eastern markets, especially after selling his first yard before the rate hikes amid drought-affected dryland areas.
A local program at Central Presbyterian Church corner Utah and Firat streets offers a Friday evening entertainment. The 40 voice chorus performs Wake Wake Wake with soloist Mia Rema, plus a reading by Mrs Corll Dunstone and a County reading read by Miss Dor. The 18 ladies present a play with duets by Laura Sarah Bellte and Miss Behutey ing, plus songs by Glades Brew and Mrs Herbert Reusser. The program ends with The Sound in Song performed by the chorus and soloists.
Friends and Machinists union members gathered at Walsh's chapel to escort the late D B Grisley to East Lake City for burial. Pallbearers named Angus Mes Leod William Meatian George W Nevin Harry Burke James O'Brien and J H L O Mara assisted in the procession.
The narrative traces Jay Gould’s iron and railroad empire through mergers and alliances with Morgan Rockefeller and Carnegie. It notes his leadership of major railroads, residence in Europe, 1920s health decline, and an influential life ending amid European recuperation and French luxury before his death.
City council discussed licensing all auto drivers and renewing terms for six months by unanimous vote. Debates over sidewalk encroachments, street closures for band concerts, and street obstruction risks followed as officials weighed safety against civic events.
Word from Butte says Dr. T E Winecoff formerly of the Y M C A and later a lay missioner of the Episcopal church won the $50 prize for the best sermon in Wyoming. The supreme court unanimously selected his entry as the most meritorious among many submissions from all denominations.
Jury hears testimony on Axel Holmquist drawn by alleged epilepsy and mistreatment by family. Doctors clash over mental state while prosecutors argue sane, deliberate killings of Fred Holmquist ex wife and a boy. Defense urges insanity. jurors told to consider first or second degree murder or not guilty by reason of insanity.
The Anaconda Standard notes Ms Butte om Meo was moved into a bank building, likely due to manager Joe Sirkham’s prior move with The Gazetta. Sirkham aims to bring Billings ideas to Butte.
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