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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1922
Page
12
Police report a surge of speed violations as spring brings more cars to streets. Officer Joe Sage and others have fined motorists from $10 to $25 for dangerous driving, with Chief Murphy promising further enforcement to protect lives on crowded thoroughfares.
City urges drivers to cooperate in lowering speeding to a minimum and notes the addition of four officers to arrest offenders.
Nan Mountjoy, former Cardwell teacher and daughter of Wiley Mountjoy, received one of seven annual William Randolph Hearst scholarships. The awards honor young women of exceptional ability and aim to fund a college education. Mountjoy and another nonresident Californian were chosen among applicants.
Mountain View Montana commandery No 3 Knights Templars will gather Sunday for worship after Ascension with a 10 am assembly at the Masonic temple and an 11 am sermon by Rev C L Clifford of Mountain View. Dinner for members and ladies follows at 1 pm in the Masonic banquet hall. Officers elected include Eminent Commander Samuel Blair and Generalissimo George R Good with a list of appointive officers.
Divorce from Joseph Fried noted, with mention of a Durant marriage. Advance reviews praise Chauncey Olcott and his Irish comedy Ragged Robin at the Broadway. Olcott to perform songs including In Dublin’s Gate, Sweet Girl of My Dreams, and I Used to Be in Fairies as the play unfolds.
Louis Strol was yesterday found guilty in police court on a charge of careless driving and was fined $10 by Police Judge Shi.
Mithun retiring pastor of the Norwegian Lutheran church at Butte and Anaconda was complimented by his parishioners. In Butte a farewell reception was held Wednesday evening and in Anaconda Tuesday evening a similar gathering occurred. Martin Bjorgum presented a purse of money and praised the pastor's three years of service. He will move to Stanley North Carolina to take a new pastorate and preach his farewell sermon Sunday. Nellie Fried has begun an action for unknown relief.
Col Matt Winn announced from New York that Ben Block owner of Jorvic the Kentucky Derby winner has entered the Special race 330000 and the 19000 added Latonia Derby at Latonia which opens June 6 ensuring a strong field for the Teameeting.
In Butte a law observance week begins Sunday with sermons urging strict enforcement of statutes. Pastors will preach on law, encourage civic unity, and highlight community efforts like beautifying the city, gardening clubs, playgrounds, parks, and civic projects. A mass meeting at the chamber of commerce rooms will push law observance as a civic duty.
A fragmentary note discusses eczema eruptions and skin pimples, linking causes to blood impurities. The wording is incomplete but suggests a health education approach common in older newspapers. No specific remedies or authorities are clearly identified in the readable text.
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