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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1922
Page
4
California ex service men were invited to join the Ku Klux Klan but State Commander Quinn withdrew after learning its principles. The Montana ex executive committee passed a vote of confidence in Quinn and warned legionnaires against the organization describing its ruling spirit as fanatical prejudice with attendant evils.
The piece recalls Charles R. Crane facing a purported 20 year sentence by a French court in Damascus amid diplomatic friction with the American consul. It notes Crane left for Paris and questions the pursuit, comparing him to a legendary escape by Paul. It also mentions California American Legion resolutions opposing Ku Klux Klan membership.
Californians flocked to Sacramento for a historical Days of ’49 celebration with fake saloon fronts and mining camp paraphernalia. The piece notes Montana ties to California’s early mining era, praising revival pageantry while reflecting on change and pioneer virtues.
A collage of editorial notes on urban auto safety. Grand jury urges school-based safety education with pamphlet textbooks. proposed 20 mph speed limit and operator exams for car buyers. Other items comment on politics, Darwinism debates, and tariff forecasts, reflecting era concerns.
A melodramatic tale follows Georges Claude Blancatort who saves his twin Ludovic from crime as love tests loyalty with Zizi and Mile and Tine, two youngsters captured for the Saint-Cast fortune. Joanny, a beggar, becomes entwined in schemes amid escape, betrayal, and pursuit across Paris, Brittany and Port Navajo.
Excerpts reveal a murder plot unfolding at sea with Joanny and a boy, amid stormy weather. Characters including a girl and drunken spouses are involved as they cast off lines, separate boats, and land ashore at dawn. The scene ends with the wrecked couple believed to be innocent victims.
Fragmentary OCR from a 1920s trial note mentions Conley personal automobiles used from prison garage. Witness cites one car reserved for Mrs Conley and a week in November 1920 when two Conley cars consumed 75 to 100 gallons of fuel. Officials discuss Mrs Comey in hospital and a church address at Shortridge Memorial Washington Mercury streets.
Samuel G. Patchell chief payroll examiner and Frederic Geltinger a clerk were suspended pending investigation into alleged removal of papers. Joseph S. Shahan was transferred to Atlanta and B. P. Smith to Boston. Additional suspensions possible as the bureau pursues the case. Elmer Lotrey denied any political or religious connections probe.
A dense schedule of church services across Butte featuring Methodist, Presbyterian, Scandinavian, and Lutheran congregations. It lists pastors, service times, Sunday schools, and sermons including titles like Law Observance, Builder of Destiny, Our Sonship, Things Worth Remembering, and My Country with details for locations such as Atlantic Street, Silver and Montana Streets, and Gold Hill.
The Butte meeting urged creating a distinctly American merchant fleet as war lessons show high foreign shipping costs. Capt Slayton warned that the United States paid billions to rely on foreign carriers and urged bills to aid American shippers, with resolutions calling senators to back fair measures and form intermountain trade cooperation.
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