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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1925
Page
4
A satirical piece imagines airline tariffs by poundage with 200-pound crew, 1200 dollars for six men and 1200 for twelve 100-pound boys. It jokes of Turkish baths to shed surplus weight and disputes over equality, drawing on the Declaration of Independence and imagined weight classes and registered scales for weights and fares.
Tom J. Davis of Butte urges re dedicating to country service and peaceful ideals while honoring fallen soldiers. He rejects glorifying military past, calls for universal brotherhood and reflection on war’s miseries, and notes a luncheon gift ceremony for club volunteers.
The piece extols remembrance of heroic sacrifice from Valley Forge to the Argonne and Chateau-Thierry. It celebrates patriotism, loyalty, and peace with honor, urging unity, gratitude to soldiers, and resolve to defend the republic while seeking universal peace.
Proponents discuss charging passengers by weight with scales at ticket windows. A fat man would pay more based on weight while lean travelers pay less. proposed minimums include 100 for 100 from Butte to San Francisco and a dollar per extra pound, subject to a plane’s weight capacity.
The Republican National Committee under Chairman Butler plans mobilization for next year’s congressional races. With 26 Republican seats up and several doubtful states, Butler warns of potential losses that could reshape the 1928 presidential campaign.
The old Matson mine near Corbin will restart mining Monday under Record Mining Company with Homer Emerson in charge and a maximum crew of 100. After about a decade idle, the venture leverages improved silver and lead prices and zinc’s value to reopen the Corbin district site near the Alta and Gregory mines. George McDonald C B McCarthy and Harry H Austin form the new corporation with $100 000 capital and plan to revive the former output.
A marriage license was issued yesterday from the Silver Bow clerk of court J F Driscoll to Frank A. Herman 28 and Margaret Jean Pierce 25 both of Butte.
Butte will host an old-timers ball in June after a Butte Pioneer club meeting approved the event. Miles J. Cavanaugh was elected chairman of the executive committee. The evening featured poetry by Judge Cavanaugh, songs by local women, and varied dance styles including waltz and mazourka. A committee will organize the event and memberships were discussed.
A profile of Queen Mary detailing her lineage from Princess Mary to queen, her public duties, devotion to family, and practical habits. It notes her hands on approach to housekeeping, rationing during the war, personal oversight of tradesmen bills, and affable scenes with visitors like Miss Margaret Bondfield at Buckingham Palace garden parties.
Three pear pins were won by college students on Wednesday evening when the Underwood representative Fred Lavin led the monthly typewriting test at the school. Au Sta Ehrlich wrote at a net rate of four words per minute for 15 minutes in Rooke 72 and Pauline Virant, three cold, six silver and one bronze pin were also awarded to other students who took the same test. Many excellent papers were handed in with one student nearly at the 70 word prize. The awards plan, run by typewriter companies, motivates better work and strong results. Students at the school have won two Remington typewriters, but the pear pins won Wednesday mark the highest Underwood awards in some time.
The body of Florence Kane, 30, with clothing torn and skull crushed, was found in a vacant lot near her Brooklyn home by a milkman early today. Two diamond rings on her hands suggested robbery was not the motive. She had attended a theater last night.
Daily puzzle notes Ruth von Phol as cross word champion. William Davenport Jr writes on a seven and a half minute solve and lists across and down clues with many cryptic entries and oddities from the daily page.
Senator Willis of Ohio outlines three major tasks for the upcoming congress. Tax reduction will follow strong current surpluses and budget economies, with emphasis on limiting financial reform to tax measures. He calls for senate rule revision to curb filibusters and support timely debate, and urges action toward the United States joining the world court as a pledge fulfilled.
Astrological readings warn of planetary tension yet indicate luck for agriculture and real estate. Independent financial actions are advised, with expected moves toward land and colonization after a period of unrest in leadership and interviews with authorities. Birthdates bring anxiety but friends’ help, and children born today face ups and downs yet eventual personal advancement and luck.
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