This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 20 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1921
Page
4
The text praises Turkish hospitals and Red Crescent care during conflict, noting well run operating rooms dressing rooms kitchens and dispensaries that compare to French hospitals. It acknowledges Turks’ humane treatment of their own people and compares Red Crescent to Red Cross, calling humanitarianism a growing global trend.
The article outlines the School of Mines student government structure with executive board members Arnold E. Borel Donnie Ryan Charlies McCheal and Hugh Quinn from Butte and Bradford, Pa. It notes class presidents Eddie Shea Ira Streibick Dennis Ryan Elton Wagner and Prof. W T Scott guiding student policies and conduct including a dance committee and cheer leader Bullis Frink, a Portland native with Oregon Agricultural College ties.
The national conference on unemployment urges concerted community action to coordinate work distribution and curb profiteering. It calls for immediate building and public works, removal of freight discriminations, and swift action by state and federal authorities to resume normal economic activity and reduce unemployment.
A Paris correspondent reports on Red Crescent activities in Eskishehr before Greek capture. Hospitals filled with battlefield wounded, large church and notable houses repurposed for care. Female nurses, young and from good families, work with patriotic devotion, moving about unveiled in White Crescent attire.
Two British labor MPs report that prohibition produced gains but is not complete, with bootleggers widespread and active. Chilean expert Dr Avalos notes law derision grows as evaders become seen as heroes, while many in dry circles condemn bootleggers as villains.
The piece surveys British reporting on India's political tension. It notes Gandhi promoting a boycott of English cotton goods and burning English garments in Bombay. Reports vary on sedition, with British authorities threatening stern measures amid rising religious tension and disquiet in India.
The piece lampoons public figures and current events with satirical remarks on Prohibition, Ku Klux Klan, Borah, German decline, Arbuckle's finances, and fears of Russia. It notes optimistic yet fragile hopes for civilization restoration and warns of sabotage by bolshevists amid economic and political tension.
Autopsy disclosed poison in Lewis with evidence in his possession. Thorn Berg whereabouts unknown, said to have gone from Twin Falls to Pullman for Washington State College training. District court adjourned after venire of 40 exhausted. a new venire ordered for Monday. Elisor W H Thompson to secure it. Eleven jurors seated. defendant and husband Paul Vincent Southard, and father W J Trueblood attended. Trueblood says he and wife will stand by daughter.
General John J Pershing arrived in Paris from Coblenz and planned the Unknown Soldier grave ceremony for the next day while overseeing essential business at the Hotel Crillon. A composite battalion of 706 officers and soldiers from the American Expeditionary Forces on the Rhine arrived after noon.
Poem fragment featuring a street scene where a police officer named Mike O Connor is praised for flags and patriotism. The speaker quips on death, mockery of the officer, and a playful jab at Dante Alighieri as dead for centuries.
In Kansas City Missouri choice liquors including Four Roses Johnny Walker Old Taylor and Old Crow are slated for auction along with 150 barrels of other wines and liquors seized since prohibition The sale permits only properly licensed druggists and manufacturers with permits while an angry mob is left outside the event.
Reports from New York at the eugenics congress quote Maj Leonard Darwin praising love marriages as natural eugenics and romantic ideals as less cold than some imagine. The Springfield Republic notes the remark as part of a broader miscellany of humor and opinion across papers.
Lawrence Mass. The star witness in district court appeared in stocking feet after being deprived of his shoes overnight on the Spicket river bank. A companion said Kane offered his shoes for pawning to fund another drink. The case was continued and Kane’s Shoes Heed exhibit returned to his feet.
United States Marshal Holohan reports Raymond Washington telegram urging hold on George Wilbur, tied to Roy Gardner escape. Wilbur said from San Francisco he did not know he was wanted and might return. Chief Shumway notes Wilbur was in Tacoma on Gardner’s escape date, unclear if he aided.
Anaconda high school girls enrolled in the athletic course have been practicing baseball and hockey for a week. Miss Karen Hansen expects to arrange several class-team games once schedules and a hockey field are prepared, with 11 girls in the hockey lineup mirroring football positions.
Ely Kovacecich and Mike Ilovich were arrested by Sheriff Real at 722 Fast Park Avenue and charged with dispensing intoxicating liquor. They were arraigned before Federal Commissioner John W. James, pled not guilty, and bonds of 509 were set each. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for next Monday afternoon. They are held in the county jail awaiting the bond in federal court as a property bond.
Edna Murphy and Johnnie Walker star in Play Square at the Imperial theater tonight. The film tells of a small town youth who moves to the city, falls under bad influence, becomes a thief, and is reformed by a Judge who believes in him, driven by love for his mother and a country girl.
Mr and Mrs William Amer have returned from an extended trip to California They stopped in Salt Lake City en route for several days and later went to Los Angeles making their headquarters there while visiting San Diego and other cities in the vicinity They returned by the coast route remaining several days in the larger places.
The Anaconda Masonite lodge opened the winter season with a pretty dancing party last night in the lodgerooms. About 100 guests attended, with several nearby cities represented.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. De Muth of Heron Lake Minnesota, touring after their honeymoon, visit the home of their uncle and aunt Mr. and Mrs. John McCarvel en route home. Mrs De Muth formerly Miss Geraldine Sullivan who spent a summer here two years ago. A joked exchange about a telephone shock ends conversation with a judge’s quip.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.