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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1921
Page
4
A brief item from Montana's leading daily notes road class coverage. Details are sparse but indicate ongoing event activity and local involvement in transportation topics.
The piece reflects on Theodore Roosevelt's enduring influence on public discourse and citizenship formation, contrasting his legacy with postwar America. It discusses President Harding era race issues, abolition of lynching, and a House bill seeking penalties for mob violence with a $10,000 fine to victims’ relatives, urging strong action against lynching.
President Harding urged a policy of racial relationship while stressing political and economic equality of whites and blacks in a Birmingham address. He warned that social equality is hard to practice amid heredity and environment factors and noted the North South tensions from black migration. He indicated Southern white supremacy as the dominant issue and warned against granting suffrage to the Negro.
A reflective column on New York amid European notables and the Washington conference. It contrasts the city’s thriftness, outside money magnetism, and hotel bustle with political tensions, Wilson’s health, and Harding era reforms. It notes unemployment, liquor laws, and presidential progress in a brisk editorial tone.
Frank Erickson, a blind newsie known for his enduring smile, was struck by a car while crossing Main Street in front of the Hennessy store. He was dragged about ten feet and treated by a physician. injuries are not serious but will keep him home for a few days.
At about 11 o clock Ruth Aide nom were, entering through a bathroom transe, Carl Christen of Aberdeen reported his home was broken into while the family was away. Valuables stolen included a lady's wrist watch a stickpin and a child's bank collection of about $3 in mail silver and pennies.
Five people dead in Tampa and St. Petersburg as the gulf storm wrecks property across the area. Lee county losses exceed 1.5 million dollars with water covering Estero island and dangers to beach resorts, casinos, and cottages. Sacramento reports minor injuries from a wind storm causing 50 000 dollars damage. A wage cut proposal in Lynn targets 13 000 shoe workers in related factories.
The horoscope predicts a fortunate day for publicity and theater with potential profits from leases and attractive merchandise. Weddings are favorable, artistic trades may prosper, and public taste in arts could improve. However Mars and Saturn bring unrest, domestic disharmony, potential for divorces, and warned health risks amid grim world outlooks including riots in the US and war risks for Britain.
Butte awoke to a snowstorm that began modestly in the evening, subsided, and then reactivated after midnight. The event marked an abrupt shift as conditions intensified early in the morning, signaling a developing storm for the area.
Missouri public service commission issued an order directing railroads in the state to reduce grain, grain products, and hay rates by about 8.6 million dollars based on this year's crop. The changes take effect November 9 with full operation by November 20. Missouri becomes the first state to enact such reductions after a broader action by the state commerce commission. The order notes wheat and corn charged up to 131 thousand dollars more in 1921 than in 1920, and it estimates railroad wage reductions in Missouri will reach about 3.486 million dollars annually.
Helena Oct 26 J G Wright of Butte was awarded the state board of examiners contract to install plumbing and heating for the metallurgical building at the school of mines in Butte. Wright bid 11945 dollars. The Magill Nevin Plumbing and Heating Company bid 16492 dollars.
The Reichstag backed Dr. Wirth's new ministry by a 280 to 132 vote. The majority came from socialist, independent socialist, centrist, and democrat camps as Berlin reports a tense confidence session ending with approval of the cabinet.
A photo shows a promising young captain in the United States Army who later became famous as General John J. Pershing. The piece notes how time changes a person’s appearance from military life to prominence.
In San Francisco the pouch of registered mail was recovered after a bandit shot and killed Frank B. Adams, a Ferry postoffice guard. The pouch held 120 pieces of registered mail. Adams died in hospital before an ante mortem statement could be taken. Two clerks, W. W. Needham and Willar 8. Fleming, were forced into a vault during the burglary before the bandit disappeared with the pouch.
Special dispatch from Billings, Ort. 26 details heiress to half a million dollars, Mrs. Gould known as Tex Hayes, living in a tar paper shack near Billings with her husband Jack Gould. Relatives sought her return to claim a $200,000 share from a vast Texas-Northwest ranch fortune tied to her grandfather.
The Senate without recorded vote adopted a substitute provision in the tax revision bill, making the excess profits tax repeal certain starting January. The floor action followed a rejected 42 to 31 amendment by Senator Reed proposing a 20 percent tax on 1921 net income above invested capital thresholds. six Republicans joined the minority.
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