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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1923
Page
4
The Anafonda Standard reports a gang leader is shot and killed in a taxicab outside a courthouse after threats of blackmail. The piece emphasizes gang violence in broad daylight amid police patrols and public indifference to law.
September 6 marks the birth of Lafayette and the Battle of the Marne. President Coolidge urged general observance. Lafayette, a young French officer, aided the American cause in the Revolution and became major general after volunteering. The Battle of the Marne reshaped limits of imperialism and stands as a milestone for freedom.
An editorial contrasts modern gangsters with old desperadoes noting their brutal, collective violence in New York and Chicago. It describes a case where a youth is shot and stabbed after being warned by blackmailers linked to the gang and hints at police action amid incomplete evidence.
The Connecticut motor vehicle department reports a sharp rise in licenses suspended for drunk driving since prohibition took effect. July figures show a 370 percent increase versus July 1922 as courts grow stricter. Across the nation, fatalities occur every 50 minutes and injuries every two seconds, with 15,000 expected deaths this year and 1,700,000 injured. Car ownership rises to 120 per 1000 residents from 115 in 1922, with about 13,254,000 motor vehicles in use nationwide.
A collage compares 1860 pony express dangers with 1923 travel by modern riders on better roads. It notes railroads reached San Francisco via St Joseph, praises Senator Gwin for Pony Express beginnings, and comments on Mussolini, the League of Nations, and contemporary figures Firpo and Dempsey amid global tension.
Raggedy Ann Raggedy Andy and Ned Gnome leave two witches tangled in tar after drinking lemonade. The witches blame their misstep on not watching where they were going and beg Freddy Fox for help with a long stick. The fox asks how they entered the tar and suggests closing their eyes to escape.
In a wooded scene Freddy Fox helps two witches trapped in tar by pulling them out with a long stick. They promise rewards but back away, so he pushes them back into the tar and escapes, leaving the witches to their sticky fate.
Astrological reading predicts favorable day for women taking charge and seizing opportunities. Theaters may enjoy high attendance and new stars rise. aviation use to expand in the West and likely in army service within two years. Warns of winter hardships, labor tensions in the South, and potential deceitful influences. virgins may marry soon and Children born on this day face supreme success.
Trilby endures a moral awakening after posing for Carrel in La Source. The model fears judgment from peers as Little Billee reacts, prompting Trilby to write a confession letter to the Laird. She resolves to abandon sittings, seek her old blanchisseuse life, and awaits a friend’s visit as remorse deepens.
In Aden, Arabia, there are no water pipes and all drinking water is condensed and sold at 1% cents per gallon. Ice produced from this supply commands a price of $20 per hundred pounds, highlighting severe water scarcity and rationing challenges in the port city.
Judge J M Self and Court Reporter H E Jones arrive in Polson for the Lake county court's first session Tuesday morning. The Polson court is the sixth in the fourth judicial district, with Missoula, Hamilton, Thompson Falls and Superior hosting the others. Three judges in the district handle all courts, and Self resides in Hamilton as required. Most cases heard come from Missoula county, with a few filed originally elsewhere.
Hamilton September 5 Dr BE W Haggard of Lexington Kentucky formerly veterinarian at Marcus Daly racing stables is in Hamilton visiting old friends It is his first trip to the valley in several years He notes many changes since his last visit and praises the improved Bitter Root conditions He has run a racing stable in Kentucky for several years
Pullerton Fullerton and Miss Lina Hangas were married last Sunday at St Pauls Episcopal Church by Rev Richard Whitehouse. The bride’s sister Eini Hangas and William Hay attended. Mrs Hangas is daughter of Emil and Mrs Hangas longtime Sleeping Child district residents and cashier at the local telephone office. The groom is son of W J Fullerton and an employee of Valley Mercantile. They left Sunday on an auto tour of Montana for two weeks.
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