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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1926
Page
4
A garbled column condemns careless drivers and runaway traffic, urges police action, and notes public concern over highway safety. It discusses labor use, ink production shifts, Fourth of July fireworks production rising, and political jabs about figures like Ma Ferguson and international affairs amid a stream of diverse commentary.
Brief OCR reads Wednesday morning dateline September 8 with fragments mentioning a newspaper page segment. Other details are unreadable with limited context.
The article outlines Spain’s withdrawal from the League of Nations amid friction over Tangier with General de Rivera and Mussolini in alliance. It notes Nicaragua's protest against Mexico and contrasts Nepal’s abolition of slavery with U.S. ongoing slavery claims, plus broader reflections on global power and American industrial capacity in 1925.
Anaconda football coach Sugrue begins workouts with five veterans and several green players as the squad acclimates to uniforms. Practice includes light conditioning today and drills leading to scrimmage, with the season’s first game schedule still pending approval of registration and equipment readiness. In Deer Lodge County, county funds statements show August balances, receipts, and expenditures across general, road, and other funds, detailing revenue sources and year‑to‑date totals.
On the first day of registration, city parochial public and high schools reported 2,433 students, 242 fewer than last year. Principals expect a late surge with 80 to 700 more students possible, led by Lincoln School and the high school, while St Pauls and St Peters anticipate modest gains.
Judge Murphy yesterday collected 395 in fines and forfeited bonds after a session that included multiple drunkenness cases and nuisances. Notable penalties: Joseph Browne and S Holloway forfeited 160 each. Ashley street and Alder street raids by city police led to arrests under Assistant Chief Osborne. Several defendants received fines or warnings, with one choosing county jail over a 50 fine.
Mrs Warren Olson and daughter Miss Signe depart today for Portland and Bremmerton for a month visiting relatives. James McCarthy, of 517 Oak Street, returned after three weeks in Seattle visiting his daughters. Lewis Danielson, son of Mr and Mrs J R Danielson, is seriously ill at the family home 209 East Third Street.
Anaconda’s city council awarded Bingham of Anaconda the paving contract to resurface West Park Avenue. Bid totaled 32 500 dollars, 2 210 under the next bidder L T Lawler of Butte. Plan calls for 17 000 square yards of bitulithic wearing surface over existing pavement, to be finished by October.
Heating experts say the best system provides constant air renewal and humidity. Air enters a cast iron chamber over the fire, is heated intensely, then discharged into a dome and flows into the room through four side openings.
Fire Chief Collins explains extra pay for a city driver for additional mechanical work. The ways and means committee recommended disallowing Edith Heausdell petition seeking pay for her late husband, a former police chief, covering two months before his death, a report adopted unanimously. A sidewalk lighting petition from Pine and Commercial avenues residents was sent to the light committee.
Anaconda residents organized the Anode Football club at a meeting in the Montana hotel. Jim Mc Nulty was elected president with Gene Murphy John Roney and Charles Callan on the executive committee. A constitution and by laws were adopted and plans set to raise funds through a dance to buy equipment.
Anode Football Club plans a late week stage and will open membership to the public. Dues will be $1 per year, McNulty said, and will be used exclusively to supply equipment.
The horoscope notes a calm day with favorable Moon signs for activity yet warns of possible faulty thinking and heightened risk from negative mental suggestions in coming weeks. It predicts a strong year for art venues and theaters, with individuals born on this date likely to seek love and high achievement, amid potential setbacks.
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