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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1915
Page
2
Cloudbursts expose bedrock as Twin Bridges and Auger recoveries surface from Clipper gulch near Silver Star. Ernest Barkell shows large fold recovered above his place amid heavy rains. county fair track work begins to improve harness and running races. Many locals travel, visit relatives, and report harvests, floods, and medical updates across Deer Lodge and surrounding towns.
Garrison notes report Mr and Mrs J F Fowler left Aug for Missoula to spend the weekend with relatives and friends. Louis Kipp, a local farmer, traveled to Deer Lodge late in the week for business. Operator Harvey B Avery is mentioned in the segment.
Logan Aug 1 This week Northern Pacific passenger train running between Whitehall and Alders is derailed three miles south of Sheridan. The tender left the track and overturned. the rest of the train stayed upright though off the rails. No injuries. Wrecking crews from Livingston worked into the evening to re-rail the train. A special train carried passengers to Butte. Also notes heavy rains hinder hay crops and a wagon mishap injured a woman with broken ribs.
The first state meeting of Montana agriculturists concluded yesterday evening with L A Clinton of the U S Department of Agriculture as principal speaker and Prof F B Cooley giving remarks on rural organizations. A J Merrick, telegraph clerk at the Northern Pacific passenger station, leaves tomorrow for Denver Kansas City Detroit Owosso Niagara Falls to wed Mrs Merrick, who has been in the boat about two weeks. H C Riddle will supervise ticket clerk duties during Merrick's absence, and Operator Pat Kerledler will work an hour shift. Mr and Mrs Clark Green visiting Fred Roberts at Salesville will visit their Brookly home after touring the Great Lakes. they arrived via Denver Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City. Marty E Schipps has returned from Gardiner after arranging transport for tight cam or horses. The Elk Creek Ranch Co filed incorporation papers naming Alexander Van Du Mor s and Charles A Ruerup, capital stock $90,000 with $90 paid. the company aims to buy and sell Weatock grains and feed. Trobert T Trask, manager of the Jin County Farmers' Alliance, is delayed from Helena on business. Bozeman, Aug.
Three Forks notices show Mrs Andrew Ieltzer returning from the East after a month, W H Hunt hosted by his brother CL Hunt, and Mrs Lizzie Haskell on sick list with grippe. J W Drake and Augusta Drake arrive from Great Falls to visit, plan to move to Lewistown for winter. Miss Dorothy Drake joins them. J M Ingalls of Butte visits briefly. Charles Atzel hosts Emma Manry and Katie Mulvey from Chicago. Local officers installed at Odd Fellows lodge. land filings by D. Hammer and Van Auk. Frank Aldrich reports loss of items in heavy rain flood. Portland and Seattle trade commission news on hearings June 1 and Aug 14 set. foreign trade extension topic. British salt industry centers noted.
Ray Munkres of Drummond was thrown from a horse near Hall on Friday as the animal fell on him, injuring his collar bone and other unspecified wounds.
At Atlantic City New Jersey beach officials banished bathers wearing skirts above the knee. Censors checked approaches to the shore with a tape measure and a club ready to enforce the three inch limit as onlookers watched amused spectators and some bathers retreated in anger.
W. J. Little constable of a South Butte justice court shot and wounded a man who leveled a gun at him while Little watched the Hutte Socialist plant at 403 South Main street. The wounded man fled through an alley, leaving a blood trail outside the railing near the rear window. Little, awoken at 2 am, fired in self defense after seeing the flashlight and weapon aimed at him. He notified police after discovering the blood and said he did not know if the attacker targeted him personally or the plant. The incident follows Little’s noted history of sensational duty in the county.
The article questions the value of fumigation after infectious diseases citing medical doubts. It notes doctors favor disinfecting methods like wallpaper and soap over smoke and fumes and cites New York and Brooklyn as moving away from routine fumigation. The piece contrasts steam sterilization of instruments with doubts about room fumigation effectiveness amid data on disease trends.
The Mai Wah noodle house at 19 West Mercury street was badly damaged this morning when 20 white men fought with tables and chairs as weapons. Lights, windows, and doors were broken. the disturbance drew detectives and police. Five men were injured. Jack Coyne is sought by deputies amid alleged assault on Mrs. M Jones.
A lengthy Duma discussion outlines Russia facing a concentrated German assault and the potential loss of Warsaw as a strategic center. Officials urge sacrifice, unity, and national reform, signaling Poland autonomy talks after the war and a universal allegiance to Russia.
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