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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1917
Page
11
An old advertisement touts Maye's Wonderful Remedy as a universal cure for stomach, liver, and bowel troubles. It claims relief from indigestion, ulcers, liver stones, and chronic pain, urging readers to trust the product and seek it via druggists in Anacorda and nationwide.
The Montana delegation received telegrams asking federal action in Butte amid mounting unrest. Representative Jeannette Rankin spent the day seeking help from the labor department, the attorney general, the President's secretary, Tumulty, the War Secretary, and AFL leader Samuel Gompers. Rankin planned to pursue further channels to preserve order and seek relief.
An uncensured account recalls the first hanging near Rocker in Silver Bow County in 1867 or 1868. Dan Haile decided a Chinese man must hang to satisfy him, killing and stringing the victim from a log without trial or witnesses. The episode highlights raw frontier justice and anti Chinese sentiment of the era.
Construction work on the Y M C A building at Park and Washington is to be rushed with bids expected in three weeks. Architect Floyd Hammit, back from Chicago, advised changes due to ore excavations and a hanging wall on the corner lot. Work starts now and aims to finish before cold weather. Meanwhile Mrs Della E Wicks and her son Joseph, reportedly leaving Wallace, Idaho, with Mrs Paulson, are being sought by Mrs Minnie Carpenter of Spokane. Mrs Wicks, 21, disappeared a year and a half ago, leaving no word on her whereabouts.
Butte officials moved toward repaving the business district with new material, opening improvement district bids. Only one bid for Park Street paving by Maguire and Saner, while others await Friday night council action. Fire department work bid from America-LaFrance at 5800. Police vehicle bids range 2000 to 2800. Union wage requests and city pay talks noted. bell at city hall controversy. mayor granted three weeks leave starting Aug 8. Manganese shipments to Chicago set at 7 per unit, with wage changes among local mines influencing strikes.
The ad lists Tianen ovens for sale with prices: 350.00 for a 1 inch model, 838.00 for a 2 inch model, and 48.50 for a 2Q inch model. Ambiguous measurements and unclear specifications accompany the entries.
The city faced extreme heat with hundreds perishing in a single day as a brief afternoon storm brought relief and then temperatures rose again. The piece notes the ongoing suffering and a movement in Congress on conscription for fallen nationals, while Nansen met with President Wilson in Washington.
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