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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1916
Page
9
Anna Matoole has filed a new action against Jerry R Sullivan seeking 5000 for personal injuries from an alleged January 28 1913 assault. She previously sued for services as housekeeper and for feeding him, with verdicts of 1580 then 1760 after retrials.
The Local Government Board secretary William Hayes Fisher explained in the house of commons that the pension list for widows and dependents of non-commissioned officers and men, plus partially disabled NCOs, starts at six million pounds. The figure is based on up to 320 deaths, with increases allowed if deaths exceed that number and additional grants for officers and men in need.
Mrs Joseph Chamberlain widow of the late British statesman married the Rev William Hartley Carnegie rector of St. Margaret in a simple Westminster ceremony this morning. She was formerly Miss Mary Endicott of Massachusetts daughter of the late William Endicott secretary of war under President Cleveland.
North Pacific Lumber company has been placed in the hands of a receiver in Portland on suit by Walter B. Mackay secretary manager and major stockholder. The company is not insolvent but faces imminent insolvency from market difficulties with debts claimed at 726000. ANGER APPOINTED to U S board of mediation and conciliation in Washington.
June 14 survivors of the steamer Bear recall a wreck off the Ham Bolt coast between Portland and San Francisco. Five people died in the breakers as passengers, in lifeboats and in makeshift divings, fought exposure and fear until relief arrived at Eureka. Salvage work continues amid heavy seas with hopes to recover machinery from the damaged vessel.
The sun Uranus and Jupiter align in favorable aspects promising gains in business and speculation. Market manipulation may cause panics rather than natural shifts. forecasters urge caution. Predictions include boosted chances in personal influence loans and public esteem with risks of accidents and quarreling in the year ahead.
London dispatch reports a German press flap urging retaliation against neutral subjects who fight for Germanys enemies. A letter quotes treatment as franchireurs and calls for shooting such individuals, drawing parallels to German actions if the roles were reversed.
The Empress theater opened a weeklong Hippodrome vaudeville road show with The Joy Riders led by Menlo Moore. Acts by Jerry and Gretchen O’Meara, The Five Belmonts, The Boward Zoeller Trio, and Hol White and Flo Brown drew large applause and praise. The program included Pathe news and music, ending with Lillian Gish in The Little School.
Manager Noble and Professor Johnston present another midweek music event at the American theater for interested patrons. The program highlights performances by Shamber R and Johnston in a night of ensembles and solos.
Kathryn Williams stars in a desert island tale with Iren Ball Not Cover and Ty Tone Power as co lead. A shipwrecked woman believes the man is her husband while her memory falters. Also featuring Mutt and Jem cartoons by Hud Fisher and Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Drew. Charley Chaplin heads to the Orpheum with The Fireman.
The Ansonia theater shows The Weakness of Man a World Film feature today and tomorrow starring Holbrook Milan with Margaret Anglin in Woman of No Importance. Also billed is Tolstoy’s The Living Death with Count Leo Tolstórs. The second series of the glacier park pictures will be shown Sunday.
The Central Presbyterian church, without a pastor since Rev R J Jensen’s resignation, has secured Rev George W Thomas from Three Forks where he led the church for nine years. At about 40 with a wife and two children, he will begin duties Sunday delivering a sermon series on inspirational social evangelistic and missionary themes including a study of the spirit.
Susan Myrick of Milledgeville Georgia is highlighted as the first woman to enroll in the national eugenics registry for race betterment. The registry aims to compile a list of humans rated for health and mentality, with Miss Myrick scoring highly and setting a precedent for future entrants.
Plans announce a brick hotel and store building on the northeast corner of Mercury and Arizona Streets. Charles W Lane states the three Arizona Street stores will accompany a 40 room hotel on the upper two floors. Designed by M Warren, the bid process for the tion remains incomplete.
Fragmented list of real estate transfers names many individuals and properties in a convoluted OCR. Key entries include Fareman to Tarael Des Jardine for a quarter acre, William Jardine to Israel Desion on section 32,18, Mrs A J Marshall widow, George B Posey to Trimp & Dragnest commune lot 18 block fa Valles, Harry L Tanner to Shelby Irvine, Miners Say Inn Bank and Trust Company entry, and several other parcels across blocks and additions with nominal sums cited.
Mrs George Schaeffer of 28 South Washington Street woke to learn a missing diamond had been traced to a loan secured by Anna Towers Hera at 1433 Rampson Street. The pawnbroker identified a child from the Hera home and Mrs Bere as the woman who obtained an $8.76 loan. She denied robbery and was released on bail set by her husband.
Orton Bros store runs a six day sensational sale with a $5 down option and $10 monthly payments drawing many Butte Montana residents. Five homes received used pianos during the event as buyers rush to choose from the offered instruments. Orton Bros promises free home delivery and first payment on payday, highlighting a strong push in local home music interest.
Promotions granted men on the Great Northern Railway yesterday elevate C F general manager of Jtland and Spokane to assistant general manager with St Paul HQ. J C Tonkin becomes assistant superintendent with telegraph valuation duties. Other appointments include F Schule master mechanic at Havre and J Benson quarter mechanic at Great Falls.
Work to clear the southeast corner at Park and Main tomorrow to make space for a new theater by local contractors. Wreckers will demolish historic doors and facades, including the Board of Trade saloon Mug saloon State cafe Sigel's clear store Faier restaurant and Brennan cigar shop and three smaller establishments.
San Pedro California August 3 local dock workers and lumbermen who have been on strike since June are to return to work late today. Most of the men will resume work at the docks here tomorrow. Longshoremen who went on strike at the same time are still held out on the question of reinstatement.
In Corfu Serbia the government plans convocation of the Serbian parliament. King Peer and the Greek government have been advised of the move. The text also notes aluminum as a major component of Earth's crust, surpassed only by oxygen and silicon.
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