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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1913
Page
9
An advertisement extols branded flour with the slogan Use flour as Branded Above and Your Bread Will Be Perfect or It's the Wheat in the back. It explains First choice hard wheat is used and thoroughly scoured to remove dirt, asserting clean flour prevents sour bread and invites readers to note the difference in their bread.
The Omineca Herald reports copper ore from Highland Bay near Hazelton British Columbia operated by P J Jennings. A second tunnel 150 feet below the first has started and ore is reached five feet wide with improving grade 16 to 17 percent copper. Jennings and his son George are driving a third tunnel 600 feet farther down and expect to come in by early month with full details.
Butte selects preliminary lawn judges by street sections with S W Kemper J H Branscomb and P W Blake for east of Main and D J Charles J H Durston and Mrs Clinton H Moore for west. Final judges are Dr Peter Potter Victor Siegel and Octavius Hight with preliminary judging by Aug 15 and final by Sept 1. Prizes include 50 for best lawn 25 for next best and a sweepstakes cup.
In Butte, Tom Christie the bookkeeper departs on a ten day vacation leaving the Standard's office without its trusted time cue. Colleagues note his habit of punctuality and expect him to return at 11 47 a m on the tenth day. He will visit various Beaverhead county locations known for hay, cattle, horses, and fish.
Public Administrator T. J. Harrington as administrator of Alfred G. Hodge's estate obtained an order to accept a $1500 compromise offer from Anaconda Copper Mining Company for damages from an accident at work. Heirs are said to find the settlement satisfactory.
A 1,165 page history of the International Typographical union prepared by George A. Tracy details the union’s origins and development. It includes portraits of 31 past presidents and officers, notes conventions of 1851 1852 and 1860, and traces early national efforts from 1836 onward with key figures and events.
Gossip from Princeton centers on Esther Cleveland the White House baby as two Baltimore men, Herman Stump and H Gordon Ewing, both Princeton seniors, compete for her heart. Ewing, from Roland Park, is favored by many, while Stump plans an engineering path away from law. The story notes her birth in 1893, life at the White House, family ties, debut at Princeton, and a past engagement rumor to Randolph West.
A compiled Q A set covers specie payments resumption on January 1 1879 per congressional act of January 14 1875. It lists 3141 Philippine islands name origin from Prince Philip later King Philip of Spain and distances from Washington to Manila about 11000 miles 30 days travel with Manila noon being 104 a.m. next day. It notes Livingstone elevation 4491 feet. It records J B Wisner of Anaconda death date September 7 1906. It addresses land claims for foreigners with intent to citizenship and final papers, and provides names and offices of western mining figures operating in South America with Cerro do Pasco Peru details.
A local advertisement proclaims the twenty sixth semi annual sale at Bouchers offering reductions on every article. Savings reach up to one half with prices reduced this morning at 37 39 West Park Street.
Seven thousand women employed in east side knitting mills walked off work today demanding shorter hours higher pay and better sanitary conditions. Thousands of men joined in sympathy. It ranks among New Yorks largest labor disturbances since 1909 and the shirtwaist strike.
At Bouchers twenty sixth semi annual cleanup sale that starts this morning at 37 39 West Park street. Men’s five dollar hats offered at two dollars eighty five cents each in a value event intended to attract shoppers.
In St Paul, union officials say almost all of the 1,287 Northern Pacific railway telegraphers voted for a strike if needed to win higher wages and better working conditions. A conference between union representatives and railroad officials is expected later this week.
Gloucester Massachusetts reports the death of William Pitt Preble Longfellow, a nephew of the poet and a noted architect, at age 77. Topeka Kansas announces 75 miles of paved streets, marking progress in city paving.
City reports July receipts from general collections totaling 8,177.08 with 4,660.53 from encroachments and licenses at 10,011.25 while taxes reach 25,809.38. Total month receipts exceed 43,900 with detailed breakdowns in licenses, taxes, and disbursements, plus division of funds across multiple funds and reserves.
Advance notices hail Honor Thy Father as a powerful two reel feature at the Ansonia theater for the week. A loyal girl vows to keep her dying father’s money from her scheming wife and dissipated son, faces bullying and danger, and finally a drug plot as she resists. The program also includes The Spell, a Vitagraph drama, and a Rossi Duo act with Dill’s new film opening today plus matinee for ladies Friday and children Saturday.
Special Dispatch reports Mrs E H Harriman arrived at her Island Park Idaho summer home with her children and friends aboard a private train. The Harriman ranch spans 5000 acres in Yellowstone country as the annual summer retreat for the family.
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