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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1911
Page
22
Advertises Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as safe gentle cleansing laxative for women and kids, claims quick relief from indigestion headaches and colds, warns against imitations, urges buying only California Fig Syrup Co. labeled bottles, price 59 cents.
Market weak at close with renewed selling and lowest prices of the day. Analysts note banks may liquidate positions on rallies and expect further declines. copper and textiles show weakness while optimism for a cotton crop persists amid large year end orders and unsettled demand.
Chicago traders noted buyers and millers competing as farmers held back hard winter sales, pushing cash wheat higher. September futures traded near 84c per bushel with mixed moves across corn and oats. Cattle and hog futures firmed with steady cash trades, while overall market activity reflected strong demand and cautious selling. Pilsener and Haufbrau on draft at Windsor buffet.
In Benton Illinois at midnight Martin Shadowens shot Justice of the Peace James Mannon City Marshal John Stakin rider and spectator after being remanded to jail for examination. Deputy Tom Mackey shot and killed Shadowens as the confrontation erupted in a crowded courtroom.
San Francisco August 11 officials of the Southern Pacific deny reports that shop fortifications were intended to resist a strike. General manager E I Calvin superintendent R H Small and northern division chief J M Davis say no cots were ordered and layoffs, if any, result from slack work, not preparation for conflict.
Winnipeg August 11 The first arrest from the Butler election contest occurred in police court as H R Welsford registrar of voters lists was charged with refusing to register absentees as required by law Samuel Spense claimed the right to a place on the list for out of town hotel guests but was denied on technical grounds The bitter campaign in the West follows reciprocity changing party lines with ten thousand residents registered in Winnipeg yesterday about two thirds of the city vote.
A note found in a Salt River mouth cabin says the writer killed his partner after illness and the partner refused a doctor, then died by his own hand. The cabin near Salt River mouth housed two prospectors, one named Oliver from Edmonton.
Columbia resident K. S. J. Gallion, a ranchman, has four letters warning him to leave his wife or be killed. After a fake telegram claimed his baby was dying in Wyoming, he hurried home to Columbia where the threats followed.
Delegates from across the country converge on San Francisco for the International Typographical Union convention starting next week with a reception hosted by local printers. Additional delegates expected by tomorrow evening as the event opens.
A special election on November 1 will decide if the county is created. A protest signed by more than half of the electors has been filed with the board of commissioners. Judge J Miller Smith issued an alternative writ and ordered the cause shown August 22.
Santa Fe Aug 11 Former County Treasurer C H Chenault is under arrest and territorial traveling auditor John Joerns will audit the books from Chenaults term amid alleged shortages reported at 10900 dollars Friends of Chenault have claimed a discrepancy of 16000 dollars believed to have driven his retirement from office
Trinidad Aug 11 Constable W. N. Walker was set upon by two highwaymen while pursuing stolen livestock. He was shot and left for dead, found this morning, and rushed to hospital in critical condition. A storm then broke as he lay by the road for 12 hours.
In Iola Kansas Mayor Bollinger pardoned Mrs. Ella Reese who was to work out a fine on a rock pile for breaking rock. The city officials, judge’s ruling, and public debate over propriety ended as the mayor asserted power to grant the parole. Police Chief Coffields arranged the release hours after the decision.
The Lakes area offers a choice residence near Butte with electric Trailway city water and telephone service. Lot sizes 60 by 150 feet priced at $100 with abstract of title free with each deed and payments to suit the purchaser. Office on the property accessible via Englewood car line.
Springfield, Aug 11. John FE. P. Geraghty and his heiress bride appeared in happy frames at the house where the elopers were found last night. Mrs. Geraghty, daughter of Amos Tuck French, said no one could part them and that their happiness would prevail. The couple planned to use the house as headquarters while they tour the Berkshire hills. The groom consulted lawyers in Newport before the elopement regarding possible arrest for abduction. Julia, the bride, denied any abduction, saying she took Jack away, not the other way around. After a brief honeymoon they plan to return to Newport and settle in a cottage. Mrs. Geraghty, still in her white Newport suit, tended to a Boston terrier given by her husband.
New York announces that Alf Hayman a leading financial figure in American theater for two decades will retire from active work and reside abroad His interests have been transferred to his brother Hayman began as a promoter in 1883 in San Francisco and by 1889 led Columbia Theater chain in New York Chicago forming a major syndicate with Frohman Blumenthal Erlanger Nixon Zimmerman
New York reporters note that Congressman Ollie James of Kentucky Dr Harvey W Wiley and Col Henry Watterson are asked to act as a jury to decide a dispute between Albert Small and S H Jewett over the proper method of mixing a mint julep purse of two dollars and wagers totaling nearly three thousand dollars depend on the verdict.
Harry N. Atwood will start his flight to the Atlantic Ocean from St. Louis on Monday morning with a first stop planned at Springfield Illinois according to an official announcement.
A Black Hand bomb exploded in a crowded Italian area on Dago Hill in St. Louis last night killing a man and four women and seriously injuring about 14 others. The blast destroyed a two story brick building where 20 families slept. Letters from Brooklyn preceded the attack. Police and fire crews fought fires and searched wreckage through the night seeking victims.
Primitive men lived outdoors and ate fruit while modern people eat too little fruit and exercise too little. Food retained in the bowels decays and poisons enter the blood. to stay well one should eat Cascarets like food, in small steady doses. Get a 19 cent box now.
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