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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1916
Page
13
Tim Hanley, born in Calumet Michigan, has lived in Butte for 20 years and worked around the mines. He lost a limb in an accident 13 years ago and is described as fair and reliable, pledging to perform the office duties to the best of his ability. Paid political advertisement.
Louis Martucci caddie master at Essex County Country Club in West Orange New Jersey notes a remarkable young golfer. Despite a severe handicap, Martucci believes the prodigy would not be safe with a five stroke handicap per eighteen holes, a claim highlighting extraordinary talent.
E F Berry’s cottage broke through the ice on Alfords lake this spring near Rockland Maine. It was pulled from the water and towed ashore behind a rowboat after the chimney was removed to allow it to float toward the landward lot.
Mrs. Charles F. Bond of Beaver Falls Pennsylvania confronted a masked burglar at her home and pleaded for mercy. She asked him not to alarm the neighborhood or fetch the police because her husband was seriously ill. The intruder agreed to leave after promising not to alert others.
Report describes thin paper kettles used by Japanese troops. Filled with water and heated over a fire, they boil in about ten minutes and can be used eight to ten times.
A pocket kit for travelers includes a miniature clothes line push pins and half a dozen tiny clothes pins to aid washing small garments on the go.
A report notes about 1,800 gas plants operate nationwide, underscoring the breadth of gas infrastructure and its role in energy supply.
The Hughes Helena meeting at the Auditorium drew a packed crowd as the Cooney for Governor club from Great Falls arrived by special train of eight cars to greet the Republican presidential candidate. Senator Dixon praised a reunited party while criticizing the Democratic administration and urged support for Hughes and Tinghes.
Copenhagen reports the Danish steamer Storebeint carrying 1700 casks of butter 000 barrels of pork and more eggs was captured by German forces and taken to Swinemuende. A separate Malmo dispatch says a submarine sank one of several German steamers convoyed by armed trawlers and torpedo boats.
Paris dispatch says French forces attacked the third German line from Harne court to the river north of the Somme, a 60 kilometer advance. They report capturing all trenches to a depth of 1,000 meters and penetrating Maurepas village, with about 1,000 prisoners and 380 machine guns taken.
Street railway strikes in New York provoke a dispute between F W Whitridge of the Third Avenue Railroad and Oscar S Straus of the Public Service Commission. Straus accuses Whitridge of breaking his arbitration pledge and arousing the walkout. Whitridge is said to have been repudiated by his directors.
Probate filed for J Frank Wade's dated June 19, he died August 8. He leaves all possessions to his wife who is named executrix. The estate includes a Rice addition home, a West Virginia heir share, a Wyoming ranch half interest, and a half share in a Park Street saloon in Butte.
The Women’s Protective Union members state they were not involved in the recent card party for an injured young woman. Miss Lena Antonalla, the union’s business agent, says claims she organized fundraising were a mistake and not accurate.
A Monhegan visitor sat in the only barber chair with half a shaved face when a shout of mackerel to the south drew the barber away. He returned to find a vanished customer but a $209 catch awaiting him.
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