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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1913
Page
9
An old advertisement extols Knowlton's Danderine as a hair cleanser and conditioner. It claims to remove dust and oil, stop itching and hair loss, and even stimulate new hair growth after weeks of use. The copy urges buying a 25 cent bottle from drug or toilet counters.
Judge James W. Gerard, newly appointed ambassador to Germany, laments embassy housing costs and customs as he seeks a residence in Berlin. He notes two suitable mansions in Tiergarten and central Berlin priced around 19000 dollars yearly, with a 17500 dollar salary and 6000 dollars for office rent. He plans to consult President Wilson and Secretary Bryan before leasing.
George Wesley Davis filed a formal protest against Morris A. Davis being named administrator of the John A. Davis estate. Six objections allege Morris A. Davis is not a Montana resident, not competent to serve, and under undue influence from Andrew J. Davis, an heir with opposed interests.
Baltimore was chosen as the 1915 convention site for the American Federation of Catholic Societies at the closing session in Milwaukee. Officers were re-elected: President Charles I. Denechaud, New Orleans. Secretary Anthony Matre, St. Louis. Treasurer F. W. Heckenkamp, Quincy, Ill. Rev. Raphael Fuhr of Los Angeles urged San Francisco as the 1915 venue during the Panama Exposition and Catholic week.
In Lexington Missouri on August 13 hundreds of men on boats, horseback and on foot hunted Goerdie Winkfield, a young Black person, accused of murdering 13 year old Estelle Potter whose naked body was found on her father’s farm. Open threats to lynch and a minister’s call for death or burning.
Attend the cleanup sale at Boucher style store 37 39 West Park Street and take home about two dollars in merchandise for one dollar in money with window exhibits to view.
Trains leave the B A P depot at 9 40 am and to m returning saves Anaconda at 6 35 pm. Round trip tickets cost 1 and are valid on all trains. Ad vy.
A police court session draws curious crowds as vagrants and drinkers fill the docket. Witnesses describe how whiskey wrecks lives, with several defendants fined for drunken, disruptive acts and one man sent to jail for a month after disputes with his wife.
Dr Anna Howard Shaw president of the National Women Suffrage Association, returned from Budapest to report delegates from 28 nations attended the International Suffrage Convention. She said the American delegation looked best and that women would be voting across the United States within ten years.
In Nanaimo British Columbia Aug 13 a dynamite blast wrecked the home of Alexander McKinnon a non union miner from Ladysmith injuring him fatally or near fatally as he tried to throw the stick from the window. The city is under martial law with police maintaining order. Rioting occurred at South Wellington injuring several and two officers. MP F H Shepherd spoke at No 1 shaft proposing a 24 hour armistice a stone was thrown at him.
In San Francisco on August 13 Frances Love told police she knelt by her bed and fired twice at her husband as he loomed over her with a revolver. She claimed she bought the gun and hid it after he threatened her. Love remained in serious condition at a hospital.
The steam ship Senator arrived in Seattle carrying half a million dollars in gold bullion from Seward peninsula placer mines and 125000 dollars worth of furs from Siberia.
A passenger train on the Wabash railroad collided with a freight train at Millard Missouri. The engineer of the passenger train was killed.
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