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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
16
Details from Curacao show a July 27 explosion at La Vigia fortress above La Guayara damaging the powder magazine. About 9 people killed, 16 soldiers and 2 officers among the dead, with civilians injured. Officials cite spontaneous combustion amid rumors of rebel involvement against the Gomez government.
San Francisco August 14 oil deal touted as the largest in industry history between the Mexican Petroleum company and Cunard steamship interests. EK L Doheny says the pact allows up to 60 000 barrels daily at about 706 000 dollars per month.
New York reports preparations for a national suffrage emergency convention in Atlantic City from September 6 to 10. Carrie Chapman Catt will preside with speakers Newton D Baker Julia Lathrop Katherine B Davis Raymond Robins and Anna Howard Shaw among others.
Weston Massachusetts August 14 Gen Charles J Paine veteran of the Civil War and later defender owner of three America's Cup yachts died today He was 83 years old and a great grandson of Robert Treat Paine signer of the Declaration of Independence
New York on August 14 reports sugar refiners cut all grades by 25 cents per hundred pounds. Fine granulated sugar now lists at 7 cents per pound, with the move spanning the entire refined line.
A bank in East St. Louis saw $500000 in cash displayed to reassure customers after a run sparked by a man’s tip that the bank was unsafe. Depositors withdrew then redeposited funds while officials sought the tipster. bank officials stressed solvency and made the cash visible to calm fears.
Baltimore August 14 The sixty second annual convention of the International Typographical Union opened with committees named and business adjourned until Wednesday. President Marsden G. Scott urged a thorough investigation of white paper costs, warning higher prices could trigger widespread job losses in printing.
A Schwaben Verein fund of $255 collected for soldiers widows and orphans vanished from a money order mailed May 10 and opened by a British censor. The order, sent to Queen Wilhelmina of Württemberg, was deposited in Los Angeles and later to be credited to the queen. no loss occurred.
Chicago mourns surgeon Dr John B Murphy as funeral services are held at St James Catholic Church with Catholic prelates officiating. Interment follows at Calvary cemetery and reports say he left no will for an estate estimated over $1,000,000.
Findlay Ohio August 14 The Ohio Oil company today reduced prices on six grades of oil and lowered Plymouth oil by 29 cents per barrel. The move follows earlier reductions and reflects shifting market conditions impacting the region's petroleum trade.
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