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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1916
Page
9
The document announces BOOST maps to guide strangers and residents to public buildings hotels railroads streetcar routes and utilities. Maps will be posted at many places including business houses and homes. Publication is planned for mid September with viewing at 105 East Broadway.
Katie Smigel and Rose Penhall seek divorces citing brutal treatment by husbands. Smigel alleges brutal beating and attempted killing with a chair by Henry Smigel. Penhall, married 1914, reports years of drunken abuse and dragging, with three children and a demand for alimony and custody of the children. Other filings include Mary Malone and Valerian Ghazigian with separations and absence. Judges granted one divorce already.
New York August 18 reports show syndicate participations in the new 250 million dollar loan are so strong that managers expect the subscription books to close today. Public subscriptions are not to be opened until next week, but applications in large numbers have already been received.
Counsel disclosed an estate of 1 000 000 dollars and personal property worth 250 000 dollars for Dr John B Murphy the famed surgeon who died last week at Mackinac Island the widow and two daughters named as heirs in Chicago.
Astrologers foresee upheaval in public thought affecting politics and religious institutions. Women gain some favorable influence but face false counsel. promising signs for actors and singers. Romance turns sinister. news sensational. scandals likely. property deals ill advised. Elderly warned, mental health risks rise. false prophets and strange cults may gain followers.
A long list of area churches in Butte announces morning and evening services across multiple denominations. Notable venues include First Church of Christ Scientist, Grace Methodist Episcopal, Welsh Church, St Pauls and St Andrews Episcopal, with Sunday school times, Epworth leagues, and special sermons on peace and missions.
A Russian subject claiming to be Vladislan Kowalsky was arrested in Victoria for alleged spying for Germany. He was seized from the Japanese steamer Shizuoka Maru after it docked in Victoria, then brought to Seattle. Canadian secret service agents had been pursuing him aboard the vessel and noted his escape as his head sank into soft sand during the seizure.
Washington August 18 The labor bill for children passed the house without a record vote. Senate amendments were accepted without change and the measure now proceeds to the president.
Report covers Victor Gustafson, in comatose condition after drinks with Claude Esterbrook, and a sequence of alleged bootlegging and drugging in Idaho and Montana. Police accuse Esterbrook of supplying chloral to Gustafson, leading to unconsciousness. a $45 loss and a denatured alcohol bottle found. Arrest details and witness statements indicate Esterbrook suspected as the drugger, with a woman posing as Esterbrook’s sister involved. Also notes a hunting accident victim in Oregon and a gas price change in Ohio.
A fragmented report notes a purported great field of native gopper in the far Arctic. It mentions A. Reeds of the American MM of Aru and suggests it could offer scientists a venue to display ingenuity through an Arctic outlet.
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