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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1913
Page
9
Butte residents hailed the Helena Valley car excursion as the season’s finest. Crops were visible in harvest and peak, with plans announced for future home inquiries in the fertile valley. Reservations for Sunday the 24th and an additional excursion on the 31st Inst are offered, with a pickup of those seeking a day’s outing.
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Los Angeles officials today joined Portland in enjoining the wearing of the X-ray and shadow gowns on streets. A pedestrian was recently arrested and fined for following a wearer of a shadow gown. Chief Sebastian suggested an ordinance to bar public appearance of women in diaphanous raiment if existing laws are inadequate.
Martinez, California August 22 A California judge on a San Francisco trip found a pearl in an oyster. A local expert valued the pearl at fifteen thousand dollars noting it matches a specimen sought by researchers. The misfortune arose from choosing fried oysters over stew.
Attorney J E Keating of Butte marries Charles B Sanders and Hazel Shaw inside Carlos Bernardo s circus arena at Wonderland Ocean Beach The ceremony in a lion and jaguar filled cage drew a cheering crowd and a speech request as Justice of the Peace Keating officiated amid trained animals and Royal Marine band performances The couple then hosted a banquet with General Manager Snow and the Wonderland entertainers provided a serenade
Drawings have been made for the coursing Sunday with matchups including Colorado Joe versus Matt, Russell Lad against Stoney's Lass, Weary Willie versus Flying Footsteps, Go Ashore Boy versus Jeff, Blue Rock versus Sir Richard, Welsh Girl versus Robert Mitchell, Master Tom versus Flying Fox, Gold Stone versus Blackbird, Gold Collar versus Monarch, and Conquest versus Devil Dodger. Coursing starts at 1 30 with free admission.
The Swedish battleship Oden collided with and sank the gunboat Urd west of Haven Island during fleet maneuvers off Malmo. All hands were saved. The Urd, 170 feet long, commissioned in 1877, was lost in the incident on August 22.
A drunken man named Ed Kennedy roamed several East Park Street and Broadway businesses with a .38 bulldog pistol, demanding to be shown the way out. He restrained workers and customers briefly, but no one was shot. Police detained him, charging concealed weapons. two artificial legs noted.
In Twin Falls Idaho Mrs Elizabeth Stockslager wife of Montana mining man Dr L B Stockslager was shot to death reportedly by James M Nichols who also died by a gunshot. Autopsy suggested Nichols could not have fired the self inflicted shots, leaving doubt about the double murder verdict.
Washington has a bill from Senator Jones of Washington State to reserve a plaza area between the capitol and the union station for statues and memorials to women, named the Parthenon. The proposal seeks to mark female political emancipation with support from suffragist states, and the measure has been introduced in Congress.
Reports from Calumet Michigan describe several hundred strikers marching from Ahmeek and Mohawk toward the Calumet & Hecla mine. The event remained peaceful with cavalry permitting a parade through the location. Underground work has resumed at the Quincy mine.
Lydia Heald Sharpless marked her 103rd birthday in Whittier California on August 22. She was the first woman in town to register after California granted women the vote and attributed her longevity to living by her motto avoid worry.
New York, Aug 22. A bright cambric piece wrapped the four sticks of dynamite found under Mayor Gaynor’s window. The dynamite fuse had been lit and then extinguished before detonation. Investigators doubt it was a hoax and consider targets including the mayor or the marriage license bureau. Police focus shifts to Italian workers blasting out the subway near city hall.
Vancouver reports soldiers scouring the Nanaimo strike zone found enough dynamite, firearms, and ammunition to fill a box car and a half. Troops to garrison Nanaimo for at least a year. 1,100 volunteer militiamen in the field, likely to stay weeks longer. Employers in Vancouver and Victoria demand militiamen return to work or lose jobs, while labor leaders urge unions to expel militia members.
Yonkers New York August 22 Ruth Hamilton died in answer to prayers after long lucidity periods and prayers to join her boy lover Charles Rich who shot himself after mortally wounding her Wednesday. They had planned to die together and she repeatedly asked to be buried with him as she passed.
Portland report states Rev Henry Kuhlman age 39 pastor of a small Tillamook church was arrested and admitted involvement in a crime. Authorities did not release full details pending further inquiry and court action is expected.
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