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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1912
Page
10
An Anaconda woman claims an ouija board predicted six winning horses for the next day’s Butte racing card. The device allegedly spelled horse names matching entries, though skeptics doubt the method and bookmakers remain wary. The story notes the husband’s disbelief and mentions ringers and handicappers in contrast.
The carnival queen contest winner Mise Roecher leads a retinue including Inex Patterson Bessie Dawes Anne Pleadines Margery Quan and Anne Sackett in The Sweet Pea Girl drama at the opera house. Rehearsals are complete and floral parade plans for Wednesday morning promise a larger crowd and high state interest with surprises expected.
Reports from Aug 25 indicate rebel generals Pascual Orozco and Inez Salazar joined forces about 60 miles below the border, with an estimated 900 men marching toward Sonora and Colonia Morelos. Federals are believed unable to bar their westward advance through the San Luis pass, signaling potential rebel incursions into northern Chihuahua and adjacent Mormon settlements.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Bishop L R Brewer and Rev J Philip Anschuta will conduct services at St James Episcopal church on Sunday and at Forest Grove nearby. By Oct 1 Rev George Hirst of Chippewa Falls Wisconsin will assume charge of St James, which has lacked a rector since last fall.
Mentions multiple individuals from Fishing party and others motoring to the Big Hole and Anaconda areas. References include Robert Jones of Jones Land and Cattle, Wisdom, Bruce Bevan candidate for clerk and recorder on the Republican ticket, and various social and travel notes. Also notes a hospital recovery for Garry Nugent and a family visit from Valparaiso, Indiana to Anaconda. A missing-child element and local residential details are included.
Local city items note meetings for O. F. and Eastern Star with piano talk and acts at the Reel theater. Visits from Butte residents Parker Crenshaw Johns ONeill and others. Fishing trips to Silver Lake and Lake Anaconda, business trips, and a state treasurer candidate in town. Real estate listing for a six room brick on Oak street at 3106.
Under Sheriff McAndrews served a warrant on E. E. Calvert charging second-degree assault on his brother William Calvert. Calvert allegedly beat him with a revolver, leaving injuries described by Dr Stephens as potentially fatal if slightly higher. He posted $500 bond in Anaconda to await Judge Boland for a preliminary hearing set for later this week.
Arrangements are made for ball games next Sunday and Monday Labor Day between the Red Men of Anaconda and the Ancond Young Men's club and Philipsburg. The Young Men's Club has won six of seven games against Dillon, Butte and Deer Lodge. Philipsburg leads the Flint Creek league, with Hansen and Messenger strengthening the team. The Anaconda clubs meet this evening at 6 20 to tune up before facing Philipsburg.
The Methodists and Baptists, tied in standings, will face off at Washoe Park this evening at 6 o'clock. Both teams lead the pennant race with one of them set to gain a strong hold on first place. The current standings show Methodists and Baptists atop the table ahead of Presbyterians and Christians.
A brief note describes a shirt waist design shown in an illustration above. The piece emphasizes its very simple cut and style, claiming the plainness lends it a chic, understated appeal.
Col Roosevelt plans to draft a letter to the Senate Investigating Committee after a hearing where he criticized Archbold’s testimony on a 100 000 contribution. He denied knowledge of certain sums and urged fuller inquiry into all candidates primary campaigns in the ongoing Pennsylvania and 1904 era political row. George Fred Williams and Collector Loeb met Roosevelt as reporters noted his stance and support.
Georgie Williams and an unnamed woman in Mainville were injured in a fight that damaged windows and furniture. Both women were arrested and jailed. The quarrel, reportedly over a man, involved fists, bottles, sticks, and stones. The case heads to Judge Murphy on Tuesday.
An old ad claims Pape's Diapepsin cures indigestion in five minutes. It promises relief from sour stomach, gas, and fermentation after meals, stating the product digests any food and ends discomfort within minutes. It markets quick, universal action for stomach woes at the drug store.
A fragmented timetable note lists B A P Railway trains toward Anaconda and Butte with transfer details and Eastbound connections. It records train numbers and times in a terse ledger style, reflecting a late 19th or early 20th century schedule.
Delegates from almost every state and major city gather in Salt Lake City for the twenty third annual Transmississippi Commercial Congress sessions opening Tuesday morning. Fred W. Fleming of Kansas City, former president of the congress, will deliver the opening address. Willam Spry will welcome the delegation as A C Teumbo arrives to oversee proceedings.
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