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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1913
Page
5
The Anaconda race meet closed yesterday with remarkable absence of gambling. Police, Sheriff Kelly and deputies, and the full force kept constant watch for roulette, faro, blackjack, and poker. Any key games ran quietly. officers issued strict orders to prevent gambling and monitor card games closely.
The Anaconda band returns to the city common for Tuesday night concerts drawing large crowds. Selections include War March of the Priests from Athalie Mendelssohn Indian War Dance A Musical Critic's Dream arranged by T H Rollinson Japanese Dance Clayton Thomas medley overture The Monarch W C O'Hare march York City Post B F Crumbling.
The Northern Pacific Railroad offers two $50 clocks as prizes for best grain sheaf and best grasses displays at next month’s Deer Lodge county fair. A letter to Secretary Will Coleman from General Immigration Agent L. J. Fricker confirms the prize and allows Northern Pacific to take the exhibits for use in its exhibit cars and land shows.
Nine year old David McNall son of Mr and Mrs J W McNall of 596 West Fourth street died yesterday after several weeks illness of tubercular meningitis Born in town he lived all his life in Anaconda The funeral will be held at 2 30 this afternoon at the family residence and many friends expressed sympathy
In a chaotic game the Goodfriends defeated the MacRaes nine to eleven, aided by a disastrous third inning of errors and wild baserunning. Curley fanned three in the ninth to seal the win as Halloran and Curley held the opposing hitters to limited totals. Anderson and Callan highlighted defensive plays for their teams amid the erratic scoring throughout the contest.
Readable items report social visits and travel from Butte and Hamilton to Anaconda, sales and rentals in town, a bank sale of land near Modesty creek, a birth at Modesty creek, and local business notices. Also mentions hotel cafe hours and small auctions. People named include J Dee, E Waldron, Arthur Day, Theodore Bader, and L Thibodeau.
The Irish and All Nations clubs of Anaconda will play at Washoe park next Sunday at 3 30 PM. Manager Logan and Walker arranged the game for the Irish and the furriners respectively. The All Nations seek a fourth straight win after three titles. The Irish lineup includes McEachran O'Brien Logan W McEachran Hogan Nolan Gilmore McHale Morse, while the All Nations feature Walker Trudeau Ray St Jean Radis Davis Gebeau Bittner Maberteau Leo St Jean and Saville.
The United States Geological Survey bulletin examines Alaska glaciers in Prince William Sound and Kenai Peninsula with maps and photos. It notes some glaciers advance while others retreat, with ice cliffs 300 to 400 feet high and vast ice fields containing billions of tons of ice, naming several college glaciers along College Fjord.
Following Mrs. Jeannie Baxter manslaughter conviction for killing her lover Julian Bernard Hall the English aviator she faces a suit to claim half her estate valued at $95 000 left to her by will The probate court stressed that a criminal cannot profit from crime The Maybrick case is cited where Mrs Maybrick who murdered her husband assigned her life insurance interest and was barred from asserting title to the estate in court
Stopped over in Anaconda yesterday and visited his uncle Charles F Murphy. Frank C Walker of Butte was a business visitor in the city yesterday. Manager C H Bigelow of the Bell Telephone company has been transferred to the Missoula office and will leave Anaconda this week. His successor has not yet been named.
A renowned three part feature opens at the Grand theater recounting an abandoned child’s life from birth to a grand opera star, with a dramatic fire revealing identity. Alcazar displays a strong program including Pathe Weekly No 40, The Substitute Stenographer, Tobias Turns the Tables and What a Fool I Be sung by Mr Chase.
AT THE REEL describes Elmore and Dinsdale as a neat singing talking and dancing duo winning great applause. Both are strong singers with fresh jokes, making the act a treat for Reel patrons. The pictures are varied and good, and a new film program is announced for tonight.
The note discusses extreme sentence lengths in literature with Hugo's Les Miserables cited for a single line spanning about a hundred lines and a Water loo scene with over 50 lines without a period. It compares to England’s longest sentence under official patronage tied to the foreign enlistment act nearing six hundred words.
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