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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1913
Page
11
Great Britain has acquired the air cooled gas operated Lewis rifle as an aeroplane gun. The War Office deems it the ideal aircraft weapon. It fires over a thousand rounds a minute and will be used offensively in British service. A batch has already been ordered by the government.
A league lease arrangement involving rooms is canceled amid franchise developments. Officials say the move affects venue use and future scheduling, with franchise prospects remaining under review.
Reports say the Denison Clinch Ellis group moved to incorporate as an organization while the Montana Equal Franchise League plans to press ahead. A lease dispute and room access issues at the Bell Telephone building are cited as the cause of canceled joint meetings and refunded rent.
A classic baby care ad urges mothers to replace castor oil and calomel with California Syrup of Figs. It claims the fruit laxative cleanses liver and bowels, is liked by children, and warns buyers to insist on the California Fig Syrup Company label, with a 50 cent bottle size and full directions.
Special Dispatch reports Helena December news that Charles Mills and James Taylor confessed to recent holdups in Butte and nearby areas. Mills and Taylor were brought to Butte by detectives after their statements to Chief Flannery and other officers this afternoon and last night respectively.
A warrant issued by Chief Deputy County Attorney Dwyer targets a Butte practitioner practicing medicine and surgery without a license. County Health Officer P J McCarthy is a state witness. the practitioner advertised drugless treatment and is under Silver Bow Medical Association investigation. A treated case involved a woman on East La Platte Street.
The location given is 7 and Lizzie block at the northwest corner of Park and Main in Indianapolis in 2018. The record notes residential address 4154 in the same context.
Taylor son Jimmie and Mills are linked to a local trouble involving unemployment and debts. Taylor recalls a respected past as fireman and worker in Helena, while Mills, born in Helena, has ties to the First and Sixth wards and family moves. Cavanaugh from Chicago denies guilt amid rumors of a Spokane departure.
A new Good Fellowship club formed in Missoula invites all city residents to join. A committee of Frank Elmore W H Smith and Harry Parsons will organize plans including a Christmas program where each member will sponsor a child. The group will host a giant Christmas tree at the Elks lodge on Christmas Eve aiding 360 to 400 children.
Billings Montana seeds earned top marks at the first annual Montana Seed Growers association seed exposition. Oats weighed 47 pounds to the bushel tying the New York show winner. barley praised as national contest worthy. fall wheat prizes at 65 pounds five pounds above average. Samples proceed to Dallas national exposition February 10 to 24.
Worcester, December 10. Mrs Susan Wray died from a cerebral hemorrhage as she turned out the gas in her bedroom. The jet reopened as she fell, and her infant daughter also perished. Joseph Wray found their bodies this morning on returning from night work.
In Chicago on December 10 roller skates were issued to eight clerks in the post office checking room to speed movements. More may be equipped if the experiment succeeds. They work on a concrete basement stretch a block long.
Congressman Everis A. Hays of California joked at a banquet about acting too quickly. He recalled an incident at an eastern depot where a departing train prompted the remark.
A woman races from the waiting room toward moving coaches when a vigilant trainman grabs her and helps her onto a car. The conductor explains the rescue prevented a missed connection as the passenger disputes the incident and claims she intended to meet a sister.
In a humorous Exchange piece Patrick Ford recalls Irish wit on English sanctimony and religious grandstanding. A fictional Bishop Wighthly laments profanity learned after buying a two horsepower runabout, remarking how road swearing seems widespread.
Ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a fast remedy for indigestion dyspepsia and upset stomach. It claims relief within five minutes and urges readers to obtain a 50 cent case from any drug store as a scientific harmless stomach remedy for home use.
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