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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1911
Page
16
Several Eastern Oklahoma towns report extreme heat from the same cause with officials warning of rising temperatures and health risks as communities brace for further heat waves.
July Fourth in Chicago brought extreme heat with 101.5 degrees at 5 p.m. and a record-breaking rise by 6 p.m. Crowded Special trains and lake boat crowds surged while parks filled and residents fled to the water. Tens of thousands endured sweltering tenement conditions as officials logged heat over two historic highs.
Boston reports extreme heat on July 4 with 104 in Springfield and 109 in Portland. Three deaths from heat linked to Roxbury parade, plus two more in Lowell and Lawrence and one in Saco. Officials note sun exposure caused numerous casualties among paraders and civilians.
Des Moines reports 108 in the shade and up to 112 in sunlit areas breaking decade old heat records. Statewide reports indicate a general heat wave across Iowa. St Louis also records all time high temperatures for a Fourth of July including historic July heat levels.
Bank Service for All markets savings to thrifty savers offering 4 percent compound interest. Mentions commercial depositors exchange and collection facilities and quick remittance worldwide. Encourages call or writing for booklet.
Temperatures aside from 1991 broke records today as the mercury hit 191.7 degrees. Nine people died from the heat tonight, two in East St. Louis and seven in the city, with police reporting 22 prostrations and many others in danger of death.
Philadelphia reports nine more heat deaths, bringing the two day total to 24 as the city endures a 96 degree high with high humidity and oppressive conditions.
In Cleveland on July 4 the official temperature hit 92 degrees by 6 p.m. A street kiosk also reported 102 degrees at that time, underscoring the intense summer heat.
Two deaths and multiple prostrations were reported in Peoria as a heatwave hit today. The official government thermometer showed a dangerous temperature of 110 degrees.
Dr Toulouse outlines two types of mental work and warns that excess social duties and mechanical tasks exhaust the brain, urging neutral work zones and slower pace. The article also surveys decorative rock crystal, jade, and Chinese lapidary art, noting soft lines and colored inlays in artistry by Kunz, Abbott Thayer, Rory, Louis Tiffany, and related techniques.
From the Watertown Standard, Ned Mather, a local native, is praised for originating the idea of free lunches. He is said to have inaugurated the first free lunch in Baltimore around 1865 or 1866, at Barnum's hotel front bar where prominent people gathered. One day Macner proposes the idea.
A town scene describes Mather ordering sandwiches for a crowd, praising a cook who served Smith field ham as fit for a king. The free lunch, previously crackers on the bar, becomes a community gesture praised as philanthropic and useful. The crowd gathers, enjoying the unexpected spread.
The piece traces wallpaper origins from ancient China to 18th century Europe showing hand printed Chinese papers and later English stamping processes. It notes cost, trade secrecy, and the shift from imports to domestic production as wallpaper becomes widespread. It also covers political views on reciprocity and tariff policy affecting farmers and industry.
Fragment of a classified ad directive mentions per word pricing daily or Sunday per line per month ally and a $150 amount. It references ad formatting rules avoiding heavy display type in classifieds.
Rock Creek offers summer boarding with first class fishing and a Bonita stage on Monday, Wednesday and Friday contact D Daigle and M FE Mayer Assayer and Chismist 7 N Montang Butte Also lost mesh purse with monocram A L reward Standard Butte Educational experienced teacher will take pupils to make up grades Ind 611s Butte Will pay highest cash or exchange price for second hand furniture and stores Oechstl 42 W Broadway Ind 1547 Bell 776A Butte
A mixed section of rental listings for Butte and Anaconda describes rooms and flats for rent, a one room frame building near streetcar lines, furnished and modern apartments, and a range of business spaces. Also included is a ranch offer with livestock capacity and cheap sale, and a notice by Henry Lindig regarding labor expenditures and co-ownership in a quartz mining claim in Deer Lodge County with a 99 day deadline.
Multiple small ads from Butte merchants offering real estate loans at low rates secured by property and other securities. Also notices for furniture and mining stock insurance, a bank room address, and a Parisian Dye House cleaning service with guaranteed satisfaction.
Privately printed works form a curious literary bypath. The prince consort supervised a Balmoral topographical and descriptive book, printed by a London firm with only six copies struck off. Searches at the British Museum, Windsor, and Balmoral libraries have found no copies.
Delinquent assessment work for 1019 and 1911 on Aliie Addie located in the hiceaised Rock district Weer Lodge county Montana performed by co owner John Polich who claims benefit of section 2324 US Revised Statues to enforce forfeiture If the assessment of $66.66 is not paid within days after publication Matt Polich’s interest shall be forfeited First published April 28 1911.
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