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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1913
Page
3
Silk raincoats at 11.50 with 19 dollar value, middy blouses at 98 cents. Wool double breasted and Norfolk suits with two pants, marked 4.0. All-wood blue serge boys suits 5.90, shirts 0.50, wash suits 1.00. Limited stock. hurry to fit the boy.
Rioting miners clash with authorities as dragoons fire on crowds. Rioters torch the Star newspaper office Braamfontein station Werner Biers HQ and cut electric supply plunging the city into darkness. Tram cars halted depots trains stopped and police restore order amid fears of a broader general strike.
The article describes sacred burning of discarded Chinese writings in a furnace before a Joss in Chinatown San Francisco where collectors retrieve papers weekly. It notes the practice venerates written characters including love letters and state papers and ends with a report of Geary street street railway's four month deficit of 17280.68 dollars.
London correspondent reports on early man findings at La Chapelle aux Saints. Dr. Smith Woodward describes brain development preceding upright posture and notes the skeleton, surrounded by animal bones, may be of great antiquity. The piece discusses handedness, brain asymmetry, and contrasts with apes, with a roll of local names and events including a community fair and sports results.
The value of gold produced in the Klondike region of Yukon territory last year reached 22 28, the highest annual total since 19. The report notes this significant rise marks a peak not seen in several prior years.
A record crowd attended the Fourth of July celebration in Harlowton. The morning program opened with a parade of more than 90 floats, the Harlowton band, and three hose companies. An auto decorated in white symbolizing Young America won first place.
The British trade commissioner for South Africa reports a bill in the Union parliament to authorize construction of 1 mile of railway at an estimated cost of 1,200,008 dollars.
The Cleveland public schools plan to introduce a model home next fall where girl pupils will learn homemaking and housekeeping. If the school board approves, Miss Ada Williams supervisor of domestic science and Superintendent Harris anticipate the program aiding the domestic science course already offered. A concealed power box plays music when the lid opens, offering a curious note to the project.
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