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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1913
Page
10
An advertised formula claims to cure scalp affections and prevent hair loss. It suggests mixing Bay Kum with Lavon compound Menthol Crosta and a perfume, applied nightly to the scalp to stop hair thinning and restore pigment without dye.
A day of strong favorites at the track saw five of six win as the crowd cheered Daddy Gip’s upset over Floral Park in the Futurity handicap and Miami’s victory earning an ovation for President I S Wilson’s entry. Floral Park, Envy and others contended in a busy card with Nip, Rimirax, and Ceos also delivering notable efforts.
Reports say Tuolumne Copper Mining plans a large stock increase from 800000 to 1500000 shares to acquire the Butte Main Range and possibly other Hickey-controlled properties. No cash is to be spent for the Butte Main Range purchase, with stock swaps expected at a meeting on August 1.
John Wilson, a renowned mountain guide, was assaulted by two tramps while en route to meet a camping party. He was shot in the abdomen, stabbed in the throat and other wounds, but survived after lying unconscious for a day before crawling to camp and being found by fellow guide Sid Unwin. His condition remains serious.
A blaze in the Nelson Morris Packing company beet house in Omaha damaged the five story building. Firefighters fought the flames for four hours, risking injuries to crew, with estimated losses around 150000 dollars. The fire started on the top floor and spread downward before containment.
Washington July 7 President Wilson named Frederick Courtland Penfield as the new American ambassador to Austria Hungary. Penfield will represent the United States in Vienna and oversee diplomatic affairs with the Austro Hungarian government.
Portland market reports cattle receipts with steady demand. Prices listed include ice steers around 808 to 825 dollars, good steers near 1256 dollars, and jum steers at 77.25 dollars. Cows range from 500 to 650 dollars, with medium cows around 635 dollars.
Wiley Williams is sought on a warrant for robbing friend Dick Lewis of 19 dollars and 90 cents. In Edna Handy’s room at 4 Main Street, Williams grabbed a small savings bank full of nickels and dimes, then fled through a startled crowd. Police continued to pursue him at a late hour yesterday.
The Montana baseball club of Butte defeated the Anaconda Independents Sunday at Gregson. Pitched by Den and Fa ier, the Montanas stopped the Independents and gained a clean victory amid a grateful crowd. A return game is planned, and Daly hosted a dinner for 40 players plus a donated $30 purse.
The New York Press reports Dr Henry Durville of Paris, famed for mummification feats, asserts magnetism can revive life in detached living tissue. He claims a frog heart kept beating in magnetized serum and even reanimated after death, and that magneton exposure may stupefy or kill microbes including cholera. He also says he has magnetically hum- mined a human hand.
Congressman James C. McLaughlin commended a fall road official in the west for prompt action during a flood. A box car swept downstream past a country-town box line, with an operator quickly reporting the danger to the main fire. The incident highlighted rapid response and vigilance during the emergency.
A railroad chief and main office operator dispute a telegraph message about a box car drifting along a river. The operator confirms the car’s floating status and asks what to do. The railroad man replies to tell the car to swim out, set the brakes, and proceed.
The Genteman From No 19 closed its four week engagement at the Tremont theater in Boston last Saturday. The same cast will bring the French farce to New York during the next season.
Lewis Conner was granted a divorce from Blanche Conner in district court after alleging extreme cruelty. He said frequent unexplained absences and visits to dances with other men harmed the marriage. They wed in Darby Montana on May 1 1910 and have lived in Butte over a year.
Chicago July 7. The County Traction Company strike shut down all street cars and surface lines in the northern and western suburbs. With vehicles scarce, thousands walked to work or to steam railroads and elevated stations as business remained halted after the holiday period.
A Philadelphia Telegraph report recalls a lighthearted lunch discussion about vacations and the lure of the woods. George Chamberlain of Oregon chats with companions about tickets, freedoms, and the humorous idea of casting dissenting votes amid the call of the wild.
An advertisement features Mrs. Garvin of Idaho Falls praising Eckman’s Alterative for lung and throat ailments. It claims weight gain and rapid recovery after four weeks, citing a mother’s note about her four week old baby and improved health. The ad touts the remedy as non habit forming and notes availability through News Drug Co. in Butte and other druggists, with a pamphlet from the Eckman Laboratory in Philadelphia.
LeRoy C O Brien reports nine months of red large pimples on the face that bled during barber shaves and scabbed. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment, his skin healed in ten days and the red spots vanished leaving only a scar-free face per a 1912 testimonial.
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