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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1913
Page
9
Washington reports Senator Reed of Missouri acted as a matchmaker for Kansas City resident Candace Kern and retiree W. L. MacDonald. They rushed a marriage at the Reed home after a late afternoon call, but missed their train and stayed as guests.
The Richard Sisters aged 12 and 14, two young yet experienced entertainers, appear this week at the Empire with Morris and Thurston in Whose Little Girl Are You. Guided by an expert mother, they have danced publicly for seven years and resemble miniature Gertrude Hoffmans in talent.
Duluth July 10 George M Reynolds president of the Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago spoke to the Minnesota Bankers association on the administration currency bill. He praised parts but criticized the plan to have seven federal reserve board members all appointed by the president, excluding bankers and business men from deliberations and risking control by a purely political board.
Liverpool July 10 A dramatic confession by suffragette Edith Rigby, wife of a Preston physician, admits torching Sir William Lever’s Rivington house last Tuesday and placing a bomb in the Liverpool cotton exchange on July 5. She surrendered voluntarily, gloried in her acts, warned of the cat and mouse act, and linked the violence to women’s voting rights. Also noted is Miss Clara Giveen’s release after hunger strike amid trials of Hurst Park arson.
Senator Myers offered an amendment to the deficiency bill to appropriate 15750 to settle all claims from the Corbett tunnel on the Shoshone irrigation project. The Senate passed 7181 to reimburse Colonel Wilson for funds stolen from Fort Harrison, for which loss he was not responsible. Also: a bill lets homesteaders relinquish a waterlogged entry and start anew elsewhere on the project with credit for improvements. Borah's three year homestead reform allows improvements valued at 1.50 per acre in lieu of cultivation. Louis N Parker works on a play with Napoleon as lead.
An old advertisement extols Syrup of Figs as a safe, delicious remedy to cleanse and regulate a child’s stomach and bowels without harsh drugs. It claims quick relief from biliousness and constipation, praises figs and senna, and directs readers to ask a druggist for the product, marketed by the California Fig Syrup Co.
Real estate ad argues for buying in demand area between Arizona and Montana streets. It cites rising values and quick sales, notes 944 Arizona a five room brick cottage for 2200 dollars and 1929 Nevada Avenue with five rooms, bath, large lot, price 3250 dollars. Two owners have left town, the third plans to leave soon.
The last appearance of Daredevil Hurley and Miss La Bella is set for tomorrow evening at Columbia Gardens in Butte. Tonight features the regular Friday society night at the pavilion, with a big weekend dance planned. The gardens are promoted as the premier local gathering spot, easy for visitors to find.
An Indianapolis News exploration traces the fig's origins to Arabia about 1400 B C and its spread by Phoenician traders. It explains the fig as a fruiting bag housing many tiny fruits, the paradox of flowering times, and the caprification method where catalyzing wasps enter wild figs to carry pollen into cultivated trees.
A country housewife spreads sheets and tablecloths on the grass with stones at the corners to secure them. She hopes the sun will dry and whiten the fabrics, creating beautifully bright linens under clear skies.
A report notes that peroxide of hydrogen in rain water after storms, formed by ozone from electrical discharge in the upper air, bleaches linen outdoors. Ultraviolet light and sun exposure also produce hydrogen peroxide, explaining outdoor whitening effects.
A continuance was granted in encroachment cases with Attorneys William Meyer and Fred Furman for the defendants in Judge Booker's court. No further delays allowed. hearing set for next Monday. Several cases dismissed after payment to the city treasurer. Summons issued for numerous property owners with past due encroachment rents listed, including American Securities, Anaconda Copper Mining, Armour Co, and Masonic Temple Association among others. Lutey's Ady.
Sufficient signatures block the new blue sky law awaiting a referendum. California association of investment companies reports over 20,000 signatures from Los Angeles and San Francisco. A second measure to regulate stock selling will be added when the legislature act goes to vote.
The Standard was tardy yesterday morning causing thousands of readers to wonder and phone. A break in the press at Anaconda delayed delivery, with husky young telephonists assuring subscribers the paper would be here soon. The delay drew concern from readers and the plant boss alike, as lateness upset daily routines.
Meaderville street shows extreme neglect with refuse on the thoroughfare and pigs roaming the area. Children chase a lazy pig while sanitation is ignored and heaps of cans decorate front yards. Scrappers haul scrap iron to local copper plants, marking the street as uniquely troubled.
A claimed first stamp mill shoe in Montana is displayed at the Montana Hardware store. Made from heavy wagon tire iron cut into nine inch sections and welded into a solid block with a flat wrought iron core and a central hole for the key on the cam shaft. It bears wear from use and came from the Argenta mill.
An old circular water tank on the Boulevards across from the cemeteries was remodeled into an attractive tower house addition to a dwelling. The transformation highlights architectural reuse and local charm.
Invernezzi of Walkerville, former alderman, says he will stay in the Hill City forever, no longer visiting Italy as years pass. A real estate broker predicts Highland City becoming a Butte suburb, proposing Nine Mile as a post office substation and anticipating rapid southward expansion with scarce ground.
The Interstate Commerce Commission report on the Stamford train wreck of June 12 cites negligence by placing Engineer Dougherty in charge of a through passenger train while inexperienced and uninstructed. It calls for safer, more efficient operation and warns that expanded government rail regulation may follow if public safety fails.
Vincent Astor plans a memorial to his father John Jacob Astor by constructing the John Jacob Astor Children's Convalescent Home in Rhinebeck New York. The facility will be on a site he recently purchased near the family estate and he will manage the project himself.
Eight Alberta government land titles office officials in Calgary were arrested for alleged involvement in a long running disappearance of large sums since 1906. Suspects named Barrieau Dulmage Burdette Phelps Herdman Elbrigge Sawyer and Wilson. Nineteen more names submitted for action as many valuable records have vanished.
Eagle Pass Texas July 10 A Japanese newspaper man Sechi Sagitana from San Francisco was deported to Mexican soil after attempting to pass through Eagles Pass en route to the coast. Federal authorities claim he had aided Mexican constitutionalists at Piedras Negras for months and offered several veteran Japanese fighters to support the constitutionalist cause, an offer previously refused by Governor Carranza.
Sugar prices rise across the board as refined sugar gains ten cents per hundred pounds in New York markets on July 10. The move affects all grades and reflects broader commodity shifts in the sugar trade.
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