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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1913
Page
4
An Aug posting increases parcel post weight to 20 pounds for the first and second zones within 150 miles. The bulletin, received by Postmaster W. W. Harper from Postmaster General A. B. Burleson, lists zone rates up to 20 pounds and notes local delivery rules.
A compilation of short notices and ads from the city paper including events at the Imperial and Mint venues, dance and outi ng items, sales on jewelry and china, hotel lunch specials, and notices of residents traveling to Butte Dillon Helena Portland and Los Angeles. Also mentions a Sunday school picnic, used piano offer, and rental listings with names, places and prices.
President B B Thayer and Vice President Don F Kelley of Anaconda Copper Mining Co visited Anaconda yesterday. They inspected the works foundry brick yards and the company farm where a gasoline ditch digging machine was at work under Dr H C Gardiner supervision.
A musical program is arranged for the Swedish Baptist church at the corner of Cedar and Sixth streets on Saturday evening to dedicate the newly received piano. Many well known musicians and singers will attend and the event is billed as an evening for music lovers.
Bardwell Kentucky July 29 May Copeland testified at a preliminary hearing that she fired the shot that killed Hugh Atchston last Saturday. Her sister, the widow of the murdered man, testified the shooting was physically impossible, saying she and May were in the same room when the shot rang out in the adjoining room. A cigarette matching Lucien Turk, Copeland’s fiancé, was found on the threshold. Both Copeland and Turk are jailed for the murder as Turk’s father is a wealthy Western Kentucky businessman.
In Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin a bottle with a message dated November 29 last year from Capt Charles Nelson of the Christmas ship Rouse Simmons recovered by a fisherman's son. The note says the schooner was ready to go down about 20 miles southeast of Twin River Point and all hands were leashed to a line with a final goodbye signed CAPT CHARLES NELSON.
In Chicago on July 29 the Northwestern Lumbermen's association secretary Mr Hollis testified in the federal suit against the lumber trust. He said that mail order houses would have driven small retail yards out of business without help to the little fellows.
A speaker credited the lumber workers association with preventing concentration of control by a few large firms. He argued that the association's activities protect consumers from disadvantage and promote fair competition in the lumber market.
Helena July 29. J M Kennedy state commissioner of agriculture and publicity reports 8 604 homestead filings in the quarter ended June 30 last. He estimates 1 720 000 acres were taken up and at five to a family the filings imply an addition to the state's population of 43 020. Of the total 7 957 were straight homestead entries, a record far surpassing the same period in 1912.
Danville Illinois July 29 Not for a second did former Speaker Joseph G Cannon relinquish his grip on the big black cigar he was smoking as his automobile plunged down a steep bank and turned right side up in a small lake in Spring Hill cemetery tonight. The car leaped a 10 foot declivity on a sharp bend and water was shallow enough for the occupants to wade to shore. Neither Cannon nor his daughter Mrs E X Lesevre were hurt.
Executor Edwin Thad Kinerk announces to creditors and all claimants that estates claims must be filed within four months after first publication. Notices to be presented with vouchers at Rodgers & Rodgers in the Durston block Anaconda Montana. First publication July 30 1913.
Bozeman hosts the Montana Christian Endeavor state convention opening session at 4 p m with welcome remarks by Dr W C Dawes and A E Linfield. Kalispell’s F Clair Williams responds. William Shaw of Boston delivers “Four Christian Endeavor Fundamentals.” About 60 delegates attend from across the state.
Here today the men pressed for higher wages and improved working conditions. Operators will not act until final results are received, expected by Thursday.
Washington July 29 Republican senators said they would hasten tariff bill consideration if the president and Democratic leaders did not press currency legislation this session. Senator Gallinger said Republicans would not be forced, and Senator Lodge warned a long summer session would not speed tariff action.
In St Paul Minnesota on July 29 union officials report that 90 to 95 percent of Northern Pacific railway telegraph operators favor going on strike based on early vote returns.
The Montana State Board of Examiners invites sealed bids for the erection of a hospital building at the Montana state orphans home in Twin Bridges. Bids due noon Tuesday August 12 1913 will be opened publicly. Use plain envelopes marked Bids for the Erection of Hospital Building and mailed to Walter Shobe president Twin Bridges. Plans at Fred S Wilson Co Bozeman and Walter Shobe office. A 100 certified check accompanies each bid. failure to enter contract forfeits check. Board reserves right to reject all bids.
The staff board of examiners invites bids for groceries and other supplies for the state school for deaf and blind at Boulder Montana for six months starting September 1, 1913. Bids due by 12 o'clock noon September 1, 1918, at the school office. opened publicly. Send in duplicate to H. J. Menzemer president.
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