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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
9
J B McNally a Butte carpenter and state legislator champions an anti tuberculosis initiative to establish a Deer Lodge valley hospital. He urges miners and employers to join, donate monthly, and support a durable program aiding suffering humanity through the sanitarium project.
In Los Angeles on July 30 Judge Frank Oster sitting in special sessions of the superior court sentenced Henry Stearns to five years for a statutory offense. He blamed the modern woman’s transparent dress for rising crime, saying lack of modesty contributes to such offenses and offering no palliation for Stearns.
Seven youths aged 16 to 19 stopped Walter Frank McCauley in Frisco and held him at gunpoint while taking $6. The masked assailants dispersed, warning him to stay put for 30 minutes under threat of a nearby accomplice. McCauley fled, fearing an eighth member.
Edith Rigby, noted suffragette and wife of a prominent physician, was sentenced in Liverpool to nine months hard labor for setting fire to Sir William St. Lever's country residence at Instagramt with damage estimated at 100,000 dollars and for a July 5 bomb outrage at the Liverpool Cotton Exchange.
West Plains Missouri on July 30 saw six inches of rain fall in 99 minutes as girl telephone operators warned residents below of the great cloudburst. Their timely warnings saved lives with no injuries reported.
Secretary Daniels knows how to ink a roller feed a jobber stick type correct proofs write pieces for the paper turn in copy on time edit news and write comment for hes one of the gang He can also meet a lot of the boys in a strange town and make them feel that he is just a common ordinary hard working newspaperman There are none of the thick armor and high power gun about the genial secretary hes modest and unassuming as a little sailboat on a lily pond If it ever comes to a showdown after he leaves the cabinet Mr Daniels may always be assured of a job on any of the Butte newspapers.
In Montana, Secretary Lane operates in the eastern region while the navy head and interior chief are in different parts of the state. Despite the split, there is not a single sign of a clash between the land and water forces of the nation—at least for now.
The Anaconda people enjoy a hand concert on the common every week. An effort in Butte aimed to bring weekly concerts by city bands but failed. A fraction of the Boston and Montana band plays its way to the race track each weekday, offering some musical relief.
Oldtimer Bill Haynes a veteran horseman and livery stable owner in Anaconda dies in solitude. He came here over 30 years ago and built a thriving business while relatives, absent by circumstances, did not attend his final days. His passing leaves a gap among longtime local figures.
Enthusiastic preliminaries for a local Chautauqua show promise of significant results. The lingering notion of a Young Men’s Christian Association framework remains within memory as a possible influence or model.
A satirical piece mocks beauty tips and teen fashion in a compressed quip about pimples pin picking shoe polish and lip color parlor visits. It jokes about practicing at home with a nail keg hoop and warns against downtown appearances causing a stampede of the cops.
A man assaults his wife at home, dragging her to the police station where he is taken into custody. The next morning the judge summons the witness who retracts, repents, and asks to dismiss the case, pleading to return to her husband as the matter closes.
Government map shows Big butte at 6,310 feet and Timber butte at 6,200 feet, a 110 foot gap. Some observers claim the taller formation is at least 600 feet higher than the nearby flat hill, sparking skepticism.
The text notes impatience for good weather for a camping trip. It argues the tube skirt belongs as street garment not street car fashion. It praises wives sisters and daughters of Butte newspapermen as a natty crowd at a reception room.
Spend your vacation in the Bitter Root valley, Montana. Special round trip fares over the Northern Pacific with a day or week at the Ravalli hotel. Low rate valid from Butte, Anaconda, Deer Lodge, Helena and other points.
Weak and emaciated Ulysses M. Papp, alleged slayer of George Prokos, was examined in the county jail with a lung illness noted by doctors Dr. Tremblay McGinn and McCarthy, Judge Donlan cutting bond from 7500 to 5090 as attorneys seek release. arrangements to post bond are underway. EF Weirick granted letters of admin for James C Peltier estate. appraisers Tom Poore Paul Ozanne and Lou Mason value a one eighth Druid lode claim at 3000. heirs Louise Peltier W H W Peltier and Laura Peltier Ash.
The questions and answers cover Elephant Butte Dam in New Mexico with an $8 million project, 15 years to fill, and 65 billion gallons capacity, twice Egypt's Aswan dam. It also asks about cocoa origins, Rosenthal murder in 1912, and Montana county sizes and poll tax status.
Mrs Lydia Goodman and her son Dwight arrive from Centralia Illinois to stay with her brother Rev Frank Hopkins pastor of South Side Methodist church. She hopes Montana air will aid her health after months of heat in Illinois.
Dodge City report details Train 564 from Ford being stalled at a deep cut as grasshoppers blocked the rails. Wind blew the insects onto the track causing wheel slip before crew cleared the line and sanded the rails to resume motion.
During a severe electrical storm a herd of eight circus elephants broke loose, wrecking half the tents and damaging nearby buildings. Police were summoned but did not fire. trainers subdued the animals as crowds panicked.
Washington July 30 Senate post office committee indefinitely postponed action on Senator Bryan's resolution to annul the postmaster general s power to change rates and sizes of mailable parcel post packages. Burleson assured no further changes until current rates are tested, delaying any decision.
Ossining New York July 30 One hundred forty six rebellious convicts at Sing Sing prison who had been locked in their cells since last week’s disorders went back to work today with no sign of further insubordination. Warden Clancy expects no more disorder.
All Japan observed a memorial for Emperor Mutsuhito who died a year ago. Emperor Yoshihito attended a palace service as thousands gathered at Aoyama where the late emperor's funeral was held last year.
July earnings are forecast near June levels with a gross of about 36.90 per ton and net profits near 22,000 after mining and milling costs. A $150,000 North Moccasin purchase is down to roughly 38,000 owed, with 75 percent of July’s profits slated for further payment. Developments include a 300 level to Santiago shaft connection to cut haul distance and save costs. Superintendent McGee projects July tonnage near 4,000. The Gloster Piegan tunnel work continues with a two drill air compressor ordered and ore in the Piegan No 3 drift showing about 15 per ton.
Mrs Ella Flags Young, superintendent of Chicago public schools, announced she would keep her job after the new school board rejected her resignation by a 14 to 1 vote. She accepted the board’s decision and pledged to fulfill her duties, thanking Chicago residents for their support.
George Webb, a San Quentin guard, was fatally injured by a self engineered fan device near the jute mill. A pulley shaft powered by the hanging garden caused his clothing to be caught, flinging him against the ceiling and walls and breaking his skull, both legs, an arm, and several ribs.
Our prices are far below what you usually pay in other stores for footwear of equal quality. Shoes for the family at Everybodys Shoe Store, 130 West Park Street.
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