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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1916
Page
12
A listening post was formed following a German shell explosion. Details indicate local authorities established a perimeter and mobilized observers to monitor fire and shell fragments. The incident heightened security in the area and prompted precautionary radio and signal preparations.
June production for four porphyry copper properties soared, surpassing May by over 4 million pounds. Consolidated’s output reached 6.4 million pounds in June, with May at 7,273,148 and year-to-date six months near 43.3 million pounds. Management targets 90 million pounds by year end 1916.
Refinancing and reorganization are planned for the Ohio Copper Mining company. A new corporation will take over assets including the Bingham Central railway property. The plan specifies $5,000,000 in new securities with $2,750,000 in stock and $2,250,000 in 8 percent cumulative conversion bonds. Enclosure is set for August.
Details outline 75 percent participation by Ohio and Bingham Central bondholders to reorganize the Ohio company and transfer the railway to a new entity. Old bonds to be exchanged for new 20 year mortgage bonds and stock in the new corporation with a five seats voting trust, aiming to free the line from liens and debts.
Senator W. A. Clark and associates in United Verde properties Arizona paid over 1 million dollars for George W. Hull holdings. Hull Copper company controlled 249 mining acres with 10,000,000 shares. Cleopatra owned 200 acres with 4,000,000 shares. Consolidated King and Columbia held 150 acres with 6,000,000 shares. Total 599 acres valued at 1,667 dollars per acre. Hull stock priced at five cents per share.
At the citizenship school in Cincinnati America a graduation exercise marked the completion of the program. The 64 graduates ranged from 21 to 60 years old and represented multiple dialects.
Among 308 occupations in which U S workers are employed women are represented in all but eight. Of those eight, three are military in nature. Street car drivers and boilermakers also fall in the exempt group.
New York readers learn that Athens colonized the Gallipoli peninsula over 2,500 years ago. The Colonkian Th clans faced savage neighbors as Miltiades built walls to control the isthmus near Bulalr and keep the enemy in check.
Prosecutor in Spokane files nine charges against Northern Pacific Express for delivering liquor into dry Washington. The company says shipments cross state lines with permits attached and canceled before leaving possession, amid claims of shippers refilling Montana crates. Officials contemplate court rulings to define duty and enforce Washington liquor law.
Estimates of World War I costs reach 140 billion dollars, with direct and indirect losses split across Belgium France Russia England Germany Austria. The article lists yearly cost figures, notes daily cost escalation, and mentions property and capital losses while recalling other historical foreign pavements and eccentric monuments built with extravagant materials, ending with a brief note on Japan expanding its cellulose industry.
A colossal manatee was found in Florida waters described as one of the largest specimens. The creature, likened to a cross between a hippo and a stout sweet potato, exhibited a mix of sea lion, kangaroo, and other odd traits. The article notes manatees are nearly extinct in U.S. waters.
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