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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1905
Page
2
A retailer warns about saccharine in processed foods and arsenic risk in saccharine additives. It notes prunes soaked in glycetine to appear plumper and fresher. The grocer emphasizes strict food examination, offers health protection, and promotes low prices with generous credit.
Local dealer touts recent sale of a carload and promises another shipment from the same suppliers. The notices claim broad customer appeal and advertise end of season prices with .95 and 50 cent tags. New potatoes are offered nearly as large as the old crop.
Helena June 16 State Superintendent Harmon plans a new course of study for all schools ready for August distribution. It adds agriculture with botany based lessons, arithmetic and other subjects, plus a uniform marking system. He will also write a chapter on irrigation and explain counting methods for young learners.
In Williamsport Pennsylvania on June 16 two Philadelphia and Erie freight trains collided near Willox. Fireman J W Andrews was killed while Con ductor Pierce Fireman Reilly and Engineer Holliday were badly scalded. The wreckage caught fire and three petroleum cars burned. An unknown man's body burned beyond recognition was found amid the debris.
In Dubuque Iowa on June 6 Mrs Paul Klass killed her four children with a butcher knife and then took her own life at the family home near Kilner Wisconsin. The eldest was six and the youngest a baby. the mother had been in ill health.
Maj. Gen. John C. Bates, head of the Northern division in St. Louis for 17 months, departs for Washington to become the senior member of the general staff of the United States army.
Orus M. Burns of Montpelier Ohio pleaded guilty to one count of embezzlement misapplication of bank funds false entries and perjury before a federal grand jury and was sentenced to seven years in the Ohio penitentiary.
O M Burns former cashier of First National Bank of Montpelier Ohio pleaded guilty in U S court to altering bank records and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Canon City Colorado June 16 Frederick Arnold aged 2 and Newton Andrews aged 21 were hanged at the state penitentiary tonight for the murder of Mrs Amanda Youngblood in Denver two years ago.
Assistant Secretary Melville W. Miller has presented his resignation to the president and it has been accepted. Jesse Wilson of Indianapolis is appointed to succeed him.
Clarence Forbes of Chicago was knocked out in the sixth round by Johnny Morrison of St. Joseph in a local St. Joseph bout.
In Duluth Minnesota on June 16 Kid Williams and Otto Seiloff each battled through 15 rounds to a draw as delegates to the State Eagles convention watched.
Leitzen Syria June 16 Colonel von Wassman former governor of German East Africa accidentally shot himself in the head while deer stalking at Fischern. He died instantly in the incident.
Vienna reports Baron Nathaniel de Rothschild died on June 13 leaving four million dollars to be distributed for various charities.
Memphis Tennessee June 16 O G Fesenden of New York was elected president at the convention of credit men Baltimore was chosen as the site for the next gathering.
Berlin June 16. Empress Augusta Victoria is indisposed and has canceled all public engagements. The empress's health remains under careful observation by royal physicians.
Rudyard Kipling argues the motor car benefits mankind spiritually physically and mentally. S Lewes Dickinson counters that autos promote haste and harm mental progress.
In Bellingham Washington on June 16 authorities report a prison-inmate connection led to recovering securities worth 84000 from the Dominion Express company safe after the Canadian Pacific Mission Junction robbery last September. Jake Terry alias Brown, a former inmate, says Minor will avoid prosecution as he leads a quest to extradite other suspects.
Ad promotes Laxative Bromo Quinine described as the world wide Cola Cure. Encourages readers to call for the full name and to look for the signature of E. W. Grove on the 25 cent offer.
The U S Department of Justice assigns E F Cushman of Seattle to assist Special Prosecutor F A Maynard in the government cases against R M Cobban and others over timber land entries in Missoula county. Cushman arrives in Helena. he is brother to Representative F W Cushman of Washington. Trial date is uncertain as the present suit continues and more matters are set for Judge Hunt.
Young Ketchell of Butte won a decision over Kid Lee of Havre in a fast seventeenth round in Helena. Lee stayed on his feet after multiple knockdowns but could not withstand Ketchell’s heavy punchers amassing punishment before the referee stopped the bout.
Premier Rou vier announced at the Elysee that he will keep the foreign affairs portfolio and relinquish finance. Merlou is expected to be named minister of finance with the official decree to follow. The Mor occan negotiations remain deadlocked as Washington peace talks loom.
At the Lewis and Clark exposition grounds Oregon agricultural college star Smithson clocked :10 seconds in the 100 yard dash, edging teammate Williams. Columbia’s Kelly took third. Idaho’s Edmundson led the mile, while Oregon earned multiple wins and Corvallis led in points with 32 to Oregon’s 10 and Idaho 8.
In Great Falls on June 16 the Fort Shaw girls beat Helena 34 to 0 in a crowded arena of six hundred spectators. Helena showed speed and skill individually but poor team play, unable to dent the Indian defense.
Susan Atwater Gillette widow of Judge Gordin Gillette and a revolutionary era figure dies at her Kenosha home aged 95. She was a daughter of John Atwater an aide de camp to General Washington and recently received a medal of honor from state and national chapters.
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