Woman Found in Male Attire Sparks Freight Rains Reveal
A reader report notes a woman dressed in male clothing found amid freight reveals unusual attire incident. Authorities investigate motive and identity as weather delays complicate scene.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1913
Page
8
Woman In Menswear Arrested For Parading In Public
Ella Lewis, 33, revealed she cut her hair and wore boys clothes to secure better wages after years of hunger and failed prayers for money. She told how a second hand clothing dealer's wife urged her to disguise herself, leading to her Northern Pacific arrest while seeking work, and described a life of poverty and ambition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pitt
Ella Lewis
Utah
Howie Atti
Inory
Spirit of War Disturbs Europe in British Press
London reports the tense mood in Britain as European armaments rise and calls for defense grow. Prime Minister Asquith denies any plan to deploy an expeditionary force, despite critics suggesting contingencies. The debate triggers cheers for the denial and fears of looming conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Great Britain
Asquith
Tyr Hugh Cecil
Merking
Poland
Thirty Years of Graft Revealed in City Probe
New York March 10. District Attorney Whitman opens a graft case spanning 29 years against Mrs Hertz a wealthy proprietor of disorderly resorts. She has confessed and is expected to testify with other witnesses before the grand jury. Evidence includes checks and ledgers. revelations touch on police officials and implicated figures like Jack Sullivan known as King of the Newsboys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Whitman
Herta
Tis
Vn Mining & Ouse
Ory
Igh
Whitew Day
Hertz
Jack” Suivan
Newsboys
Brame
Les Becker
Sullivan
Xottivan
James Wrenn
Wrenn
Dmad
Whitman Say
Dennis Sweeney
Montana men in line for patronage reshuffle
Senators Myers and Walsh back appointing R N Sutherlin as register and Thomas Corbally as receiver for Great Falls office. Montana delegation to present names to Secretary Brean, with Stout and Evans naming some posts. Meeting focused on patronage norms and cooperation with the administration amid ongoing Montana projects and Indian appropriation discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Myers
Walsh
R. N. Sutherlin
Register
Thomas Corbally
Great Falls
Cty
Sutherlin
Corbally
Interior Department
Tleally
Montana
Brean
Len
Harman
Granville Strast
Tbrarian
Butte
Carl Browne
Huntley J
Montana Delega
Wilson
Wash
Stout
Evans
Newell
Savage
Secti Mation Service
Harriet Tubman Dies In Home She Founded In Auburn
Auburn New York March 10 Harriet Tubman 100 years old is dying here of pneumonia at the Tubman Home for Indigent Aged Negroes founded on land given by Secretary Seward. She assisted John Brown and abolitionists and is said to have piloted over 200 slaves to Canada via the Underground Railroad network of sympathetic stations and safe shelters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Auburn
N.Y
Harriet Tubman
Abraham Lincoln
Whitlam
H. Seward
John Brown
Pneuemonia
Canada
Women Entrapment by Fortune Tellers and Brokers
Chicago reports the state attorney will open an investigation into a swindling ring that uses clairvoyants and fortune tellers with stockbrokers to dupe victims. Notable cases include Mrs Mary Rapp of Naperville losing about 10000 and Lydia Lemke of Elgin losing 4390 to forged notes as part of the scheme. The police cite hundreds of similar losses tied to the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Torney
Shally Tall
Mary Rapp
Naperville
Lydia Lemke
Elgin
Figure on Way Girls Can Live Deprement
Fragmentary item notes a plan or program for girls, referencing figures and locations with unclear names. It suggests a public or community effort but lacks clear actions, dates, or organizers. The readable segments imply a developmental or welfare angle without concrete details.
Factory wages debate tests minimum pay for women
March 19 testimony by William Thorne of Montgomery Ward & Co before the Illinois view commission questions a $12 a week minimum for women. He cites actual living costs of a 1913 era worker, including rent, meals, and incidentals, arguing the figure is too high and would push factories to hire men instead. Other witnesses describe pay-roll details while avoiding profit figures, agreeing that $8 a week is a nearer minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiags
Willian
Thome
Montgomery Wart & Co
Illinois View Commission
Boand
Curtis
Ashy
Tod
Toda
Ewin
Jowmpa Age Sobekeneton
Josephi Magdohn
Perce
Wa' Ahmann
Menttoma
Albert “Bilinger
Thera
Ging
Eastor Jui Wid
Thovne
Ima
Athens
Montgomery, Ward & Co
Thorne
Juul
Jeremy
Thes
Federal Army withdraws from Agua Prieta across border
Rebels under General Ojeda press toward Nogales after routing federals at Nacozari and El Tigre. Refugees from Na Tigre join 75 federal veterans from Nacozart as forces move along the Arizona border. American residents urge Ojeda to spare Agua Prieta and redirect to Nogales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mornin EL Tigre
Cinp
Hore
Nish
Nacozari
el Tigre
Agua Prieta
Nogales
Sonora
Douglas
Ojeda
Nogates
Suffragette Protest Turmoil At Royal Opening
London stories report militant suffragists attempting to reach King George and Queen Mary during the royal opening procession. Police clashed with about five women aiming to present petitions colored with suffrage banners. A large, hostile crowd followed, with threats and arrests as demonstrators shouted for votes for women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George
Queen Mary
Traversina St James’ Park
Mra Emmeline Pankhurst
Suffea
Misa Anna Kenny
Whitehall
Adettow
Marlborowsi
Energ
Toxother & Moby
Prion
Why Am I a Bun Why Am I a Bun Chicago March 1
Immanuel Baptist Church in Chicago offers a daily breakfast for tramps and unemployed men. Pastor Rev. Johnston Myers offers a $1 prize for best one word answer to Why am I a bun. Louis Anderson, age 40, wins with “Unrestricted immigration not enough to incompetence.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Immanuel Baptist Church
Johnston Myers
Louis Anderson
Jimmy
Hodge
Vermont
Tye
Otte Tula
Tam Aeigner
Captain Bowie Shot by Private Then Commits Suicide
Paso Texas March 10 Captain Hamilton Bowie of the Thirteenth Cavalry was shot through the shoulder by Private Carl Campbell who then killed himself at Ysleta after wounding another campmate who joined in the pursuit. Campbell had been reprimanded by the captain before firing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paso
Texas
Hamilton Bowie
Thirteenth Cavalry
Carl Campbell
Campbell
Ysleta
Bowie
Prize jewelry found after running gunfight confession
Times in San Francisco reports Isermann Conn alias Frank Dale, wounded in a Saturday running fire with citizens and police, confessed to eight or more robberies in Chicago and eastern cities. Police searched his hotel room and recovered jewelry valued around 330,000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francisco
Isermann Conn
Frank Dale
Chicago
Fashionatte
Explosive Blast Wrecks Irvine Town in Ayre Shire
A terrific dynamite explosion at Nobel’s explosive works in Arder Glasgow triggers widespread destruction in Irvine. Reports say hundreds injured and several dead with three blasts and a two mile high smoke column. Water fronts harbor wrecked. many buildings destroyed. emergency hospitals overwhelmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Irvine
Ayreshire
Nobel
Arder
Malles
King Opens Parliament After Three Days' Recess
London March 1 King George opened the third session of the present parliament after a three day prorogation the briefest in record. The ceremonial procession moved from Buckingham Palace to Westminster Hall in the gilded glass coach drawn by Hanoverian cream colored horses. He began his address by noting the Jubilee of the marriage of his parents King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra and praised the nation’s regard for the Queen Mother Alexandra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
George
Buckinghame Palace
Westminster Hall
Edward VII
Alexandra
Stude
Queen Mother
Widow of czar’s widow sues lawyer for fees in New York
Princess Youriewsky of Paris, widow of Alexander II, filed in New York state courts seeking $2900 from Victor F. Gart, a New York lawyer. She alleges he retained $3300 as a fee for collecting $22,300 and that she furnished $1000 in capital. The 69 year old widow notes her late husband was assassinated in 1881 and that her marriage was morganatic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Youriewsky
Paris
Alexander II
Victor F. Garts
Alexander
Governor Vetoes County Creation Bills Amid Legislative Conflicts
Helena March 10. Governor vetoed the senate bills for Clay Wheatland and related county creation measures. The attorney general’s opinion noted legal limits on legislatures creating counties by act, citing conflicts among county division advocates and legislative arrangements. The veto cited a constitutional concern and legislative overreach influencing the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helena
Nay
Clay
Wheatland
Secretary of State
Clay County
Just Out of Prisoner Tries to Kill Woman Then Commits Suicide
Clarence Walker, recently released from San Quentin after four years, returned to Waho and shot Miss Helen Beck, city Marshal William Brown, and Mrs Sophia Becker after she declined marriage. He then shot himself in the head. a bystander’s shot went wild. Miss Beck, a former sweetheart, was wounded in the breast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waho
Ham
Clarence Walker
California
San Quentin
Helen Urs
William Brown
Sophia Becker
Walker
Marshal Brown
Mrs. Beck
Miss Beck
Bek
Also Mentioned on This Page
Fens Crearrr
Freight Sex
Police
Kila Lewis
Lealer
Anert
Mer Natrosin
Emilee
Hyemne
Indiana
Rnnes An
Ture
Europe
SINTY
Vienna
the Express
Tee Wynn Hans
Federal Army
King
Nuttin
Howe
Marely
Great Western Fay
Anon - WN
Czar
Felo Hepuses
CLA! Wirkox
Richland
Sie
Dill
Rage
Just
Girl
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