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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1913
Page
12
In Judge McClernan’s district court yesterday Mrs Barbara Oertel sued Le Kehnelder, a German Club saloon proprietor, for $2 000 claiming a beating outside the club after a two day spree. Witnesses described a husband’s brutal conduct and the wife’s injuries amid testimony from several women who stayed in the room despite urging to leave.
Notes from Butte sketch a string of brief items about local people traveling to Buffalo Portland Chicago and New York plus visits and social calls. Names include Ek Hutchins Sam Maroni Louis Sponheim WW Happer Miss Pearl Kauffman and Miss Lena Schlager with places such as Corbin Wisdom Great Falls Ban Francisco and Butte mentioned among various errands and social visits.
A garbled paragraph describes a Great Scoop about a raincoat sale offering deep discounts on men’s and women’s coats, including rubberized Pitan and gaberdine styles. It mentions large quantities, factory prices, and a guarantee refund policy, with emphasis on the value of coats at substantial markdowns.
A Great Northern engine tender collision near Mountain Junction killed locomotive fireman Rogers aged 21. He was pitched between engine and tender as rails separated, body mangled by moving parts. Rogers, recently assigned to switching duties, died on arrival of trainmen. coroner and physician attended. Survived by parents Mr and Mrs Richard Rogers and two brothers Henry and Samuel.
Witnesses describe a chaotic domestic scene as Mrs Oertel confronts her husband in a saloon brawl. Schneider notes intoxication and verbal altercations, while others confirm disturbances and threats. The German Club secretary testifies to ongoing family troubles and interim arrangements as the case proceeds in court.
The district court ordered disincorporation of WA Clark & Bro and its reversion to a co partnership, restoring the former banking firm under the old style. The long list of named individuals across Montana towns appears in the proceedings, including residents from Missoula, Dillon, Helena, Great Falls, Butte, and several smaller locales.
Wells Fargo Express officials spent yesterday in BARE Inspecting the local money order system. S Carpenter, superintendent of the Stene Oregon Puget Sound and Yukon division, with headqua rlgsky Beattle. E Davis assistant superintendent. W A Huresell Ponte agent. I S Wil son route agent.
John Williams of 5 Wing Avenue Mea died yesterday after a short illness. He was a member of the Boston Montana and the Montana state band at various times, with ties to Calumet Michigan and the Maccabees and the carpenters' union. Survived by his wife, three sons Edward, White and Harold, and two daughters Marion and Mia. A. M. Schiits survives John.
Joan C Daly aged 43 died at Royal Hospital after a short illness. He had lived in Montana years and worked as a miner. He belonged to the Butte Miners Union and local lodges. Body at Walsh undertaking. Funeral plans to be announced. Veterans will reoccupy quarters from basement to third floor of the county art building. Washington school children to relocate here after this week.
Joseph Vaumgner died yesterday at his home in Butte age four after a brief illness. Survived by brothers Daniel and Dennis and a wife with two children. Relatives also reside in Ireland.
Willam Newton, 60, former police court practitioner, was arrested yesterday after failing to secure night or day bonds and a settlement to forgery charges. Three checks totaling 55 dollars and another 35 dollar check, drawn by Carter Sawyer, were involved. Newton claimed confusion over the matter and denied wrongdoing as officers handled the case.
A Missoula couple, Walter Lutheran and Bessie Njoo, were united at St. Mark's Peterhan Church in Butte by Pastor Martin Hudtoft last night. The knot was tied at the residence of the pastor before they left for St. Paul on their wedding trip. A postal note from Mary Carlton of Los Angeles surfaced in local chatter amid fragmentary details of other names and addresses.
A miner acts as sleuth after finding his clothes missing from a pawnbroker. The thief, named Boo, allegedly fled with a $19 suit but offered to return the clothes if McHugh provided money. Neyman later returned the suit as the case unfolds.
Madison Wisconsin April 99 William La Pollette 65 died this afternoon of heart disease after a prolonged illness He was active in the Wilson campaign in Wisconsin and had been mentioned for an important government position He had held Simons as receiver of public money at the Chamberlain land office and defeated democratic candidate for lieutenant governor in 1908 His son G E La Foliete is managing editor of the Helena independent of Helena Montana Libby April 30 The body of Edward Spencer who was drowned was recovered from Pipe creek eight miles from Libby He worked for Brooks Bros logging contractors on their log drives captured among the logs and drowned while working on a log raft
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