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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1914
Page
2
City and state health officials back new rules on prepared foods at race tracks and fairs. Inspectors will check cleanliness, covered storage, and safe disposal to prevent contamination. Authorities call for permanent sanitary facilities and stricter enforcement to protect patrons.
After a regular meeting at Walkerville the newly elected officers were installed. Mayor George Stephens appointed James Brongston as clerk, with Ed Mathews still council president and Frank Hocking as vice president. The new administration leans Republican mayor, Democratic treasurer, and yokefellow judge with four Democrats, one Republican, and one Socialist alderman. Joe Brivey retires after four terms. Expenditures near $2000 mark. Reports show solid finances, health and welfare steady with few arrests and only two sick residents. Warrants totaling $76,000 issued, historic in town. Mariage licenses issued Mikola Klivabac to J Prife and Carl Wossher to Anna WHI.
The Washington Butte company’s claim to the wartime veins adjacent to the Pittsmont mine, originally part of a placer patent, was affirmed on appeal. Mason and others had argued the placer patent excluded the veins. Judge Dietrich had ruled for a new trial previously. the circuit court of appeals upheld that decision after argument in February.
Evelyn Thaw announced plans to abandon city life for a nature focused summer in Maine interior, with a 14.5 acre tract purchased by Horace Newman and Evelyn Shiaw. She will live near nature, wearing simple robes and sandals, aiming to build strength for heavier stage roles while guiding her young son to outdoor resilience and athletic potential.
A federal equity action seeks to quiet title to about els acres adjoining the Short Line railroad in Beaverhead County. The railroad company claims prior title by a homestead while the defendant asserts ownership. the dispute centers on a land block valued at about 3500 dollars.
The dispatch notes Colonel Roosevelt will start in New York for ten days, then travel to Madrid to visit his son, with a second week in June for a church bulletin and embassy events, outlining a tentative travel and engagement schedule in Europe.
A man named Huber is held at Whitetail on a charge of stealing funds from the Pipestone post office. The U.S. district attorney Dr. R.K. Wheeler reports a postmaster noticed a gun and a broken lock as evidence, leading to Huber’s detention. Authorities say further proceedings by the district attorney will determine next steps.
A four-man escape plot at Olson prison was uncovered after a fellow convict tipped authorities. The plan aimed to overpower Warden J. J. Smith and Superintendent Rush in the basement of a new residence, strip the warden, have Norman Bateman wear his clothes, and use a concealed knife belt to force compliance. An armed belt and improvised surveying tools were prepared, with a silvered carriage intended to spirit them out of the prison. The scheme, estimated to have progressed over several months, was designed for a swift breakout once triggered.
San Francisco May 4. The petition of Abe Reuf former political leader of San Francisco for a parole from San Quentin where he is serving years is set for the next state board of prison directors meeting at Folsom May 9. The board previously ruled parole was impossible until at least half the term is served but recent supreme court action says a first offender not serving a life sentence is entitled to a hearing after one year.
Paris May 4 Joseph Caillaus ex minister of France and Fernand D Allieres opposed in a recount ejectment fight. They dueled with pistols at close range twice each but neither shot struck. Crillaux fired in heal. the encounter occurred on the Fare des Priees.
Washington May 1 The combined nation’s business, amid Mexican imbrogio, moved to the open air today under a tent shade on the White House grounds. Representative Underwood, House majority leader, made a first visit to the new space as part of the session.
A devastating blaze in Valparaiso kills more than fifty people at night near Tuxedo Park. Herbert Lave lay, choir master of St Marys, dies. Charley Precking is severely injured. A dog, collie belonging to Miss Eleanor Wilson, suffers a broken leg near the White House. Mexico City reports pending mediation conference with Rodriguez, Elguero, and Senator Emilio Inhasi leaving for Monte to attend the talks.
In May 4 session, Chancellor of the Exchequer Lloyd George announced the sixth budget, with estimates and fiscal measures outlined. The speech touched on expenditures and anticipated revenue as part of the government’s financial plan.
Fragmentary report lists Paul Linsdalen Grevy as former member of the Trench senate with ties to Paris officials. Names Dirk Lois Spe Hy and Jules Crewys appear alongside vague references to a Panl and a Premed reptile, with a cryptic note about 18K.
A Chicago maker of margarine was fined 10000 dollars and given a two year prison term for conspiring to defraud the government in tax fraud on a margarine product. The trial involved defendant Mer D Pren and Young Terkiner, with other parties linked to the case. Ida Hoeehor and a school noted in the record appear in the fragments.
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