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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1913
Page
13
The Butte News lists advertising rates in its Independent edition, detailing size options and pricing for classified and display ads. Rates vary by position, format, and duration, with discounts for long term placements and frequent customers.
A jeweler promotes diamonds sold on installment plans, noting buyers may keep or return goods based on arrangements. The ad stresses the allure of paying weekly or monthly, claims low prices from 25 to 70 dollars, and promises customers receive what they pay for with clear, dependable terms.
Various short items record local goings on in Butte. Individuals like J H Arner and Mrs. Kramer travel to Salem and Hibbing, while others depart for Minneapolis, Montreal, or New York. A newborn son to Mr and Mrs George Sievers is noted along with hospital recoveries and a cerebral hemorrhage death of Mr Swanberg. The piece mentions hotel and retail ads, road conditions to Boulder Springs, a concert rehearsal notice, church conference, savings bank trips, and streetcar shop work improving cars and new electric switches in central districts.
A tale from the jail era recounts Mitchell surrendering a marriage license and introducing his acquaintance to the clerk. He explains his inability to marry Hannah after growing closer behind bars and proposes a new match with Frank Sestito, while the deputy clerk contemplates the altered document and future arrangements.
Miss Johanna Sullivan of 3 Gray Rock terrace endured six days and nights in the Montana foothills north of Butte. She wandered 70 miles, braving snow, hunger, and danger, before being found near a ranch by Sheriff Tom Driscoll and Deputy Noonan. Her mind is unsettled but she is resting at home with no serious injuries anticipated.
The April report by city health officer Dr. Carl Horst records 103 deaths in Butte during the month. Among the deceased were 65 males and 38 females, with causes including general diseases 31, heart trouble 10, nervous and digestive disorders 8, mining accidents 12, and pneumonia causing one death. Tuberculosis accounted for 12 deaths, eight of them miners. The emergency hospital treated 31 cases, 33 people were under quarantine, and six deaths were from contagious diseases.
Washington May 7 the senate executive session halted the nomination of George W Guthrie democratic Pennsylvania state chairman and former Pittsburgh mayor as ambassador to Japan. The foreign relations committee will meet to report the nomination and it is expected to be confirmed promptly.
The United States court paid a high tribute to Deputy Clerk Harry Drumm who died from injuries in a Monday night holdup in Butte. Judge Freeman announced the court would honor his memory and adjourn. the court will record the memorial. The murderers of Drumm and Edmund Thomas are sought with a reward from the Masonic Fraternity of Butte offering $1000 for information leading to arrest and conviction.
We thank neighbors and friends for the sympathy extended after the loss of our beloved son and brother Joseph John Rogers. Special thanks to the Women of the World, the railroad workers, and Rev Rhodes for floral offerings. Richard Rogers Henry Rogers Samuel Rogers Mary Coulter.
The Lotus club announces a closing dance on May 21 at Columbia Gardens Pavilion described as one of the season’s most brilliant social events. Each member gets four invitations and couples are not expected.
Thomas F MeMahon the old time miner who killed John Enlish and wounded another in a Florence hotel barroom in late November may not stand trial for murder. A sanity commission was set for nine twenty this morning with Drs Sthaldaier and Sullivan, as County Attorney McCaffery seeks to determine responsibility. If adjudged insane, trial would be avoided.
James Brady of 33 Clear Grit terrace swore to a complaint charging Doe of Minah street with arson after a fire swept yesterday morning causing $15,000 loss. Fred Williams of 10 Minah street, whose house burned, is named as a witness. Centerville fire department praised for its work.
An ad for the New Everybody's shoe store at 130 West Park Street sells women and girls shoes and pumps. Shoes priced at 3.50 and 4 dollars emphasize comfort and quality.
William Newton, once a public figure as a police court practitioner in Butte, was released from jail after a week on charges of passing worthless checks at a colored club on Galena street. An agreement with the county attorney spared the county the cost of Salt Lake witnesses. Newton, about 30, promised to cooperate as an informer on how his money was lost and how the checks were issued, suggesting gambling as the source. He wore a Prince Albert coat, Panama hat, and carried a cane. S.V. Kemper, president of the Butte Grand and Investment Company, has returned from Spokane.
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