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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1913
Page
18
The funeral service for Larry Duggan Rowe took place Friday afternoon at Virginia View Cemetery. Interment followed the Vanity Interment sequence with remains to be shipped to a yet to be announced time and location.
The notices announce funerals for Joseph Richards, a funeral director and embalmer, with services at St Patrick’s Church and Mount Moriah Cemetery, and for Mary Flately of Virginia Street with mass at St Garrison and interment at Mount Moriah. Expressions of thanks follow for condolences and moral offerings.
An advertising card promotes Cascarets to relieve headaches and digestive issues. It claims toxins from the bowels enter the bloodstream, causing head pains, and promises cleansing of the stomach liver and bowels overnight. A 10 cent box is offered by druggists.
Witnesses describe George Prokos being shot by Alyates Papp at the Greek American club after Prokos reached for a knife. Testimony covers self defense, knife threats, and disputes between partners Regas Mihas and others, with Turkish interpreters and multiple Greek witnesses detailing events before and during the confrontation.
The passage surveys varied subjects from Mrs. Hemmick predicting skirts' disappearance to reflections on Butte and Anaconda growth, local officials like W. J. Johnson, and Western culture. It blends anecdotal jokes, civic observations, and future-city musings with references to sidewalks, encroachments, and a distant political scene.
A $2,000 damage suit is filed in district court over an injury to a child caused by a team on Gallatin street and Kemper avenue. The plaintiff alleges negligence against the team owner. In other news Montana Packing dissolves, Harvard Norsberg defaulted, estates unsettled, and an Anaconda death settlement of $1,400 sent to an Irish heir.
Committees of baseball enthusiasts and chamber of commerce agreed on a plan for a parade honoring baseball. Members invited companies to join and help organize a smooth event. The parade will assemble at 11:30 AM and begin at 45th Street, aiming to reach Boston Montana barn, giving a breathing spell before the city festivities.
The article previews the showing of The Prisoner of Zenda at the American Theater with remarks by Daniel Frohman and Sothern as Rudolph, noting the enduring power of acting and the rise of motion pictures. It also announces the opening of a sawdust and lemon fade season Friday May 23 with a grand parade and a West debut of a three-ring circus appearing in Anaconda May 24.
President A Lawrence Lowell of Harvard urged delaying early education and marriage for boys, arguing that sending a boy to college before reaching mature age is a grave error. He warned against rushing youths into college life and stressed the need for seasoned maturity before college.
Dr Lowen argues that youths need college four years then possible law or medical studies. Aiman is as mature at 17 as 18, forming quicker friendships and appearing more impressionable. He warns that less discipline may yield a better man, claiming sending a man of four to college harms him but sending boys to work guarantees return.
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