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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1914
Page
14
The article argues modern watches must keep time within 30 seconds per week to be acceptable. It notes registering about 40 000 watches repaired and claims to aim for best possible service, offering value beyond elsewhere.
The column lists numerous city visits and arrivals including Lewis Speyer in Spokane and G H Davis from Great Falls. It notes local business, transport, and social activity with mentions of Tonkin's raincoat sale, Yegen Bros bankers paying savings interest, and various residents traveling to cities such as St Joseph and Yale. Also records births, visitors from Kalispell, and state officials in town for assignments.
Twelve thousand children from Silver Bow county are expected at Columbia Gardens for Arbor Day outing hosted by former Senator W. A. Clark. Streetcar tickets were distributed, and conductors told to provide rides to all children under six. Special train routes and broader transportation arranged from Glen to Butte, with schools observing a holiday and preparations for games and picnics at the gardens.
Garden officials at Electric Park warned of risks after a young cinnamon bear, purchased for the bear pit, was killed by Mary and Jack the two resident black bears. Managers tried peace efforts and water to separate the animals but the youngster died from its injuries.
A Butte chamber meeting debated consolidating state higher education on one campus. Speakers argued for a large university to rival national peers, while warning against unnecessary destruction of buildings and urging practical agricultural and mining education. A resolution urged faster patent processes for homesteaders and improved land title rules.
A Montana court handles a crowd of unemployed men charged with vagrancy. Judge Booher notes a growing problem as the army of jobless men pleads for work. Several defendants, including a wife-beating case, face hearings as the court pushes for testimony and accountability.
New York May 1 The first witnesses in the second Becker murder trial of Herman Rosenthal appeared after jury selection. District Attorney Whitman described the killing, named the gunmen, and accused Becker of directing the crime. Five witnesses largely repeated testimony from the prior trial.
Amon Chicago May 1 Joan o F selke and the Oleomargarine Manufacturing company were made defendants in two government civil suits to recover back taxes and interest on oleomargarine totaling 9,009. The actions seek payment of taxes with interest.
James P. Martin died at his family residence 1 Ridgeley Avenue aged 53. Survived by his wife and others, with further details incomplete in the fragment.
An obituary fragment notes eight children including James, F. Anna of Alfred, Elizabeth, Peter and Butte, and Mary of Glendive with three brothers Edward of Butte, Willian to Utah, Peter and a sister in Wales. Mr. Martin had been sick two weeks.
London May 12 The royal Covent Garden opera house hosted a gala performance for the king and queen of Denmark as they visited. A suffragette disrupted the event shouting that women are tortured in their dominions, was removed by two men, and other suffragettes in the gallery dropped leaflets while demonstrations continued beneath.
A news digest reports steps toward launching the federal banking system with district banks and a federal reserve board. Districts 7 8 10 and 12 list chartered banks in Chicago Minneapolis Kansas City San Francisco and related cities as committees prepare to appoint directors and issue charters, aiming for August 2 deployment.
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