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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1914
Page
21
A sale in Butte is advertised as unprecedented in the city’s merchandising annals. The event pledges to demonstrate Symons value-giving supremacy and will startle shoppers with unmatched pricing.
Sale notice for lace curtains, bedspreads, towels and table damask. Includes White and Arabian color lace curtains at various prices from 1.25 to 2.25, new bedspreads at 95c and 1.65, Turkish towels 15c, and damask at 35c. Describes patterns and on sale quantities with clear bargain emphasis.
Three controversial measures occupy the House of Commons this May month with home rule for Ireland disestablishment of the Welsh church and the abolition of plural voting. Negotiations on compromise fail as Ulster and nationalist leaders demand opposing exclusions. Ulster Unionists seek permanent exclusion while nationalists push for limited exclusion. federalism proposals face strong opposition.
Yuma May 12 Three women were burned to death when the Hotel Imperial burned in Yuma Arizona The bodies of Miss Naomi Strong Miss Genevieve Brown a school teacher and Miss Brown s mother were found together near the stairway The loss was five thousand dollars partially covered by Seattle. May 12 The Corwin steamship sailed for Nome as the first of the Bering sea merchant fleet to depart the coast the Bear will sail tomorrow with mails for Nome.
Jefferson City May 12 resolutions condemning the proposed prohibition amendment to the national constitution were adopted by the state convention of the Ci Union of Missouri. The convention also adopted a resolution asking Catholics to stay away from the Panama Pacific exposition on days when the official Italian government representative, former Mayor Nathan of Rome, is present. Tulsa May 12 two tanks holding about 60000 barrels of oil near Tulsa, owned by Pierce Oll corporation, burned after a lightning strike. Loss estimated at 5000.
Coroner's inquest cites Mrs. Lillian Pleman of 396 West Broadway died from a self-inflicted gunshot. Husband RD Pleman testified he believed the note, referenced as a letter to a sister, held no link to the death. Witnesses described a happy scene and a planned hunting trip, with initial belief the shooting was accidental.
In Rhodes, excavators unearthed the tomb of Aristomenes, famed Mes Senate Spartan hero from the seventh century BC. Numerous antiquities discovered in the sepulcher accompany the remains, signaling a significant archaelogical find and shedding light on ancient Spartan history.
London May 12 Two army airmen Capt. P D Anderson and mechanic Carter were killed when two biplanes collided in midair at Aldershot. Lieut Wilson was severely injured in the crash which occurred late in the day.
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