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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1913
Page
19
In San Francisco on May 14 Patrolman Louie La Place ran into a blazing frame building to rescue a mother and her three day old baby. He found them on the third floor beneath coverings of a bed and carried them to safety as flames roared below.
Seattle May 14 Stephen Waivedish convicted in police court yesterday of a dis orderly hotel and fined and imprisoned. He filed charges with the county prosecutor accusing Policeman H B Thompson of soliciting bribes from the hotel keeper and a woman in the place. Grand jury expected to be called. Thompson previously prosecuted A B Nicholson, a bath house keeper, who is serving ten years for giving Thompson a $20 gold piece in a bag of fruit.
Dr Lyman Abbott of New York told about 300 delegates at the nineteenth annual Lake Mohonk Conference on Arbitration that disarmament remains a pian dream. He said the fist blow sword gleam and cannon bark will persist until a power greater than armed men protects the innocent from injustice. Abbott's speech appeared to answer American Peace Society severed fellowship.
Chicago May 14 Dressmakers club denounced the naughty slash in the tight skirt as an atrocity and fraud. They urged American fashion for American women and opposed all similar designs. Washington May 14 Senate Indian affairs committee heard Laura Kellogg accuse Carlisle Indian School of immoral conditions and inadequate discipline, with no specific instances named.
Mary West, once the sole resident of the deserted Carbon coal camp in Wyoming, was found alive but critically starved at the county hospital after illness since May 3 left her helpless. A faithful canine companion stood by her side.
An elderly collie stayed with his mistress in her room, never leaving since she fell ill. The report notes the dog's devoted presence as a quiet detail of the situation.
Secretary W B Burker of the Interstate Fair association received notice from the Northern Pacific Railway via traveling immigration agent J L Moore. At the annual fair August 25 29 prizes include dairy cow three years clock for best five bushels and one peck of thrashed oats and barley bundles with cash prizes of ten dollars for each set of five entries.
Washington May 14 Chairman Pittman of the senate territories committee introduced a bill to annul President Roosevelt's 1907 proclamation creating the Chugach National Forest of 11 001 000 acres and restore it to the public domain Officials of the Alaska Northern railroad say withdrawal halted interior construction and timber access Chicago May 14 Hog receipts 29 000 market steady to higher cattle and sheep sections show mixed prices and receipts figures
Portland market notes show weak cattle hog and sheep receipts with prices for steers hogs and yearlings. Separate calls announce bid offers for furnishings and building fitments at the state school in Boulder and a city bid for a concrete floor and sidewalk at Anaconda fire hall with bid closing June 2 1913.
Advertisements at branch agencies receive the same rate as the ea office in Butte or Ava conda at 1 cent per word. Ads are telephoned to the Standard office for timely publication. Listings include drug stores in Butte, Walkerville, Centerville with addresses.
The note lists basic want ad rates by word and line, mentioning daily and Sunday placements, per inch pricing, and monthly cycles. It warns against heavy drapery style in the classified columns and implies standard ad sizing guidelines.
A 1918 notice compiles job ads from Bow Employment Co and Hutte Employment Agency in Wyoming and Montana. Positions include carpenters at 8.50, waitresses, cooks, housegirls, ranch housekeeping, gallery of clerical and hospital trainees, plus bids for concrete sidewalks and curbing with city clerk oversight.
Real estate ads and notices list two room frame houses two acres and stables on sale from $99 to $2,100 plus modern flats and bungalows. Also mentions investment income on flats, Bailey Loan and Realty Co placemarks, and further lots and farms near Havre Montana with prices per acre along with dairy and market garden interest. Several single lines advertise homestead land, south of park street homes, and assorted property details. Also job ads and requests for sales agents and a few poultry breeding items.
Several irrigated tracts from 160 to 340 acres described with water rights, orchards, livestock, and farm machinery. Prices range from 8,500 to 14,000 with terms. Includes 400 acres bottom land and 600 apple trees, plus 240 acres under irrigation and multiple homes, stables, and outbuildings. Also listings for merchandise stock in Townsend and various Montana business opportunities.
Classified style listing offering engines and billiards gear, furniture, plants, rugs, car parts, and livestock. Includes multiple ads for sale cheap, delivery options, and contact details for Greig's Greenhouses, Anglewood Floral Co., Bruns Wick Hulke Co., and others in Butte Anaconda area.
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