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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1907
Page
22
Western Montana News note announces advertising rates available on request with no further details. The terse item indicates pricing information to be supplied upon inquiry, implying a subscription-era local newspaper business note.
The Union chapel rift in Orchard Homes district peaked as the Sunday school head of one faction refused to surrender the chapel key. Followers removed the door to enter and halt the service while the sheriff declined involvement unless violence appeared.
Missoula reports a mid-evening collision of NP engines 34 and 1035 near the Rattlesnake Crossing derailed both engines and damaged a caboose. Passenger no 6 faced a three hour delay, passenger no 2 about two hours, as wreckers cleared the yard by ten o'clock.
Private viewing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York announced the addition of Renoir's Charpentier Family purchased at the Paris Charpentier sale for $15,480. The canvas measures about six feet square and depicts Mme Charpentier with a St Bernard, framed by rich accessories. The painting, created in 1878, features a black lace robe, blond hair and blue dresses in a harmonious palette.
The system uses dual cradles on a rail with cables linking a rising and a falling cradle. Large tanks act as boats, filled to balance weight and ease movement. Each cradle handles boats up to 8 tons, with throughput of 14 to 16 per hour.
A May 19 report quotes a diplomat stating Mexican Minister to Guatemala Gamboa may soon depart Guatemala but likely return. Archives will stay in charge of the legation. The Diazmatist notes Mexico’s cautious mobilization affects business while seaports are fortified and a cabinet change follows the crisis.
An article discusses Northern European immigrants arriving in Charleston as the advance guard of thousands to come. These settlers, selected small farmers with funds to buy farms, are invited by South Carolina to become citizens and help diversify the region. The piece notes that such migration illustrates the South’s efforts to attract desirable settlers, a trend mirrored by Georgia and other northern states.
Dr Francis E Clark relates in Boston Transcript(selection) on Tolivia the Hermit describes llamas as the principal beasts of burden. He notes their size color variety and camel like traits including long treks with heavy loads, water needs and a spitting habit. He calls llamas useful for flesh wool hide and bones and quotes a llama price of five dollars in gold.
Rev Dr Leonard Missoula spoke at the University of Montana urging students and high school delegates attending the Interscholastic meet to seek spiritual growth alongside college learning. He warned of materialism, urged personal integrity, patience, and individuality, and urged that true strength comes from refining character and serving others.
The report describes brutal methods used on captives in Africa where patients are buried up to their necks in baths deemed impossible. They aim to cool fever by immersion but many die. About eighty percent succumb to this treatment.
The Hamilton high school commencement was held last evening at the Lucas Opera House with eight graduates. Debating team members Miss Trace Laws Annabelle Robertson Monica Shannon received gold engraved watches, presented by Mayor W W Mecrackin, honoring their championship in debate. A notable report notes Dr Ha sucretus from Chicago visiting the valley. John Cunningham, long afflicted with paralysis, died at his Allison addition home and was buried at Riverview.
A day 19 event drew nearly 400 participants, including 500 women and children, in a mass show of sympathy for Moyer Haywood and Pettibone. The largely socialist parade featured red flags and banners with orderly conduct and no disturbances.
May 10 Missoula report describes a bold vault break as north room windows were shattered. Police, led by Sheriff Campbell, searched lodging houses and railroad yards, detaining 29 suspects behind bars while pursuing leads connected to a Northern Pacific train holdup near Butte.
The Wesley University and Agricultural College track teams joined by the college Young Men’s group enjoyed rooms and light punch at the Gallatin Valley club. Miss Lucy Pearson, state YWCA secretary, arrived from Butte and spoke at churches and college meetings, with a diploma conferment for four graduates.
W. G. Fitz-Gerald’s June article in Technical World Magazine depicts railroads as battling nature in endless clashes. It arks elephants in India earthquakes in Japan drifting grass in Argentina snow in Canada floods in Mexico locusts in Brazil sand in Australia and other hazards as telegraphs turn profits, describing how nature tests railroad builders with a blend of anecdote and fact.
Special Dispatch from Bozeman May 13 W H Hamilton found guilty of bursary ten days ago is sentenced to one year in the penitentiary Hamilton worked for the Northern Pacific at Logan and had access to baggage room He broke open a trunk stored there The jury left the penalty to Judge Michael Donlan of Butte who is filling for Judge Stewart for a few days.
The Museum Gazette editor in London estimates human habitation of Britain at about 230,000 years, noting the historic period of around 2,000 years is a small fraction of humanity’s total presence and the overall span of the world’s history.
The Cologne Gazette notes a Tokyo season featuring well translated and well performed Shakespeare. Director M. Mataul, based in Berlin, seeks rights to Henrik Ibsen and Gerhart Hauptmann plays, and preparations are under way for the Japanese stage.
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