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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1914
Page
14
Butte notes show many visitors in town from Dillon Missoula Helena Bozeman and Great Falls along with business trips and social events. Births marriages and local advertisements mix with notices of bankers firms and services. Travelers include J J Kelly J Bronson W R Walters and L G Bessinger.
Mrs. Kate Richards O’Hare, editor of the Rip-Saw, spoke at the Auditorium for two hours, advocating equal suffrage and recounting her experiences as a reporter evangelist and editor. She described harsh child labor conditions in the South and Massachusetts, including the Lawrence Strike, and urged women to enter politics to clean up public life.
A speaker extols United States advances in industry, transport, farming, education, and mail networks. She highlights Edison inventions, gasoline tractors, and mass production enabling a single girl to outproduce many workers. She credits diverse immigrant roots and calls for equitable benefits from progress.
A long list of hotel arrivals across Montana and beyond, detailing guests from Missoula, Deer Lodge, Butte, Great Falls, Helena, Billings, Lewistown, Kalispell, Livingston and other cities. Names include Mrs Frank Albee, J F Keown, R Preble, E G Johnson, Katherine Lard, W Mathews, D Kelton, C Thompson, Nora Garvey, A R Kyle, and many others from New York, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Denver, Boise, and more. The roster spans multiple states and cities, reflecting a wide array of travelers and visitors checked into hotels.
James Bartley an early Salvation Army band member in Butte was buried yesterday after a service at his home 19 Pearl Street. The local Salvation Army corps joined the funeral procession as the band played hymns through the business district to the cemetery. A high wind this afternoon burned six dwellings before containment, with Eversman and Hos helping secure property near the fire zone to save the residential area.
A widow, aged 18, was convicted today of the murder of Carmelo Cihentrate on December 2, 1913. This marks the first murder conviction of a woman by a New York jury in years. The death sentence will be pronounced next Tuesday.
Robert Fair, a prominent druggist and proprietor of the Drug and Assay Company on Park Street, died at age 38 after a prolonged illness. Born in St John New Brunswick, he moved to Butte, built a substantial business, and is survived by his wife Nell McDaniels and son George, with burial planned in Butte.
Zeke Auten a famed daredevil on the Rice and Dore saucer track suffered a bad spill during a Tiutte engagement. He was hurled over the machine after hitting a rough spot on the disc and landed in the center of the small course. Allen was taken to Murray hospital with a wrenched shoulder and bruises.
Federal court actions include a $1 damages suit by BK Wheeler against Griffin Iwray for exceeding a nine hour shift. Two counts for $40 from Thatcher Realty against Biloyers Liability involve Miss Alice Farlin’s elevator injury claims. A federal prisoner transfer order to Leavenworth was granted. An June 1 venire was ordered for Hinks site. The court term will continue with cases like Patrick J Conroy and others discharged by court order.
Local notes list visitors and residents amid social and business activity. Names include W E Shepherd from Minot H McKean of Billinge Mrs J F Harris of Chester P C McShane of Philipsburg David Jones Melrose stockman Rev H F Williams Welsh Presbyterian pastor heads to St Paul for a month Gilbert M Francis and Mary L Mt Alexander Nykal and Tacnea Sullivan and Mrs Patrick Campbell and Iren Conde referenced in marriage notices and travel plans.
Federal officials accuse James Gruenbaum of embezzling 825000 while serving as agent for a St Louis distillery in Nome Alaska. He was held on a 10000 dollar bond after testing in Chicago on May 1 following a two year season.
A district meeting for teachers was called to discuss testing results and methods with instructors, aiming to explain test significance and outcomes. Separate notes mention a playground land offer near Chloride and Broadway, and a 1913 class gift to start an athletic field fund.
From Guadalajara a report units say trains arrive with hundreds of refugees. The town is being fortified to resist a threatened attack by the constitutionalists.
An advertisement touts liquid argon as a dandruff destroyer. It claims nightly scalp application dissolves dandruff, ends itching, and leaves hair silky and fuller after a few uses. The piece promotes buying four ounces at drug stores as inexpensive and effective.
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