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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1913
Page
16
Police report indicates a group termed yeggmen are burgling multiple West Park street shops in Butte. They force entry via skylights using a steel bar, striking at drug stores and a grocery near police headquarters. repeat robberies suggest practiced method and boldness.
Notices from Butte list several residents traveling to San Antonio Minneapolis and New York. Names include Davi, Baird Yeaves, John Sweeney, Parker Hennessy, Mrs. F. M. Jacobs, and A. Huneka visiting Helena and New Mexico. Also mentions births, nursing staff, a federal court case against Bar and Realty, spur opening between Snowden and Fairview, a mine death at Radersburg, and local business ads.
A fragment states an organized gang with headquarters in Butte operates from this city and targets ex convicts released from state prisons on charges of housebreaking. The author notes belief in this gang and names Wes Suepicton Haseen as directed against ex convicts.
About 5 000 public school pupils plan to gather this afternoon at the gardens for the Grammar School Track Championship. Jerome Shea captains McKinley with Lee Nelson as manager and aims for pole vault while fast runners compete to outpace challengers from Clarfield and other schools. Officials consider eligibility rules amid protests over one entrant switching from another school. Free streetcar transport will begin at 8 o clock with spectators admitted to the grandstand.
Residents of Walkerville Montana resume daily life as painters work on the Mason temple now a moving picture house. Police judge cites orderly behavior though a few minor quarrels surface. Gardens sprout, lawns flourish, and carpet beating by homeowners highlights a quiet summer day with local commerce and progress in the town.
A brake shoe failure sent a wagon team bolting down Copper and Main streets to the Original in the Daly Monument area. A cement pillar halted the run, trapping timbers and injuring one horse while the other escaped unhurt. Nearby workers and a downtown crowd heard the crash as a truck and bystander actions limited further harm. The incident involved Nora Main and Francie Thompson North. The wagon, valued at about $150, was linked to Hancock Maine trades.
Dr. Lyman Abbott of York, speaking as Lake Mohonk Conference chair, argued universal peace is utopian and disarmament impractical. His opening address, delivered before about three hundred delegates at the nineteenth annual meeting, followed controversy over his recent dismissal from the American Peace Society for similar remarks.
The Standard offers flag subscriptions for a year in advance with assorted flag sizes and prices. Funeral services for Henry Sanders will be held at his residence with Army of the Republic and Montana Spanish War veterans in attendance. The service moves to Forestvale cemetery, with the family traveling to Helena after the burial. Division No. 24 0 H Eagles and local groups participate. Public notices include sales and shoe ads from West Park street.
Fragmentary text mentions Tena Bowman in Spokane related activity with unclear intersections and possible further actions. No clear event, date, or organization is established.
Naturalization court reports 37 applicants yesterday with 10 granted full citizenship. Several cases were postponed due to missing or unqualified witnesses while some were denied on credibility or residency issues. Names of several applicants appear in the day’s proceedings as delays and determinations affect final status.
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