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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1913
Page
17
A local jeweler promotes graduation gift options as schools close for vacation. The window displays gifts priced from fifty cents to fifty dollars, highlighting affordable tokens for grads. The piece encourages a celebratory sendoff for graduates.
Con F Kelley, head of Anaconda copper mining interests, spoke to about 100 Newsboys Club members in Butte last night. He urged youth to pursue clean living, strong study, and civic duty, stressing character, mind training, and healthy habits as keys to future success and American citizenship.
H J Owens of Williams Idaho departed for Denver after a few days in Butte. Rangers Pearl naugh from Glacier National park are visiting town. Alfred J Dunn of Wallace Idaho, a dairy postmaster, spent a weekend in Butte and owns a large ranch near Twin Falls Idaho.
Jurors in Ishpeming contemplate verdict in a libel trial involving a newspaper editorial. Questioned about potential bias, several veniremen disclosed views on libel and damages, with the judge warning of strict confinement until verdict. Peremptory challenges excused two potential jurors as defense and prosecution sides examined suitability.
Chief Murphy links a cache of worn goods to prowlers after a robbery scare in Butte. Suspects Reevis and Murphy plan to face trial as county attorney Kennedy hires counsel and two witnesses identify a masked highwayman. Detectives also recover stolen goods tied to a barn theft and a coal bill fraud by T Orr for the Montana Transfer Company.
The Chamber of Commerce excursion was postponed due to lack of interest. The planned trip included a week on the road visiting National Park Great Falls Kalispell and other stops. Flor gonnson a resident of Butte aged 15 years died after a long illness at Town avenue leaving a wife son and daughter.
A fragment lists individuals including AT Orne and his wife of St Paul, William Schuette of San Francisco, JA Wilkins of St Louis, C Layton of Ohio, Ray W Evans, C Bennett of Deer Lodge, William H Ds Loar of Helena, Harry Gimberling, C Peterson of Three Forks, A J McKay, D A Morrison of Whitehall, and others. The OCR shows scattered surnames and towns with no clear event or context.
Fragmentary report notes Empress is ill with a cold and confined to her apartments. Benes of Fushihite reportedly better, while other names and events appear amid disjointed lines about a death in Leonard ie and a funeral planned at a residence. May 31 in London references Emmeline Pankhurst and Holloway jail reprise.
A marchers group urged to disclose wrongs at the Long Beach pier disaster. Banker James Walker heads the citizens relief fund to cover funerals hospital costs. Surgeons declined payment for services. Rev Ira Kilborne, injured in the pier collapse, died this afternoon.
President Wilson sent to the senate the nomination of William C. Whaley of Townsend Montana to be collector of Internal Revenue for the district of Montana. The move shifts the office from Mountlake City to Montana with Me Whaley likely to serve from Helena or Butte. Montana now gains the post amid Democratic representation, while Utah had pressed to divide the district. The decision may relocate the district to Helena or Butte, with no change announced yet.
A rain postponement affects the Milwaukee Indiana Louisville matchup with no other games scheduled.
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