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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
14
The Young Men's Association hosts a reception for members and guests to mark over six months of activity. Improvements include gym equipment upgrades, new seating, and a planning committee outlines progress and future events.
In Montara the middleweight Benz underwent leg surgery for ligament injuries after a flood of offers. He expects the operation to loosen stiff muscles and return him in peak condition. He will not fight before July as promoters seek a high profile opponent with strong backing.
In Mroomington on May 28 George Stoughton and Grant Preble, Lexington merchants, exchanged gunfire in the street after Stoughton visited an attorney and wrote his will. Preble, wounded in the lungs, returned home and fired twice, hitting Stoughton. Authorities hint the clash arose from disputes over Stoughton's business affairs.
The court heard a domestic dispute case where a woman arrived with hair in hand as evidence and accusations of abuse surfaced. Rebekah Friedman testified while Jennie Clark faced cross allegations, a confrontation led to fines for disturbing the peace and other charges. The proceedings included a horse incident and a speeding violation, with several defendants fined or held to answer further.
In a Susitun court proceeding, Morley and two others faced vagrancy charges as a small group of young men from Little Lawlor Rowe were detained before a hearing. The trio, including ate Groseman and Fitzgerald, were ordered to jail until paperwork and a county hearing could proceed. They, with relatives in Spokane, sought to reach the city for work. They were released on promise to depart the town within a week.
The text presents mixed Q A items on coal lands and mineral rights, triple alliance and entente, Travelers Aid society, U S Open winners, eligibility under act, spotted fever ticks, and bankruptcy. It cites names like Jonathan Bourne, George Norris, Prescott, Crane, and mentions Germany Austria Hungary and Italy allied against Russia and France, with Britain France and Russia forming the entente. It notes the Travelers Aid society as a non sectarian protective group in New York, plus tense references to various dates and figures, and ends with a note on bankruptcy and disease season timings.
A jury investigated the death of Willis A. Ornsby who was crushed under a drum while a miner Lyford Soung testified the alarm bells should alert the engineer before anyone goes under the brake. The verdict cited skull fracture from an unspecified blunt instrument and noted uncertainty about the instrument. Other witnesses included George Te Sheridan George Bennetts John Murphy and Dr H A Tash.
Memorial Day forecast predicts fair weather with crowds gathering for ceremonies. Silvered graves and evergreen decorations mark the day as mourners and comrades honor the fallen. Auditorium programs list speakers and readings, with a large turnout anticipated and ceremonial tributes at cemeteries and monuments.
A misspelled note discusses timber lands as preferable for orchards, stating such soils hold plant nutrients and weed growth aids. A condolence message from the Sullivan family thanks friends for support, floral offerings, and aid during illness and death of Philip Sullivan, mentioning fraternal groups.
A promotional offer entitles ladies to a coupon worth 19 per dozen on oxfords or pumps. Each buyer receives a free portrait at the Studio Grand located at 120 West Broadway. Coupons are transferable and there is no obligation to purchase more than stated. Limited quantities available. come early to take advantage of this offer.
A Butte Mont resident Mrs M W Atwater, wife of a mining engineer, led a reform move against a corrupt school board, asserting women’s suffrage authority and criticizing a secret society’s alleged mis spending. The New York suffrage scene and militant leaders are referenced in context.
Memorial Day program at the Orpheum theater features a two part drama The Only Veteran in Town plus a Biograph film Mexico and a savage red men story. Miss will sing and a special fire show is planned as patrons react to reverence and memory. Brother Anton Bertoghio funeral notice from Capitan New Mexico invites visiting brothers.
Seattle May 29 preparatory to enforcing the new law that sentences husbands who fail to provide for their families to hard labor. Sheriff Edward Cudihee and county plans begin construction on 62 acres of King County land, to keep a large gang of lazy husbands busy clearing ground.
The New York health board approves a drastic measure governing inoculation for tuberculosis. The rule requires a special board permit for the first administration of the treatment by Dr. F. F. Friedmann or others, though he is not named in the resolution. The policy aims to tightly control the new therapy.
A May 22 dynamite blast near Port Vendres injured 20 and killed five workers. The explosion was heard 20 miles away and bodies were scattered along the Mediterranean shore, with gruesome details reported as rescuers collected remnants. Standard want ads promise quick results.
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