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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1916
Page
7
Butte notes record visitors and residents from Montana towns and beyond, including Orton Bros piano rentals, Stein-Bloch clothes, and Leggat patrons. Mentions of births, marriages, travel to Missoula, Helena, Deer Lodge, and Calgary, plus community events and church activities.
Veterans in Butte gather to honor those who died in service, recalling the battleship Maine’s Havana harbor fate and listing the Civil War and Spanish American War dead. A parade to Mount Moriah and Absent Ones plot, a Lincoln Day address by Thomas J. Walker, and musical pieces mark the ceremony at Auditorium with readings, recitations, and a Star Spangled Banner finale.
Investigators and coroner found no motive for suicide in the John Shea case. Evidence suggests Shea, a Valparaiso student, ended his own life though wounds appear unusual for a left handed shooter. Family had argued against self inflicted death citing possible assault. Authorities noted recent distress over a love affair.
Fred Katunt is quoted recounting Winters argument and a shooting at 20 West Silver Street where Winters, with Mrs Knight and George Davis present, was wounded. Winters retracts earlier claims and pleads for forgiveness from the woman he loves. Doctors say the head wound is serious and may prove fatal.
Of 29 entrants in the rear automobile race at Indianapolis yesterday, 27 had Goodrich Silvertown tires. Listed users include Merz, Mulford, De Vigne, Le Cain Franchi, Duchesneau, Chandler, Lewis, Johnson, O’Donnell, d’Alene, Milton, Christiaens, L. Chevrolet, A. J. Chevrolet, Rickenbacher, Rooney, Anson, Bergdoll, Stecher, Resta, Ostewee, Delno.
President Wilson urges nationwide Flag Day celebrations on June 14 to honor the flag and renew unity. The proclamation calls communities to hold patriotic exercises reflecting love of America and the nation’s founding principles.
A quatrain appears to warn that a man who takes to borrowing trouble finds it hard to shed. The lines suggest habits form quickly and resist easy breaking, echoing caution about easy missteps becoming enduring burdens.
A fragmentary historic pledge stressing devotion to liberty and justice, unity, and unwavering allegiance to the nation. It envisions a republic united under shared ideals, resisting corruption and division, and distinguishing itself among nations by its clear conception of duties and rights.
General Gavira commanding Northern Chihuahua will travel by special train to Casas Grandes to meet General Pershing. They will discuss only military matters to avoid accidental clashes as constitutionalists move westward. Gavira travels with a small staff and about 60 accompanying men.
Miss Georgia Bartley of Waterloo arrived yesterday while Mr and Mrs F Echard of Three Forks are in the city Attorney J H Duffy of Anaconda is in town J P Burns is among visitors Texas, once 12th, rises to 7th in wealth and leads in size and railroad value in the nation.
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