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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 04, 1900
Page
5
Third street streetcar construction advances with poles set to Chestnut street. A homemade derrick on a wagon lifts heavy poles while horses haul the rope, bolstering progress as roadbed work reshapes the avenue. Citizens accept temporary disfigurement for a solid, smooth line.
Robbery in Tugaday back yard results in the theft of twelve pairs of delicate New York imported silk hose. Bare tracks show a single intruder who entered and exited the yard, leaving the rest of the clothing untouched. The thief remains at large.
A man named Tim Lynch, recently at Toole & Twhey camp, was moved from Anaconda city jail to the hospital yesterday morning after becoming drunk and increasingly helpless, following his arrival in town a few days earlier.
Morning report states Dr Stephens pronounced the man seriously ill and ordered immediate removal to St Ann's hospital. Also noted a classified notice seeking tenants for a large hall in the Standard building for weekly use with inquiries at the Standard office.
L Law of North Dixona champions prohibition at a rally in Anaconda. J L Sizer of Lisbon N D, pastor and prohibition speaker, outlines Montana tour plans and national campaign aims. He criticizes Republicans for not enforcing prohibition and promotes The New Voice journal and a daily campaign edition. Sizer travels Montana, delivering a strong, clear lecture on party platform and national work.
FEQUT the city reports Maccabees meeting tonight Tolan's alleys open with 100 prize chances every 50 cents. Local visits include Judge Lippincott and Dr. Leiser in Anaconda. Bedding week prompts sale at Copper City with blankets and comforts discounted.
The piece jokes about the uncertain life span of flies and their rapid reproduction. It notes that estimates claim millions of descendants, mocks overstatements by scientists, and contrasts fly persistence with entomologists puzzled by their behavior.
Ceylon hosts the world’s largest spider in its rugged highland districts. The spider builds a web spanning five to ten feet across chasms and rock fissures, creating a remarkable sight in the island’s mountainous terrain.
Mrs. Margaret Carr of New Bethlehem, long nearly blind, regains vision after Passavant hospital surgeons remove an ossified eye. The operation, described as nearly cutting through stone, restored sight and shows promise of clearer vision ahead. Her daughter Mrs Willis A Young arranged the transfer to Pittsburgh for the procedure.
The text notes Norway as a notably wealthy European country with a lower death rate than a referenced comparator, though wording is unclear. It highlights Norway’s unique position in health outcomes within Europe.
A 19th century note explores whether common law would govern aerial navigation and carrier liability. It weighs trespass and nuisance concepts, the right to air over private land, and potential duties of care for airship operators, noting parallels to railroads and ships while flagging constitutional and international issues.
The author asks if admiralty or common law would govern collisions in air, how federal power extends to air cases, and whether wartime rules, prize law, ransom, and piracy concepts apply to aerial offenses, signaling these questions for future twenty century jurists.
A report on photographic records of sound by Benjamin F. Sharpe explains using a Helmholtz resonator with a thin glass plate and a mirror as part of a Michelson refractometer to capture tonal amplitudes. Dark interference bands shift with minute mirror movement, enabling precision light-based measurements.
In a brief exchange, a Chicago girl dismisses the idea of cults in the city while a Boston girl counters by calling Chicago a cult unto itself, highlighting a playful regional boast.
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