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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1913
Page
19
Police seek Oliver McDonald, last seen leaving J. E. Bryson's dairy ranch Monday noon with about $45 to $50 belonging to two coworkers. Believed to be a Hutte man, authorities notified. McDonald worked at the ranch after joining last Friday. two other men were employed there. He vanished around noon Monday, money missing.
Due to growth of the telephone exchange in this city operators will be instructed to ask for Humber. Call by number not by name becomes uncertain and service suffers. District cooperation urged to improve telephone service in Anaconda by Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Co.
Two reel western feature portrays early western life and conflicts between soldiers and Indians with authentic period weapons. Also on the bill are strong dramas The Flying Switch and The Tender Hearted Crook, travel picture Damascus And the Ruins of Baalbek, and the comedy Mr. Toot Tooth. Program repeats tonight.
Marie st Jackson and Miss Mary Alice Keaney wed by Rev Father Coopman yesterday morning. Marie Conley served as bridesmaid and John Keaney was best man. After the ceremony the couple prepared to depart on the evening train for St Louis. Derrktane and mackinaw coats advertised at Thueson’s White House- Ady.
Anaconda Eleven lost 22 to 6 to Montana State College despite spirited play. Kelly, an Anaconda end, broke for a 70 yard touchdown after a 30 yard catch. Sullivan shone on defense and Baker praised the visitors' effort as every man got a chance to play.
Local listings show W O W and Modern Woodmen meetings tonight plus ads for pianos, furniture, hats, liquor, and a five room house for sale. Visitors from Lansing Helena and Chicago noted, with marching events and church mission meetings starting this evening.
The page lists diverse items from church activities to sales and visitors. It notes ministers preaching each evening with choir participation, a boys sweater sale, cap display, and various residents and visitors including C. C. Com id, Albert Black, and Joan Gardner visiting with local families. Activities include Elks fair travel, electrification work, and church society meetings with talks by Ora Tess and others.
Secretary J J Gilmore recalls a 1888 Philadelphia and Reading Mahoneey division instance where two trains each with an engine and five coaches met on a single track with only a turntable to pass. He asserts both trains could continue with their original engines and cars.
The Imperial presented four reels of animated pictures managed by H C Rawlings, featuring animals in rare captures and a wild buffalo fight, plus birds in native states and native hunting scenes. The program cost a lot to produce and offered natural history appeal for curious viewers.
Three men accused of dynamiting fish in Georgetown lake are being tried separately. The state has presented six witnesses identifying the defendants while the defense denies the charges. After adjournment, arguments of the attorneys were expected to continue next.
The funeral was held yesterday morning from the family residence at 410 Ash Street with a requiem high mass at St Peter's Church. Interment followed at Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Pallbearers named were Dan McCarthy W J Gallagher Fa Corrigan Charles Gallagher Bernard Quigley and James White.
Julian Hawthorne and Dr. West Morton, released from a federal prison after serving time for postal violations, plan literary work in New York on their departure day. Hawthorne said he was treated kindly in prison, while Morton described the food as poor.
Two inmates in the stone shed at the Atlanta prison halted work for a day about two months earlier due to food issues. Hawthorne and Morton were sentenced March 21 to one year and one day, but the term began at arrest four months earlier. Their sentences were shortened further for good behavior. Hawthorne’s record shows notable help to fellow prisoners and contributions to the prison paper, earning him respect as counsel.
Thomasville reports a Knoxville teenager identified as Doroth of Tennessee was found in her room. An autopsy revealed a bullet in the skull. earlier reports suggested a crushed skull and a revolver near the body. Police abandoned the case as a likely self-inflicted death.
A cablegram reports the death in Vienna of Chevalier Ritter Etienne von Scanavi. His wife was formerly Miss Nettle Harris of St. Louis. He served as an Austrian commissioner to the 1898 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The couple married in Vienna in 1891.
A fragmented reader letter feature praises various tonics and laxatives for rheumatism indigestion and hair loss, with multiple patients requesting prescriptions. It describes three grain sulpnert tablets and triopeptine as convenient cures, and ends noting Sibolone tablets sold in sealed tubes for home use.
Urbana farmer P Sulvan was arrested on murder charges after William Larry’s body was found in a field near Urbana with bullets in the torso. A large sum thought to be carried by Larry is missing, signaling possible motive or theft. In separate reports, a fatal collision near Liverpool between a local train and the Manchester express killed ten and injured several passengers.
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