Unions Parade Through Anaconda Festival Pageant
In a long parade through Anaconda crowds observed union banners and uniforms. Notable contingents included machinists carpenters electricians and brickmakers led by George Storrar and Ed Oker with a large 600 mill and smeltermen division later in the day. Mountain View park hosted contests with cash prizes and honors for couples and various races and events drawing thousands from the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerks’ Union
Brewers’ Union
George Storrar
Duan Dunn
David Storrar
Blacksmiths’ Union
C. McLean
Electrical Workers
Electricians
Teamsters’ Union
Ed Oker
Anaconda
Daniel Leary
Jarbers
Mountain View Park
Butte
John Frinke
Harry Away
Messrs. Hously
Tayior
Oscar Latin
H. J. Deland
H. Damon
Park
BAAN
Judges Award List Praises Various Labor Unions
A panel of judges appointed by the executive committee awards prizes recognizing diverse unions and worker groups. Electrical workers second. iron molders, building laborers honorable mention. carpenters praised for float and knockers. tailors of Anaconda noted for fitters. bakers called dough heads. machinists urged to own machines. stationary engineers run eight hours. barbers and brewers noted with playful lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerks
Anaconda
Sam
Women's Protective Union
A Magnificent Bribe From the London Telegraph
Excerpted memoirs recount General de Galliffet’s Paris visit and a gambit involving Gambetta. A retired colonel seeks US funding for a canal linking seas and a shipyard rail plan, leading to a 10 million franc bribe and a dramatic reply to the offender. The piece shifts to Maine congressmen and Bowdoin alumni, then notes a New York World report on vodoo superstition and belief in charms. Descriptions of street interactions close the excerpt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
de Galliffet
Journal Des Debats
Ninth Army Corps
Tours
Paris
Gambotta
Generis
United States
Gambetta
Arnaudeau
Araudeau
Two Seas
Les
General de Galliffet
M. Gambetta
M. Prevost
New York
Orange N. J
Three Washburn Feasenden Brothers in Congress Recalled
The Augusta Journal recalls historical cases of three brothers serving in Congress. It cites the Washburn brothers in the Thirty-sixth Congress and notes the Feasenden brothers in the Thirty-seventh, highlighting Maine’s repeated achievement of multiple siblings serving simultaneously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Congress
William Pitt Fessenden
Portland
Senate
Samuel C. Fessenden
Rockland
Thomas A. D. Fessenden
Auburn
National House
Bowdoin College
Washburn Brothers
Landis Brothers
Augusta Journal
Illinois
Indiana
Mane
Washburns
Feasenden Brothers
Bicyclist Bets On Hourly Rides At Cabin John Hotel
A bicycle rental clerk recalls a pretty young woman who rented a wheel before 8 am, paid 25 cents for a one hour ride, and left with the impression that rates were 7 to 8 oclock cents and 6 cents for each hour thereafter, suggesting she misread the pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cabin John
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Lagur
Uwil Anaconda
Suis
G. BE. Taylor
R. B. Peckham
Justin Peckham
Peckham
Tron Molders’ Union
Cigar Makers’ Union
J. Schwend
W. T. Atenison
Robert Thomas
Fol Oker
Mike Cronnelly
Joe Horn
Frank Wilson
Agnes Beckers
Mabel McDonald
Mrs. Parsch
Cora St. Jean
Frank Davis
Emmons
S. Emmons
Dan Sullivan
Pete Goglitch
Pat Kane
Mary Walton
Flizabeth Lewis
Storrar
Riley
W. T. Atchison
ID. G. Brownell
L. EF. Beaudry
WJ. Allen
J. W. Smurr
Glendora
Cherry Valley
Eton
Pri
Shaggy Zibeline
Jress
E’exclusive
Symons
Melton
Eo O
Voodoo
Clark
Randolph
Sidaew
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