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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1913
Page
4
Butte current notes compile a jumble of notices: ads for rents and shops, local family milestones, travel and fishing reports, visits from clergy, and discussions of reclamation officials touring western projects. Names include Ady, Mecpherson, Gidas, Wilcox, Borer, Myers, Campari, Kane, and others amid miscellaneous town happenings and a price ad for a road atlas.
In Maubiehead Massachusetts on September 1 three American boats defeated three German challengers in the international series. Cine owner Guy Lowell of Boston won the race, Sprig owned by J. L. Saltonstall of Beverley finished second, and Ellen owned by PF Curtin of Boston placed third.
Fifteen officers of the Washington Continentals in historic uniforms arrived at the American embassy under Colonel Winter. They were joined by a deputation of the German Kriegerbund of New York and will attend the guards army corps parade tomorrow.
A mailbox with a four hinge bottom closes a circuit and rings an electric bell at a distance when a portal card is dropped on it. The device appears patented by a Californian inventor.
Six people including Walter Henningsen and Walter Ashford were injured when a Stevens-Duryea rolled into a culvert four miles from Butte on the Anaconda road. Pratt, bicyclist, narrowly escaped as the car tipped and righted. None severely hurt beyond possible internal injuries. hospital care following the noon crash.
A collision on Lie highway injured several occupants of a car and a bicycle rider, Louis Pratt. Pratt, riding on the left side, said the car struck his bicycle at about 60 mph, flipping the vehicle, and injuring Lin and Henninger among others. Multiple party members endured broken ribs, facial injuries, and eye trauma. one rider was hospitalized for a week. Witnesses described unavoidable impact as wind and speed contributed to the crash.
Directors at Tuolumne Copper Mining have not acted to fill the vacancy from Pat Sheehan’s resignation. John T. Neenan, foreman, has assumed duties, and officials said a successor likely will not be chosen until the directors’ next meeting. Sheehan has long served as superintendent since the company’s organization. Neenan has years of Tuolumne service dating back to 1900.
An afternoon fire at the Columbia block caused alarms to trigger as flames started in shavings and wood in the basement. No fire reached the heating plant or the building itself, and investigators puzzled over the origin while noting a previous false alarm occurred the night before.
The Maonight 5 yesterday defeated Thorntons in two games. The scores were 22 to 3 and 7 to 32. A comprehensive display of fall styles followed, featuring goods from Kuppenheimer, Hirsh Wickwire, and C. Boucher’s. Ida Wert Pant street-Ady.
A Great Falls dispatch notes a Friday morning rush as Fort Peck Indian reservation registrants gather from Montana and beyond. By day’s end 1,237 signed in with 42 percent expected before midnight, first registrant from Montana, first woman E. Fitter, thousandth Charles Brady of New Jersey, notaries working in shifts, large turnout from Minnesota Missouri and other states.
Glasgow reports steady Fort Peck drawing registrations but not crowded. By 9 am 74 applicants registered with capacity for 75 per hour, as eastern states expected crowds tomorrow night and Wednesday with special rates from Twin Cities. Miss Mavel Sims, deputy county superintendent of schools, was first to register. Chief Hegletration Agent Witten oversees operations at the courthouse registration HQ.
Hundreds of delegates at a convention of the National Association of Letter Carriers watched a staged hold up on a beach as an eight horse drawn coach rolled by. National officers exited the coach pretending a robbery occurred, but the ruse ended when the driver revealed the sham. The spoof drew laughter as delegates arrived at the scene.
An old river tale recalls how seeds brought home by a river man produced ornamental plants that astonished locals. Despite early prejudice, tomatoes slowly gained favor, with a flat boatman later cooking and enjoying them. The piece notes the tomato’s tropical origin and its unique ability to ripen green and ripe simultaneously in certain climates.
An elderly patient repeatedly protests a young doctor named Jones for not appearing promptly. She accuses him of ignoring her during the night and questions why he cannot come when she asks. The scene hints at strained doctor patient relations and a dramatic confrontation.
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