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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1913
Page
2
The piece extols advertising as five wires powering newspapers and business, urging readers to stay alert and up to date. It praises merchants and manufacturers and claims advertising readers act because they know these wires carry news and drive activity.
Testimony describes Mulhall and NA M meetings in Maine, claims of corralling voters and stocking whiskey and beer. Gompers cites campaign spending in 1906 and 1908, with labor leaders and committees receiving daily stipends. witness discusses eight hour day defendable by government intervention.
In Great Falls on Sept 10, several upsets marked the meet with favorites winning only three of ten races. Fore Guard captured the opener, Arbutus won the fifth, while Werther and others posted strong showings. Notable sales included Worth, a two-year-old, sold for 4100 to Con Thelby. An on-track incident saw Jockey McIntyre accused of grabbing Dorian Prince’s whip during the first race.
Willie Ritchie the welterweight champion arrived from Vancouver and left for San Francisco after saying he was disgusted with Freddie Welsh’s management. He refused $320 forfeit, paid by check stopped by the bank, and will fight in New York in September or October with opponent yet unnamed.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Tally Johns of Butte outpointed De Bruno of Chicago in a main event at the Electric City Athletic Club in the opera house. The bout ended in a draw per official result, though many ringside felt Johns won. Johns weighed 130 pounds to Bruno's 133, with both fighters delivering heavy blows. Prelims featured Stick Merril versus Johnson, both Great Falls locals, ending with Johnson falling after 1 minute 45 seconds.
Standing of the Clubs Bauwaster England Sept 1 reports Night Hawk owned by W Hart Walker wins the 5 Leger stakes for colts and fillies foaled in 1980 over 1 mile 132 yards. White Magic finishes second and Seremond third from twelve starters. betting 19 to 1 Night Hawk and 7 to 1 for White Magic and Seremond.
Aagie mcGobely of Oshkosh edged rival Rattling Lavinaky of Philadelphia in a ten round bout held in York. McGobely won all rounds except one in a competitive display as the crowd watched closely.
A large audience gathered at Deer Lodge for the Powell county fair racing program. The day featured several selling races with notable starts by Yom McTague and others, though several horses scratched, and times ranged around the low one minute marks for short sprints.
Today at Deer Lodge entries show five and a half furlong selling races for yearlings and older, with odds and runners listed. Camp Perry Ohio reports national matches with Pan American and international teams, Pan American De Felice winning 500, Argentine Cevatorte second and US Lieutenant Grace third in the individual re entry, plus army match results for Stahel Unter Widimer.
In Winstington on September 1 the Senate altered the tariff revision bill, sending it back to the House and then to a Joint Conference committee after insisting on amendments. The move shortens the path and is expected to place the measure before the president within about ten days.
Salem, Sept 10 Robert Graves of Marshfield is ordered to appear before the supreme court on Oct 17 to show cause why he should not be disbarred for alleged activity related to the forcible deportation of J W Edgeworth and two other Industrial Workers of the World from Marshfield on June 25. The complaint, by C H McLoughlin, alleges Graves was spokesman and leader for the Genortaflon squad.
Sept. cricket match on Staten Island features Tacomaite eleven UC Engin versus Gentlemen of New York. Visitors bowled out for 287 and New York replied exactly 100 for seven wickets. Also notes on Bergoniotherapy by Professor Bergoni of Bordeaux claiming electricity can slim fat and strengthen muscles through electrode chair sessions causing profuse perspiration.
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