Park fair draws record crowd and a host of races
In Livingston on Sept 11 a crowd of 3,000, the largest yet for a Park fair, attended briskly. Balloon ascensions and parachute drops accompanied trots and runs for Park County, plus auto and motorcycle events. Mildred Blair won the auto-control prize among seven men, Wade won a five mile auto race in 6:40, Lyman Lostacher took the five mile motorcycle race, and Alderson received a sector HH. Bancroft, VP and GM of the road, urged recalling all cardboards. passes will not be honored after Sept 15.
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Livingston
Park Fair
Park County
Mildred Blair
Ralph Bpishir
Buick
Wade
Lyman Lostacher
Alderson
HH. Bancroft
Train accident in Glendive leaves man injured
Glendive reports detail a man named F W Daley hurled from an incoming freight train. He suffered a broken back and crushed arm and never regained consciousness. He appeared about 40 years old and may have been intoxicated. The incident occurred as the train came in from the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendive
F. W. Daley
Daley
Individual towels for Bozeman school pupils pass vote
Bozeman officials vote to supply individual linen towels to all Bozeman public school pupils to meet state health board requirements. The board also approves installing sanitary drinking fountains in basements and on each floor of every building and orders simple equipment for school playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bozeman
Bozeman Public Schools
State Board of Health
Republicans to Meet to Talk of Convention
Senators Cummings and Jones, representing a conciliation group within the Republicans, plan to confer with Republican National Committee Chairman Mills in New York on Monday. They will seek a national committee meeting to decide if a Republican national convention should be called to revise convention representation rules and seating of delegates chosen by the primary system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cummings
Jones
Committee of
Progressives and Republcans
Milles
Republican National Committee
New York
Minister to Balkans Confirmed by Senate in Sept. Action
Charles Vonicka of Chicago was confirmed today as minister to the Balkan states after a strong Senate fight. Preston McGoodwin’s nomination as minister to Venezuela, though contested, cleared the foreign relations committee and awaits final confirmation. McGoodwin resides in Oklahoma City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles Vonicka
Chicago
Senate
Balkan States
Preston McGoodwin
Venezuela
Foreign Relations Committee
McGoodwin
Oklahoma City
Hamburg bandits captured after bank robbery killings
German police gave chase to two Hamburg bandits who robbed the Communal Savings bank at Wilhemsburg killing the cashier. One robber was captured in a revolver clash with police and gendarmes near Osterode, sixty miles southeast. The men had appeared at Braunlage the previous day, murdering a hotel keeper before escaping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nover
Germany
Hamburg’ Automobil
Wilhemsburg
Osterode
Braunlago
Feeding cockerels and assorted goods advertised in Montana
An OCR fragment advertises feeding cockerels and white birds for breeding, plus pallets and hens for table use, with listings for assayers and chemists in Helena and Butte. It mentions a ranch hiring notice seeking a man and wife, and includes unrelated police mention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Dorsh & Greenfield
Ind
Portland Livestock Market Report From Port District
Port land livestock market shows weak trend for hogs and steady sheep. Receipts include 100 hogs with light prices around 8.16 to 7.50 for heavies and calves and heifers around 6.00 to 9.28. Sheep receipts total 9 with wethers 3.29 to 64.35, ewes 39.91, and lambs at 6.
San Francisco Women Burn Offensive Books
In San Francisco on September 11, three controversial works by a French dramatist and another author were burned by the Century club, a prominent women’s group. The books were torn up chapter by chapter and placed on an incense plate as club members lit the pyre to remove objectionable literature from the club library, with a new committee to review future introductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cal
Century Club
Marie Withrow
Classified drug ads charged at branch offices in Butte
Branch Agencies Classified advertisements for the Standard test at branch agencies will receive as careful attention as if you came to the main office in Butte or in Anatonda. THE SAME RATE will be charged one cent a word. Advertisements will be telephoned directly to the Standard office for prompt publication. Butte-West Side Henry pharmacy Granite and Mabolma streets Runzler Drug Co. 601 West Park Street. Butte-Past Side OLeary's drug store 1017 Talbot avenue. South Butte South Butte pharmacy Aluminum and Utah. Family drug store 549 South Main street. Wilson's drug store 1660 B. Rago 308 West Aluminum street. Walkerville Walkerville Drug Co. 1 West Daly street. Centerville Centerville Drug Co. 938 North Main street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Anatonda
Standard Office
West Side
West Daly Street
Centerville
Centerville Drug Co
North Main Street
Want Ad Rates Pex Word In Classified Column
Classified readers see daily rates for display ads and Pex word charges each item per day or Sunday. Rates vary by month and ad type with display format shown in the column.
Packing Company Fined For Selling Unfit Food
In Seattle Washington Justice of the Peace fined Seattle Puget Sound Packing Company and vice president Monroe Lewis 800 for selling Maryland crab meat flakes in two cans deemed unfit for human food by state chemist C W Johnson. He testified the meat was not only unfit but poisonous and consuming contents could be lethal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Wash
Justice of the Peace
Puget Sound Packing Company
Monroe Lewis
Crisfield
C.W. Johnson
London plans new Antarctic expedition in 1914
Hester Stackhouse, closely linked with Captain Scott, prepares another South Pole voyage. The plan calls for departure from London in August 1914 to explore King Edward Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hester Stackhouse
Scott Inorgan- Taing
South Pole
King Edward Vitland
Representative Wilder Dead in Hinton
William Henry Wilder of the Third Massachusetts district died in his apartments in Hinton tonight after a lingering illness. The veteran lawmaker, long active in politics, faced his final hours with his family at his side. The death marks a significant loss for the district and the national political community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hinton
Neprenemew
William Henry Wilder
Massachusetts
Englishmen Win Contract For Turbine Drums
English builders won the contract for turbine drums for battleship No. 39 at just over one third the price of the lowest American bid. The accepted bid was submitted by the New York agents of Cyclops Steel and Low Works, Sheffield England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pepe Aan
New York
Cyclops Steel and Low Works
Sheffield
Ehgland
Employment ads fragment reveal Lewistown and Butte job openings
A jumble of early 20th century classified notices lists workers sought across Montana cities. Employers seek tunnel men, laborers, cooks, house girls and sales staff while offering board, training, and steady pay. Names and firms include Guardian Casualty, Standard, National School of Engineering, and local outfits in Butte, Missoula, Billings, and Philipsburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tearn AuToMoms
National School of Engineering
Angeles
Bnight Hoys
Guardian Casualty “and Suaranty Co
State Savings Bank Buiding
Butt
Masseut
White
Frances Turner
E. Broadway
Butte
Independ Messenger Co
Real Estate Listings and Miscellaneous For Sale
A garbled, OCR style page lists multiple real estate offerings from H-Real Estate and Bailey Loan and Realty, including 3 to 4 room frame houses, brick veneers, and acreages with terms and prices. It mentions land on two year payment plans, ranches near Denton, and properties around Butte Helena and Missoula areas with varying improvements and water rights. Also includes help wanted and household notices mixed with ads for meat cutting, sewing, and other services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Side
Ked
Bailey Loan and Realty Co
East
Granite Street
Butter Stone Foundation
Denton
Coffee Creek
Milwaukee
Lewistown
Great Falls
Miller
Mont
Charles Watkins
Watking, Mont
Nickerson
Lyon
Yom
Furnished rooms and rents listed in Butte Anaconda area
Several listings show furnished and unfurnished rooms for rent in Butte and Anaconda with private baths, modern houses, and cottages. Also notices for lost items, a free lecture, and ads offering cash for second hand goods. Additional postings include an automobile crank reward and a farm-for-lots trade offer.
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Zee
Borring
Paris
Goldberg
Vienna
Wien
Budapest
Europe
Berlin
ST. Petergeur
Jhergivs
Rome
Treat Falls
Fort Peck
Montana
Burlington
Kansas
Missouri
Jake Seigle
Jake Leighe
Gardiner
Northern Pacific
Fred C. Sumner
Hetens
Northern
Dacine
Great Northern Railways
Oregon Short Line
Bozeman School
Helena
State Land Register
Sidney Miller
State Land Office
Balkans
Whitehall Hotel
D. P. Lake, Prop
Whitehall, Mont
Gawis & WaLken
Assatena
N. Wye
Bor
Thomas Buggy
N. Main St
Box 2
Goodale Bros
Main St
Rombauer Asbay CO
Absat
Hele
Emmett Carey
Philipsburg
Sai
Portland Livestock
San * Francisco
Packing Company
Representative Wilder
W. Park
Somerville
Missoula
F. J. Havelick
Billings
G. H. Wilson
B. Park
Wyoming
Main
Butta
Oregon Ave
Leo Russell
Broadway
Smith & Shewa Sondo
Standard
Faiiroad
Care Standard
MaDison County
Partiulars
Walkerville
Cal Ind
Utah
Pamm Lands
Montana Raneties Co
Phoenix
Wotcher
Anaconda
Hox
Pocatello
Idaho
Lil- Man
Dillon
E. K
N. Washington
West Fifth
Ananda
Ron
Iscer
Neous
Brunewick-Baike-Collender Co
Butte Motor Is
Orton Bros
Hen
Main Et
Mont “Panaln
Mitchett X
Sis Main
Ness
Montana City
Orice
Taurant
Shiner’s
Parkest
H. Hensehke
Sherkian
B.D
E. Park
Bell
Furture Exchange
Park. Ind
Surniture
Butte Furniture
E. Ind
Slemons & Booth
Silver Bow Block
Bailey L
R. Co
Grantte
Wilson & Smith Co
Owsley
Corkish
Risian Dyehouse
Satisfaction Jruarried
Tel
Galena
Diock
Colorado
Ohio
Avon
Alanka
West Park
Adams St
Commercial
Chestnut
Vor Neyt—Rlats
West
Sip
Tao Airedale
James Keefe
Daz
Rosary
M Butte
Wilby
Third St
Anas Cunti
W. Mere W. Mercury
Bate
Englewood Carling
Feury
Hutte Auto Garage
E. Galene
Ntleman
OUND
Three Mile House
East Broadway
George Keyechill
Oxley
W. Broadway
Leese
Pennsylvania
Standard Ofica
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