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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1913
Page
2
A collection of wry notes and quips from The Saco Independent of Montana. The text lampoons journalism, labor strikes, inventions, Balkan finance, mosquito bite etiquette, suffragette meetings, and everyday curiosities with dry humor and scattershot topics.
The winter wheat crop shows bright prospects while market notes joke about price shifts. An advance of five dollars a foot is mentioned for show snakes, with a quip that higher rise in bar room prices would be preferable.
The nation reports sixteen million dollars in gem imports since January, while a private motive is hinted at as someone seeks to appease his wife.
The text notes that a man’s force with bamboo varies by its role whether as a carpet beater component or as a fishing rod.
A woman’s claim that a soul passed from a dying relative is met with scientific skepticism. The text argues such phenomena would require many souls to be invisible and beyond observation, even if possible.
The Cincinnati Enquirer highlights a fading skill as a talking point for historical societies asking how long since readers have seen a woman mend socks. The remark frames domestic craft as a valued cultural practice and prompts nostalgia for traditional handiwork.
The new British ambassador is described as a baseball fan whose interest could surpass tennis and golf skills in sway, signaling a unique cultural asset influencing diplomacy.
The Interstate Commerce Commission mandates heating all potato cars in winter. A society for the prevention of cruelty to potatoes is proposed. Blasting at Panama harms the sea serpent. The sacred traditions must be preserved from commercial conquerors.
Guatemala owes 2,500,000 dollars to Great Britain from 1869 and faces renewed demands for repayment as UK authorities grow firmer. The dispute centers on the terms and timing of settlement and Guatemala’s willingness to resolve the debt.
A sporting writer notes the race is wide open at ten wins, while managers claim the pennant is up for grabs by all contenders. The piece highlights optimistic forecasts from several club leaders amid a crowded standings battle.
Officials urge swift action to deter crowding and emphasize ink’s germ-killing claim. They question who allowed fear to persist and note the need to reassure the anxious public.
Senate lobby inquiry hears Senator Townsend say President Wilson and Democratic caucus steered tariff bill, calling it near undue influence. Townsend demanded names while others defend the president. extended inquiry to June 28 with sugar wool metals and other issues to follow.
President Wilson said Japan's latest note on the California anti alien land law opens a path for interesting and friendly negotiations. He spoke with Secretary Bryan and Viscount Chinda before a conference, noting no formal reply but oral discussion of the Tokio note.
Washington June 9 Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor has been operated upon for a mastoid abscess. Surgeons said his condition was such as to promise a speedy recovery.
William H. Taft, former president and Kent professor at Yale, returns to Washington for a Lincoln Memorial commission meeting. He plans to renew old acquaintances and is greeted by friends including Miss Mabel Boardman and Sherman Allen, with several Secret Service agents present.
The Pittsburgh Board of Public Education discharged S L Heeter after a months long probe finding him guilty of immorality and unwarranted liberties with women. A lone dissenter was Miss Beulah Kennard. Heeter faced a prior criminal trial on domestic charges from a hospital worker, was acquitted, and returned to duties amid large student protests.
Boston June 9 A sensational Massachusetts court episode ends with William M Wood declared not guilty of complicity in the dynamite plot to credit the textile strike. Dennis J Collins found guilty on two counts, Frederick E Atteaux unresolved as jurors failed to agree.
Bradstreet reports mixed signals with pessimism over tariffs and tight money yet notes favorable current trade and broadly favorable crop news. Better weather boosted retail distribution and prompt delivery, while Dun's Review finds seasonable weather improving retail activity though wholesale may dip in parts of the West.
Washington reports the principle of compulsory arbitration framed in the code binding the U S with 24 nations is in danger. The Senate, in executive session, again failed to ratify renewals with Great Britain, Italy and Spain. France has been renewed. The debate centers on whether ratifying the Britain treaty would force submission of the Panama Canal question to The Hague.
Seattle June 7 Japan finds an outlet for surplus population in South America. Fifteen hundred Japanese landed at Santos May 15 to form a permanent colony under Brazil Japan pact. Brazil set aside 150000 acres for the colony. Future colonies planned with settlers leaving Japan by end of 1913. contracts specify wages from 60 cents a day with board to 20 dollars a month for mine labor.
Washington June 9 Senate finance subcommittee chaired by Senator Johnson of Maine discussed the Underwood tariff bill. An amendment to impose a retaliatory duty on print paper valued at not more than two and a half cents a pound was seriously considered, with the majority leaning that way. John Norris of the American Newspaper Publishers association opposed countervailing duties.
Cuernavaca dispatch reports Colonel Pascual Orozco Sr. killed by Emiliano Zapata’s supporters after a $20 000 ransom declined. Orozco’s body was found hanging from a tree at Tlachi chilpa in Central Morelos, riddled with bullets.
Albert Schmedeman of Madison Wisconsin slated for appointment as minister to Norway succeeding Lauritz S Swenson who has served since 1897 and held posts to Denmark and Switzerland. Schmedeman is a merchant banker active in state politics with a salary of ten thousand dollars annually.
Five Aberdeen young women were injured when their automobile overturned twenty miles southeast of Aberdeen on Sunday afternoon. Grace Combs suffered a broken leg and Beth Yourman was internally injured and probably fatally hurt. The others were bruised and scratched as the car hit a bad road spot.
Joplin Missouri June 7 Miss Vernie Goff the city's young police matron made her first arrest in a campaign against street mashing when Harry Miller of Monett accosted her on the street with a flirtatious hello The matron responded You are under arrest and marched him to jail Miller later asked to mail a letter to his wife from the city prison.
An earthquake shock was experienced in Lachute Quebec on June 10 and felt for miles around.
In Los Angeles California on June 9 Rev Father Edward Brady stopped Annie Murphy a 24 year old Calgary Canada resident as she attempted to steal a worshipper's pocketbook at St Vibiana cathedral. Murphy confessed to police that she had robbed five people while they knelt in prayer.
Edward Payson Weston, veteran pedestrian, arrives Mast Hope N Y from Lackawanna on his route from New York to Minneapolis. He will lay the cornerstone of the Minneapolis Athletic club on August 2. Weston appeared in excellent shape on arrival.
President Wilson made a surprise appearance in the capitol with a large slate of diplomatic selections. The Marble room was locked as the Senate adjourned and sergeant at arms was caught off guard, with about twenty officials summoned by Secretary Tumulty.
Buffalo June 10 federal suit seeks dissolution of Eastman Kodak company of New Jersey and New York for monopolizing photographic supplies under the Sherman act. Government asks division of assets to break the trust and bar resale price fixing. named defendants include George Eastman and Rochester executives.
The weather bureau reported yesterday that the middle Atlantic and New England states, the Ohio valley, and the Great Lakes region experienced the coldest June day on record. Frosts were seen in Vermont, central New York, New England, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, and Wisconsin, while the gulf states escaped the chill due to a high barometric pressure.
A Norfolk and Western freight train derailment near Cleveland Virginia killed Mrs. Sarah Owens and her 17 year old daughter who were asleep in bed. Two engines derailed the freight bound for its westward run and crushed the Owens home while several trainmen were injured.
Washington June 10 The Weather Bureau again suffers multiple suspensions after Willis L Moore was removed as chief Secretary Houston suspended J Warren Smith Columbus Ohio Henry Hers ey Milwaukee Rosswitte Pollock Trenton New Jersey and Norman Conger Detroit Michigan pending further inquiry
More than 200 members of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers travel with 100 ladies aboard the Victoria Luise to Leipzig for the fifty fourth annual meeting of the Verein Deutcher Ingenieure and to inspect German industrial and educational institutions.
Ben Kniseley a Grundy county farmer armed with a shotgun attacked his family near Beaman Iowa. He killed his four year old son Ralph who slept in a chair and then took his own life by blowing off his head after tearing the telephone from the wall.
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