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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
2
A string of humorous or curious notes touches on safety debates amusement in society and peculiar residential habits. It mentions aviators skeptics about plane safety a churchgoer joyrider reactions to Harpins and a Perth Amboy man building a coffin while an eastern author grows mushrooms at home illustrating light local color and social curiosities.
A San Francisco physician testified he delayed presenting a bill because he feared the patient would die of heart failure if billed. The patient nonetheless died, and the physician called it a misfortune compounded by ingratitude.
The preacher's wife who resisted a daily eight matches will remind readers that opposition to strict rules can come from the other side of a household.
In Boston a man leaves a will demanding his spinster daughter of forty must wed and bear children to receive 300 million dollars. The note adds that Boston is known for its joking propensities.
A Western man reportedly experiments with a device to button a woman's waist from behind replacing the husband’s duty. He suggests alternatives like a carpet stretcher as a humorous solution to the domestic task.
A Milwaukee physical director in the schools calls corsets a health menace to girls and says they are slowly but surely being eliminated. He hopes the proposition endures.
A witty old newspaper item notes that being married to a temperamental woman of a certain sort could be described as an extra hazardous occupation. The remark plays on gender stereotypes and workplace risk language without sensational detail.
The customs court rules a soused herring remains a herring. The remark suggests wives reassured about their soused husbands. A French engineer outlines a feasible moon plan, proposing an Atlantic balloon crossing first.
A remark notes a cleaner environment could reduce fly presence and improve swatting effectiveness. The speaker suggests that spotless premises might even eliminate flies entirely, lowering nuisance concerns.
A New York physical culture expert declares nervousness will soon be a thing of the past though each league city remains unsure of pennant wins.
An old sports note asserts 15 minutes of hop and jump can benefit fat men more than a long afternoon at the grand stand, stressing brisk activity over passive spectating.
A terse witticism questions modern living as a flat drives residents to abstract art while those in grand cars ride with confidence, implying a contrast in lifestyles.
A blind man in London demonstrates impressive hedge trimming ability, drawing praise for precise cuts and steady manual control that defy expectations of his impairment. Neighbors note surprising proficiency and focus.
A note describes the office boy likely to be missing for the next few months with a file of excuses prepared and no apparent valid reason for non acceptance of them.
Washington May 24 Republican senators push for a joint senate and house caucus to reorganize the congressional campaign committee and reclaim power in 1916. Progressives and regulars form a consultative panel of five senators Gallinger Townsend Clark Norris and Jones to work with house leaders and set a unified campaign plan.
A Constantinople report says the steamer Nevada owned by Hadji Davut sank after striking a torpedo in the gulf of Smyrna with about 200 passengers aboard. Details on casualties were not available and the report may be confused with a separate sinking of the French steamer Senegal last week in the same area.
Peter Perelli 64 confessed to manslaughter in the first degree in Duluth after being called "macaroni" by the victim. He told Judge Dancer he would not live past 70 and pleaded guilty in court. The incident involved Perelli striking the man with an iron cuspidor.
The diary of artist Herr Rave, one of the rescued from Lieutenant Schroeder Stranz's German Arctic expedition, describes dire conditions in Spitzbergen. The group abandoned the ship, endured freezing injuries, missing supplies, and improvised shelter before reaching safety into December.
A mob from Falls City Nebraska besieged a jail in Hiawatha Kansas to lynch Walter Balew a black man held on an attack charge Sheriff Moore and Under Sheriff Bartlow repelled the assault after the jail door was battered by a log windows shattered and walls scarred bullets fired five cars with over twenty armed men joined the mob before authorities stopped them.
The steamer Finland left New York with groups of suffragettes bound for Antwerp to begin a grand European tour. They will attend the world international congress of the Woman Suffrage alliance in Budapest from June 15 to 21 after visiting Antwerp The Hague Amsterdam Berlin Dresden Vienna Venice Florence Pisa Rome Naples and other Italian ports.
Mayor Rudolph Blankenburg of Philadelphia leads the Eastern delegation to a state agricultural college in Madison on May 26. They attended a short horn course and heard Prof. R A Moore explain keeping boys on the farm by showing how to earn money. High grade stock from the university farm was shown to the visitors.
Marquette Mich May 26 a high profile legal clash opens as Col Theodore Roosevelt defends against publisher George A Newett in Ishpeming over an article accusing Roosevelt of drinking The case proceeds with pledges of secrecy from both sides and trials are set to reveal witness details while Roosevelt travels west to visit George Shiras the famed photographer The Newett defense argues the article was privileged commentary on a public figure and truthful.
Bradstreet notes large business remains favorable with Western optimism due to wheat prospects while the East lags. Dun's Review reports high current activity across trades but cautious policy as tariff uncertainty stretches into future orders. Confidence holds on crop prospects but wary on long term demand.
The tenth biennial convention of the Iowa Federation of Women's clubs adjourned in Cedar Rapids after a hymn. Mrs. B. B. Clark of Red Oak was unanimously elected to serve as president for the next two years.
Rome May 26 The reverse suffered by Italian troops under General Gandretti in the May 16 battle with Arabs at Sidi Garba Tripoli was worse than first reported. Initial losses 79 killed and 259 wounded. later roll calls show 1000 absent from 2000 original force, killed wounded or prisoners. Arabs, led by 300 Turkish officers and reinforced by cannon, feigned retreat then overwhelmed Italians forcing a retreat and loss of artillery ammunition and provisions.
Boston May 24 Ernest W Pitman supplied the dynamite planted in Lawrence during the textile strike according to state evidence. Pitman the morning he was to testify before the grand jury died by his own hand in a sensational event. He was a building contractor who erected the Wood mill in Lawrence for the American Woolen company led by president William M Wood. Rumors of his knowledge were denied by intimates who said business worries drove him to suicide.
In Akron Ohio fifteen Central High School students were seriously hurt and many others cut or bruised when a temporary balcony collapsed during rehearsal for the oratorio Samson. Over 300 pupils were seated above when the 20 foot fall occurred.
St Louis May 26 Harvard University is becoming more Democratic declared President Abbott Lawrence Lowell speaking to 300 members of the Associated Harvard clubs at the seventeenth annual convention The democratic spirit which we have all wanted to see more prevalent at Harvard and the lack of which has been a cause of criticism is growing into an actual fact He admitted that the criticism of Harvard was to some extent justified.
Long Beach death toll reaches 38 after a municipal pier collapse during a parade. Officials consider a grand jury investigation to fix responsibility while police guard the ruined section and dozens remain hospitalized.
May 25 to May 26 market notes show steady wheat and corn quotes in Minneapolis with July at 91 to 93 cents and No 1 northern at 93 percent. Duluth lists wheat about 92 cents with No 1 northern around 92 to 93 cents. South St Paul reports cattle and hog ranges: steers 6 50 to 7 25, cows 6 00 to 7 00, calves 6 00 to 9 00, hogs 8 20 to 8 35, sheep and lambs 5 00 to 7 00.
Chicago reports W L McCutcheon an automobile salesman who ingested three bichloride of mercury tablets by mistake. Doctors believed he would not live but Sunday received a reprieve as stomach purification reduced poison before it reached the intestines. Recovery probable, though condition to be watched closely.
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