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Newspaper
Saco Independent
Location
Saco, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
6
James C. McReynolds recalls a Tennessee case where a man planned a $10,000 lawsuit after being called a hippopotamus two years earlier. He explains the neighbor mistook the remark for a compliment until a circus passed through town last week.
The United States pension office estimates the last Civil War soldier will die in 1955. If he survives to then he would be ninety years after Lee's surrender. Kronk, last War of 1812 soldier, lived past ninety after peace. Bakeman, last Revolution soldier, lasted eighty six after 1783 peace.
A tall woman battles through a crowded street car aisle while twelve men sit without offering a seat. A small boy stands and gives up his seat saying it was not politeness but gum stained. The exchange ends with a cheeky remark about the gum on the seat.
A wry exchange about fear of falling in love and a teasing question about domestic science reveals playful tension between two speakers. The remark hints at romantic hesitation and light social banter.
Butte mining payrolls for 1913 are projected at 13.5 million with April payrolls at 1.125 million. The Leonard mine employs 975 workers, Anaconda’s mine leads with 975 men and 575 miners, while North Butte uses 850 on the payroll. Copper output rises at North Butte and a new hoist will extend depth gains. Boston Montana smelter rebuild at Great Falls progresses with a 2 million dollar cost and 45 steel workers on site.
In the Kootenai valley and tributaries of Lincoln county more stump land is cleared this year than ever before. Settlers use dynamite stump removal, stump pullers, or char pit burning. Clearing costs range from 20 to 100 dollars per acre, but cleared land greatly increases in value due to fertile soil and strong local markets. Hundreds of people now live on forest lands in Lincoln county, where only a few years ago settlers were rare.
Major Junius G. Sanders longtime deputy United States marshal and noted Montana pioneer was found dead at his daughter's home by apoplexy. He served as paymaster in the Cuban campaign and with distinction in the Civil War. His brother was the late Senator W. F. Sanders, Montana's first territorial representative in Congress.
Alfred Beckman a young homesteader was struck and killed by lightning while working on his claim. The tragic accident occurred in the vicinity of his homestead halting daily routines as neighbors mourn the loss of the local resident stake holder.
North Pacific Branch officials announce a 100 mile line from Hesper Montana to Melville north of Livingston on the Billings & Northern road. The route will access eastern Montana farming districts and connect railroad facilities to over 800000 acres of cultivated land.
The Libby Woman's club reports a spotless town milestone and solves a longtime nuisance by offering to file complaints for clean up, ensuring faster action and reducing blame on property owners. The new system garners little opposition as complaints are few and targeted.
Information from agricultural districts of eastern Montana notes a good harvest likely similar to last season. Planting of all crops except corn and flax is finished with flax acreage down but wheat and corn plantings larger.
Governor Samuel V. Stewart canceled his planned Washington trip to argue with the interior secretary over Montana irrigation projects after telegrams from Senator Meyers indicated no immediate action would jeopardize reclamation work. Meyers said he secured permission to announce Montanas hearing was needed and will continue as projects face no danger.
At a Columbus meeting of citizens and surrounding country the Stillwater club is formed to promote the interests of the new county. Officers elected are J. B. Annin president J. L. Fraser vice president and William Witt secretary.
James Worthington aged 70 a pioneer of Banack gold diggings in the early sixties died of apoplexy while seated in a saloon his dog refusing to leave the location or eat afterward Worthington fortunes in prospecting are noted as lost despite his earlier fortune.
Bozeman. Dr. Walter J. Taylor, professor of veterinary science at Montana State College, resigns to lead extension and experimental work in animal husbandry in California's Imperial Valley for the University of California, directing a newly opened southern district program.
St Paul Louis Hill a railroad contractor formerly of St Paul died in a Great Falls hospital after being run over by a construction engine at Rogers Coulee camp near Great Falls. Burial will be in Mandan North Dakota where his wife is buried. Details of the accident are not known.
Bozeman will host commencement June 4 with E. A. Bryan president of Washington State College at Pullman delivering the address. The baccalaureate sermon June 1 will be given by Rev. G. G. Bennett of Bozeman.
In Livingston a 3-year-old daughter of E. W. Fusselman a Northern Pacific official in the supervisor's office wandered into an irrigation ditch within 100 feet of her home and drowned.
Tommy Ketchell of Chicago defeated Maurice Thompson of Butte by a twelve round decision. Ketchell pressed the action with infighting and dominated most of the rounds, scoring repeatedly while Thompson answered in a few brief exchanges.
Citizens in Bozeman organize to back a Chautauqua to be held the last of July in the city.
Paris readers describe the neglected Napoleon tomb and Longwood house at St. Helena as a fading ruin with crumbling walls and tenuous funds. An 1,800 annual budget covers caretaker and upkeep, sparking calls to reduce grants and eventually abandon the site.
A nude man described as a wild figure from Lake Minnetonka sightings was captured at Crystal Bay railroad station. He locked the waiting room door and frightened about a dozen women. a Crystal Bay resident kicked in the door, helped the women escape, and with a deputy sheriff's arrival, the man was overpowered and detained.
Dozens of pets including dogs cats and birds perished as they spilled from balconies and windows while residents rushed to save valuables in a Pittsburgh apartment fire. Firemen struggled against smoke as they battled the blaze and sheltered occupants.
Murray L. Pennell, a defendant in the Indianapolis dynamiting case, caused a diversion during cross examination by chewing gum. United States Attorney Miller urged removal and Judge Anderson ordered it taken out. Pennell claimed he swallowed it, prompting a temporary court suspension as the judge moved about the bench.
Sam Marcus of Chicago describes a two year battle with burning itching and disfiguring eczema. He reports using Cuticura Soap with warm water and Cuticura Ointment twice daily for five to six months leading to a complete cure. The advertisement claims global sales and offers a free sample with a 32 page Skin Book from Cuticura Department L Boston.
A compact meditation on choosing joy in the present. The author urges embracing today’s blessings and bearing today’s evils with patience, noting we belong to this day alone and should not burden it with the woes of yesterday or tomorrow.
A discussion questions the ease of defining womanliness and whether desexed ideas are needed. It cites Weininger noting some are anatomically male yet psychologically female, while insisting feminine psychic traits persist regardless of masculine appearance. The piece reflects dated gender theory.
Chief Justice Isaac Russell of the court of special sessions recounts visiting city hall on a rainy day and slipping on the stone steps. A passerby helps him up, asking if he is hurt, to which the judge replies that his honor is intact though his spine is jarred.
A Chicago Journal note recalls William staying up late and arguing with his mother about waking the Lord for prayers. The boy asks what’s the use of waking God at such an hour, prompting a family moment.
Dr J H Rindlaub, specialist in eye ear nose and throat, Fargo North Dakota is listed. The text also notes the newest Atlantic liner has 11 decks and compares it to a skyscraper reversed.
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph report recalls scene at Southampton where boys play near a pier edge. An old salt, watching, cuffs one youth then explains his apathy to danger, saying the uncertainty of their fate troubles him more than harm itself.
Lord Redesdale told the King Edward memorial fund advisory committee that grass from the country withered in London while London grown seeds thrived, illustrating environmental adaptation as the Shadwell market site was being considered for a pleasure garden.
Irvin S. Cobb, the humorist, proposed to Frank Chance a prank after a Yankees loss. He offered to reveal third base to cheer the team, and Chance replied that it might even brighten them up.
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