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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1901
Page
7
Voters face no opposition to regular nominees Meiers Mueller Moulthrop Giard but may oppose the bond issue for new school room. Ballot asks consent to spend 106000 to fund additions as crowded rooms strain pupils and future needs. Bond yes is urged.
Butte current notes advertise renting pianos from Orton Bros and service from Dr Heine and Fred Orton. Local merchants promote cigars hats furrier millinery hairdressing and a health resort. Also news of travel by Great Northern Railway and upcoming lectures and wrestling challenge.
Mrs Annie H Cooley of Middlesex Conn narrates relief from a grip attack and threatened pneumonia after using Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy. She reports chest pain eased, cough loosened, and rapid recovery, praising the remedy.
Henry Mueller outlines a hundred thousand dollar bond issue at four percent interest, redeemable in ten years and payable in twenty, to fund purchasing schoolhouses. The document then details nine school election districts with precinct numbers and polling places across Centerville, West Broadway, Granite Street, and other sites, followed by an advertising plug for Knox hats at Hennessy’s.
Gus Fitschen, saloon owner at 17 South Main below Park, was shot in the back by J. B. Johnson, a former bank clerk and employment agency operator. The wound, near the right shoulder blade, is not believed fatal. Johnson, cool at police HQ, claimed to seek a room and a woman, and escalation followed an insult after Fitschen slapped him at the bar. Johnson previously headed Helena Independent subscriptions.
Seven Butte men enlisted for three years in Uncle Sam’s service after passing medical inspection at the armory. They departed for Helena for uniforms and will head to San Francisco then the Philippines, with discharge purchase possible after one year. Of 21 examined, 14 were rejected mainly for eyesight, seven accepted. Names include J Deern J O Shaughnessy J Hurley W Wilson P Herndon William Kell ing and J Quentek.
A staged courtroom melodrama titled Nancy's Truth ful Mug played in Granite street theater with Judge Arnold presiding. Bob Jefferson and Nancy Crutchfield starred, scenes moved from a colored boarding house to jail and a courtroom verdict, ending with Jefferson jailed for 20 days. The crowd packed the venue and a new melodrama The Guilty Way will debut next Friday with Judge Arnold and Clerk Frankel in lead roles.
The famed Gainesboro portrait of the Duchess of Devonshire, stolen from London in 1876, has been recovered after 25 years abroad. A Chicago detective agency aided the return, with the holder and thieves negotiating a large reward before the painting's shipment back to London.
John Ellis admitted taking a $5 ladder from Butte Light & Power and carrying it six blocks as a prank. Judge Arnold sentenced him to five days in jail, noting the joke had gone too far amid laughter in the courtroom. Newark, April 5.
London reporting from the Times notes that on Thursday the Kroonstadt correspondent says British forces are generally preparing for winter operations.
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