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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1902
Page
14
The Western Montana office of the Standard is at 119 West Main street, Missoula. Telephone number 158. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Missoula authorities announce arrival of a new combination ladder truck and chemical engine to improve fire response, especially in hydrant-poor east and south city districts. The engine promises control of ordinary residence fires even with low water pressure, while highlighting staffing and deployment challenges for its volunteers and the need to engage local youths like the Pope family.
In Missoula on April 11 Wallace Mix writes to republican voters and the city central committee admitting Democratic support for a deputy alderman candidate and noting his brother Ed Mix aided Democratic efforts while remaining loyal to his party. He asks colleagues to bear no malice toward Ed Mix. Garden rakes at McBride's, 25 cents.
Missoula church notices list Sunday services across denominations. Methodists meet at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. at East Main and Washington with Sunday school at 12:20 p.m. and leagues in the afternoon.
Sunday school after the service at the Christian church corner Cedar and Washington. Morning sermon titled Golden Words anthem Beethoven voluntary Heller. Evening sermon The Great Commissioner with Mozart mass Hosts of Saints Dudley Buck Hosannah offertory sung by Alberta Slaughter postlude Lamperts. Twenty dollars reward for information leading to the party who broke the leg of a horse on Sunday evening April 6. Troy Steam Laundry Missoula.
Nellie Davis a woman from the red light district is held for district court after alleged robbery of visitor Nelson Gauthier of 810. Gauthier testified he had about 10 dollars missing and sought arrest. He declined to drop charges as the Baker brothers urged. Davis denied the charge. Baker brothers testified for her. County Attorney Hall says the case is strong.
A Missoula nursery invites visits to its Higgins Avenue greenhouses or a phone inquiry at the city store for details on plants and services.
H P Clark, longtime Northern Pacific agent in Missoula, has been promoted to agent at Helena. The move takes effect soon, Clark plans to relocate, and J S Kemp Jr, long cashier of the freight department, is expected to become Missoula’s new NP agent though unconfirmed.
The Missoula free public library reports a large influx of new volumes across subjects. Featured titles include biographies on Lamb and Darwin, histories of Carlyle and Jefferson, travel and exploration works, literary criticism, poetry collections, and novels by Churchill Besant and Johnston.
Missoula postal figures compare receipts packages mail matter and money orders for quarters ending March 31 1902 and 1901 Domestic and international orders issued and paid are listed with counts and amounts for both years. Data shows increases in most categories reflecting mail and financial activity levels in 1902.
In Missoula on April 11 P. M. Reilly & Co. grocers report the district court water suit moving forward. The plaintiff has introduced testimony, defendants respond, and rebuttal was heard. Court likely to continue tomorrow with defendants offering their own testimony to establish water rights by Monday.
Architect Kennedy has prepared plans for a single story brick shop for Samuel Elder the noted horse shoer. It will stand on the Sound adjacent lot and include a road office and a modern blacksmith shop with the latest tools. Completion may come this summer.
Word reached tonight that Theodore Rehder, 18, son of Mr and Mrs Henry Rehder, residing on a ranch south of Missoula, is dangerously ill from a private disorder and authorities fear he will not live until morning.
News reaches Missoula that C. W. Cronberg, whose family lives there, has died in Butte. Four wives and one son mourn his loss. The funeral will honor him on the train's arrival with Rev. C. B. K. Weed officiating.
H. F Holum, an engine worker at Thompson, broke a leg while wrestling a companion. He was brought to the company hospital here on last night's eastbound train.
Dr. Rockman, long absent from his rooms in the First National Bank building, was today taken to the Sisters Hospital in Missoula. He remains very weak, and there is hope the hospital change will aid his recovery.
Missoula April 11. Bad Fendensen, an employee at the Bonner sawmill, cut two fingers almost off while at work today. One will probably be amputated entirely. There is hope of saving the other. Send your mail orders to the Colden Rule, Missoula.
Missoula reports Fort Missoula resumed regular target practice yesterday. The sessions will occur twice daily and continue through May 10.
Missoula April 11 One of the big hogs on the Northern Pacific jumped the track at Evaro tonight. It is in a difficult position to handle and it will be two or three hours before it can be gotten on again.
The item lists numerous authors and titles across biographies novels and classics including Ruth Robinson Grace Rhys Upton Sinclair H. D. Thoreau R L Stevenson Ivan Turgenieff and J A Symonds. It catalogs works from life studies to rhetoric and poetry with multiple editions and translators.
In Missoula on April 11 Private Miller of company C Fort Missoula health stationfell ill after climbing the flagstaff three times to replace halyards. He suffers heart palpitations and medical staff expect discharge from service warning soldiers against overexertion.
The funeral for Jacob S. Leiser was held this afternoon on Cedar Street. It drew one of Missoula’s largest crowds in years, with a procession over a mile long. Seventy five Odd Fellows led the rites, Rabbi Metzener of Helena conducted services in Hebrew and English, and floral tributes adorned the proceedings.
At a Missoula meeting on April 10 the Northern Pacific club arranged for a big ball to be held Monday night. The reception committee includes H. P. Clark Frank Mayne H. C. Alien A. J. Chamberlain M. B. McBride Charles Mitchell Edward McCarthy D. F. McKenzie Hugh Clark Charles Russell J. Mlemming I. W. Terry W. F. Buck Q. A. Parker George Howe and Joseph Brunker. A membership card design was chosen and dues credit space planned. A ladies from the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers auxiliary will assist the reception committee.
Mrs Harriet Cowan aged 49 wife of Thomas Cowan of Victor died in Missoula after a months illness. She stayed at the Victor ranch until a month ago when she came for treatment. The remains were sent to Victor on tonight's train for a Sunday afternoon funeral there.
The order of Pastern Star held a successful ball in Elk’s hall Missoula drawing a large crowd. It was the first dance by the order in a long time and described as a swell affair.
Missoula April 11 Judge Clements of Lewis and Clark county will be in Missoula tomorrow to hear the motion for a new trial in the Schilling Curran Ryman case. The long running dispute involves E W Schilling and a bank and has attracted much attention.
People expressed concern as authorities disclosed more than $1,000 hidden in an outbuilding by the shoe people at the time of their arrest.
MISSOULA NOTES mentions new hospital patients Co. F Carver and H C Speight at Parsons hospital. King’s Daughters plan a meeting April 14 with Mrs P Tietjen. A fire boy born to John and Mrs Evans at Ferrick hospital. Will A Logan leaves for Harrison Idaho to run a general store. Della Harding lost then recovered a gold watch via an ad in the Standard. Blanche Walsh to star in Janice Meredith at Union opera house with strong company for a fashionable theater night.
From the Pittsburg Gazette a note on early stage debuts. Sir Henry Irving fainted after his Sunderland bow while Ellen Terry at Manchester endured a painful start as a seven year old Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream. Coquelin and Beerbohm Tree faced rough first steps. Mrs Kendal began on stage at age three with a playful speech to her nurse.
In this Tablet excerpt Joseph Pennell argues motorists must dominate the road. He condemns horse drawn traffic and animals as roadblocks and filth harming travel and calls for pedestrians to stay to the side path. He faults the belief in universal road rights and urges immediate compliance to safe traffic practices.
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