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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1905
Page
6
A Pompeii show outside the grounds features a balloon man and a boy who throws tacks at balloons, causing explosions and dwindling balloon supply. The stunt leads to laughs and ruined profits for the balloon vendor while a later note mentions a tiny restaurant and county attorney spats.
After two council sessions the judiciary committee asked for more time to study public playgrounds and bath proposals. One potential site on Arizona Street from J P Collins is deemed costly. A bond election and the playground plan will go before voters together.
A Northern train from Minneapolis carried a grandfather and his granddaughter who visited the Barnum Bailey circus. The girl spoke of aerialists, acrobats, trained animals, and clowns while the grandfather joked about camellike hands, then the story notes the circus elements and other local news. The smelter at Rittspurg Montana Copper Co. resumes operations with repaired equipment, boosting ore output and mine prospects, though crowding storage risk remains if another accident occurs.
A civil service notice announces examinations today for a hospital steward position at Freedman's Hospital Washington DC with $720 annual pay and age 20 or older. The role requires experience and fitness, with preference for a colored man. duties include supervising kitchen and dining room staff. July clearance sale at Itkin's Diamond Parlor offers emerald, opal, and diamond rings at reduced prices.
A lively event at the gardens drew hundreds of couples for dancing with late crowds leaving after ten and traffic continuing until midnight. Thursday night will feature Eagles night with the local lodge hosting a dancing social in the pavilion and an immense crowd is expected.
Buckley, a Centerville miner with four children, confessed to beating his wife after drunken Sunday abuse. He was arraigned in Justice Taylor's court, pleaded guilty, and fined $100. Lacking funds, he was committed to county jail to serve 50 days at $2 daily.
Pennington withdraws from Barker, Wilson and Pennington dissolves the co partnership. Pennington plans to locate on his 39 acre Snake River farm for health, while remaining in the Barker and Wilson office for the time being.
In Justice Deevy’s court Frank Rafferty is charged with third degree assault by William Burns. They had been roommates on Ohio street. Burns alleges Rafferty took his goods after leaving, and Rafferty allegedly struck Burns in the car when asked to return the items. Dr. Alice Goodwin advertises Wisdom Violet cream and face astringent powder, claiming they remove wrinkles in 10 days.
Centerville resident George Pascoe is to answer Justice Taylor's court on a disturbance charge after an incident on a Centerville street car. Manager Wharton of the street car line reported the complaint to the county attorney yesterday. Pascoe reportedly left a car on Monday amid rising tensions.
A passenger in a transit car was asked to stop smoking spitting and swearing. The man allegedly attempted to lean out of the car and was removed by the conductor, with a complaint subsequently filed.
Advertises round trips from Butte Montana via Oregon Short Line to San Francisco and Los Angeles with specific August travel dates and prices. Note mentions added Pullman sleeper to Portland, through Berths to Portland, three month ticket validity, stopovers both directions, and diverse Salt Lake Portland Columbia River routes to view Idaho districts Boise Payette Valleys. Reservations at 105 North Main Street Butte. H. C. Wilson D. F. & P.
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