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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
13
The ad asserts astigmatism cannot be removed and stresses correcting defective vision with reliably fitted glasses. It promotes consulting the shop to obtain properly fitted eyewear and claims customers appreciate accurate service.
Butte current notes list multiple local residents and visitors. Dr. Julia Bolam osteopath. chiropodist at Penn. Walker’s First class planes. several residents depart for Chicago, Duluth, Cleveland, Detroit, St. Paul, Seattle, and Glacier Park trips. Local businesses noted. Luna Park events postponed. Miss Celia Huddleston and Mary Hughes returned from Glacier Park outing. J. L. Holmes trip through Bitter Root and Glacier. J. Jones and Miss Mary Stanley marry in Butte. Elks to hold experience session recounting Portland trip.
Special Dispatch reports in Helena that Max Fried flatly denied Grace Beal’s alleged claims at the federal trial of Fried and Sigmund Suaiak on a Spokane import for immoral purposes. Fried testified he went to Spokane to aid a Butte man in trouble, found Beal penniless, arranged a job offer, and did not assist her with transport funds beyond advising her to wait for a ticket status. Additional witnesses linked Beal to the Beal affair and a road house remark surfaced, detailing Beal’s alleged statements about perjury and truth.
Mrs Katherine MacDonald of Butte led a lengthy lobbying effort to secure payment for labor and supplies on the Corbett tunnel project part of the Shoshone irrigation scheme. After three congressional sessions and persistent advocacy, the senate overrode President Taft's veto, setting the stage for a house rehearing. If successful there, Mrs MacDonald may see final action around August.
Deputized officer Bertha Mabel Cossette and siblings Richard aged 12, Mabel 10, and a ?-year-old other child appeared before Judge Donian of lay in pro to be declared dependent and sent to the Home of the Good Shepherd in Helena. Parents had kept house for the family as probation officers seek to locate Delia, 11, missing from home.
Ongoing dispute involves A B Wolvin and John M Hayes vs Aquilno Delmoe over a deed to Sarah lode claim under Corry option. Milburn seeks court sanction and declares Corry contract null. Guardian petitions and insurance notices outline estates and dower interests. National Life case against O C Selmhyr dismissed. Suit against Vuckovich brothers seeks $992.50 with counterclaim for $502.83.
Maggie Fadden, named in a divorce suit by Thomas Fadden, asks the district court for alimony and counsel fees to defend the case. She contends charges of cruelty and improper conduct are groundless and claims he left her, with certificates of amounting for eighty dollars in alimony. Edward A. Hunter and Miss Lesbee Ridge of Butte wed yesterday by Judge McClernan.
Butte officials faced bids from open shop firms for two auto fire trucks and other equipment at over 11000 dollars. Seagraves of Columbus had the lowest bid but union labor concerns prompted mayor Duncan to withhold and seek employers hiring union labor only, though inquiries showed all bidders were open shops. The matter returned to the starting point with Seagraves likely to receive the contract.
Will iam Carpenter a Butte contractor travels to Salt Lake after telegram about his son Roy Carpenter 20 shot by a highwayman during a running fight with police in a rooming house Roy is listed in serious condition. mother anxious and unaware of his whereabouts since leaving home a month ago plasterer's trade learning. police report not confirmed by family.
A gallop two step contest is planned for Columbia Gardens on Sunday night with five-dollar couples competing for a ten dollar prize. The event uses the large pavilion for several rounds, narrowing to a final where the fastest couples vie for the prize as a large crowd is expected.
Relatives of Thomas Jackson, a young man who died in a hovel from apparent drug overdose, will arrive in Butte to press for an investigation. Patrolman Cusick entered the cabin where Jackson was found dying and arrested Harry Marsh, who was with Jackson. inquest set for tomorrow and more arrests noted in the drum feuds roundup. The Sacred Heart church social planned for this evening was postponed to August 18.
Delegates arrive from 70 districts including Montana Idaho Utah and Mexico as Butte prepares to host the annual convention at Alhambra Springs. President Forrest is expected to be re elected, wage talks with California and Montana scales noted, cross union tug of war planned, and records by Daly Teel highlighted.
An incident on West Galena Street as a sick man attempted to chase his wife and a trained nurse out of a home. The nurse and wife fled into the street shouting for help while authorities responded to the disturbance charge.
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