07 Aug 1911
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1911
Page
1
A vintage advertisement touts Pope's Diapepsin as a fast cure for indigestion and stomach discomfort. It claims relief from sour stomach, gas, and heartburn within five minutes, promising to regulate any out of order stomach after a single dose.
A statewide bankers association convened in Anaconda with visitors from Chicago, Denver, Spokane and Montana towns. The gathering opened with registrations, welcome addresses, and committee appointments as delegates from Helena to Missoula prepared for a packed program including tours to Warm Springs, a dinner, and discussions on constitutional amendments and the National Reserve Association.
A collage of city items reports social sessions and meetings at Knights of Pythias and Central Labor Council, with visits from residents and visitors like Clyde Larsen and Miss Colligan. It notes mining man Matt Gaitney ill at St Ann's, a funeral for Mrs Timothy Calhani, and a thunderstorm near Anaconda Vale basin.
Two Gaelic football games were played at the fair grounds yesterday afternoon. The Wolfe Tones defeated the Emmetts in the first match by a score of 4 to 0. The Shamrocks beat the Emeralds in the second, after a hard fought battle hindered by wind and rain. Emeralds were short handed, substitutes lacking form, while Shamrocks built a lead and held it.
A long obituary notes the death of a pioneer in Indiana Missouri Montana and Anacomin, detailing a life of travel and family ties. It lists surviving relatives Croswhite Beha and others, and mentions funeral plans for Wednesday at 4 30 pm at the family home along with a note about a lodge delegation traveling to a state convention later in August.
The Elks formalized their program for a Montana gathering featuring a Washoe reduction works visit at Anaconda. The schedule includes state association meetings, parades to Washoe park, social sessions, a major dance pavilion, and a note from D P Mathewson inviting Elks to the Washoe Works display on Aug 19, 1911. Weather events and band lineups across Butte Anaconda Livingston and Cirent area expected to enliven the three day program.
A short dramatic note mentions Alona, a strong hillside setting, and the film The Little Lily drawing attention for its Varota stance and a sung piece by Mrs Teschér. The fragment hints at cinema opinion and musical interludes amid a snob picture context.
Special Dispatch reports a Mrs Joven Hoffman charges her Greas Northern Locomotive engineer husband with gambling away earnings. Officers Jeffrsy and Clysen arrested two men at a billiard room on the wear side, now at liberty on $308 bond.
An OCR fragment reports a local firm loss and a probe, mentioning Avie and a Talbot Handard company. Details are unclear but a $100,000 figure appears tied to sampling or a payout. Specific names, places, and dates are damaged or unreadable.
The minutes describe readings and approvals of the previous meeting. Contingent payment items include James O'Keefe with a total of 220.15 and related approvals for type AIdtiad.
A lengthy county ledger lists salaries and allowances for numerous officials and staff, including Hienkens, Devine, McAndrawe, Connelly, and Browarlis, with notes on welfare funds, sanities exams, and county work obligations. The document records payments, rents, and service contracts, approving or auditing disbursements and summary totals for the period.
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