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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1911
Page
10
If meals sit heavy or cause bloating, sour undigested food or heartburn, try Pape's Diapepsin. A 50 cent bottle at any pharmacy calms fermentation and sour stomach in minutes, aiding digestion and relieving discomfort after a single dose.
Bankers from Montana cities gather in Anaconda for the Montana Bankers Association meeting. Leaders from Wells Fargo Nevada National San Francisco Mechanics and Metals National New York attend along with delegates from Helena Billings Great Falls Missoula and other towns. The program includes addresses, committee appointments, a luncheon at Warm Springs, dances at Washoe Park, and a smelter tour.
Local column lists numerous meetings and social functions including National union, Central Labor council, Knights of Pythias, A. Tuttle visiting Butte, and Miss Corrigan's visit. Small ads mention trains, sales, and a piano for 85 dollars plus five dollars a month. Reports mention illness of Matt Gaffney, a funeral, and a thunderstorm near the Big Hole basin with a hay stack struck by lightning.
Two Gaelic football games were played at the fair grounds yesterday afternoon. The Wolfe Tones beat the Emmets 4 to 1 in windy rain, while the Shamrocks defeated the Emeralds 11 to 0 after a tight first half. Emeralds were hampered by missing regulars and used substitutes not in peak condition.
James Bell Croswhite aged 79, longtime Anaconda resident, died after a long illness at his Birch Street home. Born in Bourbon County Kentucky, he lived in Missouri, Montana, Glendale, and Anaconda, where he retired. Surviving are his wife’s children and two wives' children, with funeral set for Wednesday at 2:39 PM.
The great Falle lodge of Ellis underlines plans to march a large delegation to the state convention in Anaconda this month with its drum corps. Kalispell and Havre lodges will join the local group, with the combined delegation set to depart on the morning of August 16.
The Montana Elks unveil a ambitious three day programme in Anaconda featuring a Washoe reduction works visit, a large parade with autos to Warm Springs, a dance at Washoe park, and a social session with all lodges invited. Bands from Butte Great Falls and Livingston will perfom, while decorations in white and purple are planned and weather outlook is favorable.
A review notes Alone as a strong dramatic story set in the hills. The Little Lily is highlighted as another engaging film with varied scenes. The illustrated song gag Spoony Moon features Mrs Tescher delivering multiple encores.
Special Dispatch to the Standard. Great Falls Aug 6. A gambling ring flourished in several city spots but the first arrest in months follows a complaint from Mrs Joseph A Hoffman wife of a Great Northern engineer who says her husband gambled away most of his earnings She claims she pulled him from a game Officers arrested FE M Joffrey and W R Gibson who run a west side billiard room and they are free on bonds of 308.
Fire destroyed the Ellingson building and the Talbot Hubbard company and the Donofrio Confectionary company. Loss $100,000.
Anaconda Montana August 1 1911 long form minutes note the board met in regular session at 10 am with all members present A Tuttle bar man and M P Mahoney clerk The July 4 6 and 17 minutes approved The bills against the county were audited approved and ordered paid Contingent Fund James O Leefe salary 22916
Reel theater features Flames and Fortune as the headline film for the new bill and hails it as one of the best numbers ever shown at the venue. The listing emphasizes the film’s quality and the strong program at the theater.
A 1911 county ledger lists numerous salaries including McAndrews Connolly Sajatovich Mahoney Blackstone and more, with amounts from 25.00 to 166.66. It records road fund items for Bart Para H. Peck William Evans and others, plus bridge work and warrants. Notices confirm leave of absence for Echo Templeton, adjournment at 5 pm, and approvals by A Tuttle and M P Mahoney.
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