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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1909
Page
13
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 28 East Broadway, Butte. Telephone 42, Independent telephone 1,422, Advertising rates furnished on application.
A compendium of brief notes from Butte including social visitors like W. R. Tice and J. Sherwood, business mentions from Orton Bros and Brownfield Canty Co, and notices on real estate, magazines, and local commerce. References to Pipestone Springs sanitarium plans, state and railroad interests, and local shopping at post office stands.
The Standard reports its prize automobile, after an accident, is repaired and offered for sale at Butte Novelty garage East Broadway. The car cost $1,640 new in Butte and will be sold at a substantial reduction. inquiries at The Standard office. Orton Bros. 519 North Main st offer pianos and organs with best value.
Harry Dyke known as Jacob Cohen, a Russia Jew umbrella maker from New York, married Miss Jennie Cohen in Butte seven months ago and now faces bigamy charges after confessing to a second wife and two children bearing the name Duke. The first wife, 18, was shocked by the revelation and may return to Chicago. authorities say Mrs. Duke arrives with the children tomorrow or Wednesday. Dyke, 35, has lived with his second wife at 69 West Silver Street with the rabbi who joined them in the false marriage.
Butte police report John McDermott now wanted in Pocatello Idaho for forgery. The 30 year old 5 foot 9 inch 150 pound man with sandy hair and a small scar near the nose is linked to about $100 in losses, including Louis H Forman, a South Main Street house decorator. McDermott vanished the night the check was honored.
Eastern mining men seeking cash for the mines were told of a place where a check for 1500 dollars could be cashed in gold at the Board of Trade saloon in Butte. The brokers praised Butte as accommodating as a Minneapolis rival. The tale closes with a note on a temperate rider, Harry Brennan, heading to Salt Lake City for Grand Army events, and recollections of rough ranch life, forest reserve critiques, and old-time stockman veterinary methods. Electric vapor baths advertised in Phoenix block.
Plans show a new third story behind the city hall to house an emergency hospital and detention rooms for boys and girls. The layout places hospital wards at the alley end, with detention rooms in the southwest to southeast corners, a central four foot corridor, and a stair from the police area to the new level.
In Montana Mayer offers watch cleaning at $1.50 with a yearlong guarantee, arguing the low price permits no profit margin for return visits. He claims competitors charging $2 to $8.50 prove cheaper work lacks value, and his factory on 22 West Park Street performs all repairs at similarly low, thorough standards.
A communication to Chief of Police Quinn in Butte warns the West about a man claiming to be A Brennan of Earl Engraving Co New York City. He takes orders for business and calling cards, pockets the price, and poses as an agent. Police request arrest by New York authorities.
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