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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1911
Page
17
Beautiful new black willow plumes arrive yesterday and go on sale at low prices. The millinery department shows marked improvement with a variety of plumes and a big white felt sailor hat promoted as perfect for current fashion.
The store advertises boys caps in golf shapes for 25c, belts 35c, and sailor straw hats 40c to 2.00. A 30 day push to clear stock includes five dozen waists for ages 4 to 14, plus fall hats priced 1.50 to 2.50. Stocks limited, sizes vary and early selection is urged.
A sale offers 75c Gauntlet Gloves and 50c items with suits for boys aged 7 to 16. If you want a suit for the boy and avoid high prices this is the opportunity. Patterns are neat and values exceptional.
Broken lots offer Better Suits priced at 2.95 with tans black gray and brown options. Cuffs fringe and trimmed finishes. Some suits worth as high as 5.00 each. School starts within a month making this a ready outfit opportunity for boys.
Two excellent coutil corsets described. One features a long hip and medium bust, the other a two bust and medium hip. Made with owlad hose supporters and neatly trimmed.
A 16 year old Butte girl Mildred Hipp attempted to drink carbolic acid from a bottle in city hall detention rooms after being sent to reform school. Two boys found her note from a barred window and notified her mother. The bottle was seized, antidotes given, and she survived though with painful lips and throat. She preferred reform school to Home of the Good Shepherd and is said to be an expert laundress.
Mrs Margaret Kiakkileni lost $15 from her pocketbook while in a bath house at 402 West Broadway. Three men Dave Murray Erick Erickson and John Matson were arrested after one member allegedly grabbed the pocketbook during a foot bath. The trio were said to have been bathing, not merely soaking feet.
Burt Mauser, a young Butte resident, alternated between the state penitentiary and reform school after multiple trials. A physician found lung trouble, and during a prior case he allegedly harmed himself to gain sympathy. He has been moved between facilities and a deputy was dispatched to return him for a burglary hearing.
The Standard provides a selection of useful household articles as a premium for six month and one year subscriptions paid in advance. Regular subscribers and casual buyers are invited to visit the Butte or Anaconda office to view the offered premiums.
Washington reports a dramatic drop in crop conditions for July across the nation due to drought and heat. The Department of Agriculture notes corn, spring wheat, oats, and hay prospects lower, with potential gains from late rains. overall yields per acre near historic lows since 1901.
Hotels and rooming houses overflowed for two weeks with conventions and a state visitation. Tuesday night cots appeared as rooms ran scarce and long-time patrons faced the dilemma of finding lodging or staying up all night amid a flurry of races and a large delegation.
Following a severe illness from eating canned peas Sunday night Mrs Partick J Riley of 554 North Franklin street is slightly improved and the most serious effects of the ptomaine poisoning are believed past.
The note states poisoning is thought to be past and identifies Mrs. Riley as a daughter of Peter Harriett of the St. Lawrence mine, tying family to the case context.
John Parish and W. E. Engstrom, noted racehorsemen, argued last night over their mounts. Parish reportedly struck Engstrom, drawing a court appearance today. Parish posted $20 show money. Engstrom paid $19 for place. Engstrom maintains a stable and Parish is a track figure.
A Medical Journal account recalls a grazier and seven friends who hunted fagots and consumed 20 pounds of meat 80 quarts of perry 16 bottles of wine nine bottles of champagne eight quarts of cider brandy and 65 percent alcohol. The group averaged two and a half pounds of meat and 12 quarts of milk per person over 12 hours.
London correspondence notes European ermine skins dominate high end robes while American skins are common for coronation robes. A St. Louis claim of 250000 skins for the czar’s cloak is mocked as American humor. March London sales offered 189000 skins at about 240 shillings per timber, average around 200 shillings.
Charles McCafferty will take active charge of the Missoula team in the Triunion league tomorrow. Willian Jaycee retains financial interests and steps back from day to day duties as McCafferty receives the manager's role. McCafferty is popular with fans and players and is expected to receive strong support. The team remains in Missoula with the new leadership at the helm.
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