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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
11
Butte news note announces advertising rates for independent associations with a contact at 2 percent east of Grendway. The ad office provides rates on request.
A chaotic page lists Butte notes and local ads including Touy Cafe at 72 East Park Street, furniture and coal firms, stage shows, and assorted personal notices. Mentions Melauklin Coal Co, Dr. Ashlock, Majestic stage, Stave Co, Poindexter in Dillon, Miss Bertha Wiles, Mrs J Wy Scott, and many social updates. Also promotions for Miss Eva Leven of Helena, and several residents’ travels, births, and visitors, with a mix of store promos from Brownfield-Canty Co and Clarke's Saturday sale items.
In Butte a suspected lottery scheme is under scrutiny with May Stewart, charged. police report a winning ticket dispute and demands for payment. Court actions include potential arrests of Chinese promoters and a publicized raid led by Detective Murphy. The incident ties to state laws on gambling with penalties up to one year in jail or 2000 dollars, and the case draws attention to gambling across communities and law enforcement.
A local suit arose over unpaid costs for feminine clothing and baby items. The jury awarded the plaintiff 35 dollars after testimony about a contract and brewery involvement in a painting job. The brewery defendants faced liability for damages linked to the painter's work and a burned baby carriage.
Chictes Boley a known grocer in Walkerville site left leg broken while with a friend trying to remove curtains from a lumber pile near the bottom of the street. The toppling pile caught Betey, breaking his leg. he received surgical care and was resting at home.
George Donohue will lead the Donahue Mayers on a statewide tour using new repertoire. The troupe opens in Lewistown at the fair, August 6, then Helena at the state fair starting September 21. An October booking in Billings for the dry farming congress is planned.
Montana bishops Hutte Folin Fit Mitral Elshow Lenihin lead a clerical party traveling to Salt Lake City for the recitation of a magnificent cathedral ceremony. Cardinal Gibbons presides with Archbishop Glennerci delivering the sermon as Catholics from nearby states gather for the visit and pontifical rites.
Tod Wagroner press agent of the Time The Place and the Girl company arrives with two assistants to stage the favorite musical play at Broadway Friday and Saturday Aug 20 and 21. First season attraction, previously praised in Matte. Cast totals about 80 led by Rover Pitkin and Dennis Huston. Wardrobe and gowns praised, tickets range from 15 to 40 dollars.
A detailed pregame event lists merchants against clerks in a baseball game and a major carnival of sports. Roles include Mayor Nevin and Sheriff O Rourke with a schedule of races, prizes, tug of war and a grand baseball match between Bankers and Boston Montana team following the day’s contests.
A courtroom tableau shows a prosecutor hounding a witness as an ex convict and fugitive is questioned about his prison past. The defense and judge’s gaze anchor a tense scene while odd promotional lines and local ads intrude. The fragment hints at a sensational trial and a call to prize-winning cards offered by a local Standard office.
A chaotic report details an alleged kidnapping by Oliver M Bowen of his own child Ser Alda, aged five, with Bowen seen near 26 South Montaghent. Adllp Bowen alerted Sheriff Rourke as officers pursue leads, while earlier a similar missing child scare linked to the Bowens spurred a statewide search.
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