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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1905
Page
9
Local butcher offers prime rib roast leg veal shoulder veal breast veal or stew sirloin steaks to day T bones or buckets round steak four pounds jouder steal Fresh Fish To Day at the shop today with assorted cuts and fresh seafood.
Call at the office of And find out how for an investment of $5 you may continue at your work and yet place yourself in a position where you may secure a rich homestead worth thousands for almost nothing. Butte Anaconda Helena Great Falls Kalispell Missoula offices listed with contact names. Act quickly to act wisely.
A county board debated taxing stocks held by W A Clark and F A Heinze in United Verde and United Copper. Attorneys argued ownership, legal authority, and whether Amalgamated, United Verde, and United Copper shares escaped property tax in Silver Bow County amid long, contested hearings.
The board debated assessment of 300000 United Verde shares owned by Senator Clark. Scallon and Lamb clashed over returns and ownership while Haggerty pressed for broad search for escaped property. Several names appeared including Clark Heinze MacGinnis and Heine and the mood breathed civil authority versus fiscal reach as the chapter closed.
Annie Surich filed a complaint with the county attorney charging Frank Banovich with exhibiting a deadly weapon in a rude and threatening manner in Meaderville. She alleges Banovich, intoxicated, fired a shotgun in the street but aimed at no one, the incident sworn in Justice Tor's court.
Sparks from a passing locomotive at noon yesterday set fire to the old Montara Union road freight depot moved west of its former location. The roof caught fire in nine or ten spots, but overall damage was limited. The fire department prevented the building’s destruction.
The ad notes the Butene butchers of the city hold their annual picnic at Deer Lodge on Wednesday August 16. Train service from Butte leaves at 9 50 am and returns in the afternoon. Round trip fare is one dollar with child rates for younger riders. The piece includes a Schlitz Atlas endorsement claiming it is the finest beer and a brief shop reference to The Corner at Main and Broadway.
Judge Warren sentences Dan Johnson to a fine of 390 dollars and three months in jail after a drunken assault on Annie Jones amid testimony from officers and witnesses. Other defendants faced minor penalties including five dollar fines for drunkenness and a temporary release pending police decision on Hickman’s absence of a driver’s badge.
Elgin or Waltham jeweled movement watches with dust proof nickel cases. Prices $8 and $7. special purchase allows Itkin to offer them for $2. Call to see, no obligation. Also notes new Portland-based Ensign and Mrs Kuhn leading a local corps to aid workers with a free reading room and a musical event tonight with Adjutant and Mrs from Los Angeles and Capt Kline assisting.
Tom Murphy, a saloon employee at the Oxford hotel, faces a petty larceny complaint in Justice Tay lor's court for allegedly taking a watch from a co worker and leaving with it. The proprietor witnessed the act. Also advertised are excursion ticket deals and travel promotions from Short Line and local ticket offices.
A team from Fat Jack's Hack Team caused a brief downtown melee tying to a telegraph pole in front of the Windsor Broadway barber shop. The horses broke loose ran west to Main then curved toward Clark's bank and California Street. After a near crash at a telegraph post the team was halted. no serious injuries or damages beyond a broken window and bent fender, repair about 100 dollars. The horses were later back in service within an hour.
Mayer's in Butte promotes a massive markdown event with $1.50 and $1.30 watches, 95 cent specials, and a one fourth to one third reduction across most items except diamonds and cut glass. The sale highlights hunting case and open face Elgin and Boss watches, plus discounted jewelry like chains, at 2 West Park.
Officers on both railways declare the strike over for their companies and indicate freight shipments are resuming under prestrike terms. The Great Northern order removes restrictions on perishable freight and all freight moves on time again from St Paul to Butte, with merchandise flowing within four to five days.
A group of youngsters on Granite street sparked a melon feast after a Hen Hessy delivery wagon overturned in a collision with another team. Watermelons rolled onto the pavement as kids swarmed the scene, leaving broken eggs, sugar, and chewed fruit in the aftermath before the street cleaning crew arrived. The Lynch-Rochester Commission company says it will close by August 31 and instructs trades on its books to settle accounts beforehand.
Residents watched the broncho busters parade at the gardens as Jane H. Clifford and her husband from the Madison valley attended the event. Clifford is foreman for J. B. Wellcome’s V. U. C. ranch near Ennis, and his wife left for the Portland fair. The V. F. ranch spans nearly a dozen sections with solid water rights and high productivity potential. Haying is underway with a large crew, and over 2,000 tons of hay are expected to be harvested. Cattle and other operations at the ranch continue as foreseen, with headquarters located near the fort in the Madison area. Weather conditions noted with plans for ongoing fieldwork and stockyard activity in the region.
Amid frontier changes the Madison grazing grounds shrink as Meyanders settle and large tracts become leased. Stockmen ship fat cattle to eastern markets each fall, with Wellcome planning a full trainload and smaller owners joining two other teams. Shipments pause for roundup until mid October when conditions peak.
Col John N Flore of Gray Horse Oklahoma laments the Osage removal from full-blood status as the tribe shrinks from about 1 700 to 1800. He links decline to lifestyle changes from roaming horse culture to affluent but sedentary living and loss of outdoor activity.
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