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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1902
Page
10
The Montana Jockey Club opens its first race of each racing day at 3 p.m. with street cars directed to the track. Admission is $1 with ladies free. Officials include Hugh J. Wilson president Lew Frank secretary Joseph A. Murphy presiding judge and Ralph H. Tozer associate judge.
The racing card at Butte featured Judge Thomas prevailing by handy margins, with Sliver Dick and Populist close behind. Jockey Lewis avoided whipping as Judge Thomas ran to victory, while wagers on Jerid and Dividend fluctuated and the crowd packed the infield for a lively day of racing.
The article traces the Landis brothers, sons of a poor Indiana farmer, two becoming newspaper men, Charley and Fred, Kenesaw Mountain entering law and politics, and the San Juan postmaster and a Cincinnati physician among them. It highlights their varied careers and the family's unlikely ascent in American public life.
At Brighton Beach SeMUlts FouR-Y R01 WINS IN THREE STRAIGHT Zephyr the bay filly by Sombre and driven by Geers captures the John H. Schuta purse for four year olds in straight heats amid fast times. Other races list Maxine Hallie Mardi Wilson and Audubon Boy among winners with multiple heats and varied purses. Saratoga meets also record wins by Short Hose Old Hutch Zoraster Clonmell and others across several races.
A New York fisherman reports catching a muddy six feet long sea creature two miles from Boon Island. He hauled in a 200 pound, bone lacking, shark-toothed monster with a three quarters yard head and copper-cent sized eyes. The animal defies easy classification and puzzled locals.
A fragmented ad lists rail fares to Boulder Alhambra and Basin with return prices $1.50 and $1.00 for various weekend trips. Mentions good going Saturday or Sunday returning Monday and a ticket office at 4 North Main Street and depot. Standard want ads promise quick results.
Aug. 15 reports say Matteson of Great Falls will face Busch of Butte in the Helena Tennis Club singles final after a day of windy play. Busch defeated Butler 6-1 6-0 6-1 to reach the final, while Matteson won 6-2 6-2 6-2 over Riley Anaconda. Doubles and consolation rounds continue as spectators expect a strong finish tomorrow.
James Ko Murphy justice of the peace operates a steamship ticket agency at Ninth and Erie in Jere sey City. He reports the chance meeting of Thomas Qu and Katherine Murtagh former Irish lovers who had been separated. Qu, from Ballyknockan, left Tow three years ago. Murtagh had followed him from Hollywood Wicklow six months later. Qu sought a ticket to Ireland and to mend fences with Katherine, who bought a ticket for herself and sister for 810.000 bequeathed to them by an uncle. A partition incident hastened their reconciliation and they plan to marry at a parish church near Murtagh's old home.
A shipment of opium from China arrived in San Francisco last week said to exceed Sinew pounds in weight. A respected local physician recalled a past remark that if banished to the moon with one drug, he would take opium, yet condemned indiscriminate sale without a doctor's prescription.
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