Miners Union Silver Jubilee Picnic Draws Thousands at Anaconda
Thousands of Butte and area miners celebrated the Butte Miners' Union silver jubilee at Mountain View park Anaconda. The event featured dancing ball games Gaelic football and a drill contest with top performances by Lewis Blewer and others. Prizes nearing a thousand dollars and special trains mobilized attendees from Butte and nearby towns with events well organized by union officers.
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Butte Miners’ Union
Anaconda
Mountain View Park
Butte
Joe Lewis
Lewis
James Davey
Joe Freethey
Louis Blewer
Biever
Helena
Brewer
Union
Pleasant surprise party at the Remington home
A social gathering at 513 Ash Street last evening included Miss Agnes Harrington Miss Rose Hagerty Arthur Mugford Louis Christy Miss Lena Lafavea J F Ryan Oscar Johnson Miss Bertha Lafavea and Miss Sarah Harrington Light refreshments were served and the event was enjoyed by friends of the family. Flour advertising expands publicity value per Printers Ink noting George Washington as a miller and Mt Vernon flour export history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Remington
Ash Street
Agnes Harrington
Rose Hagerty
Arthur Mugford
Louis Christy
Lena Lafavea
J. F. Ryan
Oscar Johnson
Bertha Lafavea
Sarah Harrington
George Washington
United States
Mt. Vernon
Europe
West Indies
Railroad Round Trip Rates to Gregson Springs Initiated
Beginning Saturday May 23 and each Saturday after until further notice the B A P railway offers round trip fares to Gregson Springs from Anaconda and from Butte with tickets valid on all trains from noon Saturdays to noon Mondays.
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Gregson Springs
Anaconda
Gregson
Butte
Frightened Youth Reports Highwaymen Hoax at Race Track
Charles Irwin told police and the sheriff of a desperate bandit attack near the race track at midnight Saturday. Later reports showed no hold up occurred. the only crime was a joke among travelers, with two nickels found, one plugged. The incident prompted a long police search but left no victims or suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Irwin
Baidits
Irwin
Warm Springs Creek
Charles Lewin
Victiams
John Watson
Watson
City Notes Eye Water at Verberckmoes and Picnics
National union meets tonight and six dances at A O H hall. Ladies auxiliary also meets. No Episcopal service yesterday. All butcher shops close all day Wednesday August 19. Strain's ads offer half price dresses, waists, and silks. John MacDonald of Butte visits Anaconda for Miners' union picnic. Through sleeping car service runs Anaconda to Minneapolis St Paul. Family to Hunter's Hot Springs for two weeks. Two picnics Wednesday. Anaconda butchers go to Deer Lodge and EB A of Anaconda to Columbia Gardens.
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Dillon
Butte
Anaconda
Miners’ Union
James Murphy
Shea
Dan Donovan
Union
Donovan
John MacDonald
Deer Lodge
Anacconda
Columbia Gardens
Uncalled letters listed for Ana conda post office week
The notice enumerates 70 undelivered letters for men women and foreigners dated Aug 15. Names include Gust Anderson Allen Carter Harper Harkins Harwood Hays Hilbert Holman Jones King Lamont Lynch Mc Lean Oliver Smith Waddle White Vermeersch and others. Also ads note patterns in suitings from 19 to 21 dollars at Thuesons and an Eastman camera for sale at Steuernagel's.
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Anaconda
Dpd
Allen
Gust Anderson
Messrs
Alford Bros
William Carter
Frank R. Cartan
T. H. Cox
F. F. Farrington
T. F. Flynn
A. C. Griese
John A. Harper
Charles Harkins
P. Ll. Harwood
Alford Hays
Enmagine
L. Hilbert
Billie Holman
Claude Jones
Albert King
Lande
Daniel Lamont
Charles M. Lynch
Murdo McLean
Thomas A. Oliver
T. K. Smith
Fred Sundin
P. Il. Sullivan
Jack Twick
T. Yanowith
Charles Vetter
M. Camil Vermeersch
J. W. White
T. J. Waddle
Mr. Wood
Emily N. Allen
Charlotte Dampier
Housen
Della Kink
James McGrady
F. I. Morton
Sadie Majors
Mary O’mara
Mary O'Neil
Clara Swanson
Joseph Sedmard
Jessie Smith
A Texas Steer at Margaret Theatre Promises Laughter
Hoyt comedy A Texas Steer comes to the Margaret theater next Saturday night. Maverick Brander Texas cattle king is elected to congress and navigates Washington society with his wife Bossy and daughter Bessy. The cast includes James R. Devlin Milt G. Barlow May Bretonne Will T. Chatterton William Marble Jr and the Texas Steer quartet.
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Texas
Hoyt
Margaret Theater
Maverick Brander
Congress
Washington
Bessy
Brander
Messrs
Yell, Bragg
Blow
Bossy Brander
Capt
Fairleigh Bright
United States Army
Bossy
Fairleigh
Christopher Columbus, Jr
Fishback
Othello Moore
the Arlington
Dahomey
May Bretonne
Will T. Chatterton
William Marble, Jr
Fast Horses Circuit Sets Meets Across Montana
The Montana circuit will run in Bozeman two to four days starting Sept 1 with Anaconda pacers and trotters, then move to Billings for a four day meet beginning Sept 5. Horses pass through Missoula Helena and possibly Great Falls with talks of mixed racing after the state fair. Jib driven by the driver reports the Bozeman track is better than expected.
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Brownell
Jib
Bozeman
Dave Boyd
Anaconda Liveryman
Chub Wilkes
Julia Shake
Montana
Kenneth Smith
Anaconda
W. J. Bryant
Billings
Missoula
Helena
Great Falls
Railroad Round Trip Rate To Columbia Gardens Announced
Special Kate Anneconda to Columbia begins Aug 15 and runs every weekend until further notice. The Butte Anaconda and Pacific railway offers a $1 round trip from Anaconda to Columbia gardens including streetcar fare to the gardens and back. Return ticket valid only if stamped at Columbia gardens.
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Butte, Anaconda
Butte
Helena
Anaconda
Hamilton
Ravalli
Ravaill
Northern Pacific
Potatoes Fuel German Industry and Power Missions
A Providence Journal excerpt notes Germany uses one eighth of arable land for potatoes and turns surplus into starch sugar dextrin and potato alcohol. Alcohol powers lamps and heating, competing with gas and electricity, with claims of efficiency and maintenance advantages though some exaggeration is possible.
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Providence Journal
Germany
Ireland
Giermans
Berlin
Baron Rothechild Arrested for Speeding in Paris
Paris reports Baron Henry Rothechild, who had evaded prison, again jailed for driving at excessive speed. He presented four inner minister permits claiming medical status. Judge Becker would rule on whether the speed limit was exceeded as the hearing was scheduled for August 4.
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Paris
Henry Rothechild
Becker
Pulbaraud
Downward Trend in Lynching in United States
The Churchman notes lynching statistics show a downward trend from 1897 to 1903, with 2,516 cases from Issa to 1900 and state tabulations led by Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, and Tennessee. It cites regional shifts, a rising share outside the South, and praises moral restraint by a Wilmington victim's father urging due process.
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Wilmington
Issa
United States
West
Georgia
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Texas
Tennessee
Passengers Praise A Hoat Tourists Speak On Tunisian Voyage
Sixty Washington state tourists aboard the Allen line steamer Tunisian from Montreal to Liverpool praised the journey. They lauded kind treatment and meals, enjoyed the St. Lawrence River passage, and Ireland coastal scenery. Several bought return tickets or exchanged to sail home on the Tunisian.
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Allen Line
Montreal
Liverpool
Washington State
St. Lawrence
Ireland
Montana Pardons Board Sets Hearing for Houck Pardon
The Montana state board of pardons, Aug M4, 14, schedules Aug 17 hearing on Charles Houck pardon by governor for grand larceny in Deer Lodge County. Public notice orders presence at 11:00 AM in the capitol office and printing in the Anaconda Standard and other Montana papers for two weeks.
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Helena
Mont
State Board of Pardons
Charles Houck
Montana
Board of Union Commissioners
Charlies Houck
Vconvict
Deer Lodge
Aconda Standard
Anaconda
State of Montana
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Valley
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Centervie
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Wolfe Tones
Ers
Dublin Gulch Lightfoots
Tar Lynch
Platt
Holland
Ryan
J. Murphy
D. Murphy
J. O'Neill
Kelly
Lynch
Miners
Hogan
Murray
Roach
Hope
Logan
Reynolds
J. Murray
Joe Murphy
Murphy
Iff
Perate
Verberckmoes
National Union
A. O. H. Hall
Episcopal Church
Strain’s
Strain‘s
Strain
H. J. Toomey
Big Hole
The
Great Northern Railway
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Thueson’s
Mint
Eastman
Steuernagel’s
Ing
Bill
Ings, Missoula and
Pos
Kate
Anneconda
Columbia
Wonderful Products Manufactured
House of Rothschild
Lyne Hings
Tunisian
Anaconda, Montana
John S. Marshall
Mgr
S&s. Marshall
Great Western
Pleasant Valley Wine Coo
Rheims
N.Y
Daly Bank and Trust Company OF
John R. Toole
M. B. Greenwood
Louis V. Bennett
F. C. Norbeck
Ass’t
Yegen Bros. Savings Bank
FE. Park, Anaconda
Responsible Capital
C. Yegen
P. Teoes
Pres Dent
KP. Moffitt, Cashieg
Lydia E
Pinkham’s Vegetable
James Donovan
Preside
J. Ryan
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