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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1900
Page
10
Missoula observes a Chinese Masonic holiday with midnight firecrackers and a long band concert that unsettled white residents. The event echoes the Boxer era uproar, while local Chinese deny support for the Boxer movement and blame others for the Qing war causes.
A letter notes a vast civil business backlog and a labor surplus with wages down to five dollars for a hard day's work. It mentions Mr. Wood in St Michael's on business and a Deering Binders offer at J W Wilson's shop.
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Aug 18 Stevensville notes list visits from Rev. C E Haynes and Rev W A Shannon to local families, numerous Missoula Hamilton Darby and Anaconda travelers, Epworth League delegates from Victor and local site gatherings, a death in Stevensville and civic court activity in Hamilton.
Cobban and Dinsmore purchase 240 acres adjoining Orchard Homes in Missoula Montana. The new land is divided into five and ten acre tracts for sale on the same terms as the original tract. Aimed at buyers seeking a comfortable farm home, inquiries invited for terms and particulars.
Missoula Aug 19 fire department responds to a blaze in a small barn near Andrew Borman’s residence in North Missoula. Delays in hydrant access and a missing hydrant wrench hindered initial efforts, but firefighters eventually controlled the fire as it spread to a shed on the Shanders place.
Mima Moore will marry William Fenn of Helena in Missoula on Monday. Rev J Ho MeoJunken officiating. The ceremony was moved forward due to Moore family illness. After the wedding, the couple will live in Helena.
Mike Smith of Bonita was brought to the hospital with a serious foot wound from an axe and his great toe nearly severed. V. N. West of St. Regis is hospitalized with a thigh wound after a fall and striking his leg on his carried axe. Missoula nursery offers choice cut flowers.
Aug 19 Missoula report from Nice Sanders district attorney clerk at Cape Nome notes Joe Fitzgerald formerly of Missoula has dusted 1000 pounds in five days. The Missoula colony member is the only one named in the letter. Landers says the office filed over 50 criminal complaints in its first week, mostly from quarrels.
MISSOULA NOTES reports H H Case of St Regis filings on 160 acres near the village. Labor Day turnout may exceed 1200. Henry Buckhouse wins shooting gallery prize with 73 of 78. City street improvement actions awaited by residents. Elks hall meeting draws large attendance. Dr W P Mills hosts dinner for Mr and Mrs Montgomery of Sedalia. Bitter Root hosts largest summer visitors since Ravalli hotel opening in Hamilton. Fire chief plans Gamewell alarm system for September council. Sunday hunting parties active. campers and eastern state visitors in Missoula valley. J Weitzman leaves for New York to start a mercantile business after a decade here. Trains mostly late due to heavy business. G U Rittenour and J S Harper form shoe firm in Noll building on Higgins avenue. Paul Baker remains. Northern Pacific filings exceed half a million acres, signaling busy land office. Golf club directors hire Nieman of Butte to layout grounds east of the bridge near the university. Ground prep to begin this week. Riley, painless dentist, Higgins block.
Charles Davis reports Hamilton has a boom with new blocks under construction and completed dwellings this summer. Daly block nearly ready with Ravalli County Democrat on ground floor and offices above. Roberts block due soon as a brick single story model store. City boasts improved guards and lawns. Ames Day notes a busy rail way headquarters day with many specials and extras and several trains handled.
Missoula reports unusually cold nights for mid August with no frost or damage yet. Bitter Root valley observers cite coastal winds and cool air as possible causes while some residents foresee an early winter. Rosendorf's notes good bread and a Larce Membership column appears. A new society for the prevention of cruelty to animals organized this week with strong prospect for large initial membership.
Sadie Schaffer daughter of a Big Flat sawmill man was taken to Sisters Hospital in Missoula Aug 19 with a fever that developed into typhoid. She is not seriously ill and friends wish her a speedy recovery. The item also notes local business ads and a German imperial policy blurb about the emperor’s control over his family.
A French Paris incident shows the emperor commanding his brother Prince Henry and ordering Empress Frederick to depart Paris within 24 hours. Despite such actions the sovereign remains liked by relatives and the German royal family is described as united, with the widowed Empress Frederick's children and spouses cited as part of the cohesion.
The Philippines like Japan experiences frequent tremors, with seismographs recording many minor shocks and historic quakes. Observatories began systematic recording in the late 19th century, noting that Manila Bay shores and Luzon suffer the most, with major events in 1883 1886 and 1880 shaping building designs and knowledge of volcanic regions.
A fragment describes a trolley conductor directing a passenger who remains on the footboard of an open car. The conductor repeats phrases like you cant stand on the footboard and you'll have to step up as a safety reminder. The text shows the familiar instruction language used by conductors.
An Eighth Avenue conductor urged a rider to choose a seat, addressing a man who stood on the footboard while the car was inspected to determine where he should sit.
The text explains that letter proportions in English vary and that knowing these frequencies helps cryptogram readers solve mysteries. It lists approximate counts for letters A through RO and others, illustrating how common letters aid decoding.
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