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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1900
Page
11
An assortment of ladies garments including muslin chemises drawers corset covers and curtains. Prices range from 40c to $1.25 with styles featuring tucks embroidery insertion yokes lace trims ruffles and Nottingham curtains.
A listing of cotton textiles highlights satin stripe fabrics in widths 27 to 32 inches. Prices range 20 to 25 cents per yard with descriptions praising quality, cool appearance, and suitability for ladies and children’s dresses and waists.
A retail ad lists Thomas G. Plant and Burt Packard famous shoes for ladies and men. It notes various black and tan leather options, lace and button styles, kid and silk vesting tops, welted soles, and full size ranges with values from 1.25 to 3.00 per pair.
Ringling Brothers circus arrives in Butte on three trains with 1000 people 500 horses 25 elephants. A grand parade winds through downtown at 10 am featuring lions tigers and 17 elephants plus camels Turkish orchestra mounted bands and 40 clowns. Performers include Al and Steve Miaco Del Fuego the Coma family the Living Fishers and the Rachetta brothers with John O'Brien performing a top horse act.
A wide list of visitors arrives in Butte from Helena Kalispell Missoula Boulder and Dillon. Notable events include a boy injured by a thrown stick at the ball grounds and Mayor plans for theater outings. Local residents and travelers from Salt Lake New York and Wisconsin Central are noted, with several train and travel mentions.
The report notes the event will travel from Butte to Anaconda, signaling a relocation of the show and outlining the forthcoming schedule and venues for the trip.
The American Wool and Cotton Reporter notes increased activity in the past week though business was uneven among traders. Some firms reported no dealings while others posted sizable sales lifting weekly transfers to about 10,000 pounds, against nearly 5,000,000 pounds at the same time last year. Territory and Texas wools sold well, and overall sentiment remains firm.
San Francisco August 22 report lists prices for Spring-Neva lambs from Eastern Oregon 10 Me Valley Oregon 16 18c and Fall Mountain lambs 10e Humboldt and Mendocino 104 120.
J. N. Yarvis of Arbuckle Brothers stated that the recent coffee price reduction was not significant, attributing it to dull trade and lower green coffee prices rather than a major market shift.
Vest makers in New York won their strike for union scale wages and a 10 hour workday. The action affected about 2,000 workers including men women and girls.
Von Bulow conducts an orchestral concert when a composer requests to direct a rehearsal. He opens a parcel of 70 pencils and distributes them so players mark his directions. A moment later he returns with 70 pieces of india rubber and has the parts erased.
Chicago analysis of suicide reports reveals carbolic acid as the leading method with shooting close behind while lower classes favor poisons and drowning at night. Germans show highest incidence, and men outnumber women four to one with age distribution skewing toward 20s to 60s.
General John B. Gordon of Georgia has a daughter, Miss Caroline, who shows musical talent. She intends to tour the country giving public readings of southern folklore and plantation life anecdotes.
Indiana Congressman Crumpacker meets old pupil C C McCarthy of Grand Rapids Minnesota. McCarthy recalls a $25 loan and a $45 debt from years ago at a Valparaiso normal school luncheon. Crumpacker jokes about memory and gratitude as they reconnect among fellow lawmakers.
McCarthy argued over loan interest with Packer, insisting the amount should be reduced. The congressman stood firm, upholding his stance after a friendly dispute over 26 years of interest.
Seven junior girls at the Trenton normal school disrupted a senior reception by donning nightgowns and vandalizing desks, stealing letters, spoiling lectures notes, and soiling senior dresses with molasses and jam. The principal expelled three and suspended the others until September.
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