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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1911
Page
19
Local notes report frequent departures for Detroit Chicago Seattle and Bozeman with several residents traveling for visits and business. Businesses advertise services from eye ear nose and throat care to dental work and tailoring while local events highlight Clairmont pavilion dances and a weekend selling the Saturday Evening Post.
Warrants issued for an employee at a Pipestone hotel and for two men in Butte as investigators pursue a planned holdup turned murder. Officials hope the warrants will reveal a gambling debt revenge plot and show the killings were deliberate rather than a simple robbery.
The New Orpheum opens its third week with a refreshed program featuring The Doomed Ship a thrilling sea tale. The Sheriff of Tuolumne a dramatic western drama with comic touches. The Hundred Dollar Bill a lively comedy. and an educational short on the Amazon rubber industry. The Orpheum Orchestra and Quartette will perform during the bill.
The Standard announces premiums for subscribers who pay six months or a year in advance. Regular subscribers and casual buyers are invited to visit the Putte or Anaconda office to view the available premiums.
Oliver Harrier, a miner, suffered two deep facial slashes from a razor near Cronin's saloon at Covert and Granite. Charley Agalor, named as the weapon’s bearer, fled as deputies searched, Harrier treated with 40 stitches but declined to press charges. The affray occurred just outside city limits.
A ten day Glacier National Park expedition by Chicago Twin City and Pacific coast newspaper men returned with camera snapshots of grizzly bears and other wildlife. They opened a scenic highway from Midvale to St Marys lake and discovered two new glaciers while documenting high altitude routes for future tourism.
A large attendance enjoyed a church concert last evening by the St Pauls Methodist choir. The program featured mixed quartet selections, solo performances by I O Blake and Mrs Henry Murray, readings from The Music Master and Petrie pieces, violin duets, and various other vocal and piano numbers.
Dave Murray failed to appear in Justice Rhoades' court yesterday on a petty larceny charge involving valuables taken from a Finnish woman. He forfeited his bonds, and the case proceeds with authorities seeking his surrender.
A large elk roundup has begun in the Jackson Hole country with 25 000 to 30 000 elk to be moved. Edward Beck and Ray Hester lead cowboys and volunteers from Washington and Central Idaho helping drive the herd to areas with better grazing.
W G Bawden of the Western Iron works left on the North Coast limited for Lake Linden after the death of his father Captain Edward Bawden. The pioneer copper miner died suddenly at 84 leaving a wife four sons and two daughters. Funeral set for Lake Linden Friday. W G Bawden expects to be away about two weeks.
In Dillon on August 22 Judge J B Poindexter admitted Fred Wichser a citizen of the Swiss Confederation to citizenship in the United States in district court yesterday.
County Clerk John S. Baker is the proud grandfather of the fifth grandson born to Mr and Mrs John Cosgrove The newborn measures 22 inches and weighs almost 12 pounds indicating a notably large birth for the family in Dillon on August 22.
The clerk of the court issued a marriage license this morning to Hiram M. Brundage and Miss Harriett J. Drummey, both of Dillon. Both are well known and popular young people.
Local ad from Mayer Optical at 22 West Park promises to beat or match competitor prices on identical items and refund the difference. It claims customers save money on every purchase and guarantees satisfaction with price protection and refunds if a lower price is found elsewhere.
France faces a new state sejour funding via a tax on visitors from outside communes staying over five days at mineral water resorts. The levy, 5 to 10 francs per person on average, targets parks and treatment facilities, with hotel owners at risk of price manipulation. The Washington Bureau notes concerns over local council motives and moral implications.
Samuel Gompers president of the American Federation of Labor arrives in Butte from Salt Lake Thursday morning at 7 o clock and will speak at the Auditorium that night at 8. Friday morning at 8 he departs for Missoula for the Montana federation of Labor meeting. The Silver Bow Trades and Labor council committee has arranged a program promising a good reception.
John Ahern of Helena visits Butte city friends. Miss Minnie Johnson of Dillon is in the city. A E Eatham from Bozeman. G A Shippan a Great Falls guest. H B Elling a Virginia City merchant in town. Mr and Mrs J P Mahoney are Araconda guests at the Butte hotel. P H Scanlan Milwaukee railroad agent with Helena HQs in Butte. J D Diemo and Pierce Eguck arrested on health ordinance charge. released on bond. Funeral of Horatio W Stratton at 2 p m residence of daughter 425 East Front. Willis Grund aged 12 dies. funeral tomorrow at 8:30 a m at family home 846 Caledonia Street. Mass at St Patrick’s Ya m. Funeral of Mrs Walter H Walsh Friday at 2 p m residence 728 Madison Street Rev F H Gwynne officiating.
Advertises Diapepsin as a quick fix for indigestion and dyspepsia. Claims five minutes relief from sour stomach, gas, heartburn, headaches, and bad breath. Encourages buying a 60 cent case from a druggist to improve appetite and enjoyment of meals.
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