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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1901
Page
13
Poolrooms proposed to reopen today in Butte but the local paper reports the license has been refused by authorities, noting lack of authority to grant the reopening.
The mayor and city treasurer refused poolroom licenses after June instructions to end pool selling. Officials discuss an ordinance to ban pools on horse race bets, but fear harming horse racing revenue. The mayor defends the stance as a broader gambling curb, signaling no restart of poolrooms without legal action.
The article advertises Pan-American rail fares via Northern Pacific with round trip to Buffalo at 64.50 or 66 for the trip, valid 60 days from the first Tuesday in September. W H Merriman is the contact, general agent, Park and Main, Butte. Also tickets for Butte Anaconda & Pacific line to Anaconda on sale at Great Northwest ticket office 41 North Main. Mulholland Natatorium opens at Granite and Arizona.
B G Dun weekly review notes overall sustained business volume despite iron and steel labor troubles. Textile and shoe sectors show activity. output hesitates in some steel products, while leather hides and wool goods hold firm. Cotton prices firm and fall trade demand remains robust with exports to China showing movement.
Weather improves for late planted corn and exports shift with Atlantic shipments rising to 4 853 735 bushels. Prices stay above 60 cents despite strong receipts. Imports slump abroad as foreign buyers seek cheaper Russia and India. Local notices advertise Amalgamated Copper on margins and a Helena excursion rail offer from J El Dawson G A.
At Readville and other tracks the 2:07 4/4 pacer Boralma equaled his own record time in a 2:08 trot event while Crescens plans to challenge the world mark next Friday in Providence. Results from Hawthorne Delmar Kinloch Park Saratoga and London cards listed with multiple heats and winners across pacing and trotting divisions.
Botkin defeats Busch in five sets 6-2 2-6 6-2 2-6 6-4 to clinch the tournament championship. He will face Carl Neel of Great Falls for the state title this afternoon. In doubles, Botkin and Armstrong beat Neel and Matteson 6-3 7-3, advancing to the finals with Hitman and Chessman of Helena. A grand ball followed the day’s play at the golf clubhouse.
American League brief reports Boston beat Cleveland 5 1 with strong pitching and few hits. Chicago defeated Baltimore 6 4 in Baltimore. Philadelphia topped Detroit 7 2 in Philadelphia. Washington beat Milwaukee in rain delayed game. Boston edged Philadelphia 7 6 in Boston. Brooklyn defeated New York 4 1 in Brooklyn. Also notes a fatal shooting in Kentucky and floods in Georgia, plus a Cleveland embezzlement case against AL Block.
Richmond Aug 23 The report of Auditor Marie responding to a resolution for a 20 year expenditure statement of the civil contingent fund by governors was submitted to the constitutional convention today but its contents were not made public.
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