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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1901
Page
25
A large and comfortable store advertises Saturday shopping ease with cool air and prompt service. Readily available items include sewee ears radishes green onions lettuce spinach celery corn cucumbers peaches plums pears lemons and muskmelons with fixed prices per dozen or per pound.
Advert says Quaker bread offers finest light white loaves at the same city price as other breads. It claims poor bread costs more and warns buyers to choose Quaker for nourishment and value.
Classified ad notes tender baby corn and rich creaminess with prices 2.75 per case 1.40 per can. Mentions fine sifted early June peas and Batavia tomatoes packed in 2 pound cans at 12 1/2 cents per can.
A description extols BB butter for its rich golden color and sweet fresh flavor, claiming absolute purity and cleanliness. It notes pricing per pound and uses cheerful, promotional language.
Advertisement notes strictly fresh eggs sold here with a guaranteed freshness claim and a per dozen price. The fragment emphasizes dependable quality for buyers.
The department showcases more than 110 dainty confections described as the sweetest place in town. Local shop highlights extensive sweet selection and assortment for customers seeking varied treats.
A local retailer announces a fresh 50c line of high grade confections. The assortment includes bon bons creams chocolates mints and nut creams offered per pound.
Our 25e line of fancy confections is already popular. They are the same kind sold elsewhere at 5e, 40c and 50c a pound. Fresh creamy nut chocolates, bonbons, peppermint creams, pastes, almond creams, etc. Per pound 25e. Fine mixed candies per pound 20c.
Friends back their riders as Caprivi Favorite Le Bel and Rainier lead betting for a one mile gentlemen's race. Gemmell on Caprivi and Hamilton on Rainier draw strong support while Archibald and Guilder loom as outsiders. Betting crowds urged to heed riders for insights and avoid relying on form alone.
Adjutant General McCulloch notes first Montana National Guard unit Company B organized in the city last night with 8S. G. Jeans elected captain Michael Joy first lieutenant and John P. Moore second lieutenant. Adj gen to organize Company C at Big Timber. Bozeman forms Company A. Roll call includes James McQuigan John Gavin James Golden Robert Williams and many others.
A cow returning from foraging near the poor farm was fatally struck on the Columbia Gardens street car track when a fast excursion car moved cityward. The motorman reacted, but the animal died instantly. A prior incident involved a bull on the flat with a red Jumbo car after repainting.
The Portland Oregonian notes Sir Robert Ball argues in a magazine essay that signaling to Mars is beyond human resources. He agrees life may exist on Mars but asserts signals would be undetectable with current instruments due to planetary atmospheres and observational limits.
A Butte man brandished a public safety item at his father in law and fired, seriously injuring his wife, a little girl, and others before being shot. Kimball had sought divorce and control of a daughter, with motive linked to adultery accusations and estrangement. His cafe partner reported the suspect’s erratic behavior and final escalation on Montana Street.
An Atlantic liner carries vast supplies to feed passengers on long voyages. The Deutschland voyage counts 40 tons of ice and broad provisions including beef, calves, sheep, hogs, 1,500 chickens, fish, eggs, oysters, potatoes, vegetables, lettuce, flour, oatmeal, butter, milk, cream, ice cream, fruit, wine and liquor, beer and water. Not all is used each trip, but a liberal margin is kept.
The article describes moist heat steam disinfection at 212 to 270 degrees Fahrenheit as effective against hardy germs in minutes and compares it with dry heat. It notes mercury bichloride and dilute acids as potent germicides, warns public usage risks, and mentions carbolic acid and iodine as weaker or nonpoisonous options. It also cites zinc chloride as a disinfectant for typhoid excretions.
Berlin reports the czar has semi-officially agreed in a signed letter to attend Emperor William's naval maneuvers at Dantzic, signaling cordial imperial contact.
A renowned New York physician preparing to lecture in the West forgets money and clothes, ending up with another man’s garments and a forged-check scare. He is mistaken for a forger by a hotel detective, cleared after initials on garments reveal the mix up, and proceeds to deliver his lecture after a rushed finish.
The narrative explains how Washington disposes of garbage at low public cost by contracting with a city removals company. Garbage is rail transported to reduction works, sorted, and processed under steam. Oils, fats, and alloys are sold, with fertilizer and leather byproducts adding incidental profits, yielding a monthly gain.
A railroad company sues to ban smoking by workers citing five grounds. The reasons include nicotine odor annoying customers and nonusers, claimed demoralization and honesty impact, nervousness, alleged limits on mental growth memory and alertness, and reduced physical service quality.
In Frankfort Kentucky on August 2 physicians caring for Mrs Beckham wife of Governor Beckham report hopeful for recovery. Her temperature has fallen to 100 and she is gaining strength.
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