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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1909
Page
19
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 28 East Broadway, Butte. Telephone 422, Independent telephone 1,422. Advertising rates furnished on application.
The Shur on eyeglasses stay on and come in many sizes and shapes to fit any rose bridge. When customers cannot wear eyeglasses spectacles are the alternative. Eyeglass mounting supports plain spherical toric caly cylindrical or bi focal with a perfect fit and low prices.
Butte notes advertise piano rentals, medical professionals, local trades, and new births. Visits by out-of-town figures, legal business, and upcoming theater show at Broadway detail community activity and local commerce.
The fifth Montana conference gathers at Mountain View church with Bishop Spellmeyer presiding and clergy from Helena Butte and Great Falls. The opening session includes a conference examiners meeting at 2 PM and a sermon by Rev Bartle. Lectures and laymen convention follow as local churches host this week long event.
The conference will hold sessions at Mountain View Methodist church open to the public. Appointments are usually the last item of business before the conference. Clergymen are hosted during their stay in the city, with expected discussions throughout the sessions.
Ray Parce a 15 year old was arrested by Detective Williams on a petty larceny charge for stealing a bicycle he had rented. The bike rented from Montana Novelty Works on South Maine Street was recovered at Divide after a boy allegedly borrowed it from Parce for a ride and offered a cheap watch. Parce says another boy asked for a ride and left with the bike.
Frank Moses died unexpectedly of heart failure at St James hospital after about a week of illness. A native of California and brother in law of James V Collins of Olympia brewery, he had lived in Anaconda and Butte for twenty years and was single. His mother in California has been notified.
Weinberg's Fashion Shop at 67 W Park showcases early fall suits with long coats 47 to 54 inches and door knob buttons. Dresses in woolen weaves and broadcloth offer subdued rich colors for length and grace, with prices touted as the lowest in Butte for quality and exclusiveness.
Mr and Mrs Donald Law arrived in Butte from Roundup after their infant died at Roundup Sunday following a brief illness They brought the body to Butte for burial The funeral was to be conducted by Rev J E Noftsinger The Laws were longtime residents and Law had worked as a florist in Butte and recently as townsite agent for the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound at Roundup The family is well known in Butte.
Martin Dougherty a 39 year old miner who has lived in Butte for 13 years died yesterday at his home 213 West Woolman street after a brief illness. He belonged to the Fraternal Order of Eagles with a Goldfield lodge. No relatives in this section are known. Funeral services will be held tomorrow morning at Sherman & Reed chapel and the body will be taken to St Patrick's church for a requiem mass.
Justice Henry Foley tied the knot in his courtroom yesterday afternoon uniting John I. Huntley and Miss Frasa Persinger of Gooding Lincoln county. Only essential witnesses attended and after a few days in Butte the couple will return to their Idaho home.
Leon Netzner aged five years eight months son of Mr and Mrs N N Netzner died last evening at the family home 660 Colorado street after two days illness of pneumonia. The funeral will be held this afternoon at 2 o'clock at the home.
Homar Christie three years old, son of Mr and Mrs Samuel Christie, died at the family home in Williamsburg after a brief illness. No funeral arrangements have been made.
Henry Cosgrove Gleason seven year old son of Mr and Mrs John Gleason of 306 East Granite Street died. Parents request no flowers. Funeral from the family residence at 9 30 Wednesday morning.
Hill Pobst, jailed on suspicion in the Leggat saloon holdup on North Wyoming Street, was released after Chief Quinn concluded he was not involved. He had been on night shift at the Tramway mine since May and had behaved well since securing work. The investigation shifted focus to others, while several men remain held for inquiry into the holdup and shooting.
John Walsh aged 41, a longtime Butte resident and 18 year miner, died yesterday morning. He came from Champion Michigan and was well known in the district. He was single and survived by two sisters, Mrs J F Collins, at whose home he died, and another sister.
Mrs Celia Sterling is survived by three brothers Walter H Richard foreman at the Anaconda mine and Patrick all residents of Butte He was a member of the Fraternal Brotherhood Silver Bow Lodge No 421 The funeral will be at Mrs Collins home at 9 am Thursday then Mass at St Marys Church with a requiem service
K Nakayama known as Charley a Japanese laborer for Northern Pacific in Helena was run over by a switch engine in the yards about midnight and died at the hospital. The 42 year old, who was riding a flat car, jumped off in front of the engine and could not escape. The body will be shipped to Missoula for burial and he is survived by a wife. The accident occurred in the coal docks at the union depot.
In Helena on August 23 Judge J M Clements rendered a district court judgment for Mohr Bros Charles Kinshall and Jacob Baur against Whitlock Mining Company for 216973.50 plus 4500 in attorneys fees and 8 percent interest until paid. Mohr Bros, New York capitalists, hold bonds issued by the mining company.
Washington reports Acting Secretary of the Interior Price has enlarged the homestead act to 320 acres per claimant and designated 542,480 additional acres for settlement in Montana, raising the state's total acreage designated to 26,030,080.
A blaze at a local lumber mill in Krementchug district last night left about a thousand families homeless as the fire spread through wooden structures and nearby housing. Firefighters battled the flames into dawn with limited losses reported.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Mary F. Brown named postmaster in Fort Shaw Cascade county succeeding M J Pease who resigned.
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