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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1911
Page
10
Local ad listing notes a principal branch and fast Broadway location for telephone 423 services. Mentions independent televisions van and advertising rates furnished on application.
Rent plano from Orton Bros Autowouffe Insurance. Various notices include travel to San Francisco and Portland, medical ads, new births, a pavilion opening at Clairmont with dancing, and local business updates. Names include Dr Peter J Sheeran, Dr Louisa L Leese, J J Dalton, W Krebs, and Mrs Degnan with several itineraries through Spokane, Helena, and Tacoma.
The partnership of White and Krote emimany dissolves as partners withdraw. White to pay all debts due to W. Lh WRE by August 16, 1911. Remaining notices refer to household goods and subscriber payments, with standard terms for premiums and continued access to the publication.
Montana governor among speakers as governors from states gather for five day conference in August and September. Topics include employers liability inheritance law interstate rates and prison labor reforms. Notable absentees include Governors Johnson and Gerhart.
A hoax prompted a false fire alarm last night at 8 o'clock. The department received a notice claiming fire at 12 West Park, prompting a response and a run, though no real danger or damage occurred.
Independent reports a telephone hoax claiming a fire in the heart of the business district drew a crowd and full department response. No fire was found at 95 West Broadway or Walker's intake, debunking the Phony alarm and exposing the ruse.
The preliminary hearing in Justice Rhoades court for Montand against A. Croorwil over $2,000 alleged embezzlement from J. Z. Lovsel of the Wisdom Stage company was continued as both sides seek more witnesses. L. B. Donovan and Frank Walker defend the state. Henry Franks for the accused. most of yesterday’s session covered testimony from Lovsel who spoke for almost five hours.
John Grogan was nominated for city marshal by Mayor Biiney after the death of Mike Murphy who served five years. The council approved unanimously. Grogan has 20 years in Butte and 13 years living in Walkerville. The council also funded $25 for a fire department delegate to the state tournament in Billings and accepted Alderman Kennelys resignation. A leave of absence was granted to AL Jermian Suverjia. A resolutions committee was named to draft remarks on Mike Murphys death.
Ninety nine couples filled the Columbus gardens dancing pavilion as Knights of Columbus hosted a grand ball. The invitation only affair featured Mc Namara's orchestra and a well organized program with committees led by Frank Laird and M C Donovan among others. The event ran past midnight with guests escorted to town by special cars.
A large crowd braved showers for a benefit ball at Clear Innont Igke under Beltver Bow lamp No. 5805 Modern Woodmen of America. About 125 couples joined as Montana mute band opened the event at 3 o clock. An exhibition drill by uniform foresters drew applause. Proceeds go to the Colorado Springs sanatorium fund.
Telegrams reached Butte yesterday about Helen St. Calkins of Manishing, Ya, whose mother, Mrs. Calkins, 18, is dying. Mr. Calkins away on a fishing trip near Big Timber was notified by telephone and plans to travel toward Pennsylvania to reach his mother before death. The family has suffered a three‑month weakness from a disease that first appeared in February.
Missy Welle Mullivan Armstrong and Junner AWA Wetto wed yesterday at 1 o clock at Sacred Heart Clive by Judge Matton. The couple plans a belated honeymoon to Yellowtone Park before returning to Butte for a reception at 4 South Main Street.
Miss Elizabeth O Poyle, a store clerk at 31 West Porphyry street, soaked a union picket, Partelow, with eggs then a bucket of water after a dispute over distribution and handbills. Police arrested Partelow for disturbance and detained O Boyle on a disorderly charge. Earlier she fired a non loaded revolver at a rival, McKeown, but was dismissed for insufficient evidence. The case proceeds in police court.
Former county superintendent of schools Miss Margaret B Loughrin who had been absent for several years and working in Nevada has returned to her home in Butte. She spent summers at the University of California Berkeley and joins other Butte residents on vacations including Miss Charlotte Cahoon Miss Josephine Price Miss Pearl Lembrecht and Miss Frances Stogers.
Boston dispatch reports two suspects in the death of Lieutenant William A. Whittier, U S A, assaulted on the waterfront Saturday night, now under arrest. A round trip from Butte is offered with a 1 p.m. train from Butte to the race track, leaving Anaconda station at 12:36 p.m. Samuel Gompers speaks at the Auditorium tonight at 8 o'clock with admission free.
A Worth Yakima dispatch reports police raided the Montana hotel owned by Patrick Mullins, candidate for city commissioner. Four arrests were made with evidence carried to the station and bonds set at 325 each. The hotel owner fences his property to a hotel man and Mullins denies involvement. observers say he has strength to win the election.
Duluth convention of the National Dairy Association reveals a split among pure food officers over the Wilson administration and the Wiley faction. Debates on the dairy department leadership continue with a vote scheduled for tomorrow as party lines form and confrontations arise on the convention floor.
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