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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1903
Page
7
Local butcher Lutey Bros in Butte advertises fresh meats including prime rib beef lamb chops and shoulder steaks. Prices are quoted per pound with various cuts such as round steaks brisket corned beef and mutton stew. Orders are to be mailed to Lutey Bros in Butte.
Marcus R. Mayer, famed theatrical manager, in Butte to arrange Mme. Patti appearance at the Broadway theater on Jan. 25. Patti sails Oct. 27 for U S engagements after first Carnegie Hall concert Nov. 2 with a select company. Mayer recalls Patti’s praise in London and notes Butte will be the only Montana city to host her.
New York dispatch reports Jack Munroe the ex miner from Butte who fought Jim Jeffries in a four round bout last winter is likely to get another challenge from Jeffries. Munroe trains daily at an uptown gym and shows strong conditioning as he prepares for the assignment.
The Sons of St. George announce their annual picnic at Twin Bridges on Sunday August 30. Trains depart the Northern Pacific station South Butte at 8 00 and 9 00 a m and return from Twin Bridges at 7 00 and 8 30 p m. Round trip fare 1 25 with children 5 to 12 half price. W H Merriman General Agent.
William McCabe of Anaconda seeks habeas corpus to win release from Deer Lodge jail. Attorney J H Tolan presented the writ to Judge Harney, returnable this afternoon at 2, with Sheriff Storrar to produce McCabe in Butte. The case centers on whether extortion requires fear of injury or simply a monetary lien on a job. The matter has seen prior rulings against McCabe by Deer Lodge and Butte judges. a supreme court ruling is sought.
The ball park at Columbia Gardens prepares for a broncho busting tournament next Sunday. Electric lights will illuminate the arena for the first time, with riders arriving Friday and a corral being built behind the stands. Manager Wilmot guarantees honest sport as notable riders like Orville Adams and horses Hell's Canyon Dick and Kilgrave are featured. The event aims to beat the Denver roping time and promises an entertaining, novel spectacle.
Ten miners on a cage at the Speculator mine faced a near disaster when a sudden lift jerk suggested a cable break. Four men were hurt and sent to St James hospital for treatment. Doctors said injuries were not serious and the men returned home after care.
A young man calling himself the son of a Bower Bros. partner visited Helena in July and used a false draft to borrow funds. He secured 19 railroad cars and money for clothes and gifts, then vanished toward Great Falls. The phony heir, once greeted by locals, impersonated a baseball figure and used a Lewistown bank draft that proved bogus. Authorities pursue his location.
The undersigned express gratitude to friends for assistance during illness and passing of their wife and sister and acknowledge the grand floral offerings. Thomas Pitts and Thomas Garitty.
The Montana state board of land commissioners waives the right of the state to buy $26,500 in Havre water and geyser bonds and $25,000 in Te ton county district No. 10 school bonds. The board notes funds for investment are largely committed. The board also sells land to H W Buck Bozeman for 1 1000,000 feet of perged near Bozeman at 2 per 1 000 feet and sells 112 acres to W J Hannah Big Timber and two lots to Charles Wolstad Kalispell at $10 an acre.
The corrected Montana assessment tallies 844000 head of cattle excluding Broadwater. Custer leads with 202 beef stock cattle and yearlings, followed by Dawson with 84 thousand cattle. Chouteau ranks third with 73 thousand, Rosebud fourth, Fergus fifth, Cascade sixth. Thoroughbreds total 44 head statewide with Lewis and Clark leading at 24 percent.
The Northern Pacific will sell round trip tickets at one and one third fare for the Bozeman interstate fair. Tickets available December 1 to 4 and valid for return until September 5. W. H. Merriman, general agent.
Beginning Saturday May 23 and each Saturday after until further notice the B A P railway sets round trip fares to Gregson Springs Anaconda to Gregson and return 50 cents Butte to Gregson and return 80 cents Tickets valid on all trains from noon Saturdays to noon Mondays.
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