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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
19
The Principal Branch Omen of the Standard lists its address at 28 Fast Broadway in Butte and provides telephone numbers 22 and 1.422. Advertising rates are available upon application.
Our optical department is very complete with all appliances for a scientific eye examination. A skilled optician with long experience is in charge. We replace broken lenses and fill any prescription without delay. Prices are uniformly fair and depend on lens and frame type.
A busy Butte column lists visits by Hight & Fairfield Co. officials, Drs. Cole & Tait, and W. F. Barton among others from Helena to Great Falls. district residents such as Mrs. Shea and Mr. O’Leary welcome births and arrivals. It notes real estate and sale items, new cinema offerings, and clearance ads from Tonkin’s. Also mentioned are train schedules, marriage licenses, and a shift to Regal agency after Red Boot closures.
John C. Sullivan of Centerville fainted from mine gas exposure in the Anaconda mine last night and was later run down by a streetcar approaching the tracks. The incident occurred around 1 o clock. Sullivan, aged years, was shaken but expected to recover.
City authorities gathered with Bishop McDowell at Mountain View church for a reception in his honor after the Montana conference. The bishop spoke on city life, progress, and moral forces, urging focus on uplift and opportunity. He toured Butte sites with district superintendent Mills and reverends Teskin and Oliver before departing for Northern Wyoming on the Burlington line.
Fragmented report recalls Frank M. Scott of Butte as a famed Montana scout aiding the federal hunt for a bandit gang in Yellowstone Park. Telegrams to General Young praise his past captures and offer a $1,000 reward, with Scott proposing transport assistance to Mammoth. The chase unfolds through rugged western terrain toward the Hole in the Wall.
Addel Levesque four month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Israel Levesque died at Sisters hospital Missoula Aug 2. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. A bank and saloon holdup occurred at Peter Teague’s saloon on Harriersatenie Street near Olympia brewery. two bandits masked with bandanas, armed with six shooters, robbed patrons and the till, taking small sums and two watches. Witnesses described the bandits as about 3 ft 8 in and slightly taller, wearing blue bib overalls and tight cowboy hats. the bartender Leger Lebrie provided the description.
Dr. W L Renick sped 47 miles to Wise River ranch at 6 minute pace, arriving 11:35 after 10:35 call from H E Truman. An operation was performed. Mrs Truman, a well known resident, was moved by train to Butte General hospital and is reported doing nicely. Dr. Ironside offers dental reductions for the rest of the month.
Special Dispatch from Livingston notes no new development in the Yellowstone National Park coach hold up. Soldiers pursue the bandit who may head toward the Jackson Hole area. Washington dispatches state victims cannot hold the government responsible. Justice Department offers a reward of unknown amount for the robber’s capture. Funeral notices for Luke Shuck and Blagoje Banash announced with service times and Mt. Morah cemetery interment. Local ad for Feelmane store promotes economical shopping.
Local notice claims Mayer's at 22 West Park offers leading American watches at low prices with a money back guarantee. It asserts other jewelers cannot match prices due to Mayer’s low profit margin and high volume. Featured items include fake gold-fired watches and alarm clocks priced to attract buyers.
St Josephs Literary Society in South Butte elects officers with 160 of 209 members attending. New officers: R P Kelley president J Dickinson vice president T F White secretary A A Gagner treasurer T Gilmore George Oeschsii Lon Peters trustees Rev Father Leithman spiritual director. Installation next Tuesday evening.
At a brief session the Missoula city council opened bids to remove two steel spans at Higgins avenue crossing and to complete a new crossing over the Missoula river. Approximately four bids were submitted with O E Peppard named for 1430 under conditional terms awaiting title to land for one landing. Other bids listed include Graham Harrington 6088, Moulton Denver 4020, Oliver Bridge 15643.
Detective Frank White of the Butte police captured Ella Wastman a Finlander in Butte on Cloquet Minnesota warrants. Wastman, alleged to have stolen money from the trunk of a boarding house landlord, denies the robbery claim and says the missing funds came from the East Butte Extension Mining company.
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