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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1908
Page
24
A sale on autumn fabrics 8 and 9 Cc Cloths offers materials worth up to $1.50 per yard. The event highlights navy blue street suit fabrics and other patterns at discounted prices, appealing to tailors and shoppers seeking affordable yardage.
A cluttered advertisement touts plain cloths and fall style fancies including panamas at 89 cents, tiled fabrics 34 to 45 inches wide, fancy serges, voile, pillow cases at 15 cents, glass toweling six cents, all-linen napkins, and hemmed napkins with tablecloths offered up to $2.50. The ad emphasizes low prices and variety in textiles and linens.
An old cowman predicts an unusually good season for Montana cattle as green open ranges fatten early, but warns dryland farming pressures will limit herds. He notes shifting control from cowmen to settlers, expanding grain roads, and improved marketing with rising prices and diversified routes through Montana ports.
The Grand Lodge of the Sons of Hermann plans its thirteenth annual session in Great Falls. Delegates from Helena and Eastern Montana will join Butte, Anaconda, Dillon, and other Western Montana points for a statewide gathering with officers led by President Herman Burmaster and Secretary Emanuel Pischl.
Fragmentary text mentions Tegan, Dakotas, eastern region, shiners, Anan and heavy bait course with little usable detail. No clear names, dates, places, or outcomes.
Special dispatch notes Philipsburg activity with A Stephens, grocer, sold to Walker Commercial Company. Stephens to depart for Washington and Oregon to scout a new location. Doctors celebration on August 26. Public notices posted through the region announcing events and programme.
The event lists horse races and athletic sports with handsome purses for all events. Organizers note doors will open for the day and a ball is planned in the new hall at Plummer to conclude the festivities. Royal reman Stephens and Traut nil are among those tending to business matters for a few days.
A traveler named Fred Hoping was killed yesterday afternoon near Laramie while riding a freight train. Engineer W. Davin was down to a Summit when a wheel flange broke, derailing several cars and tearing up tracks. Hoping’s body was crushed as a car fell from the track, leaving the remaining crew to continue east.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Lewistown Aug 28 reports the Bryan and Kern meeting club formed at a well attended Democrats’ meeting at City Hall. Officers named include Breck Ornham president Tom Stout vice president, He A Davee secretary, Joseph Jackson treasurer. The story also notes a legal matter involving Daniele and a horse theft linked to Lavelle and Chaindet, with Daniele to be sentenced after Judge Cheuane returns from Boulder.
The speech advocates breaking corporate control and securing democratic rights against industrial despotism. It urges immediate action to curb trusts and protect wages, liberty, and civic independence. Also notes unrelated dated dispatches from Norristown, Wilhelmina, and other places, including a naval officer's death and various incidents.
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