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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
19
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 28 East Broadway Butte. Telephone 42. Independent telephone 1 422. Advertising rates furnished on application.
The Shur on eyeglasses stay on and fit noses with bridges in 80 sizes. When glasses won t work we offer spectacles with any lens type including spherical toric cylindrical or bi focal and guarantee a perfect fit at low prices.
Butte items list travelers and visitors including Mrs. H V Winchell of St Paul and Herbert Wiles of Virginia City. Local businesses advertise coal, furniture, and beverages with Budweiser on tap as well as storage coal deals. Notables James Murray and Rev Paul M Adams visit for conferences and business.
Governor Edwin Norris and party spent a day in Butte from Helena with A G Norris of Louisville. They toured town and mines guided by Harry Gallwey of Parrot Co. In the evening they attended The Gentleman From Mississippi at the Broadway with Mrs W Winchell joining.
Officials met to discuss revoking licenses in Silver Bow county amid robberies drugging and violent acts at numerous saloons. The aim is immediate closures on complaints of rough housing robberies and drugging with proof required from the establishment. Also noted was an alleged tax demand by Chicken Holmes on women in the red light district and a sales pitch for Harry Mitchell’s fall tailoring at the Finlen hotel.
We make a specialty of properly fitting trusses under your doctor's directions. Our stock is most complete. Every attention given to patrons and a private room at their disposal.
The article warns that itching eyelids and recurring headaches signal the need for properly fitted glasses. It condemns bargain optics and touts Drs McKendry and Hannifin in Butte as experienced, recommending referrals to the family doctor.
A peculiar incident ends in arrests as authorities detain individuals involved in unusual behavior near a railway line. Investigations cause temporary train delays while officers secure the scene and collect evidence.
Three men giving names Gus Nelson Happy Rider and James Hobbs were jailed for investigation after being linked by description to the Nine Mile robbery and Max Berger murder. They carried over $100 and claimed to be strangers passing through Butte from Missoula.
Mrs. James Barrett died last evening at 209 Boardman Street after a short illness. She was mother of six and a longtime Butte resident. Survived by husband, six children, two brothers Patrick Leary of Butte and John Leary in Ireland, five sisters including Mrs. Buckley Kilgallan Healey Reagan Doyle. Funeral Friday at home with high mass at St Patrick's Church at 9:30.
The notice promotes trotting gowns and new two piece suits in woolen weaves and broadcloths, priced lower than comparable styles. It highlights long coats from 47 to 54 inches with large door knob buttons and urges early shopping for exclusive street wear of refined taste.
Rea Shafer captain and Spot Woodworth of the Lewistown touring baseball team were discharged by Justice Brassey in North Dakota after being charged with grand larceny in selling land relinquishments. Evidence showed they left relinquishments with an agent who then made a separate sale due to a misunderstanding.
Special Dispatch from Bozeman reports the marriage of Paul David Pattee to Miss Mary Theresa Kiefer performed by Rev. Feather Thompson. The couple, both prominent Bozeman residents, plan a state honey moon and then settle in Bozeman. The ceremony also covers the marriage of Lawrence Cash of Renchland to Ethel May Huffine by Dr. I S Ware.
Mary C. Hirons 48 wife of James Hirons died in Rochester Minnesota after an operation for a tumor. She lived at 1101 South Atlantic Street, Butte and is survived by two brothers John H Weir and Alexander J Weir and three sisters in New York. She was a member of the Women of Woodcraft. The body will return to Butte and funeral plans will be announced later.
The first grand ball by the Butte city band drew about 1000 dancers to the pavilion at Columbia gardens. The event ran from the opening waltz to the final dance, described as a happy occasion. The deceased Frank V. Moses rests at Walsh's undertaking parlors awaiting California relatives. funeral notice to follow.
Mayer advertises mainspring replacement for one dollar with a year guarantee and watch cleaning for one dollar fifty with a one year guarantee. It claims lower prices and better service than rivals for jewelry repair and new pieces, touting a well-equipped Montana factory and quick turnaround.
Spokane report confirms the Nickel Plate mine in the Similkameen valley of British Columbia sold for about a million dollars. The mine, once bought by the Daly estate, had produced about 2.5 million dollars in under five years with 40 stamps. Frank Atherton Ross of Grand Forks, B C, says he will stay on as managing director under the new syndicate backed by major U S capitalists.
A notice urges Herman Mayo to return home or write at once as his wife lies seriously ill in hospital. The brief announces the family emergency and requests contact immediately.
Short classified ads drive local sales as buyers and sellers strike quick agreements today. Sellers tout urgent needs while buyers find bargains through visible listings, creating rapid transactions across services and goods in the market.
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