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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1909
Page
8
Women’s $25.00 New Fall Suits reduced to $17.50 at Worten’s. Navy blue full-weight homespun coats with satin linings and 43 inch unfinished Worsten coats, paired with matching skirts. Prices emphasize tailored styles in gray and fancy worsted fabrics with moderate reductions across several offerings.
On sale at QB for inlaid linoleum priced at 98c per square yard and 1.25 for a heavy plank option. Descriptions note wood and conventional designs, suitable for kitchens bathrooms or bedrooms. Also advertised is a 2 yard wide heavy inlaid linoleum ideal for kitchen floors and borders.
A visiting congressional group travels through Polson to Ravalli and Portland, praising scenery and discussing rail development led by Traffic Manager Coatella. Senators Carter Warren Paynter and others hear Indian land allotment concerns and promised compensation for damages from land seizures, as steamer Montana suffers propeller damage but continues voyage.
President Hill starts on a hard journey with aides and engineers to assess a railway route via Mud Creek and Cut Bank. Walter Hill, Dan Deady, and Co F Buckley precede him with horses and gear. Officials consider double tracking between the summit and Ege Sex while routes via Cut Bank or the sun war are examined.
Aug 26 Odessa reports the first Mehl of an opane in Russie with a disastrous descent. The forepart of the merking wan wrecked and Cane, fuai was picked up. Details are garbled but indicate a fatal or serious air incident near the harbor with casualties and rescue efforts ongoing.
Elyria Laces and Insertions offered at 50c a bolt with wide patterns and widths. Sale price listed as 50c a bolt or $1.10 per bolt in some lines. Multiple designs described as dainty and suitable for various uses. Limited stock noted with a call to hurry.
Prominent Salt Lake backers led by J A W Klee and SK W Finn report rapid progress for a new Salt Lake track. Preparations include 28 stalls, grand stand nearing completion, and a grand plan with a gate of 24 cents. Potential merger talks with the Orden Jockey club aim to stage racing here, with results from early trials and multiple heats noted among entries and stakes.
Hamburg Belle defeats Uhlan in a match race at North Roadall Goilay. Clevehind and Abie set a new werkdy race time while the Yovines record is noted. event dated August 10 with unclear local spellings.
Law lawyers gathered in Hot Springs as the Eastern Montana Bar Association opened its fourth annual convention. About 25 attended with more expected, including judges Elery Clements Cheadle and Stewart. Papers debated finance and a major point opposed a proposed bill, amid broader legislative themes.
In a concession to public sentiment the judge says the present law suffices for the intended measure. The convention session will resume tomorrow. The new hotel dining room opened tonight with a magnificent affair and careful crowd accommodation. The menu was elaborate and the hotel is modern and luxurious throughout with a 100 foot plumse path noted by lawyers.
Hamilton August 2 The chamber of commerce seeks suitable quarters for a new building on Second Street east area. The Hitter Root stock farm will erect a building for meeting and exhibition space on the present restaurant site. Work to begin once the old building vacated. Family theater to open next Monday with the Willans Comedy company as initial attraction. Mrs N C Whitney and three daughters depart for Davora Mich for an extended visit to their home. Several residents arrive from Mississippi while others plan trips and visits with local families.
Prof Henry Schram of Chicago is expected to arrive today to take the principal post at the local schools. John M Downs of W Kerr company visited Spokane yesterday while John McLaughlin was in town from Stevensville last night. A skating rink dance last evening featured a 10 piece orchestra and was regarded as a season event. The Rev and Mrs Thomas H Barker and their son went to Butte yesterday to stay for the Methodist Episcopal church annual conference.
Miles City August 25 Sheriff Wells uncovered a prisoner escape plan at Custer County Jail. John Ritchie, recently arrested on bogus check charges, plotted to saw through bars and slug the jailer. He planned sending a steel saw via banana package and concealment in a magazine, but some details surfaced only partly as he swallowed incriminating papers.
Spokane, Aug 2 Twenty cents a pound is offered as a record price for apples by James J HIM for his pick of 309 boxes in 3000 pounds of fruit at the second national apple show in Spokane November 15 to 20. Louis W Hill of St Paul, president of the Great Northern Railway, proposes 1000 for 100 boxes from growers tributary to the line. A committee of experienced apple growers will select the fruit to ship to friends in the East and Europe. The letter notes last year’s show was a success and predicts a larger Eastern turnout and bright prospects for a splendid exhibition.
The Asiatic situation of the American Pacific Fleet under Rear Admiral Macher arrived at Ching Wan To from Japanese waters. Admiral Macher and the commanders will proceed to Weking for an audience with the regent.
Trashed for death after a mining collapse near Leoshieion late August. John Megan and William Orelaan, residents of Wakino, Wish, were among workers trapped. Rescue efforts halted when berths caved in, with authorities investigating the cause of the cave-in and potential safety lapses.
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