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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1911
Page
19
The principal branch office of the Standard is at 28 East Broadway Butte. Telephone 422 Independent telephone 1422. Advertising rates furnished on ap.
In a morning police court session A Partelow and Elizabeth O Boyl e were fined 10 dollars each with suspended sentences for stirring a disturbance on August 2. O Boyl e claimed Partelow insulted her and customers during a clerks union dispute over running an alleged non union and open store. Witnesses backed her report of intoxication and insults. Partelow denied drinking and intent to harass. Officer O Donnel testified Partelow drank. Jim Evans was fined 20 dollars for disturbing the peace. Delia Drew and E Eswick each drew 20 days for vagrancy. Leslie LeRoy received 20 days for common drunkenness.
Prani Higgan aged 49 died last night at 1546 Pacific street after returning from mining work. An employee of Hennessy Mercantile Company he belonged to the clerks union Woodmen of America and Catholic Order of Foresters. Born in Ireland he came to America about 200 years ago and worked in Pennsylvania before moving on. He leaves a wife and three children one brother and two sisters in the United States and several relatives in Ireland.
Success magazine records a dialect exchange as Liza questions inheritance from Aunt Jeru and a reply asserts the heir is what was eaten and worn out, framing a humorous tale of wit and fate.
McManus testifies on the night Charles Hicks was shot during an arrest attempt on October 26 1907. He describes chasing Hicks after a struggle near Wyoming and East Mercury streets and firing as darkness prevented clear aim. Van Orden’s upcoming testimony and Wynne’s prior findings are central as the hearing resumes next Tuesday at 7 30 pm.
Mamie Bell Dann files for divorce in district court alleging extreme cruelty by Harry M. Dann from 1909 to 1910 and since Aug 4 last year, seeking custody of Noel Joseph Dann. She asserts he is fit to earn a living but a gambler moving from place to place cannot properly care for the child.
Dan Sherry a longtime Butte miner, attempted suicide by slashing his throat with a razor in the county hospital dormitory after meals today. He survived after five stitches were needed. he had been living at the county farm and showed despondency but no prior intent was known.
Details of the first fatal accident in the Tuolumne mine were rehearsed yesterday at the inquest over John Harrington who died after a fall of ground on the 100-foot level Monday morning. The jury returned an open verdict as witnesses described a five by eighteen inch rock striking Harrington on the head as he cleared loose rock to place timbers. Several officials and workers testified ground conditions appeared safe. Funeral plans include a nine oclock high mass at St Marys church following a nine thirty service at Harringtons residence.
The Standard offers subscribers six months or a year in advance a choice of household articles as premiums. Regular subscribers and casual buyers may visit the Butte or Anaconda office to view the premium items.
A Mayer's Store notice promotes free eye testing for headaches nausea and nervousness. It pledges frank advice on need for glasses and offers low prices on solid gold glasses with a satisfaction guarantee. The shop features its own grinding plant and lens fitting, located at 22 West Park.
Butte readers are told that WE PAY MORE for new or used furniture and household goods including car pets and ranges. The ad lists T FURNITURE EXCHANGE at 112 South Main Street as the contact location.
Sage warden of state penitentiary wields great influence in Deer Lodge and Stephens fears an unfair trial if his case against Warden Frank Conley is moved to Powell county. Stephens, once charged in the Robinson killing episode, cites local sentiment and potential jury prejudice to oppose transfer.
Mrs Joseph L Flynn of Chicago and her husband, a Chicago newspaper man, seek her brother Joseph McGovern who last wrote a year ago from Butte. He was at 337 Broadway then and had previously been at 425 Broadway. Mrs Flynn returns to Chicago after a San Francisco trip. she will stay in Butte briefly with police assistance to locate him.
The Canonsburg tragedy left 26 dead and 17 buried by Sunday as funerals began. A lightning strike struck a tree near Stephen Mastrowicz's casket, dumping pallbearers, while wedding interference delayed several burials and forced extra laborers to complete graves in the rain.
In Canonsburg a picture show panic tragedy claimed the lives of Mrs. Neill Laird and daughter Anna. The Lairds previously suffered a father drowning in a local reservoir and a family home fire that killed two children. Mrs Laird and her surviving daughter had moved to Canonsburg to work in a pottery before the final disaster.
Seattle correspondent reports hundreds of wild cattle along the headwaters of the Dusewallips River in the Olympic mountains not protected by law. Grant W. Humes of Olympia brought in a bull hide and horns from the plateau region. Guides describe stock as timid and harder to hunt than deer.
A 32 year old traveling freight agent named Phil J. Rupp was arrested in Butte after cashing four forged or bounced checks for 30 to 85 dollars each. He confronted accountants and railway officials who knew him, claiming he would settle debts with winnings from upcoming races. He pleaded distress for his wife and child and said he would wire for funds to repay the losses. The case involves Louis B. Woods, Matt Ives, and McLain B. Couse, all connected to major northern railroads and mining interests.
In Atlanta on August 29 the Rev John F E Gunn D D pastor of the Church of the Sacred Heart was consecrated bishop of the Roman Catholic diocese of Natchez today.
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