High School Staffing and Schedule Debates Heat Up
The board weighs moving to a single daily session for the high school and finishing teacher cert exams by tomorrow evening. About 70 freshmen expected. several veterans will not report Sept 7. Some staff departures and transfers noted, with 27 grade teachers needed and exams for summer makeup work upcoming.
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Board of County Examiners
Elizabeth Peters
Milwaukee
Nellie Eileen Burke
Ellen Condon
Clara Bryant
Seattle
Effie Burch
Allison
The Girl Question at Margaret Theater tonight
The musical comedy The Girl Question will be shown at the Margaret theater tonight after a record run of 460 performances at the La Salle in Chicago. It is by the authors of The Time the Place and the Girl and A Stubborn Cinderella, under H. H. Frazee's management and with direction by George Marion of The Merry Widow and other hits.
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la Salle Theater
Chicago
Margaret Theater
H. H. Frazee
George Marion
Taft to visit Anaconda on West trip
Secretary Harrison of the Anaconda Chamber of Commerce reports advices confirm President Taft will arrive in Anaconda about 6 to 7 am and depart for Butte at 9:35. He plans to visit the Washoe smelter and be formally welcomed at the city, with a brief address expected.
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Harrison
Anaconda
Rumor of Ore Team Accident Near Silver Lake
Unconfirmed reports circulated yesterday of a six horse ore hauling team from Georgetown allegedly frightening at a car and jumping off the grade at Silver Lake, killing three horses. Residents knew nothing of any accident and suggested any event would be on this lake side. The teams move ore from Georgetown mines to the lime quarry railroad end.
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Georgetown
Silver Lake
Birthday party honors Mrs. L. St. Jean at West Park home
Mrs. L. St. Jean celebrated her seventy fourth birthday at her West Park Avenue home with a surprise party. Family and friends attended and enjoyed games and a sumptuous repast, underscoring her long standing place in the community.
City Football Players Gather for Evening Tryouts
For the first time this season a group of local football players will practice on the city common this evening. Many young athletes wish to form a team and invite all interested to join the tryouts on the common tonight.
Dan Sullivan Turns Pro Boxer From Anaconda
Dan Sullivan, longtime Anaconda resident and noted all around athlete, has entered professional boxing and wrestling. The Los Angeles Daily Times reports a recent tryout showed considerable class and he will soon get a chance at a solid middleweight, possibly Flynn the Colorado fireman.
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Los Angeles
Dan Sullivan
Anaconda
Los Angeles Daily Times
Dan
Flynn
Colorado
Eagles and Tigers clash on the field in county match
The Eagles beat the Brick Yard Tigers 8 to 3 with Batteries Richards McGlynn Mathewson Roy cited. A second score shows Eagles 5 Spruce Street Juniors 6 with Batteries Savage Richards McGlynn Callahan. A ranch hunting ban warns of prosecution from Mrs George Jacques.
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Eagles
Brick Yard Tigers
Richards
McGlynn
Mathewson
Roy
Spruce Street
Savage
Callahan
George Jacques
Auction sale planned for Montana state fair cattle
Secretary Martin announces an innovation at the Helena Montana state fair to hold an auction sale of pure bred cattle to aid stockraisers and improve herds. The plan mirrors Chicago and may boost attendance and premiums, drawing farmers statewide to view and bid on top animals.
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Martin
Montana
Helena
Peer Lodge
Chicago
Odd Fellows meet and city notes in Anaconda
Local brief items include Odd Fellows meeting tonight in Milwaukee beer at the Mint, piano tuning by Schiappi, railway watches at Verberckmoes, and mattress manufacturing at Scanlan’s. Various Announcements cover real estate, shopping, travel, and routine court actions along with social visits and club news.
Monterey flood disaster relief efforts and losses
Montery suffers massive flood with rail lines ruined and 18 inches of rain. Eighteen blocks of homes and businesses swept away while the dam failure caused most deaths. Federal relief mobilizes as benefit performances and subscriptions spread across Mexico. Local wealthy residents and Americans support the mayor's relief fund for food.
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Matamoros
Cuevas
Rinconaga
Saltillo
Monterey
Santa Catalina
Mexico City
Republic
Monterey Sufferers Appeal for Aid From American People
Consul General Hanna in Monterey appeals on behalf of the American colony to aid destitute residents. He notes Monterey, with 190000 inhabitants, does 85 percent of its foreign trade with the United States and reports widespread loss, including severe hardship among the city’s poor.
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Washington
Hanna
Monterey
Mexico
United States
Lonely and shy lovers dominate 1909 ballads
The passage notes a rare midsummer shift in popular songs where the male lead is a bashful, lonely youth seeking a partner. It contrasts this with prior trends praising bright eyes and bold gallants, and observes many new plaintive ballads emerging, largely from Chicago publishers, as the music market favors sorrowful romance.
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Swain
Chicago
Shooting at Camp Perry Brings Out Good Scores
Camp Perry Ohio August 80 Under perfect shooting conditions a field of 163 and 153 fought out the National Rifle association battles for two cups the 500 Wimbledon and the Leach cup Sergt Victor H Czegka US Marine Corps won the Wimbledon at 20 shots 1000 yards with 98 Second Lieut Joseph L Topham Thirteenth United States Infantry Fort Leavenworth won the Leach match with 108 of 105 seven shots at 700 900 1000 yards The long range match was won by Lieut C L Test of Texas.
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Camp Perry
Ohio
National Rifle Association
Sergt
Victor H. Czegka
United States Marine Corps
Joseph L. Topham
Thirteenth
United States Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
Nicaragua Leader Cited in Filibuster Expedition Rumor
Reports from Guatemala City and San Salvador say General Zelaya, Nicaragua's president, is preparing a filibustering expedition at New Orleans aimed at attacking Guatemala and El Salvador, causing regional unease.
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Guatemala City
Salvador
London Street Beggars
Reynolds' Newspaper reports Rob ert Pierpont guiding the London Mendicant society at its annual meeting. He notes London casual charity may reach about 100000 pounds yearly and exposes 28 percent of begging letters as impostors while only 13 percent are truly deserving. He recalls the society’s founding by the first Duke of Wellington over venerable beggars.
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Reynolds
Robert Pierpont
London Mendicant Society
London
Pierpont
Duke of Wellington
Waterloo
Duck Hunters Readied for Open Season at Georgetown Lake
Open season returns with a 20 ducks per day limit under the new game law. Residents pay $1 license, aliens $10, and buyers flock to shops with shotguns and ammo. Hunters plan pre-dawn trips as war-style hunting erupts near the Rocky Mountain lake.
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Anaconda
Georgetown Lake
Rocky Mountains
Bob Greig
L. G. Smith
Dick Dawson
al Mines
Strum
Tripper
Clifford
Queer Jobs for Tailors From Tit Bits
A west end tailor recalls odd requests from customers. A brown suit worn to honor a wife’s hair, a blanket dyed purple brown, and garments with hair, leather, or custom twists show the eccentric fashion requests. Specifics include a judge’s leather knickers painted to mislead denim, a dog colored ensemble, and human hair coats in Paris.
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West End
K. C
Paris
Samuel Pope
French pari mutuel plan sparks betting debate at tracks
The article critiques pari mutuel betting systems across states, detailing how machines and clerks compute payouts, the 5 percent house take, and the division of pools for place and show. It notes potential issues like fractions kept by the house and how long contention could erode funds.
Dissolution of MacKenzie and McKay Partnership
Notice from Anaconda Montana dated August 26 1909 states the partnership of MacKenzie and McKay has been dissolved and settled. A N McKay will conduct all future business and has assumed partnership obligations with all accounts transferred to him.
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Anaconda
Mont
Dandruff Germ Destroyer Promises Hair Health
A lab discovered a dandruff germ destroyer now in Newbro's Herpicide that claims to prevent baldness stop hair loss and rapidly eradicate dandruff. Sold by druggists with a sample offer of 10 cents and one dollar bottles guaranteed. Detroit Michigan and Butte Montana listed as agents.
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Newbro
Herpicide Company
Detroit
Mich
Newbro Drug Company
Butte, Mont
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Murphy
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J. P. Stagg
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Butteesterday
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Town Lake
Equitable Life
RICKARDS @ ELLIS
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Blackfoot Milling CO
Bonner Yards
State
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Bonner, Mont
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Silver Bow
Chicago, Milwaukee & Poset Sound Railway
Durant
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Dawson
Main Street
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Dorothy Magnara
Hough, Adams & Howard
Sale City Drug Co
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John R. Toole
BE. J. Bowman
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John Lehlon
J. H. Ryman
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United States Depository
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