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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1902
Page
7
Advertising rates shown on request in this compact clipping from the Butte News listing ad space details and contact. The fragment includes a telephone reference and pricing note typical of small local notices.
Butte notes list rentals and pianos from Orton Bros Dy Caley's offices, Montana Music Co, and Sherman Rich. Mentions several visitors to Butte, moves of doctors and officials, and Northern Pacific sleeper service updates. Includes names: Col Hale, Frank Durand, JG Hammer, John S Hickey, Dr N F Clifford, Dr Hansen, A W Marlin, Patrick Quealey, and others amid city updates.
The Union Pacific and several western railroads will establish pension schemes on January 1. Oregon Short Line, Oregon Railway and Navigation, and Southern Pacific will provide retirement pensions to employees with at least three years of continuous service who reach retirement age. The plan, aligned with Harriman interests, emphasizes long service and retirement provisions.
A rough first winter storm causes stock damage and disrupts trade across ToneKA Kassarc with business slowed in several districts. Police Captain Moynahan is indicted today on charges connected to the case.
A disrupted notice reports threats to the Elks Lodge causing the cancellation of all scheduled dates and services for next Sunday. Authorities urge calm as HAL services are affected and venue status remains under review.
A new concern in Utah announces plans to spread automatic telephone service from Salt Lake City to Ogden Provo and other Utah cities and extend into Idaho Wyoming and Montana. The system, called the Stronger, will use a dial device for calls with 240 indicating the line. The article notes advantages of prompt service reduced interruptions and lower costs and mentions a public funeral procession and lodge ceremonies accompanying the notice.
The renowned performer Mrs Brune, famed for the play Anora, has fallen ill with typhoid fever and cancels all future appearances including her Broadway engagement in Butte. Her husband Claren Brune, now in London, remains with the touring company as Florence continues her Grand Opera House schedule with Zaza and Camille among others.
An old newspaper piece touts Stuart's Catarrh Tablets as a universal cure for catarrh in all climates. It claims the pills heal by acting through the stomach to reach the blood, citing anecdotal endorsements from A. R. Fernbank of Columbus and a local druggist.
Local charity inaugurates a soup kitchen amid uncertain footing as organizers pledge help to the community. Community members seek details on hours, funding, and sourcing meals to sustain the operation.
The Pact That the Opening Was Not General shows many attend the wing 10. Mrs King matron says daily soup will be served from 7 to 9 pm and at 2 am, with meals for the city’s needy. Many come with buckets to take food home, and the ticket system last year is eliminated to help all deserving families this winter.
Great Northern railway offers Tutte to Rowker Hot Springs and return with full week’s board at the springs hotel. Tickets on sale daily at the ticket office on North Main Street Butte Anaconda & Pacific railway also selling tickets for all stations between. Information on time cards and freight rates provided.
A popular church fair hosted by the Montana Circle of the Women of Woodcraft at the Auditorium drew a good crowd with booths, crafts, candy, and fortune telling. Mlle Gilbert led volunteers, Mrs Gries supervised the fortune booth, and Mrs Erick ensured smooth operation as attendees enjoyed treats and contests.
Republicans back a constitutional plan for a new Oklahoma based state with New Mexico and Arizona Democrats in favor except Senator Quay. The draft denies tribal rights beyond current federal authority and proposes a two district structure, four representatives and two senators, plus a polygamy ban and county divisions. The convention would sit in Oklahoma Territory to draft the constitution and judge divisions.
In a tense scene Mullins resists a doorway escape as Flanagan and others confront a staged prank at a men’s gathering. A flamboyant young man and a perfume-scented conspirator draw suspicion while a powerful spring trap and a detective-like interruption reshape the tense moment.
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