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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1901
Page
14
Western Montana office of the standard located at 110 West Main Street Mis soula. Telephone number 08. Advertising rates furnished on application.
The defendant Niles has admitted guilt in a forgery case and decides to change his plea in court. Prosecutors had charged him with crafting false documents to defraud a victim. The court will review the new plea and set further scheduling.
In Missoula the jury decided in Flora Smith versus Barney Smith, finding desertion not needed as grounds and granting alimony for non support. The trial lasted a single day with the jury returning a verdict about 20 minutes after deliberations began. Officials note prior cases and a separate forgery conviction in the same session.
In Hamilton on December 5 Wynne H. Roberta delivered the postmaster’s appointment to James E. Stevens a veteran newspaper man and Republican trusted by townspeople Stevens succeeds the retiring official and is welcomed by local press friends in Missoula.
A substantial snowstorm covers the Missoula valleys for the first time this season. The storm began this afternoon and continues tonight with heavy snowfall, light wind, and mild temperatures. Local merchants welcome the change after an unusually warm winter that affected business. Dr Gwinn an oculist and aurist is noted in the scene.
Minetoula on December 4 reports Philip sburg residents filing for homestead entries of 160 acres. Washington Db and Missoula also note final proofs under the soldiers and sailors act. George Ti Cooper and United K. Potter Lumley are mentioned with timber and stone entries and fall sales. Tony Barrett returns from Buffalo Elmira trips. Mike Gorman, a longtime railway engineer, plans Montana visit next summer.
B A Keith of Corvallis returns home from Iowa after an attachment was filed against his sheep due to a misunderstanding. He promptly traveled back to resolve the issue and clear the matter.
Missoula on December 5 reports Clarence Cunningham of Wallace and William Baker of Wardner visiting with several prominent Idaho citizens for a reported confrontation.
Miss Cora McIntyre of this city was buried today in a large funeral. The item notes the death of a young woman from pneumonia and mentions Burton, osteopath, in Missoula with Victor, Dev. 4.
A 17 year old woman dies at home on a Tuesday evening from pneumonia after a three week illness. She was among the most popular young ladies in the valley and leaves two brothers and a widowed mother.
Missoula County Clerk Wilkinson releases annual financial report showing net indebtedness cut by 15,253.85 in the year. The document lists warrants and bonds across funds and notes increased assessed valuation with continued prospects for further reductions.
Mrs De Long widow of Alexander De Long dies at her Low's Addition home after weeks of illness. A Montana pioneer born in Indiana, she came west in 1866 and married Jeffries in 1856 then Alex De Long in 1868. Survived by nieces and a nephew, funeral set for Saturday afternoon with Rev F J Salsman officiating.
Missoula December 5 The county commissioners awarded the county medical work to Drs Parsons and McCullough for 49 dollars a year after reviewing bids and noting their satisfactory past service. J M Lucy received the burial contract at 14 50. Road matters postponed to tomorrow.
A diphtheria case developed today in the family of H C BK Colvill in Orchard Homes. The incident involves the year old daughter of Mr Colwill De Ma ullough, the attending physician notes the case is not serious. Orchard Homes school will close until thorough fumigation.
Eight sleepers were taken into the county jail by officers last night at various spots about town. They received floaters in police court this morning. Tonight's snowstorm pushed many wanderers to seek shelter in the city.
Prank Worden has left town after a brief visit in Missoula and returned to French town. Mrs. Charles Mussel and her son departed Thursday night on the delayed train for a winter visit on the coast.
A London Telegraph outlook urges vaccination as essential alongside rigorous disinfection and isolation to curb smallpox. It notes Glasgow’s example with sanitary measures and cites researchers Burdon Sanderson Klein Crookshank Copeman and Dr Newman's remark that the virus nature remains undiscovered.
The passage states that a treatment is effective before and after contagion, easing incipient symptoms in the early stage, similar to Pasteur's method for rabies exposure. It emphasizes early administration and comparable efficacy to Pasteur's preventive care.
The fiscal year ending July 1 1901 saw 16 691 000 pounds of snuff taxed in the United States up from 14 917 000 the year before. About 5 500 000 people use snuff, with 75 percent sold in the South. Four methods of use persist among mill workers women predominate in dipping rubbing chewing and scouring, with scouring common where cotton waste is available. Health concerns and moral censure are raised by opponents.
A conductor scolds a poor elderly woman with crutch on a Madison Avenue trolley. He insists she cannot ride to Astor Place and must alight at Eighth Street. He helps her off, slips a coin into her hand, then returns with a stern glare, while other riders view him as heartless. The woman clutches the coin as the car moves on.
A New York department stores recruit cloack models with exact measurements and a striking pose. Qualifications include a 38 inch bust and 43 inch hips, a willowy athletic build, and photogenic features. Pay begins at 815 per week during peak season, with seasonal breaks until spring. Stories indicate models transition to cloak wholesale districts after store usage ends.
The report details cloak models in New York boutiques facing exhausting hours from dawn to dusk through June August. Many are Irish or from New England and Midwest farms, valued for the “habit back” and long coats. After peak season they risk unemployment or moving behind counters as sales begin.
Adolph Nathan visits Edinburgh to study municipal ownership and finds high costs and low returns. He notes 2 cent fares for longer distances, and compares Edinburgh gas and water systems to Glasgow. The report argues municipal ventures are experimental, with heavy borrowing and uncertain profits, urging patience until demonstrations mature.
The piece argues that maintaining the status quo in Morocco serves European powers. It notes internal discontent, arrests, prisonings, and confiscations unsettling the government and sultans, with unrest, possible uprisings, and risk to European trade tied to treaty claims and occasional naval demonstrations.
Chambers' Journal describes a perceptible rise in Japanese height over twenty years due to athletic development and dietary changes. It cites a British firm noting 14 inches as a typical throat circumference and claims averages have grown about an inch and a half.
A Baltimore American exchange features a publisher and author debating a story title. The publisher questions its accuracy while the author defends the phrasing as fitting but calls for clarity amid ambiguity.
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