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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1902
Page
12
Butte resident G. F. Kelley delivered the memorial address as Missoula Elks held a formal ceremony. Local and visiting members occupied the stage, and the Elks conducted the event with notable decorum and respect.
Missoula December 7 memorial services at the opera house for Hell Gate lodge Elks drew a large audience. The event featured stage and auditorium lodgeroom decor with elk heads and flowers. C F Kelley of Butte delivered a notable eulogy for Henry Rehfeldt and Edward Banner, prominent lodge members. The program included processional Gloria, opening ceremonies, invocation, and prayers by Rev C H Linley.
A Missoula page summarizes Elk lodge memorial rites with tributes to departed members and officers, paired with a Hamilton to Goldendale timber claim fraud exposé showing swindles where land misrepresented as timber-rich but proved barren. The piece notes community leaders and the ritual tone of remembrance amid concern over fraud.
The Standard Hamilton notes a series of brief items: Arthur Baker receives word of his brother A M Baker’s wife’s death in Whitebird Idaho. a baby dies of spinal meningitis on Eighth Street. the Lynch family hosts sister-in-law D Lynch of Portland for a two-week visit. County commissioners adjourn to Thursday, awarding county prinding contract to Western News and care for poor and smallpox patients to Dr. J W Howard. Travelers M M Humble and F D Dudley depart for visits. Llewellyn Roberts leaves for Santiago de Cuba as civil engineer for Lenaor Clark. W E Galloway heads to Butte for holiday work. George T Baggs in Hamilton on business. Additional notices reference Dr Ingalls and a glasses advertisement.
Sheridan notes lodge officers installed led by Chief templar Mrs RB F Bowman and others. Episcopal church sale Dec 12 to benefit church. held at A O T W hall with many items at reasonable prices. Nels Nelson died Dec 2 at Twin Bridges. buried by Twin City lodge and well known in Sheridan. Prescott of Butte visited, placing a monument at W D Davis grave and working in Twin Bridges and Virginia City. Curran Fyclesheimer offer steel range and Reilly promotes hand picked apples.
Alonzo Mattison of Bonita is charged with insanity and will face a hearing before Judge Webster tomorrow in Missoula.
In South Missoula a quarantine was set today at the home of John M. Lacy because Matt is ill with scarlet fever. Neighbors were alerted to the precautionary measure.
MISSOULA NOTES details visiting businesspeople and residents in Missoula and nearby areas. Names include A Winstanley from Plains, H L Myers from Hamilton, J E Totman from Hamilton, and Frank F Tucker joining Missoula Mercantile. Other items note cemetery lot transfer, Christmas shopping, and a Baptist youth society gathering.
Residents from Superior gather in Missoula ahead of the district court case. Arrival of William Murray, W A Stil linger, J G Wilkinson, TD LaJeunesse, N A Mobrie and A Dent signals expected witness participation in the Pressley murder trial opening tomorrow.
After a long march Captain Pershing’s force attacked the Maciu Moro fort, bombarding it for 15 hours with artillery and public safety items. Moros suffered heavy losses while the Americans burned the fort and captured two brass cannons, 40 public safety items, and 12 krisses.
Tang Bumbat Man Ginggao Manyag and Pazanta praised for skillful campaign that saved American lives. Datto Grande and Datto Pedro guided the expedition. Punishment of the Macius praised as good news to Moros near Lake Lana, though some Moros oppose them yet fear their strength.
Brooklyn Eagle notes Dr. Edward C. Hovey and Prof. Hellprin discuss possible connections between Caribbean volcanic upheavals and Central American eruptions. They cite surface ocean bed changes, Andean subsidence, and sea intrusion along a line of weakness as potential factors behind Santa Maria and other activity.
Catholic priests will hold semi annual conferences statewide with Helena Missoula Butte and Billings as gathering posts. Discussion will cover scripture dogmatic and modern theology canon law and history as eight clergy from the Helena district attend in Helena.
The Ward Line steamer Monterey arriving from Mexico and Havana was struck by a fierce gale Friday off the Delaware capes. A high pressure cylinder head broke disabling the starboard engine. the ship docked under its other engine.
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