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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1900
Page
12
Western Montana office of the Standard located at 110 West Main Street Mis soula. Telephone number 118 available for advertising rates and inquiries.
The Missoula police chief orders the shutdown of illegal gambling rooms after raids, citing public disorder and gambling offenses. Local authorities vow ongoing enforcement to curb illicit gaming operations.
Missoula authorities shut down all gambling games including slot machines and roulette after Chief Houston ordered their removal. The move, supported by citizens, aims to curb vice in a university city and prevent further gambling cases. Machines were removed by 11:30 p.m. with local businesses affected.
A list of names for letters advertised as unclaimed includes Mrs. Kate Akerley Ben Bryant Geo W Brooke Miss Jessie Bell Lucy Colwell Henry Edgar Miss Mattie Bennis M J Ford Mrs Lyman Grinnel Inc C Hammond J B Haverfield J W Kennedy Mrs Nellie Lehman Belle Moreno Mrs Bridget Murray Mell Mizner J M Mattson Meyrs Bros I C McCormack J B Quantic Lorenzo PD Rennick FB Stoughton M L Stern Emmett Simpson Ed Sharpless Bert Sanford G O H KEEP P M Typewriter supplies McHaffie Bros.
Arlee visitor D D Hull arrives in Missoula. Quartz visitor A Koehler also in town. Helena’s Theodore G Randall visiting Missoula. Spokane resident R E Brown in city. Foresters plan Thursday meeting at Kelks Hall. Hamilton resident Rufus Reed ill at Sisters hospital. to undergo operation. Hamilton resident C B E Fisher at Sisters hospital with pneumonia and pleurisy. Dr Ghent from Wallace visiting. returned home Tuesday. J Curley and wife registered at Florence. Curley formerly in city, now in Butte. Funeral for the late Mrs Sarah Luce from family residence Wednesday afternoon. Rev Salsman to conduct. Government sells land near Lolo to Matilda Sleeman.
The Missoula Mercantile Co announces a cut price sale at McBride's on December 17 selling the entire Lyon Williams stock at half price. Sale starts Saturday morning.
The article notes a toilet case W will be given away by Marsh to the holder of the lucky ticket. A drawing or giveaway is organized to select the winner from participating entrants.
Fred Steinbrenner, fireman on the Northern Pacific, was injured when his head struck a timber as he rode a hog on freight No. 4 east of Bonita. Found on a bridge pier in Hell Gate river, he lies in critical condition in Missoula Hospital with a wife in Missoula.
W B Fawcett longtime Missoula resident and Irish native was found dead in his East Cedar street room. He was last seen Monday and died unknown cause at age 55 leaving only instruments and assayer tools. Masonic lodge to conduct burial Wednesday at 3 PM from Lucey’s.
An engraved calling card is shown as a suitable Christmas gift. Visit Standard office to view available styles and place an order.
Missoula reports a man named William Thibodeau abducted his child from the mother after a dispute over custody. He fled the city last night with the infant and his whereabouts are unknown. Some believe he headed west by train, others say he departed by the Broadway east route. The mother initially resisted but soon accepted the loss. The note ends with local business items about a piano contest at the Golden Rule and souvenir china at McBride’s.
In Missoula on December 11 a clash over Clinton townsite ownership pits David Lewis against George M. Kennedy. Both men filed homestead entries after a government survey, with Lewis already living on another parcel to prevent it from being jumped. Kennedy contends Lewis did not lawfully follow the homestead process, while the land once belonged to the Northern Pacific Railway. The outcome hinges on government adjudication and tenancy disputes in the Clinton area.
In Missoula on Monday two returning service members shared war memories. Patterson, a sailor aboard the battleship Iowa, described heavy damage from combat including a skull injury now covered by a silver plate. Lieutenant William Smith of Company D, 14th Infantry, recalled Cuban and Philippine service and typhoid fever timing before their departure for San Francisco.
In Rosendorf a Sharpe Atsel church ceremony joined Charles EF Bharne of St. Paul and Miss Katie Atsel of Missoula. Bharne, formerly with the Northern Pacific telegraph repair department, has been promoted to foreman and will relocate to St. Paul. The bride, a Missoula resident, enjoys broad friendship. They left on the evening train for St. Paul to begin their new life.
In Missoula W K Beeskove known as Coyote Bill reunites with his daughter after 25 years apart. She arrived incognito and revealed herself to him after a brief stay in the city. Father and daughter enjoyed a visit to his upper Rattlesnake mountain home before she returned to Illinois.
Conrad Kohrs, Deer Lodge county cattle king, is a notable visitor in Missoula for several days and staying at the Florence hotel. He reports his cattle thriving this winter with some still on the ranges, and is accompanied by C. Gehnartz from Deer Lodge as Missoula social activity continues.
Augustus K. Fox and Miss Clara Kunz were married today at 11 in the Catholic church by Rev. Father Palladino in Missoula. The couple and a few friends then visited Lynch's ranch on the Lolo before returning to rooms in the Marotz building. The fire department presented a mantel clock as a wedding gift.
The Globe Store advertises a sale on men's fancy shirts at one dollar and heavy riveted overalls with 39 boys cap styles, running Monday through Wednesday.
Deacon Kilburn St M Cobban Major Catlin and James Hartley left for Ovando to testify in a land contest before Land Commissioner C A Jakways. The 40 acre tract Kilburn originally claimed was taken up years ago and Fitzpatrick who holds 160 acres near the 49 wants to alter fences to include Kilburn land. Kilburn bought his land with scrip in 1899.
Missoula December 11 lists unclaimed letters remaining in the post office for the week. Names or initials may appear next to the letters as held for pickup.
Missoula December 11 Insurance men met at E A Winstanleys office to form an association for mutual interest and protection. The meeting drew all local dealers with E A Winstanley elected president and D H Ross named secretary.
Walter Johnson of Lothrop swore to a complaint charging William Steele with petit larceny. Steele, treasurer of the Lumbermen’s Union at Missoula, allegedly took about 27 dollars for union use and vanished. The committee now estimates losses may total around 75 dollars as books are balanced. Charles Peck Dead.
John Campbell, manager of the Bitter Root orchard near Grantedale, is away on business for a couple of days. He reports that some trees still have green leaves despite wet and warm weather causing concerns in the Missoula area on December 11.
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