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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
8
An ad-style description touts dining room ware with prices for four piece tea sets at 11 dollars, baking dishes at four dollars, soup tureens and a three piece water set at one dollar, and a sugar bowl cream pitcher and spoon holder set for seven dollars and ten cents. It mentions chating dishes in nickel plate and silverplate.
Pretty pieces for toilette tables and men's goods shown in sterling silver and phony silver. Leather pocket books and card cases of rich quality for presentation purposes are decidedly beautiful.
Holiday shopping teaser urges readers to choose gifts early and reserve them for later delivery before the rush begins.
Butte schedules bidding for wood and coal supply meals for prisoners and wooden sidewalk construction for the 1902 season. Contracts expire this month and low bidders will win. Current rates include $4.35 per cord wood from Geoff Serols, coal at $6.23 per ton from Western Fuel, meals at 20 cents each, and sidewalk work on a sliding scale with Tom Rowan as contractor.
Butte merchants ask city approval for three 3 ft 3 in posts outside the curb to act as run runaway barriers. The plan aims to protect plate glass windows from horse collisions, noting frequent runaway incidents near Hennessy Mercantile. Also mention smaller items and upcoming events at Southern bar and Hibernia hall entertainment on Friday night with 50 cent admission.
Thomas Moore showed subdued demeanor before Judge Boyle and sought a guilty plea to two charges drunkenness and resisting an officer. Barney Kelley fined five dollars for excessive street noise and Tom Grant fined five for drunkenness. H. S. Griffith accused of nuisance and T. Thebold charged with petty larceny to be heard tomorrow afternoon.
De Siere Branch 342.1 C. B. A. will hold a card party Thursday evening December 12. Public invited and members are asked to bring refreshments. Admission twenty five cents.
Carpenters hall summons members to appear Wednesday evening December 11 at 7 30 to escort the remains of the late John trabinstine to the depot. Cc A McGooney R8 consistent with local fraternal notice.
Judge Boyle ordered the discharge of Chick Malone after Attorney White argued he was not a vagrant as he earned 3.50 dollars a week. The decision hinges on Malone's earnings rather than status, clarifying his legal classification.
Mayor Davey received a German letter from George Lutker of Elbendorf Germany asking about his brother Henry Lutker. The writer believes Henry came to this country and may have reached Butte or nearby.
The infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Barker Elma Barker was laid to rest today with funeral services at their residence 7 ONeill street Centerville at 2 oclock The announcement notes Centennial beer in a decorative line referencing Santa Claus sleighs and a humorous aside about a million glasses a day
Leonard Johnson a 60 year old miner in Butte leaped from a second story window at the Forbis block behind the Southern hotel after telling hotel workers he tried to end his life. He remained conscious and said his injured left foot from an earlier accident and persistent despair drove the act.
The Thornton hotel announces a shift to American plan from December 12 with rates starting at $3 per day and European plan from $1.50 per day. Standards of service remain high and a daily table d hote dinner will be offered from 5 30 to 8 pm for $1.00.
A five act drama praised for human interest and clever comedy. The Village Parson compares to W. E. Nankeville's Human Hearts, with a strong cast and lavish scenery promising a successful performance tonight.
Fort Benton report notes Mayor Cranes plans to seek a Carnegie library gift likely totaling 810000. Visiting Canadian Stanley Kerr expects to settle in the community. Cascade guests Travis and Mrs Morrow visit. C W Price returns from Chicago stock show and plans to winter in Los Angeles. Dan Dutro, miner from Helena, arrives for holiday visit.
Reports show a new Masonic club opening with a supper and smoker planned. Other items include Baldy Smith's defamation hearing before Judge Sullivan and a jail transfer involving Robert Hamilton of the Blackfoot reserve charged with theft. County officials discuss vaccination plans with physicians to curb smallpox among transient laborers. Travelers Causey family moving to Idaho after founding the local electric light plant.
A Butte department store promotes a vast line of toilet articles and cosmetics from Isabel Cassidy and Mme Idaline, with creams, powders, tooth powders, perfumes, brushes, soaps, and masks on display this Wednesday and Thursday. The ad highlights prices for creams, lip salves, hair tonics, and a range of popular brands and imported brushes.
Philipsburg reports County Treasurer Featherman’s year end figures show total valuation of 2 102 786 with 97 077 32 in collections and 68 872 in tax receipts. Delinquent taxes 5 109 25 include double assessments stricken by county board. License collections reached 14 660 75, largest in county history, warrants totaling 29 000 called.
The American girl Miss Fast wick confined in a London prison for raising a railroad bond has been forwarded to the United States embassy in London. Mr White, secretary in charge, will use all power to ameliorate her condition. The British government has been indulgent in this case and is expected to continue so.
One trial of James Brown opened in the California supreme court at Alturas. Brown faces indictment as a member of a mob blamed for lynching Calvin Hall and his sons Daniel Yantis and Martin Wilson in Lookout last May after alleged petty thefts.
About two hundred white silk weavers at Cheney silk mills in South Manchester left their looms on December 11 protesting a new loom attachment. They demand removal or wage increases of one cent per yard to cover the difficulty and reduced output.
Miss Cordelia Roosevelt Scovel daughter of Chevalier Scovel and her mother Mrs Roosevelt Scovel traveled 4000 miles from Florence Italy aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse to attend Cordelia's social debut in New York. The voyage marked a landmark arrival for the debut season.
A historical note identifies Mise Al Roosevelt as the cousin of Roosevelt Scovel and the president's eldest relative, described in archival text as a trusted family member.
Philipsburg reports county commissioners convened for a week long session. They debated road law points and settled with road trustees while approving contracts and bills. Sheriff Conley of Deer Lodge billed for Hunter capture expenses. Dr W S Power became county physician. Pat Purtle won county wood supply contract and Walker Commercial Co of Granite secured coal for the jail.
The carriage used by President McKinley during the 1898 peace jubilee visit and central to his memorial services was burned in an early morning fire at the Leroy Payne company livery stables in Chicago.
Right Rev. Thomas F. Gambon chancellor of the diocese of Louisville died suddenly in Louisville Kentucky today of heart failure after an attack of grip.
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