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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1912
Page
14
The principal branch office of the Standard is at 2 Percent Fast Broadway, Butte. Telephone numbers 422 and 1422 are listed. Advertising rates are furnished on application.
The new Sterling Toilet designs showcase flat surfaces with artistic engraving and an absence of heavy relief work, presenting a sleek seasonally inspired aesthetic.
Small has gone to Chicago. J. B. Reynolds leaves for Denver and Max Codden for Los Angeles. Many locals and visitors passing through Butte. dividend on savings accounts noted. various Adv notices for services, shops, and holidays. Birth announced for G. H. McBride family. Santa warning from Slemons & Booth. Tom Raftery visiting from Des Moines. many travel and social notes. Local businesses advertise wines, clothing, stationery, and piano rental.
The Butte fire and water committee recommended to the city council the purchase of two new pieces of apparatus, a motor propelled triple nozzle fire engine for 9,000 dollars from Nott Co and an aerial truck over 70 feet tall for 10,500 dollars from Webb Co. The total cost will be 19,500 dollars and council action is expected next Wednesday.
At the State Hotel, guests noted include C. W. Buckman and C. L. Clark from Helena, J. M. Fisher Jr. from Helena, F. Volger of Bozeman, G. M. Hayden of Three Forks, D. M. Mahan, and R. P. Nicholson from Great Falls.
Walt Alien and Dick Mayo, enjoy Florida, send friends a box of grapefruit. Harmon receives a grapefruit weighing an exceptional pounds, possibly the largest in Butte, shaped like a lemon. A Cornwall resident visits Harmon's and hears a joke about Irishmen and grapefruits.
Late last night sheriff arrested George Chicoine aged 40 and William Grover aged 45 after a midnight mobile patrol to Chicoine cabin near Feeley. They are charged with larceny of cattle owned by Feeley rancher Olson and sold to a wood camp in the mountains. Grover denies the charge.
Colorado Springs reports C. M. MacNeill Spencer Penrose and D Jackling with Hayden Stone Co of Boston purchased the Alaska Gastineau Mining holdings near Juneau for 15 million dollars. An additional 700 thousand funds will fund a large ore mill planned to start at 6 000 tons daily and rise to 30 000 tons. Jackling notes 50 million tons of copper ore in sight at 1 50 per ton. The property, long held by an English syndicate, covers a large area.
Edgar Uren a miner claims he was waylaid at 8 am beaten with a club and wandered home to 936 East Park street in a semi conscious state. A complaint was filed charging second degree assault against John Markovich who works with Uren at the Mountain View mine after a dispute over shoving a car from a drift.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Missoula reports the Ronan business section, rebuilt after last August's devastating fire, was seriously threatened today by a new blaze that consumed the Harry Burland garage and blacksmith shop. Low wind and fierce fighting saved the town. the structures burned were newly built since August.
Grand larceny was charged against Henry McGregor, 56, a rancher in Northern Montana, in a complaint by Deputy County Attorney J. W. Dwyer. H. Markland, a stock broker, alleges McGregor acted as agent and sold stocks totaling several hundred dollars, with a $169 shortage. the technical charge is larceny as bailee.
Calgary story reports Mrs. Henrietta Irving starved herself to death after baby died October 1. Her husband the rancher and an aunt also fasted, hoping their suffering would resurrect the child. Event dated December 19 with the death on December 8.
Mrs. Anna E. Koppell of Sand Coulee died yesterday at a local hospital following an operation. She is survived by her husband and six children.
Among Helena residents yesterday were John Ahern D McClelland M E Knowles L L Clark J M Fisher and J W Gamble, indicating a small community gathering or social check in the town center.
A Broadway audience packed the house for The Blue Bird praising its dreamlike scenery and philosophical scope. The critic notes uneven early parts but praises the graveyard sequence and the final awakening where the blue bird symbolizes happiness, leaving the audience impressed by the production’s imagination.
An appeal urges readers to send a list of names to the Standard for the upcoming holiday issue, offering five cents per copy to ensure timely distribution and avoid disappointing friends awaiting their copies.
The speaker markets a method to acquire top diamonds at low prices due to lapsed loans and sell them at about 35 percent below market. He claims cash payments yield rare bargains in eastern markets and presents this as a straightforward profit opportunity.
A long list of domestic goods appears, detailing wardrobes, mirrors, parlor cabinets, tables, chairs, curtains, rugs, bedding, leather goods, curtains, lamps, dressers, ranges, cribs, and various decorative and utility items. The compilation reads as a catalog of home furnishings and nursery items with emphasis on leather and lace, fabrics, and wood products.
A westbound Great Northern local freight crashed into the rear of an incoming Stockett freight four miles south of the city. The collision demolished the caboose and several front-train cars, causing a fire. Four crew members were injured including Engineer William Taylor and Fireman W W Crawford. Burgwold, a rear-head brakeman, was in serious condition with a broken shoulder and internal injuries. Medical crews rushed to the scene. officials visited later.
Frank Cooney of the Cooney Brokerage Company has returned from a trip to Los Angeles to visit his father. The brief notes his travel and family reunion as part of local news.
A Peck of Trouble is one of three sketches to be presented at the Spokane college gymnasium on Friday evening, December 20. Miss Ronning will portray Kathryn the aristocrat. Deer Lodge visitors to Butte yesterday included Mr and Mrs L K Gordon Miss Doyte and J B O'Neil. J S Elstrom and family of Great Falls passed through Butte last evening en route to Santa Cruz for the holidays.
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