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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1903
Page
21
Butte News lists its principal office at 28 East Broadway Butte with telephone 2 advertising rates prepared on request.
The column notes a range of opera glasses from cheap distorters at about 85 dollars to finely tuned models that improve clarity and even sound. It mentions pearl ornamented pairs also around 85 dollars and describes optics with early adjustments giving a pleasant tone. Prices for fine glasses with handles run from 15 dollars upward.
An American used item by a French designer highlights an adjustable focus feature accessible from either the handle or the frame. Available in morseeo and three pearl colors, pricing ranges from 8.18 to 28.00 dollars.
Butte notes report visitors and departures including Dr Schapps Orton Bros and detective Murphy heading to Helena. Mentions of Christmas travel to Portland and New York, coal ads by Citizens Coal Co, electric sleeper trains by Northern Pacific, and a funeral for Amy Burch. Legal notices include Stefano Ferrara trial date, Mendenhall review prep, and Brower mortgage suit in Missouri.
Trial progress on Albert J. Beckman, charged with Helen Kelly’s murder in the Dakota block, shows a jury unlikely to render a verdict today. Witnesses described Beckman’s unstable mental state with months of erratic behavior and paranoid claims about Kelly and her sister, as experts prepare to testify on insanity.
Advert describes slight and second-hand upright pianos including Pease KI Estey Camp RIND Knabe and Webers models with prices ranging from about 100 to 500. Mentions large size uprights and brands like Hallet Dads Hanon and Maines Brow with various sale figures.
Terms cash or easy payments with $3 down and $2.50 to $3 monthly. Brand now piano players in different makes at $160 and $175. Out of town buyers urged to request catalogs and prices before the sale closes.
Two new complaints filed in South Hiutte justice court name Joe Rain John Rain Joe Beace and Mrs A Wall as suspects in petty larceny tied to a December freight car theft of fruit chocolate syrup and more investigation by railway agent H F Goddard. Juvenile Frank Kennedy at center of case was 14 and placed with a Meatte rville employer. Authorities vow pursuit of Mrs Wall if she is captured.
Thomas J Crosswhite died in Yellowstone Park after a brief illness. He had worked for the park transportation company for the past year and was regarded as a valuable employee. He leaves a wife and child, and his three brothers and two sisters survive, with his parents in Anaconda. The body will arrive in Butte this afternoon and funeral arrangements will be announced later.
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