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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1900
Page
7
The Paris fair jury awarded the Grand Prize to Rookwood Pottery Co. for superior taste in form color and decoration. The article notes imitators but confirms the official committee’s choice as the genuine Rookwood on sale in Butte with exquisite pieces.
Local Butte items list services from Orton Broa piano tuner to Hennessy street doctors, with ads for smoke products, law notices, a birth, and a horse accident. Reports mention bankruptcy petition by Fred Kunz, pneumonia death of a colored man Peters, and Klondike Diamond Queen Rose Blumkin returning to Butte. Also weekly travel notes, concerts, and holiday offerings from Montana Music Co.
A mob of 25 to 30 men confronted Maconi at the Montana Ore Purchasing smelter, forced him from work, blindfolded him, and escorted him toward Woodville. Deputy Sheriff Lagzarri arrested Alex MacNeill, but no charges were filed. Similar past incidents at other plants were noted, with authorities failing to act.
The unit is expected to leave on the 22d with 500 more. The rush will tax the general hospital at the Presidio to capacity. Convalescents will be mustered out soon after arrival, and if 567 beds are overcrowded a tented annex will be built to accommodate the overflow.
The Warwick gambling rooms on Riverside avenue were held up at 1 am and about $700 stolen. Tom Murphy, masked and armed, led the robbery and fled to the Menlo hotel. Police Sergeant Sullivan pursued and captured him after a brief struggle that stopped when the robber’s revolver hammer snagged on the officer’s hand.
Butte notes a short agricultural course from Bozeman College aimed at Montana youth and townspeople. It emphasizes practical lectures and hands on work in dairy, livestock, irrigation, insect control, and mechanics. Begins January 7 for 13 weeks. includes standard salaries and upcoming school principal applications.
Butte residents are urged to consult Madame Renne a renowned portune teller who answers questions on love marriage divorce mining business and everyday matters. She offers guidance from her home at 102 South Montana Street promising clear insight and satisfaction.
Announcement states Miss Margaret Daly will marry Carrol Brown of New York in New York on January 2. The ceremony will occur at Mrs. Marcus Daly’s residence 725 Fifth Avenue with only relatives present. Hight & Pabfleta offer necktie holders in silver and gold. engraved calling cards make a Christmas gift at Standard office.
Funnneled Chatelaine Watches complete with case $10.00 Towle and Winterhalter jewelers 2s West Park high grade guitars mandolins and banjos at reasonable prices Make very acceptable Christmas gifts we have the celebrated Martin Washburn Regal Maurer and Bay State Montana Music Co
Hight and Wairfield display enameled chateleine watches offered in a variety of colors appealing to buyers seeking decorative timepieces for dress and accessories.
Finlen Medin Drug Co offers a limited sale of triple French plate mirrors with raised celluloid backs. Regular 12 dollars, cut to 9 dollars until Xmas. Over fifty mirrors available in all sizes, one fourth off on some styles. Also featuring fresh Alligretti candies for holiday confections.
Quadruple plate tea service offered by Towle & Winterhalter for $9.00. Item appears in a classified or advertising snippet detailing a four piece set and maker names.
An advertising notice from Ed F. Mayer at 40 W Park in Butte touts a 14k solid gold Appleton or Tracy movement watch for 65 elsewhere but 50 in store. also promotes an 18-size Crescent with 21 jewels valued at 90 elsewhere, offered for 60.
The town buzzes over Hight and Pairfield's new leeve links designed for men. Local shop displays these adjustable sleeves as a stylish, practical trend. Community members praise comfort and fit while retailers expect rising interest.
An array of useful and beautiful leather items, chatelaine bags, pocketbooks, and golf pursers offered. The store also stocks genuine Rookwood pottery, the only stock of its size in the state, with many pretty pictures to choose as gifts.
The Iowa University football team accepted games with the University of California on Christmas Day and with Leland Stanford University on New Year’s Day in a coast visit. Iowa began practice and will depart for the West tomorrow night. California guarantees the Iowa team’s expenses.
Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow for Mrs. John Tregar at the residence 19 Lincoln Avenue Meaderville. The body will be shipped to Terraville for interment.
The board of education held its regular meeting and ordered the clerk to pay the teachers for December next Friday. The teachers, like others, know it takes money to keep things in order as they face financial pressures.
More than 1000 sick soldiers are to be sent home from the Philippines within days. The Grant and Sherman ships carry 650 men and the Sheridan follows with additional personnel.
A fragment highlights admiration for mounted diamonds and the display they generate, implying a decorative or collectors’ interest. The brief mentions a showcase or gallery style interest in ornate mounted gems.
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