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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1901
Page
7
Local merchants warn shoppers that Monday and Tuesday will house limited stock as in Thanksgiving, urging early purchase to avoid disappointment. Stores promise a selection of geese, ducks, spring chickens, hens, fresh lobsters, and crabs with emphasis on service and satisfaction.
Local market advertises premium table apples reserved for the holiday season. Early Navel Oranges, plump and juicy, sold by dozen prices. Bananas Lemons Grapes Cranberries and Catawba Grapes expected. Fresh lettuce mint radishes green onions parsley from hot houses. Snow White cauliflower and celery praised for quality.
Our bakery offers a splendid Jet of Fruit Cakes in plain and fancy decorated styles. Prices vary by size at 35¢ 50¢ 1.25 1.50 2.09 2.25 4.00 and 5.00. Special orders for White Cakes Layer Cakes or related items receive careful attention.
The exhibit showcases France, England, Virginia, New York, Michigan, Colorado and California with their finest products. A new tasting note praises Silver Ket currant jelly paired with turkey for its tart fruity flavor.
A local retailer touts high sales of walnuts and imported figs and dates with large candy displays. Prices for mixed nuts and fancy candy boxes range from $1.00 to $6.00, with many seven and six dollar boxes featured.
A Christmas Day shooting event titled a big handicap shoot was arranged by a local gun club to attract shooters from area clubs and enthusiasts. Participants will face varied yardage handicaps and prizes are expected for top finishers.
The Bluecoonts Gun Club plans a grand Christmas handicap at the range next Wednesday with local stars Walker Burgess Smith and Snyder likely to compete. Contestants will use handicaps based on the last 200 shots, with many out-of-town entrants urged to bring scores for calibration.
A crowded St Patrick's church attendance filled pews for an organ recital. Organist performed selections with reverent acclaim as congregants expressed appreciation through applause and quiet reflection.
The new organ at St Patrick's church drew a large eager audience as eight classical numbers dazzled listeners. Costa's Triumphal March opened a spellbound hush with Mrs Rooney and Mrs Donnelly delivering masterful solos and the choir, led by Miss Belle Bryant Rooney, delivering bright choruses. The instrument, one of the state’s largest, doubles as a grand addition to the church interior.
European plan priced at $1.50 per day and up while American plan starts at $3 per day. Montana Music Co offers guitars banjos and mandolins from $5 to $100. Hight Fairfield's sells fine silk umbrellas for men and women. The funeral of Robert E Brandis SN months old was held yesterday at the family residence 640 Colorado Street.
The Fort Benton dramatic club's performance of Too Much of a Good Thing at Green's opera house drew a large audience. Cast members Dutro Culbertson and Crane Patterson and others earned praise for their strong turns and effective makeup. Local residents Barton Powers McFarlane traveled in, and Mrs Schwabs remains hospitalized with pneumonia. The Methodist church plans a Christmas Eve star program with children’s gifts and carols.
Holiday trade shows strength with shoppers pushing spending while merchants report heavy activity. The brisk buying mood fuels optimism across stores as numbers rise and records seem within reach.
Shoppers flock to stores in Butte but the holiday trade does not exceed prior years. Merchants report brisk activity with many smaller purchases and a steady push toward value. Competition among shops like Lewis Dry Goods and Tuttle Greene broadens options as buyers compare prices and seek time saving ads in the Standard. A word to the wise.
Music boxes from five dollars and up advertised by Montana Music Co. Also promotes a turkey giveaway at Bouchers with purchases.
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