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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1907
Page
13
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 28 East Broadway Butte. Telephone 422 Independent telephone 1 422 Advertising rates furnished on application.
A local seller offers umbrellas with prices from 1.50 and up. Highlights include models with solid gold handles and Pernam buco wood sticks, natural wood options with ribbon rosettes, pearl and gold plate fittings, and solid ivory handles for men. Copious styles suited for travelers and all genders.
Local notes list visitors in town from Dil on Lime Spur and Helena. births announced for several Butte families. Christmas dinner plans and bar offerings. travel notes for Anaconda and Great Falls residents. limited money to lend options. rail rate for Christmas day Butte to Anaconda. multiple marriage licenses issued in the area.
A woman traveling from Westfield Massachusetts gave birth to a girl named Jane Turner on the North Coast Limited train near Welch's Spur toward Butte. The mother Mrs S C Turner 26 and her infant were rushed to a Butte hospital where both were reported doing well. The father, a bank teller in Westfield, is expected to join soon in Seattle.
In Jefferson City a preliminary rule bars Judge J L Fort from trying Kansas City theater managers on Sunday conduct charges. The case is set for Supreme Court hearing January 20.
A wave of break ins sweeps the city as four more nights of theft surface before last evening. The Colorado mine engine house on Park Street near Ohio loses a brass casting worth 210 dollars while Martin Morony and Joe O Meara s saloon on Dakota and Galena stacks loot from cash register and a suitcase of liquor. Police chase two suspects near Park and Montana as gunfire rings out, with one hat left behind.
The day lists several Butte deaths and services including Mrs Pauline Tate age 28 of 209 Colorado street Typhoid pneumonia Mary York to be shipped to Hammondport NY with Rev Father De Siere at 8 PM. George Cox 54 a miner of English birth died after long illness dropsy. Ida Bloomdahl 44 Sweden native died at 7 Kemper avenue. Vina Harriman infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Alexander Maki buried 524 West Broadway at 2 PM. Surviving relatives listed. services at Swedish Baptist church and Richards undertaking rooms premier.
The notices list Ida Blomdahl age 44 and Pauline Pate age 29 with services at home and Swedish Baptist church and Mt Moriah cemetery. John Daly’s remains at Sherman & Reed with funeral notice to follow. Additional unrelated ads for Orton Bros. pianos and Dr Dodd gold glasses.
Sale notices announce movement of stock with 25 percent off on diamonds and other items. Store announces relocation and urges customers to shop before final clearance. Price cuts apply to all diamond goods during the move period.
Members of the First Presbyterian Church collected groceries and provisions for Christmas dinners. Rev. Groeneveld announced 80 empty baskets and urged the congregation to fill them for distribution to needy households. Volunteers filled baskets with varied foods to bring cheer to dwelings in need.
Local promotion invites shoppers to enjoy a glass of Centennial beer from the Centennial Brewing Company of Butte. The ad touts purity and holiday cheer as part of a seasonal deal.
Mayer celebrates a Christmas season that matches and then surpasses last year bumper business. He attributes the success to square dealing guaranteed quality and the largest variety of new products, earning widespread patronage and gratitude from customers in Butte.
Judge McGowan suspended the sentences of William Harrington and John Sullivan for carrying concealed weapons after they admitted to smashing a candy wagon window and attempting a holdup. Both youths faced strong admonitions to reform as Sullivan received a stern warning and Harrington a hopeful lecturing on future conduct.
A speaker in Butte extols true bravery as risking life to save others in mines. He condemns drunks and tells youths to work, support mothers, and avoid bad company from southern European workers while praising miner comrades and urging responsibility.
High noon Christmas curling match draws six Butte rinks to the Holland rink as club presidents Goodale and MacGregor select sides. A barrel of flour goes to Salvation Army regardless of outcome, with the winner paying for the expense while both captains seek victory for their crew.
The government today formally rested its case in the prosecution of John R. Walsh accused of misapplying funds of the Chicago National Bank. Judge J. B Anderson adjourned court until Thursday for further proceedings.
Judge Lynch granted the county attorney leave to file an information against Amos Doney the juror found guilty of contempt for soliciting a bribe. Doney had just been released on bonds pending appeal of a five day jail term and $500 fine for contempt. Sybil Alexander Brown was granted a divorce from Ernest F. Brown for desertion after leaving in March following a January 1904 Fort Benton marriage. George T. Stanton of Great Falls represented Brown. Kremer's $507 claim for county representation in tax dispute with Montana Ore Purchasing Co. and Daly Bank was approved after opposition. Doney was rearrested, with a bench warrant issued, and to be arraigned tomorrow before Judge Donlan.
Russ Hall of Kentucky sends Christmas cigars to Butte friends and the local baseball manager receives generous gifts. Boxes arrive in Seattle bearing wreaths of ore as gratitude, signaling long standing support for Butte’s ball club and its leaders.
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