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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1900
Page
11
Start the year with a hearty market dinner featuring Jellies Jams Preserves Pickles vegetables nuts raisins canned goods and more. If poultry is off the table choose a tender beef roast from select cuts suited for an epicure. Mint.
The era of road improvements spreads across major lines with multi million contracts, bigger engines, double headers on the Santa Fe, and longer trains. Washington iron ore prospects spark talks of a rolling mill while grain export routes face Gulf port competition and rate pressures loom from Kansas City to Chicago. Northern Pacific preferred stock timing is clarified as not retiring before January 1 1911 with exchange of trust certificates imminent.
The article lists numerous candidates for legislative posts as the session nears, naming hopefuls for speaker of the house, senate officers, clerks, and committee clerks from Helena, Great Falls, Butte, and other towns. It notes a large pool of applicants, including many women, with a focus on the crowded field and the steady hiring of clerks as the session progresses. Also mentions local ads for sheet music and jewelry shops.
The Boston Financial News notes in its December report that Butte's mining firms expanded surface work and prepared for deeper mining. The district now reaches 2,200 feet at High Ore, Diamond, and Green Mountain, with total shaft depth at 47,890 feet and 6,700 feet of new digging this year. New copper deposits were found three miles east and near Brown's Gulch, while Emma claim in the southwest emerges as a potential mother lode with a 110,000 bond and prospects of a rich vein at depth.
Hight and Fairfield advertise lockets suitable for men and women available in plain gold and diamond settings. The ad highlights timeless keepsake pieces with versatile styles for any wearer.
Mrs William Cochran and Miss Vivian present elocution and stringed music programs at 326 South Washington likely a local venue or event listing.
Have nickel watches for girls for four fifty, silver for five fifty, and gold filled for seven fifty. Try Shaw's pure malt, a mild, healthful and delicious stimulant. For sale by all dealers. Butte Merc. Co., state distributors.
Orton Bros offers Mettlach steins and beer mugs for sale individually or as sets. An ideal remembrance pairings include a violin guitar mandolin or music roll to complement the collectible drinkware.
The crack Montana league pitcher Salisbury of Helena, previously with Hammond’s Helena outfield, has moved to pitch for the Los Angeles club joining the roster mid season.
The item lists pins and charms for Masons Knights Templar Elks Shriners and other orders and notes a clearance sale at Hennessy today. It also mentions Hicht Fairfield stock of opera glasses and announces county official John Weston’s deputy selections M P Tonney John Doran Abe Phillips Harry M Smith Bert V Alley A E Whipps.
The funeral for Thomas Moses will be held tomorrow at 2 p m from his residence at 222 Shields avenue. The procession will proceed to Odd Fellows hall on West Broadway for services.
A lively catalog tease from Hight and Fairfield's features lorgnettes, baby birth-month spoons with stone-in-handle rhymes, silver and gold garters, and a grand New Year opening of the Southern hotel dining room amid great variety.
Several leading Montana league players are now in the California league, keeping winter baseball active. Rabbit Hammond of Butte shines as manager and catcher for the Alameda team while Dunleavy, Butte third baseman, recovers from typhoid fever and cannot finish the season.
James Thomas found his South Arizona street cabin looted after a week away. The front door was removed and his store loot taken, valued at 50 dollars. A woman named Sarah Oats had cared for the property with four lodgers, and neighbors reported disorder and a police presence.
Sterling silver shaving mugs and silver plated pieces are described with trim med. The listing notes sterling silver details alongside grooming items and accessories.
Announcement from West Side Paper Co. at 132 West Broadway selling entire wallpaper stock at 19 cents per double roll and listing five open stock patterns in sterling silver forks spoons and other tea spoons.
Local shop Hight and Pairfield advertise sterling pencils starting at 25 cents. The listing emphasizes quality writing instruments and affordable prices to attract students and professionals.
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