07 Feb 1908
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1908
Page
1
In a hard fought catchweight match Ross the Italian defeated Schreck in ten rounds amid a volatile crowd. Ross showed aggression early and continued pressing, with Schreck surviving later rounds before a final decisive punch sent Schreck through the ropes.
Charlile Irby, previously Butis's rent selector, now a street car motorman in Fresno, reports to his brother Spencer Irby in Spokane that he may stay in California. The note hints at weather-driven decisions and possible relocation.
Irby has fielded interest from several Northwestern state league teams and may accept an offer. The letter hints at a possible move away from the Bude study affects his play, implying a potential sale of the cheerful infielder Bugs. Fans would lament losing a solid hitter and base stealer who isn’t among the top minors.
Boweman, Feb 6 The Montana Agricultural College basketball team left for Deer Lodge to face the Montana College Friday. This intercollegiate game is the season opener and closely watched as both schools claimed the state championship last year. Lineup includes Harmon Wilson center Hartman Herman Wilson Sloan forwards Alard Poole Keeter Bert Hapner as substitute. Professor Currier accompanies the team.
New York report from February states the Intercollegiate Golf Association plans an England tour next summer. Planned to be sent are top college golfers including Ellis Knowles Yale intercollegiate champion W T West Princeton runner-up in last year’s touring meet H H Wilder association president W Fellowes Morgan jrBarrett Henry T Peter jr Princeton and Robert Abbott former champion.
Multiple horse races at New Orleans Fair Grounds and Oakland track list winners and placings by race with times. Hammock Boy Lotus Brandt Auht Rose Golds Proat Amber Jak Cock aure Gambrinne Salvage Connie M. Achieve Canayde Edwin T Fryer Kinsman and other named horses and handlers appear across six tracks including Los Angeles and St Louis summaries. John Daly defeats Harry P. Cline in a Chicago match tonight.
Pion won by a score of 60 to 40 in a high stakes 160 point billiards championship sprint held for the emblem prize.
Brokane stockman McClain and partner A R Dickson of Watonde bought the Vancouver Northwestern league franchise. McClain vows to turn a one year club into pennant winners next year, predicting strong fan support and big profits. Dickson previously managed Waterville. McClain, a rancher turned sports fan, shifts to baseball ambitions.
The Tacoma team announces a season lineup with Danny Shea as catcher. Pitchers include Butler Franklin Carson Gamble Hall Beker Leftwick. First base Hughie Kellackey second base Gus Klopf Nun lartt. Shortstop Buster Bresino third base Phil Kelly. Outfielders Martinke Lynch Dill. Cap tain Lynch seeks two seasoned pitchers and an experienced outfielder as the club prepares to start the season with young players.
The School of Mines basketball squad leaves Butte for Missoula to face the State University five at tonight's game. Captain Gillman is ill and likely unavailable, weakening the miners who rely on him as their strongest player. The tentative lineup includes Copelin Welgenstein Cinch Foote Grunert with Brujo and Paiten as reserves and manager respectively. They expect to return by 2 PM tomorrow.
Special correspondence reports extension line distances between Miles City and Musselshell with stops at Tusler Banfield Saugus Calynso Terry and others totaling 36.81 miles east and parallels to distant west points including Forsyth Marmath Miles City to Harlowton and Musselshell proximity with water supply stations planned at Vandana Rahway Blenheim Margrave Galbraith Sumatra and Albbard while a daily passenger train between Forsyth and Leonard operates under contractor McIntosh and Nasbean supervision.
Hoga Beecher a saloon keeper at East Park street admitted forging the name on a check after his arrest by Detectives Bator and White. He claimed the act was a joke and intended only to blunt a friend, not to defraud, and cited concerns about his wife and cold weather as motives. He had previously withheld $4,000 obtained on the check from Maren Medin.
Fragmentary report from Berlin notes the death of Prince Arnest, the ruling duke of Bachaeh Altonburg, with unclear details about his passing and the succession. The terse item references his title and residence, leaving the exact cause and date uncertain.
A San Francisco widow, Mrs. Cleo A Walton, age around 40, committed suicide by poison after arranging final arrangements. She paid her hotel bill at Hotel La Grange, chose a casket, planned cremation, and left letters. Police, coroner, and undertaker were notified. her body was found dressed on the bed in blue and white attire. Born in Fayetteville Tennessee, she had moved from Denver and prospered in dressmaking before the quake impoverished her.
Abraham Ruef and his lawyers asked Superior Judge Lawlor to delay setting a trial date on bribery charges tied to the transit franchise affair. Ruef contends the May arraignment used an incomplete indictment copy that omits the bribery clause, claiming lack of a proper arraignment. The judge continued the matter until tomorrow afternoon.
Ottawa Ont Wet 6 The following was given out by the pastores Siaiahlniaale los Maye an amendment has been made to the convention negotiated between Canada and the United States as rewards the postage paid on daily newspapers Tally.
An old advertisement extols Dr Miles Nervine as a cure for nervous breakdowns and related ailments. It claims energy restoration for respiration and digestion, urging readers to try the product and trust it will heal. The text lists locations and a druggist’s sale, with promotional language and generic testimonials.
The document notes future penny postage reforms with four cent per pound rates, while weekly and primitive periodicals stay at four cents per pound. It cites the Saylart treaty, in force for months, showing the objectionable material class sent from the United States to Canada has largely disappeared from mail, with uncertainty about its confinement to monthly or weekly publications and nonexistence of objections to daily papers.
Debate in the House over the Indian appropriation bill turned bitter as lawmakers fought the proposal to abolish for reservation schools. An Arizona delegate offered an amendment to limit funds for collecting and transporting Indian children. Senator Clayton of Alabama criticized the president’s message and accused Republicans of internal divisions. The discussion paused at 5 with adjournment.
The London Spectator notes Sarmany must govern two contrasting, difficult matters. One is national finances built on mental principles, the other a high moral question whose decision will affect national character. It discusses Germanys finances, trade expansion, protectionism, and concerns over expenditure and revenue, plus risks of Polish expropriation schemes and Prussian Diet implications.
A garbled, partial text fragment references a person described as a genius and contains scattered phrases about Roh, Itt, and a garage door vault. The readable bits suggest a nonsensical or mis OCR capture without a coherent event or clear entities to anchor a proper news item.
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