Assyrians Celebrate Joyful Double Wedding in Colony
A festive double wedding is celebrated in the colony with joy among the Assyrian community. Families and relatives gather as the couple exchange vows, marking a bright social moment in local life.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1902
Page
7
A festive double wedding is celebrated in the colony with joy among the Assyrian community. Families and relatives gather as the couple exchange vows, marking a bright social moment in local life.
The Assyrian colony hosts a week of celebrations for a double wedding. Shaolin Lin Hood weds Fannie Ciunie and Gabriel Gasson weds Lizzie Paul as guests from the English speaking world watch and partake. Host John Paul presides and gifts pour in amid drumbacks, dances, exclamations, and a formal feast.
Captain Dutton launches a series of lectures at South Butte focusing on temperance and personal reform. He outlines goals for improving conduct, health, and community well being to encourage abstinence.
A large audience at South Butte Presbyterian Church heard Capt. W. C. Dutton, noted temperance lecturer, urge Christians to unite against saloons. He criticized factionalism among temperance and church groups, shared anecdotes from Alexandria and Minneapolis, and called for refuge venues for recovering drinkers while condemning low quality temperance houses. His lectures continue through the week as local Union No. 43 records and related changes are noted.
Jim Burns known to police assaulted John Thompson in sight of Policeman McNally near Park and Main Streets. Burns, arrested for disturbing the peace, will be arraigned in police court. Thompson claimed robbery of a meal ticket, knife and about eight dollars. Burns denied knowing him but admitted drinking together. Jailer Bol Levy recalls Burns as troublesome in five years’ service.
J R Wharton of the street railway company treated Pollard's Juvenile Opera troupe to a first ice visit at the Holland rink. Australian children born near Melbourne and Sydney, visiting the United States, expressed wonder at snow and skating. They wore skates for the first time amid falls and amusement as locals taught them the basic strokes.
Remnant sale offers odd pieces of carpet moquette velvet Brussels and grain carpets in lengths 15 to 25 yards. Buyers may select by room size as prices are cut to about half to clear stock.
The Pritchard Harrison Carpet Company operates at the corner of Park and Mein Streets in Butte Montana announcing local business presence and location details for customers and deliveries.
A crowd gathers as police monitor a suspect while onlookers stare at a person believed to be exposed to smallpox. The scene unfolds near a public building, with officials securing the area and instructing the public on safety precautions.
Marion Olinger, a smallpox suspect, was kept in an alley beside City Hall for over an hour while police barred onlookers. He was later removed to the pesthouse where health officers said his condition was not serious. An investigation may quarantine his boarding house on Park Street near Main Street.
Rev. Hosking preached on wealth and virtue using the Rich Young Man tale at Trinity Church Centerville. He praised moral character over outer riches, urged ladling wealth toward good, and warned that riches tempt setting affections away from God. The sermon urged stewardship and the lifelong chance to seek eternal life.
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