Anaconda County Commissioners Close Year in Session
The Anaconda county board, led by Chairman Kellier, completes a year of business as the new board is set to take over. County finances show bonded debt down to 153000, costs for the poor reduced from 20000 to about 8000, and a county poor farm now owned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deer Lodge County
H. A. Neil
Board of County Commissioners
Ees
Kellier
Mertin and Hoffman
Nell
Board of Commissioners
Clerk Arid Recorder
City Notes and Local Socials Page
Bee Stagg promotes furniture lines while Coy’s offers one fourth off fine pipes and teacher Verberckmoes jeweler is listed at 114 East Park. Anaconda Anglers meet at city hall at eight tonight. Mal Sheehan, Georgetown mine owner, visiting the city yesterday. Dave Bogart and Ole Lidstrom from Moose Lake in town for a few days. Woodmen of the World install officers tonight followed by a social. Mrs. Dansereau arrives from Warnings for business. Bosca Lutz involved in Moose Lake mining claims.
Indoor winter rowing practice in gym and tanks
The piece notes winters harsher here than England and describes indoor rowing in gymnasiums as essential. It mentions Thames Rowing Club at Putney creating a tank for frozen Thames, though it has not required it yet. Some colleges favor tanks, others prefer rowing machines for winter training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thames Rowing Club
Putney
Thames
Local Social and Court News Briefs
A number of society notes and small items appear from Butte. Marriage licenses issued include James T. Case and May E. Hollenback and Ally Jay Charles Coulson with Ida Underwood. Henry Redmond of Wallace Idaho and family visit. Dr W B Wherry wed Marie Nast in Cincinnati and to reside in Oakland. Justice Nell court: John R Boarman convicted for assault third degree, fined five dollars with appeal noted. Real estate ads tout good bargains with easy terms from P M Sullivan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
T. Case
May E. Hollenback
Ally Jay Charles Coulson
Ida Underwood
Bear Creek Mines Close After pay dispute
Red Lodge Montana January 2 coal mines at Bear Creek have shut down due to a wage dispute. Miners demand one dollar per ton mine run while owners offer seventy five cents, affecting over 100 workers as output runs about eighty to ninety tons daily. No strike was declared and owners say operations cannot continue at a loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard
Red Lodge
Bear Creek
Man Freed From Insane Hospital After Ten Years
Theodore Wright, exiled for a decade to the Pennsylvania Hospital for the Insane, speaks of liberty after Christmas release. He, once a partner in Peter Wright & Sons, denies insanity, describes brutal confinement at Burn Brae and a wish to seek justice against those responsible. He plans Atlantic City rest and credits lawyer Thomas Earle White for his release.
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Philadelphia
Mandhouse
Theodore Wright
Wright
Pennsylvania Hospital For
Francis Davis
Colorado Springs
Peter Wright & Sons
the World
Minturn A. Wright
Girard Trust Company
Mr. Wright
Burn Brae
Clifton
Delaware County
Pennsylvania Hospital
Sune
Thomas Earle White
Possible Murder in Shaft in Detroit
Detroit police investigate death of Walter Grimshaw after a 500 pound dirt bucket fell in a shaft at a new building site. authorities suspect foul play with a rope cut deliberately and search a fellow worker who allegedly quarreled with Grimshaw prior to the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
Walter Grimshaw
Grimshaw
Mad dog bites three men in New Jersey town
A rabid dog roamed Riordan's and Johnson's farms in Sedbeyville causing multiple bites. It charged a farmer and men named O Connor before being shot by Martin Rafferty. Several cows and dogs were said to have been bitten and the wounded men had their wounds cauterized.
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Sedbeyville
N. J
Riordan
Niordaun
O'Connor
Colt
Martin Rafferty
Imagination Riot Roostering Newsboy in Police Cells
Pittsburg January 2 18 year old George Hinton colored newsboy is held at central police station pending transfer to Marshalsea believed demented. He was arrested yesterday after a street fight with newsboys and today crowed like a rooster in his cell startling the turnkey and inmates. Known as Chicken Hinton he previously caused a jail disturbance by imitating a rooster while serving a sentence last year.
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Pittsburg
George Hinton
Central Police Station
Marshalsea
Central Station
Hinton
Conductors Deny Sympathy With Firemen in Strike
W M Stockwell and the railway conductors order for the Southern Pacific division say they are absolutely neutral and have no grievance against the Southern Pacific. They deny the firemen's claim of conductor support for the strike.
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el Paso
Tex
W. M.stockwell
Southern Pacife
Fremen
Southern Pacific
Partnership dissolved Osborn and Julson bicycle shop Anaconda
The partnership between F. M. Osborn and T. K. Julson is dissolved by mutual consent. Osborn continues the bicycle repair business at 300 East Third Street Anaconda Montana and all accounts owed to the firm will be paid to F. M. Osborn. Dated December 26, 1906.
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F. M. Osborn
T. K. Julson
East Third Street
Anaconda
Mont
Goosebone Markings Strong This Winter
Weather lore from Elias Hartz's successors follows goosebone markings for winter prospects. The breast bone predicts December cold early then milder spells, with January closing cold and February milder, a late spring and March storms. Dead leaf expert George Folmer cites leaf drop timing as a guide to severity, with a 1906 1907 cautious forecast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias Hartz
Hartz
George Folmer
Car Shortage and Its Deeper Causes in Railroads
The analysis traces car shortages to management conservatism and incompetence, legal duties of common carriers, and policy biases toward speculation. It notes limits of reciprocal demurrage and argues for broader interstate rules enabling free car interchange and penalties to ensure shippers receive adequate service.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Rancher Sought After Alleged Club Assault in Land Dispute
D. W. Bigelow, a prominent ranchman from Red Lodge area, is being sought by officers after Phoebe Bigelow, his daughter-in-law, accused him of assaulting her with a club over a land dispute. He fled after learning police were pursuing him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Standard
Red Lodge
D. W. Bigelow
Phoebe Bigelow
Bigelow
Peruna Testimonials From Local Residents in 1900s Pennsylvania
Letters from Philip Kratz of Fountainville Pa describe health improvement after using Peruna for dyspepsia kidney issues and catarrh. He praises the remedy and notes his wife’s asthma relief. Additional notes from 1903 and 1906 recount ongoing use and gratitude. Mayor John Donnelly confirms Kratz’s statements.
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Fountainville
B. Hartman
Peruna
Philip Kratz
John Donnelly
Doylestown
Perune
Fatal Rock Island collision leaves many missing
A wreck on the Rock Island line near an unknown site killed many including Mexicans whose bodies were destroyed by fire. Engineer Jack Slater of Herrington Kansas escaped with minor injuries after stopping No. 29 and Conductor William Riles leapt from a window with a broken collar bone. The line took hours to clear and another track was built to restore service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rock Island
Lynes
Wolland
Jack Slater
Herrington
Kan
William G. Riles
McCrae Named President of Pennsylvania Railroad
James McCrae of Pittsburg, first vice president of the Pennsylvania lines, was elected president of the Pennsylvania Railroad by the directors to succeed the late A. J. Cassatt. He said the policy of the railroad remains unchanged and will pursue the same progressive course as under Cassatt and his predecessors.
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Philadelphia
James McCrae
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania Lines
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
A. J. Cassatt
McCrae
Pennsylvania Railroad
Cassatt
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Anaconda News
VEW Board
J. A. Well
Qna
Cial
Bee Stagg
Coy
Verberckmoes
Jeweler
E. Park
Anaconda Anglers’ Club
City Hall
Mal Sheehan
Georgetown
Dave Bogart
Moose Lake
Ole Lidstrom
R. Dansereau
Bosca Lutz
Miniza
Dis
England
AT Pennsylvania. University
Oregon
Henry Redmond
Wallace
Idaho
Mr. Redmond
Ladies* Aid Society of the Presbyterian Church
W. B. Wherry
Cincinnati
Marie Nast
Oakland
Cal
B. P.O. Elke
R. T. Williams
Emerson
David C. Walker
Humboldt, Ariz
Butte
P. M. Sullivan
Corner Oak and Park
James Judge III
Virginia City
James Judge
Home Park
Madison
All Grocers
Pennsylvan'a
Gose
Atlantic City
Shaft
Michigan
Mad Dog
Treemer
Pittsbarg
Asylum For Treatment
Helen
Byron
City Drug Co
Merg
Kitty the
Beenes
F. M. Osborn, T. K. Julson
Dead Leaf Man
Iceman
Fountainville, Pa
M’crae
Daly Bank and
John R. Toole
E. J. Bowman
Louis V. Bennett
F. C. Norbeck
Yegen Bros. Savings Bank
C. Yegen
P. Yegen
E. P. Moffitt
Anaconda Jewelry CO
Main Street
Anacopia
Prial
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