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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1903
Page
7
The Principal Branch Office of The Standard is at 2 East Broadway Butte with telephone 493. Advertising rates are furnished on application.
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Butte notes list visitors and residents from Helena Boulder Great Falls and Dillon. new fashions and books at local stands. travelers to Chicago. births reported. and a charity meeting scheduled in the library. The Northern Pacific adds a new electric lighted sleeper to its North Coast Limited.
Clark Balls aggregation featuring boxer Jack Munroe of Butte staged a lackluster Grand Opera House card in Great Falls. Munroe fought Mose Lafontise for five easy rounds as size gaps dampened interest. preliminaries included local bouts and a Marysville burlesque. Manager Ball announced Munroe heads to New York Saturday with a $7000 weekly vaudeville offer starting Jan 19.
Mayor George appointed F S Dulin chief of police in Billings replacing E K Jackson who resigned. Dulin served on the force a year and had led temporarily since Jackson’s departure. The appointment rests on meritorious service and received unanimous council confirmation.
Sacramento reports George C. Perkins was renominated to succeed himself as U S senator by the Republican caucus. The tally stood Perkins 68 against Irving M. Scott 1.
City council debated building a hall of records under the sidewalk in front of city hall with a $1,115 cost. county plans for a $250,000 hall were rejected. The Standard Publishing contract for compiled ordinances was approved. A lobby to Helena to aid Butte was approved with five members including the mayor and city attorney. Gambling and slot machines drew criticism. a chief of police order to curb them was promised.
Advertises whiskey and brandy options for home use with stated prices for Cascade Club and Old Maple Spring whiskeys, Teton Club whiskey, MacGregor Malt, Old Trish, Hennessy varieties, Port and Sherry wines, and imported options at multiple price points.
Reading notices advertise Mme Renna offering love and marriage readings for 1 dollar. She promises guidance on work troubles changes and journeys with Sunday circles at room 2 Stephens block 144 West Park street corner of Montana Butte.
John Shay residence at Main and La Platte streets suffered total loss last night. A rear stove was unused when fire started in the front, leading residents to suspect incendiaries. The four room house owned by Timothy Sidley, valued at $1,000 for the structure and $400 for furniture, had no insurance. Firefighters and volunteers from Mountain Con mine quickly flooded the building, saving nothing inside. The couple had lived there about two months and had recently bought no new furniture.
Helena Jan 7 Two appeals on franchise or license taxes were argued before Montana's Supreme Court. County Treasurer Steele seeks to collect taxes from Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone Co and Northern Pacific Express Co. Court took cases under advisement after long constitutional debate.
The funeral for Mrs W E Wynne, planned for today, was postponed to tomorrow at 10 o clock in the morning at St Patrick's church. The delay enables Mrs Charles Beresford, a sister of the deceased, to attend, arriving late today via Bozeman after travel from mountains near a Yellowstone park. Also notes local ads for market meat and dental services.
Passengers report the westbound North Coast Limited four hours late after a severe blizzard in North Dakota yesterday disrupted travel.
The Rev. Abraham L. Hanbey arrives in Anaconda this weekend to commence his pastorate at the First Methodist church. A 36 year old Ohio native, he trained there and earned salary raises for strong service. He cites Montana’s higher altitude as healthful for his family of four. Rev. W G C Macurdy departs Anaconda for Coffeyville Kansas.
The body of Denver S. Younker was laid to rest yesterday afternoon at 1 30 after a funeral at the family home 785 East Mercury street. Modern Woodmen Odd Fellows and the Mill and Smeltermens Union escorted the casket to the cemetery as Rev. Burrows led services. Younker died Monday after a three month illness from typhoid fever and dropsy. He leaves wife, a 14 year old step-daughter Mamie, an elderly mother, a sister and a brother in Indiana and a sister in Canyon City Colorado.
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