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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1906
Page
16
Local Missoula newspaper Western Montana News lists advertising rates upon request, noting contact at the paper’s Missoula office. The short notice provides no dates or prices, simply directing inquiries to the Standard’s listed telephone and address.
Former Missoulian resident d Autremont, now in Lewistown, surveys Fergus county and Central Montana. He notes rich resources, growing Lewistown business clubs, planned infrastructure, and expected railroad extensions that could boost development and ship point status amid a thriving farming and mining region.
A fragmented promotional text extols Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets for indigestion. Testimonials from Jacob Anthony Noda Mrs MK West Preston and Mrs Agnes K Ralston praise relief and urge use. The copy asserts tablets cure indigestion and are recommended by physicians and druggists for nervous dyspepsia bloating and stomach disorders.
Missoula January reports say Western Montana’s mild weather hinders ice formation for rail supply, risking cutbacks by Northern Pacific. Officials note Spokane and Helena yards hold icy stocks but fear shortages could affect western Montana divisions. Some cuts have occurred at Bonner, Blosburg, and Three Forks areas, yet prospects depend on sustained cold weather.
A feature highlights The Debt of Love as a central theme with Mr Wright guiding discussions. The piece notes talent and 106 course enjoyed by many, indicating broad participation and interest in related events or lectures.
Rev. Ernest W. Wright preached a long morning sermon on the debt of love and freedom in worship at the Presbyterian church in Missoula. He urged Christians to act from conscience, live in love, and bind themselves to duties beyond mere privilege, citing the example of Christ and the need for active service.
Fragmented OCR yields a jumble of river skating scenes on a cold day and a dense, misread trade report from Washington. It references MississippI river ice, spectators along a ridge, Glasgow, and a German trade shift with U.S. imports and exports valued in hundreds of millions, including cotton, copper, and breadstuffs, plus a note on public transport in Britain.
Mis soule notes recount local residents including George Bellew and Architect A J Gibson visiting sounds of a mild winter with little snow in the district. Weather at the agency noted as steady with no major storms.
Missoula Montana union No 337 held a meeting this afternoon to elect officers with Fred Zeb as president Edward Killieather as vice president AC W Williams as secretary treasurer and W I Wesman T H Dunstan as executive committee. The committee was instructed to act as home industry vet committee and to visit merchants to encourage market activity. Meanwhile teachers from county schools take vacation at home, and a lumberman employed at Clark's dam was found wandering and taken to jail for examination.
Rae Miskouir Jan mA Lerovers, the Florence hotel night clerk, left for Brookside in Northern Montana to join the Wallace Coburn Cattle Company. Mr. Roberts, who came from Rochester, Minnesota, months ago, made many friends at Florence and will be wished success in his new position.
Readable fragments describe a proposed continental railroad from Eureka to Wyoming with a terminus at Delta Trinity River, via the Sierra Nevada and Takeview, to Oregon and Caspar Wy. The plan mentions Humbonit peoples, a 13N600 tax, and a 1,000 mile main line with spurs.
Local notes report Mrs. Thomas Roll of Victor visiting Hamilton, Frank Lockwood heading to California for the winter, and Carolin Wagner filing for probate of Col. Wagner’s will. Also mentioned are visits by C Coby of Bozeman, a United Christian Deaver Society social at Josie Stout’s home, and Hackus and Selby leasing the Lockwood livery stables. White, a rancher on the west bench, was knocked unconscious by a team near the flour mill. Four printers in St Louis ended a strike by signing an eight hour wage scale, with 30 workers affected returning to work.
Three fires destroyed about 300 tons of hay on the Lauterbach ranch between December 15 and 39. A $1,000 reward was posted by Mrs. Lauterbach for arrest and conviction of the arsonists. Armed guards are stationed within range of haystacks, and investigators note incendiary intent aided by a rare snow fall that aided hound tracking.
The premier outlines a long record of legislation aimed at the supposed benefit of the classes while condemning unionist mischief and reform policy as immoral. He argues protection harms the community and insists on pursuing continuity with foreign policy to defend the empire and nation.
A fragmentary ad touts CALIFORNIA PRUNE WAFERS as a natural dissolvent and laxative for indigestion, stomach upset, and constipation. It claims quick relief without pain, urging readers to continue eating while the wafers cleanse the system. Local drug companies are listed as distributors.
The day passed quietly with religious icons tended in churches. The Imperial Visited canal quarters and distributed presents to members of the court crews.
Special Dispatch from Bozeman reports Prof T Bailes of Boston lectured at the opera house on The Social Age and Beauty in Common Things. He used blackboard drawings to illustrate, drawing an appreciative audience. The series aims to provide citizens with high class entertainment at the lowest cost, planning at least five numbers this winter with receipts carrying over to next season.
Mrs Eva Toy formerly of St Paul left home two years ago. A friend saw a woman matching her at a resort in Portland. Toy died by taking carbolic acid at an early hour today.
The Philadelphia steamer Awmut reported nine miles off Frying Pan Shoal at 9 p m January 4 after departure from Port Tampa. The British bark Robert Bernard, from Montevideo, reported mainmasts and topmast loss. captain declined to dock. A telegram from Athens states King Howard will attend the Olympian games in spring.
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