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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
5
A vintage ad extols Stuart s Dyspepsia Tablets as a cure for overeating and stomach distress. It claims the tablets digest a full meal without aid, restore digestion, and remove sour taste and bad breath. The ad invites readers to request a free trial package from Stuart Company in Akurshan Meh.
Local readers report a meeting at the Montana Hotel to organize a unified fundraiser for Wednesday. The effort targets blankets for businesses and rent payments, with a large sign planned to draw quick support from Anaconda and surrounding communities. A request is included to locate Alonzo Williams, 70, a shoemaker, to assist with pension needs.
Nevnie Wujnovien died at the family home 407 Biret Street late last night. Lawler and French undertakers will conduct the funeral, set for Saturday with hour to be announced. Born in Austria about 71 years ago, she came to Anaconda two years ago. She leaves a husband a daughter 14 months old and two sisters in the old country and a brother in Pennsylvania.
Missoula Jan 7. The final rail for the Chicago Milwaukee and Puget Sound line linking Missoula to the Columbia River was laid at St Regis. Weather slowed work though crews pressed to finish before layoff. Completion of the line west of Missoula awaits the Taft tunnel work, with about 100 feet remaining and an estimated 48 days to finish if conditions hold.
A special bulletin reports a cold wave sweeping the region with heavy snowfall in several years. Temperatures swing from 21 below to 40 above in minutes as wind shifts create deep drifts and impassable sidewalks. Sleighing improves in cities and valleys while officials warn the cold will persist through the end of the week and into northern states.
A mixed list of local notices and brief items from Missoula Montana includes sales on sleds and supplies at Coy's and Staton’s, room rentals, a Woodmen meeting, resignations, church group meetings, a governor’s inaugural ball, jurors reporting for January term, a city fire department matter, a curling match result, and obituaries mentioning Abraham Forsythe and a Paris civic court ruling involving Harold Vanderbilt.
The Good Templars hold a weekly meeting at Dewey hall with Captain Murphy's team competing. The program features Miss Elsie Gilchrist and Mrs Sophia Beam recitations and songs by Elsie Davidson, Miss Currie Hamilton, Della Howell, and Lizzie Stanton, plus a medal stickpin prize for most candidates. King Lodge plans over a dozen initiations tonight if all candidates attend.
Sheriff Davis Graham returned from Taft to Missoula to enforce state and county laws. Walter Nesbit was installed as deputy and the sheriff warned saloons, dance halls, and gambling joints to comply or face arrest and prosecution. Chauncey Daylason and Jane Peoterson will travel to Butte to compete for a gold medal in a temperance contest under Gospel Temperance Mission auspices. Florence Haddick also seeks a medal.
A testimonial from Connecticut indicates coffee worsens nerves and digestion, causing sallow skin. The writer credits Postum with restoring vigor and a rosy glow, noting improved nerves and overall health after switching from coffee to Postum and Grape Nuts. The piece references The Road to Wellville and the Postum company at Battle Creek Michigan.
Anaconda Montana city council adopts an ordinance prohibiting saloons or retail liquor stores within three hundred feet of churches public schools and parochial schools. It bars changes of location within a hundred feet of schools and imposes fines up to one hundred dollars for violations. The ordinance applies to licenses issued before and after its passage with certain grandfathered provisions.
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