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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1910
Page
13
A local notice urges testing of children’s eyesight, recommending monthly eye exams. It criticizes the Hight & Fairfield Company for not affording a master optometrist and labels them jewelers and optimists, urging readers to seek proper eye care.
In Butte today numerous visitors and relocations. Ore and coal trades noted. Citizens from Great Falls, Livingston, St. Regis, Manhattan, Bozeman, Missoula and elsewhere are recorded as in town or arriving from distant locales, with several leaving for Chicago, California, Wilkes-Barre and parts of the West.
Officials from the county attorney office and the coroner are probing the death of Mrs Charley Artran of 97 Hast Broadway who died in a hospital of blood poisoning. The inquiry centers on a female physician surgeon alleged to have treated patients in recent months and may trigger criminal charges if findings support misconduct. Investigations continue as deputies seek the bottom of the facts and other possible victims are suspected.
The Hen nessy store’s men’s department runs a busy sale today with hundreds of overcoats and suits offered at or below factory cost. Show windows flaunt bargains priced at 37.00 for overcoats, and ranges from 12.75 to 317.75 for items previously selling 13 to 40. Be on time.
The article urges timely eye care noting itching eyelids and headaches signal need for properly fitted glasses. It credits Drs McKendry and Hannifin for extensive optics study and decades of experience in Butte, claiming thousands of satisfied patients and recommending consulting your family doctor.
A large audience attended a benefit program in Montina to honor Rev. Renale Shippen, longstanding Montana Methodist pastor. The event featured a glee club performance with selections like The Crusade and Love’s Sweet Song, plus vocal solos by Grace Bowirett and Ethel Thayer Bowman. Proceeds were likely donated to Shippen’s benefactor, with Shippen addressing changes in Montana over 30 years.
The report notes limited restarting of operations at the Rostan Montana line and a smelter at Great Falls beginning to run. Ore car movement resumes slowly while some crews are recalled, as switchmen strike disrupted the line and holds crews tied up elsewhere. Full resumption is still days away.
A fragment notes Weinberg's Fashion Shop features a one third off sale on this season's fur coats and winter wear as bargains for value conscious shoppers in Montana. It also mentions Lyman Toscoe, a stenographer in the county attorney's office, recovering from appendicitis and thanking colleagues for flowers.
Reports from several sections of the Northwest indicate heavy losses as thousands of sheep perish on the ranges. In the Lander area the death toll is blamed on severe cold and feed shortages after railroad blockages hindered grazing.
In Bosses Idaho the Tiel famine has reached a critical stage. Five hundred families lack arc for cooking or heating. Three electric trails, city and suburban, are fed up for lack of power. Provisions selling at high prices. Six cars of coal delivered today but too small to bring relief.
May a murder mystery grips Central City as the body of Thomas Irvin a wealthy Denver mining man is found in a clump near a church doubt remains whether he was murdered or died from the cold authorities report scant clues and no suspects at this time
A severe winter storm stranded trains, with several derailing near Grevelitt and prolonged delays for passengers. Crews labored to clear snow on the tracks using rotary plows and shovels, while travelers endured days aboard blocked cars and hotels provided nearby. No injuries reported as service gradually resumed with Great Northern, Oregon Short Line and Amalgamated managing better recovery.
Joux Lhonard, known as Scolty, died yesterday at his Mishomr street residence aged 49 after a paralytic stroke. He had lived in the south for years. Survived by his wife Elizabeth Oppel and four Brown relatives, including Leora Oppel and daughters Mayme Theresa, and Lian. Arbur Lenard is a son. Two brothers, a sister in Bréte, and his mother in Ontario also listed as relatives. Funeral plans not yet set.
A sale advertises half price on a wide range of items including bronzes ivory curios art pottery and brass articles. It lists Paris and Vienna bronzes French china porcelain plates and English pieces plus pedestal figures and decorative bric a brac.
Washington Lodge No. 3 Independent Order of Odd Fellows installed officers at Sans of St. George Cen terville last night. Grand Master John T. Davies attended. New officers include Noble Grand Joseph Crothers, Secretary Percy F. May, and Treasurer Thomas Sturtridge. Funeral for Lathe Hubacka set for Thursday at 2 p.m. from 728 Finest Park Street, Morine cemetery burial.
In Brow page one, three switchmen remained at work as others joined the strike. One man was killed this morning, seven urged to quit via the switchmen’s union, yet ore trains continue running without interruption under Great Northern control. A new batch of imported switchmen was due tonight.
Yesterday marked the Greek church Little Christmas and Balkan communities celebrated with loud gunfire and revelry until police invaded Bubila Gulch to end the disturbance. Sam Susich was jailed after refusing to stop firing within city limits as crowds continued festivities. The scene calmed later, with quieter forms of celebration at Tonkin's.
Our store presents a complete dispensing department with a large stack of drugs and equipment. We emphasize double checking all work for patient protection. All staff handling prescriptions are licensed pharmacists with thorough experience.
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