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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1902
Page
5
The Washoe smelter’s new power house, capable of 19 000 horsepower, nears first use with key wires awaiting completion. Operational plants include six matte furnaces and 16 MacDougal blast furnaces as finishing work continues, with about 500 tons of ore daily planned once ready.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Gold Bar Mining Company will be held at the secretary’s office in rooms 3 and 5 of the Bank Building in Anaconda Montana at 7:30 P M on January 11 1902. T O Leary secretary. Dated December 31 1901.
At a Catholic Ladies Benevolent Association meeting last evening officers were installed including Past President Mrs Mary McEachran President Mrs Grace Flemming First Vice President Mrs Bessie Murphy and Second Vice President.
City items list piano teacher at Short’s and optician Verberkmoes, plus social dances and hall events. Multiple house and furniture sales promote Strain’s and Leek & Co offerings as well as clothing, wares, and cheap household goods. Community notices include court filings, jail terms, and a mass reduction sale at Strain’s with public events at the Anaconda Athletic Club and bowling match plans for Standard vs sluggists.
The 16th annual Montana Society of Engineers session began at the Montana hotel in Anaconda with strong attendance from across the state. A packed program featured a smoker, excursions to the Anaconda works, papers on irrigation and water impurities, and an evening banquet, with official installations and addresses planned for the business sessions.
Report on coal theft along coastal routes from South Amboy and Perth Amboy to Port Reading. Staten Island and Jersey oyster boats turn to pilfering coal, hauling four ton loads by skiffs, bribing bargemen, and selling stolen coal at discounts of two to three dollars below market. Pirates use tide tables as timing, work in crews of 16 to 20 barges, and suffer few fatalities while facing limited arrests.
At a lodge meeting Mrs. Hattie B. Mahan installed officers led by Noble Grand Anna May Allen and Secretary Katie Dennis. Several visitors attended as refreshments were served. A Scientific American note reports French and Australian artesian wells with depths from 1,780 to 5,006 feet and large daily outputs.
A fragment from a historical column describes a pretty girl on a railway carriage, noting her mood and nerves. The lines imply social commentary on women's behavior, suggesting amusement and judgment from observers as the scene unfolds.
The Philipsburg city council in Granite county Montana invites bids for supplying not less than 300 nor more than 1000 feet of two and a half inch cotton high pressure fire hose. Bids must be filed by 12 m on Monday February 3 1902 with the city clerk. The council reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Attest Winfield L. Brown City Clerk.
Anaconda city hosts a special session on January 4 to transact business from the order dated January 9 1902. Items include accepting a poor farm building, moving county patients, paying contingent poor bills, and considering the Morgan Evans petition to lay out and abandon highways east of the city. WITNESS County Clerk Phil Greenan and county seal.
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