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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1901
Page
7
Butte notes advertise piano rentals from Orton Bros and tuner services, dental and ENT doctors, cigar promotions, and a piano giveaway. It lists residents visiting, rail travel notes, a wine shipment, and local court actions and society installations.
Slide along as sleds for boys and girls are marked down to half price. Several styles sell from 60c to 3.50 dollars, and half that figure buys one at Hennessy’s today.
An appropriate remembrance from Orton Bros features a violin guitar mandolin or music roll. The note suggests musical souvenirs as fitting tributes and honors the family’s craft and era.
The next regular meeting of the I. A. of M. will be at Ellis' hall on N. Main Street Sunday night January 1. Gy order of trustees.
In Butte district court yesterday Frank Shaw sues to quiet title against John Noyes J W Forbis and D N Upton over the Bettina lode located between sections 13 and 4 township 3 north range 8 west Silver Bow County. Oregon Short Line notices security for costs in Shail cases Idaho resident Shail v Oregon Short Line and v Sanders. Other briefs cover Grand Opera House creditors and related suits with multiple parties filing briefs and motions.
A blond man with striking hair charms Mr. Clarke who laughs and pays a coin to part ways. A ticket for 21 meals at Dan Tewey's Southern hotel costs $5.00. The funeral of Owen McKenna, 28, is set for 2 PM at 1218 Grant Street.
Mrs C G Birdseye and W E Curtis traveled from Los Angeles to attend the funeral of Charles G Birdseye who died at St. Peters hospital in Helena. The service will be held today in Helena with Bishop Brewer officiating and a large statewide circle of mourners expected. Also noted is the funeral for James Ferns at 9 AM tomorrow from 440 North Wyoming Street.
The funeral will be held today at 2 o'clock from the family residence at 114 Covert street. Helen Malvey is remembered by relatives and friends in a private service.
Joe Bush was arrested on East Park Street on a charge of creating a disturbance. He fought officers, refused search, and had to be restrained by two men before being placed in a cell and later locked in the dungeon.
Helena report details Judge Clancy lobbying for another judge to handle injunctions and dockets in Silver Bow county amid mounting backlog. He argues the county bears half the state’s litigation with 13 judges statewide, and predicts passage of the bill. Also notes deaths of James Hill and Mary Shea with funeral notices to follow.
The note suggests using a one-cent Want advertisement in the Standard to find male or female help. It reflects a period practice of outsourcing tasks through small classified ads and highlights practical, low-cost job solicitations.
Surfan Shelly, educated daughter of a York Springs farmer, travels as a tramp in men's clothes in the West. She left home abruptly, says she is comfortable and has her father's support for travel. This is her second tramping excursion after an earlier failed feminine outing.
The Missoula at 345 South Arizona Street Butte offers free hot and cold lunches every hour. Private rooms are available and Charles Heckler is the proprietor.
Rev Father Van de Velde a priest at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart left Helena for Las Vegas New Mexico via Butte and Denver in search of health. He is suffering from tuberculosis and is only 26 years old but enjoyed popularity during his brief stay in Helena.
Madam Renno offers guidance on love marriage divorce mining matters business and journeys in a public notice. Call at 102 South Montana Street for consultations and predictions today.
In Salem Oregon early today Murray Wade attacked Will C Evans after a dance escort dispute. Wade knocked Evans down with a blunt instrument and stabbed him four times with a pocket knife. Evans is hospitalized with serious injuries. Wade was arrested.
John Evelyn’s diary entry describes a 1657 Christmas in London amid strict Puritan rule. Soldiers blocked worship and press-ganged attendees during a communion service at Exeter Chapel, with evacuees confined to rooms and questioned by officials for observing nativity rites. The account highlights enforced secrecy, arrests, and the clash between devotion and state enforcement.
Advertises a copper gold silver mine with assays of 69.20 dollars per ton gold 18 percent copper and 5.2 silver. Seeks a party with 800 dollars to take an interest and invites visits to 36 East Broadway Butte addressed by 8 S M Wade for inspection.
A brief ad notes coffee and cake for 10 cents at Fox Confectionery located at 71 East Park.
Washington Jan 10 The president commuted the sentence of Charlies L McUin who was to be hanged tomorrow to life imprisonment. In December 1899 McUin, a street railway motorman, killed another motorman in a jealousy driven incident.
Harry Clarke, a comedian, hired a Black valet in California and accused him of stealing violet essence. Clarke dyed a bottle with hydrogen peroxide to frame the man, then mocked the valet’s shameful reaction as proof. The tale centers on race bias and the sensational claim of a theft.
Washington January 10. David Graham Adee, brother of Assistant Secretary Adee and a recognized author, died this morning after a long period of invalidism.
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