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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1903
Page
12
The Western Montana office of the Standard is at 110 West Main Street Missoula. Telephone number 118. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Missoula residents read a bulletin misreporting a fight between Joseph M. Dixon and F. Augustus. Dixon, visiting Helena briefly, clarified the item by marking the bulletin: This is John J M Dixon. The confusion followed sightings and inquiries as details of real estate and mining deeds from nearby towns circulated in the news.
Missoula residents gathered for a Friday night match of local game birds against Hamilton birds at Ravalli county seat. The event faced delays and threats from Sheriff Watts but proceeded amid risk. The Missoula birds won five of eight fights despite spirited crowd losses and a late Kentucky challenger turning out to be a dud.
On Saturday the county clerk recorded warranty deeds listing Herman Huetter to Andrew Frendereich for 40 acres in section 10 township 12 north range 20 west with a $200 consideration. The First National appears in another warranty deed item not fully shown.
Missoula mayor announces no council meeting and withdraws consideration of the Light and Power company's extension petition. President McLeod says future action will come from the people, not the company, and a taxpayers meeting was not representative, delaying agitation.
D G Lockwood treasurer of Chateau county passed through Missoula on his way from Fort Benton to Corvallis after being summoned by the death of his mother.
N. Simons leaves Missoula tonight for Portland by automobile. He will use the car to view the cities along the coast during his trip.
Rev. Walter Hays presents the second season of the Life of Saul series. The new installment continues the biblical narrative with emphasis on Saul’s rise, leadership challenges, and pivotal moments in ancient Israelite history.
Missoula January 11 A large audience heard Rev. Walter Hays preach the second sermon in the series The tragedy of Saul at the Presbyterian church. The sermon titled Sparing Sheep and Losing God traced Saul's rise, then his fall after sparing Agag and the best spoils, illustrating how ambition and earthly possessions led him away from obedience to God.
The Missoula Red and Gun club plans to urge the legislature to tighten game laws. They seek more wardens, increased powers, no spring shooting, open season September 1 to December 1, one elk per hunter, and three deer per hunter. Officers named A. W. Woodworth president and Leighton Stewart secretarytreasurer. annual $5 membership levy.
Missoula January meeting of Northern Pacific workers drafted a fellow servant bill to allow railroad employees to sue for injuries. Supporters argue the law would lift worker standards by pushing railroads to hire careful men. A committee was appointed to advance the bill during the current session.
A. J. Spooner of Victor spent Saturday in Missoula. Several visitors from Brainerd and St. Louis are registered at local hotels. City officials report trips to Sand Point Idaho. The Cosmos club and Methodist revival services loom large with a week of lectures and evening gatherings led by Rev KE Mills and Rev Corliss Hargraves.
Missoula front shows Sheriff Thompson received a letter from County Attorney Hall urging enforcement of the state gambling law. Chief of Police Larson said there may be a few cigar slot machines left, but steps are being taken to enforce the law and curb illegal gaming.
In Missoula on January 11 a former deputy sheriff, McCormick, encountered a man who claimed he had “something coming.” The ex-officer, initially amused, was struck and then used force to subdue the attacker until the man begged for mercy. The assailant had previously been jailed by McCormick.
Report notes no arrests and no rambling to his knowledge in the city. Authorities anticipate no trouble as the tiger is kept under watch and may retire temporarily. a vague time window from 11:30 to 2 is mentioned for a possible action.
A petition circulating for a Saturday midnight to Monday 7 am prohibition on saloon openings. Initiated by the W T U Missoula, churches back the move and plan to present many signatures to the state legislature. Also promotional note about visiting The Grand hotel in Missoula.
Missoula January 11 M S Quist dies at 5 30 pm at his Iron Mountain home from internal cancer. An elder member of Covenant lodge of Odd Fellows he was sent to Kansas City for an operation but cancer was too advanced. The deceased was a middle aged man well known in the area. Remains to be buried under Odd Fellows auspices.
A St Louis Globe-Democrat piece describes Santa Claus as a vast global employer of toy makers. It follows how wax heads, bodies, eyes, hair, and facial features are crafted in workshops, detailing melting wax, molds, eye placement, and final assembly before filling the bag for Christmas Eve.
The piece surveys toy making across Nuremberg Furth Sonneberg Tyrol and France. It notes lead soldiers and numerous mechanical toys from Nuremberg and Furth Noah’s arks and wooden animals from Saxony. Sonneberg employs many children, while Tyrolean workshops supply jointed dolls. France makes tin toys drum puzzles and pneumatic dancing figures. It comments on London home toy making and cheap wooden toys.
The New York Times recounts Old Rastus once a sleeping car porter now in the George H. Daniels General Passenger Agent office at Grand Central. He dusts, keeps the cat from the tongs, and enjoys poker in off hours.
Cleveland Plain Dealer notes a couple marking 17 years of marriage with festive plans. They ask if the 17th anniversary compares to silver or china, and are told it is the coal anniversary, prompting a lighthearted discussion.
New police head Gen Francis Vinton Greene is described as a club man belonging to 11 city clubs. Notable memberships include the Century Union League Metropolitan University Republican and the New York clubs with frequent appearances at the University and Union League.
The United States cruisers Chicago and Cincinnati stopped at St Thomas on January 11 with Admiral Crowninshield on board to coal. They then departed for Teneriffe.
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