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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1907
Page
20
A court ruling absolves a prisoner after an error in the legal process was identified. The case centers on a homicide investigation with details limited by the damaged source. No further names or places are clearly readable.
A chaotic police court session featured four trials and rapid proceedings. Included were Olin Mattice discharged by habeas corpus, Peter McGinty seeking foreclosure action, and various drunken and disorderly cases. Judges and justices faced bias claims, with multiple cases transferred or settled as juries returned verdicts or fines.
Northern Montana sheepmen travel from Dillon to Salt Lake City for the Woolgrowers' association annual meeting. Leaders like F. S. Lindsay and Pat Moule attend. many others join en route. Weather and travel conditions may affect attendance. Montana hopes to host next year’s gathering.
Havana on January 17 reports a violent clash following a cockfight raid. Liberal gubernatorial candidate Colonel Mendieta attacked and battered Senor Coronado, editor of Jone Miguel Gomes' organ, for printing the story of the raid.
The new county commission era will continue the office of sanitary inspector appointing Phil McGrath of 16 North Wyoming Street to replace Geanae Haney. The clerk of the county board of health remains salaried and is being filled by the new commissioners. A resignation elsewhere and local bank stockholders are noted as part of regional updates from Paris and Washington.
Bridget Manley and attorney W. H. Maloney sue the city of Butte for 10130 damages claiming personal injuries from a slip on ice while walking along the sidewalk in front of McKee Printing Company on West Street. The suit asserts the fall caused injuries and seeks compensation.
Witnesses described Ollman as harmless yet showing a yearlong deranged mind and refusing to speak. Doctors failed to obtain information as he was declared insane and confined to the asylum last night. Mrs Caesar Jaques also examined and has been found to suffer insanity.
An old advertisement extols Vinol as a modern cod liver preparation without oil and with tonic iron, claiming it rebuilds strength and calms nerves. It notes tastes good and is sold by The Smith Drug Co and Newbro Drug Co in Butte.
Old-timers in Mon favor a Dill plan from Archie Hyndman Madison county to honor Capt. Jan Williams famed vigilante. They praise his quiet justice during crime era, saying he acted with restraint and died alone after a fatal apoplexy while tending cattle. Erection would acknowledge his decisive actions rid territory of gang terror.
Insular government demands payment of duties on Standard Oil imports into the Philippine Islands. Company contracted with the quartermaster to supply 300 cases free of duty. delivered 309 cases and sold to merchants. Duty set at 1.01 per case, later reduced, now owed for the difference between old and new rates.
A fragmented ad offers boys overcoats at one fourth off regular prices and tam o shanter hats at reduced prices. It lists ages from 10 to 16 years, with items described as 45 cent gauntlet sizes and sweaters at 95 cents, plus several tam options priced between 40 and 65 cents.
The Standard OM Company will contest the matter with the Incular government as penalties reach eight cents per case. The dispute centers on mounting charges and potential implications for compliance and revenue.
In Seattle on January 17 burglars entered the Capitol Hill residence of John N. Grover, choked Mrs. Grover into unconsciousness, and locked her in a bathroom. They ransacked the home taking $31 in cash and a large quantity of silverware, leaving the victim imprisoned for two hours.
Notice of sale of the clothing business at 73 West Park street Butte Montana to A C Lyles who will assume payment of all bills T E Booth Co. signs by T E Booth. The fragment mentions a frightened woman and a Fraternal Brotherhood social event in January 1907.
Des Moines reports Albert B Cummins inaugurated as Iowa governor for the third time. He argues that states must align legislation with existing conditions to avoid usurpation of functions by the general government, echoing a Secretary Root view. The piece ends with an advertisement for Orton Bros at 219 N Main St Butte Mayer Jewelry Woat Park area.
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