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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1902
Page
14
Western Montana office of Standard at 110 West Main Street Missoula. Telephone number 18. Advertising rates furnished on application.
We commence Monday January 20th our great anal sale of Ladies Undermmslins. This offers an excellent opportunity to purchase your season's requirements at a great saving and to select the latest makes and modes. Most undermuslins offered at this sale cost about the same as the material alone.
A fragmented advertisement notes night gowns with various prices and discounts. It highlights price points such as 1.50 1.58 and 0.73, suggesting money-saving options, though the exact sale details are unclear.
The provided text lists inconsistent drawer prices and phrases such as 2.00 and 81.50 alongside nonsensical lines like wily and 310. It reads like fragmented OCR with multiple errors and no clear event or coherent narrative to summarize.
A series of ever changing prices for corset covers appears with figures such as 50 cents 40 cents 30 cents and 25 cents in varying formats. The notes include references to T5e and 1% as unclear notations.
In a limited sale, 50 dozen men's unlaundered shirts touted as best quality New York Mills muslin with 4 ply linen bosom are offered at 50 cents each from a regular 75 cent price. The seller claims superiority to common laundered shirts and promises a money back guarantee if not as represented.
Mrs Artimetia Crapper of the Lolo district was ordered committed to the Warm Springs insane asylum by Judge Webster and doctors. She is 42 and described as suffering delusions including seeing people looking at her through windows and behind logs at home. She showed fear at the jail, was escorted to court, and will be treated at the asylum.
Missoula notes a surge in slab shipments from local lumber mills as Northern Pacific expands large trains to the Bitter Root valley. The slab trade is becoming widespread and the city adapts to using slabs on a grand scale. Dr. Gwinn, oculist and aurist, is mentioned. Royal Arch degree work and a social lunch followed an Odd Fellows session. W. J. Babington of Bonita is reported as a victim who endured the degree and returned home.
Missoula reports detail a mill accident victim undergoing surgery at Stevensville with a fragile prognosis improving. The item notes the Golden Rule prepares muslin underwear and all wool suits with promotions and a queen muslin display. Also mentions Master Mechanic Barnes traveling to Chicago for private business and two new engineers joining the division.
Missoula on January 18 reports Reverend J. A. Barnes of the Congregational church will depart Monday morning for his regular trip along the Coeur d'Alene branch. He will preach at Lothrop Monday evening Superior Tuesday evening and St. Regis Wednesday evening.
Bids will be received until 2 p m January 25 by Gaspard Deschamps at Elmer Hughes office for constructing the Grass valley ditch. Plans and specifications are available at Elmer Hughes office. Gaspard Deschamps is president.
Public invited to a National Costume ball at the Elks hall Monday night January 20. Representatives from several nations compete for six prizes showcased at D. J. Donahue's store.
Commodore Faulds of the Stevensville Tribune is ill with smallpox at his home in Missoula. The physician says the case is under control and he expects recovery in a week or two.
A minor accident halted the work at Cabinet where steam shovel No 15 is stationed. The machine will be repaired and operation should resume tomorrow. Details of the incident were not learned.
P. M. Reilly & Co grocers and Scandinavian Munterstain of Missoula are linked to a January 18 Helena hotel gathering. The event details suggest a social or fraternal reunion among Scandinavian community members.
The occasion drew a crowded hotel dining room for an entertaining anniversary celebration. Guests enjoyed the dance, and organizers expect the hall to be insufficient for the lodge's second anniversary crowd.
Missoula builders and contractors organized Thursday evening adopting by laws and planning to complete the charter by February first. A Monday meeting is set to finish enrollment as many join from other labor groups, while Carpenters union members consider withdrawing. The new group aims for early action on its stance toward the Builders and Contractors association.
Missoula reports mild weather with no blizzards and only one major snowstorm this season. Ice depth reaches about 12 inches at Stevensville while icemen slow to work around Missoula. eastern county towns and nearby areas experience springlike warmth. The warmth troubles the ice men as crews balance supplies and demand.
A question arose whether the alley behind the First National Bank is a street. Yesterday workmen sought a place for a post for Western Union lines. Alder man Logan learned the plot includes a 40 foot through block, and residents may need to remove fences or barns if the change is pressed.
Wire men completed heatway work and strung lines to the Hammond block office in Missoula. New poles were erected along the route, including one in front of the office. The new office is expected ready by tomorrow evening with instruments, batteries and furniture to be moved. Immaculate muslin underwear advertised at the Golden Rule store.
Missoula police were called to Kab's second hand store where Kalb ordered his old dog shot to end its misery after long suffering with lockjaw. Kalb had the dog for many years and tried to treat it without success.
Missoula reports the clerks winning another bowling match last evening, continuing their recent不错 show in local play.
The State Medical Institute offers free home trial packages to men suffering from various forms of weakness linked to youthful folly and years of indiscretion. Write 638 Ficktron Building, Fort Wayne, Ind., to receive a sealed sample and learn how easy cure can be, with no restrictions on who may apply.
A tight game drew a good sized crowd as the Clerks posted the high team total of 2 030. Paul Lejeune matched the best individual scoring mark, with the Clerks taking the win in an exciting finish.
Missoula notes report visitors including W R Beamish from Plains and W A Laidlaw of the Northern Pacific Beneficial association from St Paul. Local moves include horses loaded at Hamilton for Seattle, desert land entry by Leonard Fox, a demurrer in ejectment against Bart Donley dismissed, and smallpox reports steady with no new Lynch camp cases.
Missoula mourns the death of former Senator EB D Matts who died in Chicago yesterday. Residents recall his strong ties in Missoula county and many friends expressed sorrow. Ravalli under sheriff David Bishop reported a pleasant visit with the ex-senator who was said to be in good health at that time.
H P H Collins known as Cowboy and Pincushion is under arrest in Missoula for disturbing the peace. Officers nabbed him on West Front street after a disturbance. He faced a not guilty plea this afternoon and a trial was set for Tuesday evening.
Four plumbers arrested for creating a disturbance at the Boughton home on Spruce street pleaded guilty before Justice Hayes and were fined five dollars each. F. E. Ramsey, a va y, pleaded not guilty and a trial is set for Monday. William Honsman appeared and gave a vague work-story. he was released but warned to reform or face a stiffer sentence.
Missoula January 18. The preliminary hearing for Jangraw, accused of furnishing whiskey on the reservation, was held before Judge Smith. The only witness Abraham testified he had a swallow and recognized it as whiskey. The case was continued to next Wednesday.
L C Mills age 34 and Mrs Bertha M Proebster age 30, both of Butte, were licensed to wed in Missoula today. Justice Hayes performed the ceremony in the reading room of the fire hall. The couple planned to travel to Butte that evening to reside.
A fine bloodhound was delivered to the county jail in Missoula yesterday but vanished today. A citywide search failed to locate the animal, and it is believed he returned to his home in Deer Lodge after being presented by Frank Conley of the penitentiary.
Quarantined today in Missoula the home of A White at 610 West Third Street after a four year old boy is diagnosed with scarlet fever. The child is not considered seriously ill.
Boucicault's romantic drama The Octoroon presented at Union on January 2 for the University Athletic association fundraiser with performances by university actors and students.
A Missoula depot conversation reveals the Northern Pacific plans a new six car express limited to passenger and mail service. The likely start points include St Paul Billings or Garrison with a two year through-track push via the Gallatin cut off. The train promises fine equipment and comfort as crews await formal approval.
Under Sheriff David Bishop took C F Stone of Hamilton into custody in Missoula on a fraud charge after he allegedly sold land, took 40 pounds and left town. Stone had run a Hamilton blacksmith shop and faced prior theft allegations. Mrs Dunbar seeks land adjustment near her claim, conflicting with Jenkins and Beacock. A land office hearing drew many witnesses and sides, with J M Evans representing Dunbar and Judge O Bannon of Deer Lodge for contestants.
In Missoula Montana the land office decided the contest between David H. Jenkins Ada L. Dunbar and Thomas F. Beacock over Beaverhead County land. The decision rules against Mrs. Dunbar though she retains some land to which she is entitled. History notes Dunbar’s June 1898 desert land entry and October 1900 Beacock land adjoining her claim.
A. L. Husing of Alma West Virginia reports 20 years of suffering from itching and bleeding piles ending after one Pyramid Pile Cure application. He says a 50 cent box provided complete relief and a pamphlet on causes and cure was mailed free by Pyramid Drug Co Marshall Michigan.
In Missoula on January 18 a partial distribution of the Marion estate was approved by the judge and $72,000 allocated. Final accounts for Marees Clems James Hill David Polson and Henry C Mahoney are set for hearing February 3.
A committee from the state board of charities and correction reports conditions at the state industrial school for boys as severe. it finds corporal punishment excessive and unreasonable and calls for removing Superintendent Mierick and other officers, a finding made public to Governor Orman.
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