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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1903
Page
4
Montana lobbyist C M Sawyer reports the mayor and city attorneys convention backed reforms to city and county governance. Proposed bills include duplicating assessors, improving notices before suits, and fixing salaries for third class cities. Adjournment set for Monday January 26.
Purported hair and scalp treatment touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as cures for baldness dandruff crusts and skin irritations. Claims include stopping hair loss cleansing the scalp destroying parasites fostering hair growth and soothing rashes with widespread sale worldwide.
Notice that the partnership between Henry Labelle and William Labelle under Labelle Bros. is dissolved with William retiring and Henry continuing the business. Henry will pay all debts and collect all obligations. Dated Anaconda Montana January 10 1903.
Prospectors report active work along the range north and northwest of Anaconda as Cable Georgetown Daniels and Granite district push development. Gold mining is favored by mild winter. experts predict richer mines and rising activity over the next decade along the new gold belt.
Reports from Camp Daniels indicate mines that have been developed to any extent show strong progress with positive early results. Mining men are pushing work across the area as operations gain momentum on the eastern slope of the range.
Tonight at the Methodist Church a Gustav Fischer concert proceeds after a Friday postponement due to a social event. The program features violin, cello, piano works, vocal solos, and four hand piano pieces by Fischer and collaborators, with Lydia Wenger and Miss & Mrs. Wenger among the performers.
Attorney Tolan and Stewart filed a bond for appeal in district court after a judgment against Constable Jake Rentz in the piano case brought by Esther Pittie. The dispute centers on ownership of a piano claimed by Pittie as her property and arose from a bill alleged to be owed to Lutz and Murphy. Rentz levied the piano. Pittie claimed ownership and the lower court ruled against Rentz. The appeal goes to the supreme court. Lacey vs Parker on district court docket seeks $116.25, decided favorably for the plaintiff by Justice Kennedy in a prior term. the case is an appeal from that judgment. Helena hotel, Helena, promoted as the place to stop.
The last rites for H G Church were held yesterday at the family home 703 Locust Street He died Saturday after a five year Brights disease illness The service was led by Rev Mr Robbins and the body was interred at Odd Fellows Cemetery Pallbearers included G B Winston J Kennedy G T Wellcome John Odson W H Davidson and R M Greig
Reports claim a new strike at the Bimetallic mine on Granite Hill unlocks the richest ore to date. West 1700 foot level ore reportedly runs as high as 1500 ounces of silver per ton, with extensive vein, and plans for a St Louis world’s fair exhibit are discussed.
Me Rae offers a special sale on eider down dressing sacques with prices reduced by one third. The notice highlights available stock and urging customers to visit the shop for discounts today.
M Born & Co wiring a new arrangement that lets customers order at the same figure as if they visited Born's tailoring shop on Franklin Street in Chicago. Thueson at 309 Hast Park Avenue promotes shirts and underwear to order. McRae & Co advertise ladies coats and window snaps to entice shoppers.
At a Washington Gridiron Club dinner two bears, one real and one impersonator, roamed seeking the president from Mississippi. Roosevelt joked that if the impersonator called on him he could offer a cabinet post after he is stuffed.
In the Baltimore Herald a tense exchange notes rapid ambulance travel and danger as multiple auto ambulances race to victims. They describe hit and run incidents and the expectation of further responders, with bystanders watching the scene unfold.
A Harper's Bazar caption shows a doctor scolding a wife for giving medicine every two hours to her husband with insomnia, while she confesses the difficulty of waking him each time.
An old advertisement extols Dr Kilmer s Swamp Root as a universal kidney remedy. It cites Dr L Barstow Irish M D and promises cures for kidney bladder and related ailments with friendly testimonials. It offers sample bottles by mail and urges readers to buy regular sizes at drug stores.
The high court affirms Massachusetts ruling that Annie Andrews did not gain a legal domicile in South Dakota by a six month stay to obtain a divorce from Charles H. Andrews. Justice White says non resident divorces cannot alter citizenship or local widow status. dissenting Justices Brewer Shiras and Peckham.
The court held the divorce decree void for lack of jurisdiction, stating the Massachusetts courts alone had power. It rejected claims of a compromise with the first Mrs Andrews and money inducement. Justice Holmes did not participate, having delivered the Massachusetts decision declaring the South Dakota decree invalid.
New York on January 19 1900s court news reports the murder trial of William Hooper Young for the killing of Mrs Anna Pulitzer adjourned for two weeks due to the absence of a Supreme Court justice temporary delay noted in the report.
Mc Rie and Co offers four dozen waists in regular prices from 2.75 to 4.75 for 1.50 each. A few remaining S80c waists are being closed out today at the same outlet.
A sensational Broadway style romance by Virgina Drew Trescott with New York favorites in a production featuring new scenery and costumes. Sale of seats opens Wednesday at 9 a.m. at Smith Drug Co. Prices listed as 1.50 and 1.00.
Notice states Gold Bir Mining & Milling Co with principal place in Anaconda Montana levied 14 percent mill assessment on capital stock at January 10 1903 payable February 7 to A S Gray treasurer Anaconda Montana. Unpaid stocks after March 15 1903 delinquent and will be sold at public auction unless payment is made before March 15 1903. Treasurer A F Gray to collect delinquent assessment plus advertising costs.
Washoe Copper Company filed for patent on 31.40 acres of Hobson placer ground in Silver Lake mining district Deer Lodge County Montana. The claim, designated Mineral Survey No 6776, lies in T3N R15W and adjoins placer surveys 1676 and 2442. Frank D. Miracter Register notes no conflicts. first publication January 12 1903.
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