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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1901
Page
12
Western Montana office of the Standard is at 110 West Main street Missoula. Telephone number WS. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Missoula reports on Hert Bandmann’s New York performance at Hurtig Seamon’s featuring a zylophone piece for Florence Bindley and the love story in the David Garrick interlude. The Sun’s review lauds Bandmann’s intensity and timing while noting the supporting cast and the half hour program.
Missoula officials plan a council gathering tomorrow evening with the mayor and all aldermen likely to attend. The main issue is whether the city should pay for meals for smallpox quarantined patients, a decision seen as the only viable option. The police chief’s resignation issue appears resolved, and gambling questions may be deferred.
Missoula telegraph notes report M. Pride, chief clerk, sidelined by a severe cold with pneumonia feared but he is improving and expected back soon. L R R Tuttle named station agent at Gold Creek. Whitmore spur track damage delays siding use until repairs finish. Engine 202 returned from Tacoma overhaul and back in service. Engine 172, previously involved in the Bearmouth wreck, remains in the roundhouse with minor damage and soon to be ready.
Frank Butler, a brakeman on freight No. 58, eastbound, broke a leg in an accident at Bearmouth while switching lumber. He was pinned between loads, treated at Northern Pacific hospital after the injury.
Missoula report from Sisters Hospital records a four hour operation on Mrs. Fred Erb that removed a large tumor weighing eight pounds. Doctors describe the procedure as satisfactory and expect a full recovery with no setbacks anticipated.
Excellent bread at Rosendorf's Missoula. A North Side club dance last night sparked a small disturbance that will be aired.
The Christian Helpers Society plans its annual charity ball on Tuesday January 22. Music will be provided by the Mandolin Club. Tickets are priced at 1 dollar.
Missoula preparations for a bond sale at the courthouse tomorrow advertise a $150 000 issue bearing 4 percent interest. Bidders include three eastern houses, local bankers, and brokers with mail bids also awaited. Sale set for 2 p.m. to fund maturing bonds and warrants, aiming to improve county finances before successors take over next fall.
In Missoula at dawn a quarrel between a woman resident on West Front Street and her colored secretary escalated to gunfire. The woman was battered, one arm dislocated, and a surgeon treated her through the day. The male party fled and has not been seen. a complaint was filed but he may have vanished with a new baby.
Advertises a two day cure for the grip using Laxative Bromo Quinine. Claims removal of the cause and rapid relief.
Henry St J Doyle of White Rock Minnesota asks Missoula readers for information on Peter KE Frisk who wrote from Missoula seven or eight years ago. Doyle says Frisk mentioned a farm near Missoula and may have lingering interest they could share.
Complete annual stock-taking in Missoula shows most merchants report satisfactory results. Merchants note last year’s business was likely the strongest on record despite more stores in town. Blume the customer will be at the east Union block store Monday to Wednesday for Sons of Hermann masquerade costume fittings.
Sunday brought skaters out to the frozen south channel of the Missoula river and university pond. The channel drew many young men and their partners despite rough ice.
Missoula in January anticipates the Idaho Hilarity club banquet at Wallace on Saturday January 26 with Missoula members attending and grand plans to exceed prior shows. Schiller lodge Sons of Hermann prepares a top masquerade at Union hall on January 23 with prizes for costumes and makeup. Gem orchestra directed by Don Meach provides music and tickets are 1 dollar with free admission for ladies in costume.
All Sablotzsky stock is in Missoula Mercantile warerooms and being unpacked. The firm will place the stock on sale next Monday at 10 o'clock in the morning.
Filling the houses at Blossburg the Northern Pacific cuts over 200 tons of ice daily. The ice measures 18 inches thick and is of excellent quality. Work on filling the ice houses in Missoula progresses well.
Thomas C. Marshall returns from Helena trip while Agent Smead from Flathead reservation visits Missoula. Residents travel between Stevensville Hamilton and Bitter Root. Community groups plan a St. Omar’s commandery meeting and a social gathering at Mrs. Lombard’s South Third Street home. Local health updates mention grip epidemic and hospital recoveries as staff changes occur.
The item reports Hugo Mann returning to take his position after a visit in Butte, mentions the Journal of Applied Microscopy with a lead article by Professor Morton J. Elrod, notes pianos priced upward from 250 dollars in Prosperity block, and updates Albert Ahrens who is recovering from a leg injury after an accident in Florence with gradual improvement expected in a week or more.
Bozeman reports the experiment station now uses the former Emery building as offices and classrooms. Fortier, Shaw, Blankenship, and Cooley oversee extensive herbarium, grain collections, insect displays, and a new botany and entomology lab. A short agriculture course attracts many farmers as the city council plans a sewer system and alley cleanup amid debate on funding.
A lively competition drew a large crowd as players amassed high scores including Heisman 570 Boyle 471 and M Johnson 601 with totals listed for several participants. Nearby legal action against a teacher was dismissed after a settlement. Bozeman reports colds grips and smallpox in families while Chesnut schools close due to diphtheria amid widespread illness.
In New York a clever maid trapped a burglar without alarming others. She gradually closed the closet door with a broom while distracting him by creating a phone line trap. Helpers tapped lines to summon police, who arrived and captured the intruder.
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