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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1902
Page
14
We commence Monday January 20th our great annual sale of Ladies Undermuslins offering an excellent opportunity to purchase season's requirements at a great saving in cost and to select the latest makes and modes. Most undermuslins offered at this sale cost about the same as the material would alone.
Night gowns and drawers listed with various sale prices including 2.00 down to 0.19 and corset covers priced at fractions. The text shows multiple discount steps and unit prices for nightwear and undergarments.
Sale catalog item describes 50 dozen men’s unlaundered 75c shirts offered for 50c. Features include short bosom, open back, 4 ply linen bosom, 2100 fine muslin, promoted as superior to many laundered shirts, with mail order option and money-back guarantee.
Missoula plans a public park by the Rattlesnake area donated by Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Greenough. The Greenoughs, longtime city benefactors, will hand over the land between the stream’s banks to the city, preserving trees and adding benches, walks, and resting places for public use.
January additions to the Missoula library include works by Alger, Burns, Doyle, Kipling, Stevenson, Ibsen, Marx, Muir, Livingstone, and many others. The list features biographies, fiction, histories, travel and youth titles, with authors such as Russell A. Alger, Horatio Alger, Frances Burnett, Mark Twain, and Rudyard Kipling among the new acquisitions.
A compiled list features numerous authors and works including Jack Morgan W C Stoddard Betty Seldon Adele Thompson Days of William the Conqueror Eva Tappan Dan a Citizen of a Junior Republic J T Thurston Eugene Field two volumes Slason House of Gentle Folk Ivan Turgenev Lives of the Hunted Master and Man Ivan Ilyitch Sevastopol and the Cossacks Lyon Tolstoi History of Transmission of Ancient Books Isaac Taylor A Boy of Old Japan R Van Bergen The Ruling Passion Henry Van Dyke International Law Theo Woolsey Joy of Life Emma Wolf Calumet K Merwin Webster Philosophy of Mental Healing S E Whipple The Westerners S E White Cathedral Courtship Kate Douglas Wiggin Portion of Labor Mary E Wilkins Count Hannibal Stanley Wey man Young Watson Swedish Fairy Tales Anna Wah Lenberg Life of Emanuel Swedenborg William White Young Mrs Teddy Maggie McLainhan Guilelma Zolinger
A program for the state horticultural society meeting in Missoula February 18 and 21 is announced. Specialists from multiple Montana towns will read papers on topics from fruitgrowing and marketing to grafting and inspection laws.Additional speakers may yet join the list as plans finalize.
A Pleasant incident occurred at the MisSoula lodge No 12 A F and A M last evening ending the year’s work of William C Wood as Pastmaster. The members presented him with a past master's apron in a surprise gesture. Acting Master J W Lister made the presentation speech and Mr Wood struggled to express thanks.
Justice Houteens finds Booth did not intend to leave the state to defraud creditors. A remaining charge may be settled later to determine if he owes Dr Fitzgerald 346 dollars.
Dr Bennett Electric Belt Co advertises a belt claimed to cure nervous disorders and many ailments by electricity. It emphasizes soft sponge electrodes, renewals for five cents, and free books on Nervo Vital Aiments. Denver address 10 to 26 Union Bldg. Limited time offer for old belts.
Missoula reports KE A Goodchild senior partner of Goodchild & Co. vanished after leaving home with his gun and dog. His dog Dick returned alone last night sparking fears he fell over bluffs or met an accident near Thompson. He is about 50, with relatives in England Russia and Switzerland.
The Chicago Bee Hive announces a remodeling clothing sale featuring extensive reductions. The sale runs Saturday, Monday and Tuesday with promised bargains on men’s and women’s apparel and accessories.
Samuel Dinsmore ill in Butte and J S Neher from Bonner on a western state trip. A new baby for Mr and Mrs Fred King at Drummond. Huson's Daigle and Nine Mile's J Doyle new Parsons hospital patients. Mrs J M Burton returned from Omaha after a three month visit. J P Cleary from Victor on Fruit Growers union business. Mitchell the quarterbreed drunken arrestee discharged after hearing. Mrs Brady of Anaconda visiting Mrs C J Lemley of North Missoula. she returned home. Emma Daigle, Philamond spur school district trustee, looked after school matters this week. A Jap named Krishikawa fined five dollars and costs by Judge Hayes for intoxication and noise. M M Joyce of Joyce & Mulroney back from Salt Lake City with positive impressions of the West and its busy towns and mild winter weather.
Dr J C Burton of Missoula reports a full dress rehearsal of the play Octoroon. University students will stage the production Thursday night at the opera house with 26 parts performed nearly perfectly. The audience is expected to be large as seat sales indicate a crowded house and strong scenery.
Missoula will host an Inland Empire Teachers' association gathering with Spokane on March 10 to 12. Kate Shetley, superintendent, accepted an invitation to speak on county institutes. University President Craig will attend and also speak, with Western Montana a possible addition to the group.
Dr. A F Lanceway of Great Falls leaves Missoula for a Bitter Root valley tour to inspect Stevensville Hamilton and then return to Butte. He downplays the Great Falls incident saying the bank remains stable with ample surplus and undivided profits and locals will not panic. Mail orders directed to the Golden Rule in Missoula.
Mr. Moore, connected with the Porter mines in the Wallace District, is in Missoula to have a small piece of steel removed from his eye after it accidentally entered during mining work.
Sebastian Wagner, a longtime figure in Ridter Root valley near Carlton, is reported very ill in Missoula. He has been aging and recovering from leg injuries with hospital treatment in the city.
P M Reilly & Co announces bids due 2 P.M. January 25 by Gaspard Deschamps at Filmer Hughes' office for ditch work to Grass Valley. Plans and specs available at Elmer Hughes' office. Gaspard Deschamps is president. Also a stray line notes all wool suits at nineteen dollars and a Missoula nursery store on Higgins Avenue.
Missoula reports Mrs H Thibodeau gave birth to a 10-pound son this morning the first child for the couple. Both mother and baby are reported to be doing well. The notice closes with an ad for Listers blank books and mentions the largest line to select from.
Unclaimed letters remaining at Missoula post office for the week ending January 21 1902 list names including Andreaux Louis Allen C E 5 Allen Charles Butler Miss Alice Brown Charles Bonk Christian Benedict D E Butler Prank Cruger Mrs Ellis E Cunningham Harry R Campbell John Connolly Miss Mamie Coleman Mrs Margaret Cooper Mr and Mrs William Floyd Thomas Hansen Otto F Harper John A Henderson George 8 Hymbock Miss Evelyn Higgins Mrs Annie Trick D H 2 Julian Jesse Jones R E Kreuzberger Miss Julian Long.
Otter Illinois January 22 reports machinist Conley from Northern Pu cf le shops leaving Rat esnake residence with his young daughter. He plans to move to their former Illinois town and may be joined by ailing wife Mrs Conley from a long hospital stay. Fears arise for Conley's fragile health on the journey home.
Missoula January 22. Ejectment action by Miss Maria Higgins against Bart Donley for possession of rooms on West Main, lease annulment and $100 rent due plus triple damages. Justice William Hayes heard the case and will rule tomorrow.
William Wallace Jr the Northern Pacific attorney for Montana traveled from Missoula to Boise Idaho to present arguments in the Stuart Hauser Holter land dispute. Briefs have been filed and evidence previously taken. the judge will hear arguments and Wallace will represent his client.
John Sullivan about 20 is reported critically ill at Sisters hospital with spinal meningitis in Missoula. A well known city native, he previously worked at the Donohue store. News of his condition is being sought by family in the Klondike region.
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