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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1902
Page
6
A Butte reporter recalls a lodger's vivid dream while living in a creaky tenement. He describes luxurious summer surroundings then wakes to a freezing, coal scarce room with a cold bed and a looming fire threatening the castle he imagined.
The notice lists European plan rates at $1.50 per day and up and American plan at $3 per day and up. It claims the best dining and service at a finest table west of New York.
Kalispell reports five below zero as a 20 mile gale rages through the night. Hydrants are tested monthly after a recent fire to improve fire response. Smallpox cases rise to seven. Survey crews explore lines from Flathead lake toward the Bitter Root and reservation. Travel plans and rail tickets updated at Great Northern office.
Francis M Street is listed as a general agent for Union Casualty and Surety Company of St Louis Missouri. He operates from 422 Hennessy Building.
State Senator W. A. Clark of Madison county married Miss Susan Bun Houghton in Pony last Friday at the home of Justice John B. Schapps. They left for Virginia City to establish their home.
Children from 65 Sunday schools crowded Carnegie Hall for a fundraising meeting for the 20th century bank offering fund. Bishop Andrews and several Methodist Episcopal clergymen spoke. Of the one million goal, $320,000 has been raised or pledged, with Tremon Burday school giving $3,000 and one individual contributing $1,000.
Colonel Charles W. Miner reports Neros Island conditions unsatisfactory with 0 bolo men and 49 armed fighters under bandit leader Papa Ise terrorizing locals. The report comes from Manila on January 26.
A Montana trader recalls a four day deep freeze in March 1867 at Highlandtown two miles south of current town. Workers burned 13 cords of wood, canned goods froze, sardines vanished, whiskey lost, and Anthony wrecked the keg. Several frostbite cases, one man lost toes and a local neighbor became justice of the peace.
Citizens' Coal Co offers coal in any quantity with quick delivery to Kemmerer Rock Springs Rocky Fork and Gebo areas. Contact 538 at No 4 East Broadway for prompt service.
A lighthearted Denver Times item recalls a Cripple Creek man from the East with loud patterned trousers hobbling up a hill beside his cousin the fair girl. She teases him about the pants as he strains to breathe, dragging himself upward.
Book lovers should make this store their headquarters for new books as soon as they leave the press. Paper covered novels in large type from popular authors. selection includes Laura Jean Libby Mary J Holmes Zola Mrs Georgie Sheldon Bertha Clay and more at 75c. A $1.00 lot features best copyrighted fiction bound in cloth, including titles like Ziska Agatha Webb The Celebrity By Right of Sword and many others. Also available is Butte Above and Below Ground a 130 page mining history priced at $1.00.
Governor Toole's proclamation urges a national day of collection in public schools for a McKinley memorial fund. In Walkerville Montana, Mt. Jethel M. E. B. church held services with Rev. L. L. Tower delivering a sermon on life and Christian faith. The sermon connected McKinley's greatness to his devout Christianity and character as a statesman and husband.
A richly detailed sale listing European white embroidered flouncings and laces in widths from 18 to 45 inches with prices per yard from 5c to $4.00. Includes lawn Persian and Valenciennes laces, bobbinwork edgings, insertions, and all over embroidered bastiste and nainsook pieces in multiple widths and colors.
The Christian Woman's Board of Missions at Shortridge Memorial Church held a service describing India’s missionary efforts and showing a chain of links representing cities where missions operate. Speakers explained mission life and danger in China with a note on Boxer persecutions. A special offering supported the missionary program.
J. E Dawson and John Tassell advertise a cut price sale at 57 East Park Street Butte for a round trip to Boulder Hot Springs including a week of full board and baths with tickets on sale at the Great Northern Railway Office 41 North Main Street.
Cheyenne Wyoming January 26 George Rea famed guide and path finder one of the first Yellowstone explorers lies dying in a log cabin on Snake river He is called the Daniel Boone of Wyoming as he battles illness in his remote residence inland western life.
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