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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1905
Page
9
Grading is underway for a new freight house site of the Northern Pacific and its relocation is expected next week. Yard tracks are being reworked and the old freight building will move before active prep for a new passenger station begins. Construction contracts remain unlet, with inquiries to St Paul yielding little information.
SIONS EAST V in the Denver Rio Grande shows return tickets with various limits and extensions to Buffalo and Denver, plus Butte to Baltimore and Elks and Japworth league meetings. Tickets go on sale June 30 to July 6 with return limits up to July 20 or August 4, and extensions to late August. Call KR Hunt for details. ticket office at 61 East Broadway.
A man struck by an eastbound Burlington train Monday night was left exposed for hours as crews along the Nordeen Pact route, near the water tank beyond Homestake tunnel, failed to remove the body. Coroner instructions urged care not to touch, while locals complained of neglect and poor weather conditions hampering response.
Preliminary hearing in the government case against Jacob and two others on charges of using the U S mail to promote a Montana loan scheme and similar lottery frauds was postponed due to counsel travel. A search of a South Arizona street location yielded inducement literature and property tied to the operation including horses and traps offered for sale.
Officials defend the Equitable’s large surplus as a growth result and promise policy holder participation in management. Actuary J G Van Cise explains surplus vs liabilities, noting steady payment of dividends and strength despite scrutiny from New York regulators and press. Also includes travel deal notices and local ads from Butte, Montana.
In Butte Montana the court house saw a surge of charity seekers mostly for transportation to other cities on the Fourth. One old soldier, a veteran of both war and touring, demanded relief or transfer, insisting he would compel the county to provide aid or send him elsewhere.
M Perkins, one of 11 district post office inspectors, received a telegram from Spokane announcing his transfer to the Boston District for duty there. A 15 year veteran, seven as inspector, he leaves Montana assignments after winding up current cases. He will report with a $900 pay increase and will stay about a month to finish duties. Mae Chamberlain to attend Silver City hire books for July and August.
Christian Schmidt, a Butte bartender, filed for bankruptcy in federal court yesterday listing liabilities at 825,848 and assets at 120, exempt. He also has a nonnegotiable $2,000 insurance policy with the Maccabees. Creditors, all based in Jamestown, New York, hold judgments ranging from 10 to 1,753.91. All double stamped whiskey, Daly.
A letter from Cartersville describes severe indigestion and nervous trouble, once worsened by coffee. After trying Postum Food Coffee, health improves, sleep returns, and years of use bring lasting relief. The writer cites cream as beneficial and notes the product’s endorsement by the Postum Company with the booklet The Road to Wellville.
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