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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1902
Page
14
Western Montana office of the Standard located at 110 West Main Street, Missoula. Telephone number listed as 118. Advertising rates available on request.
The Bonner family receives telegrams nationwide after the death of B L Bonner. The Elks arrange the funeral at the South Missoula home Sunday at 2 pm with burial later at Deer Lodge. Mrs Bonner mourns, visitors limited, flowers arriving from across the state.
July 11 report notes funeral exercises for Stephen B. Lovejoy former Minneapolis postmaster. The services featured tributes from prominent Minnesotans including congressmen and business leaders. Lovejoy had ties to Missoula as a Coeur d Alene cut off builder and was well liked for his public spirit and friendships.
July 11 Missoula church notices publish service times and speakers for Congregational Presbyterian Baptist First Church of Christ Scientist Scandinavian German Lutheran Christian Methodist Adventist Episcopal in Missoula. Notable details include sermons, Sunday school times and special events across multiple congregations.
R S Somerville, who has fasted eighteen days on water, tasted an orange this afternoon. It is the first nourishment since June 23 and he appears as well as if he had been eating normally.
Arrangements completed for a July 17 baseball doubleheader between the New England Bloomer Girls and the Missoula club. Games set for afternoon and evening under electric lights with Garden City Standard bottle beer advertised.
Mrs. Rose Farley mother of Frank Farley died in Missoula after a short illness at the home of her son's family. She was 87 years old. Death occurred last night.
The obituary mentions a peaceful death of an estimable lady and loving mother with several grandchildren. Mr. Farley, once in charge of the Northern Pacific lunch counter at Garrison, arrived in Missoula on the north coast limited last night. The funeral is set for tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. at the Catholic church.
Missoula dated July 11 reports the death of Mrs B F Thrailkill at 1 am in Hamilton where she was with her mother. A popular young wife and mother of a two week old baby, she had lived in Bonner with her husband for over a year. The funeral is planned for tomorrow in Hamilton. Rankin Barber Shop notes all expert barbers on the afternoon train delivered many floral tokens from friends.
A Missoula report states Miss Alvina Keyes, granddaughter of Mrs. Alvina Pelkey, vanished from the Higgins residence. The sheriff issued a citywide search as Keyes, charged with incorrigibility, may be headed toward a reform school option. Sheriff Prescott investigated trains and the Wild West show route, seeking the missing girl.
Missoula July 1 attached to the westbound Northern Pacific passenger was Grassmead the private car of James 8 Sherman of Utica New York. He had with him ten Hamilton College students who have been attending the college in New York. Also present was Oscar Long of Oakland California who is returning to the coast. Sherman a member of Congress and chairman of the committee on Indian affairs hosted the group to show them the coast. The boys, a baseball team, played a 17 inning tie game at Carrington North Carolina scoring 4 to 4.
In Missoula on July 1 a light engine traveling west collided head on with an eastbound freight three miles beyond Trout Creek. Both engines suffered heavy damage and several cars were injured. The eastbound passenger train was blocked for over two hours. Engineer Hebbard led the light engine and Engineer Davey the freight with Conductor Fuller in charge.
Miss Cora Webster is recovering from an appendicitis operation in Missoula and is rapidly gaining strength. Friends report she is doing nicely.
Miss Hounton once prominent in Hamilton courts was discharged at a hearing there. She traveled from the valley this morning and took the afternoon train to Butte to begin new residence.
Local ad notes a sale of split bamboo rods priced at $1 with a slogan promising leadership. Rankin Bar appears as the listing location or business tag.
Floods along the Union Pacific and Kansas River rise above flood stage at Topeka and Manhattan. A soldier from Fort Riley drowned as water blocked rail lines and river gauges show record highs. Trains halted, repairs delayed, and households evacuated as cornfields flood.
Kansas City reports the Missouri river level falling by night. Clear weather expected aids rapid subsidence of the Kansas river flood.
Charlee Snyder a young man is jailed charged with assault in the first degree for allegedly trying to murder Henry Gramm with a revolver. Simon Hellman is also charged for firing birdshot at Gramm at the Gramm ranch. Gramm, a German farmer, is wounded with 15 shot pellets and denies being at fault.
Mrs Campbell wife of the druggist at Philipsburg was brought to Merrick hospital by train this afternoon severely ill. She had visited the city for treatment about two months ago and showed some improvement before returning home. Her condition worsened prompting the trip back to the hospital. Mr Campbell accompanied his wife.
Report on a deadly Klondike mine explosion details 49 cars carrying 46 dead and four living. state mine inspector J T Evans and Chief Roderick describe the blast, debris, and possible causes. Victims found in main heading two miles from pit mouth, groups of workers seated with lunches.
Victoria reports letters from Cape Nome note parties arriving from the Koyukuk country paint a grim picture. J McLaughlin says most have property but no gold or money in the camp, and some men run short of grub. Talks of attacking stores arise as hundreds leave.
Philip Addie was arrested in Stites Idaho on a Minnesota murder charge. A local officer took him into custody on a Minnesota detectives description. the two investigators are en route to Thunder Mountain. Addie denies guilt but claims to be the wanted man.
Mutual concessions by freight handlers and railroads pave way for talks led by the Chicago Board of Arbitration. A five member committee will meet July 12 to settle differences, with a possible inclusion from the union’s executive committee.
President Gompers of the AFL President Mahon of the International Union of Steel Railway Employees and President Connell of the International Brotherhood of Machinists depart Denver this afternoon.
Fire destroyed the Bear Creek business district one mile north of New London, sparing only a hotel three stores and two saloons. Loss estimated at $50,000. The blaze occurred today in Appleton Wisconsin.
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