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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1901
Page
10
The Butte branch of theosophy attracts many students with weekly meetings and Sunday studies of Bible interpretation. Col. H. S. Olcott outlines core ideas: evolution, cycles of Brahma, Logos, and the karmic law of cause and effect guiding reincarnation and moral reward.
The text argues the soul is a divine, conscious force guiding evolution. It rejects fatalism, claims man can shape destiny, and presents theosophic view of human perfectibility. It says realizing one’s godlike will dissolves obstacles and reframes calamities as stimuli for latent powers.
A daily 6 40 p m departure from Butte via B A P railway to Mountain View park with 10 30 p m return. Round trip 31 00. Features high class vaudeville boating on the lake dancing and other entertainments every evening.
In Butte the Globe-Wernicke book storage system is highlighted with prices for tops bases and sections. A floor of linoleum and oil cloth patterns from Germany is offered, with many designs and deep reductions noted along with several Wilton and Axminster patterns at discounted rates.
The text promotes Dan Tewey's Southern as the reliable option among many hotels, emphasizing that choosing it ensures no mistake.
Tickets to Buffalo for the Pan American Exposition are on sale the first and third Tuesdays monthly at 64.50 or 66.00 for round trips. Lake routes and Epworth League San Francisco meeting tickets sold July 7 to 14 at 50.00 round trip, valid through Aug 31 with stopovers. For details contact W H Merriman General Agent, Northern Pacific Ry, Butte Montana. Bee Hive closing sale and dentistry reductions advertised by Dr Wix.
A demented woman, Mrs. Lacy Epperson, was placed in the care of a Butte man named Dave Monahan for several days under orders from the state insane asylum. State commissioners claim it was proper procedure, with the woman later returned to the asylum on July 9 after being entrusted to Monahan on July 4.
The state board clerk letter dated July 1 from Helena conveys the decision to release Miss Lucy Epperson on parole. She is to be turned over to Mr. Dave Monahan of Butte, who holds the original order. The clerk sent a copy of the order.
The Montana board of insane asylum commissioners meeting July 1 1901 orders Lucy Epperson released on parole to her fiancée Dave Monyhan of Butte at his expense. Epperson to be taken into the custody of Monyhan upon his request and supervision. Officers present included Governor Joseph K Toole as president and George M Hays as secretary.
Monahan and C A Leonard remain in county jail in default of bail set at 1000 dollars each. They face a hearing before Judge Nelson next Wednesday as the state plans to prove the trio shared a room with a single bed while Mrs Epperson was in Butte. Monahan works at a livery stable. The men claim their aid was philanthropic and that leaving the asylum would help the woman.
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