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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1907
Page
13
Western Montana reports indicate a very light hay crop due to cold late spring and slow meadow readiness, with some areas not harvestable until August. Other crops show backward growth though rainfall was adequate, and sunshine in the west remains plentiful while eastern regions see light rainfall.
Richards and Pringle present the Georgia Minstrels, a famed company in its 28th year, praised for consistency and wholesome entertainment. The article notes the group’s enduring leadership and rising popularity amid competing minstrel shows.
A blackface minstrel troupe returns with Sweet southern melodies and witty entertainment led by Clarence Powell at the Margaret theater on Friday July 19. The company travels in Pullman palace cars and numbers over 40 performers, featuring a parade and free evening concert as part of the season.
Superintendent Mathewson backs city council plans to improve Main street and Park avenue with tested road building. He suggests lime rock top dressing on blocks near the Montana hotel and offers lime rock at no city cost to prove the method. The council meeting tonight will decide scope and funding via local tax with objections due then.
Local updates include visits from A S Patterson and Rev J A Barnes from Helena, Norris and smeltermen arriving by train, and J H Tolan's illness. Death of L J Anderson from Butte to be interred here with Swedish Mission Church services. Goodfriends beat Eurekas 17 to 7 at the race track. next game set for Butte.
Professor A J L Burgess of Columbus hired by Massachusetts to eradicate gypsy and brown tail moths aims to boost egg production. He recounts amusing but impractical advice letters, including a fly ridden summer hotel idea and a farmer’s grafted housefly on a hen notion, illustrating jokey public speculation.
Poetic reminiscence recalls a hot Washington summer, contrasting memories of warmth with past chill. The verse evokes nostalgia for the paper’s familiar climate and the reader’s emotional response to heat and memory.
A local Hogwallow Kentuckian item critiques a flashy billboard frontage masking a unused behind lot. The notice implies concerns over land use and urban display while urging attention to zoning or planning issues.
Rain spoiled the Odd Fellows picnic at Washoe park Anaconda forcing indoor dancing and postponed events. Members from Butte and Colfax lodges joined local groups for a day of sports and entertainment led by the Washoe park orchestra.
The weekly tally ending July 13 1907 shows uncalled letters in the Men Women and Foreign files. Notable names include Carl Ashlund Earnest Allison Eddie Butler T J Connally Nels Eike Clyde Hoffman Phil Johnson J H King Ira Lindsay Ulysses Lenore George Manties John Spires W M Smith Dr W P Simpson A E Thompson Ivan Telmes Frank Creelman J H Hayes Adam Triskomu Kristen Johannessen and H F Ierrett Postmaster General note.
The remains of David Richards were interred in Hill cemetery yesterday afternoon in a large funeral. Services were conducted by Rector Van Wrinkle of St. Mark's Episcopal Church. The funeral proceeded from the residence of Mr and Mrs Jesse Rood at 717 East Third Street with his parents and other relatives attending from Butte.
A medical discussion on burn care stresses that death in burns is mainly due to septicemia. Local treatment to prevent sepsis is crucial, while flour oil and Carron oil offer no antiseptic benefits and may foster bacterial growth.
A Southern railway collision near Johnson City Tenn claims six lives and injures twenty as eastbound train 42 crashes with a switch engine. The steel passenger car saves mail clerks but telescopes the second class coach carrying a party of twenty negroes. George Moore, labor agent, among the injured. six negroes killed.
Sheriff heads to San Diego to fetch Fred H. Magill and wife, both arrested on murder charges in Clinton. The case centers on the May 30 death of Magill's first wife, a note claiming suicide, a June departure with his daughter, a June 30 Denver marriage to Miss Foy Graham, and a San Diego arrest following a telegram from State Attorney Miller. Magill and his bride come from prominent Clinton families.
In the Third Judicial District of Montana’s Deer Lodge County a probate hearing is set for July 18 1967 at 10:00 am in the court room to prove the will of John McNulty deceased and to consider T F Landys application for letters testamentary with will annexed. Interested persons may appear and contest. Dated July 13 1907. (Seal) IRAC GNOSB Clerk.
Philadephia hosts Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks as 26 000+ register for the grand lodge convention. A parade of massed bands on Wednesday and a judges parade on Thursday precede sessions at 11 AM Tuesday. The new constitution takes effect Tuesday with reform on elk tooth emblem and delegate election cycles. A grand forum court will handle disputes including issues with colored Elks.
Special dispatch from Philipsburg July 14 reports Fred Beley returning from Parish N Y with Mrs Nelson Warne’s body. Death of an infant at Henderson home of Mr and Mrs W T Parkison. Mayor A A McDonald back from the coast. Mrs McDonald and niece Miss Jennie Collins to stay on the Pacific. Marriage of Dominick Byrne of Drummond to Miss Marie Johns of Butte. Rod MacKenzie visiting family. Nan Fahey visiting Granite county friends. County commissioners to meet July 15 for equalization. Haying near. labor shortages worry Granite county ranchers. Crane Cranle of Anaconda on business. S L Church touring coast cities. Ballinger of Livingston visiting. L T Irvine’s superintendent Mrs. Irvine hosts. J H Miller and daughter to Port Angeles for vacation. L A Loomis arrives from New York. August Linstadt Jr of Missoula visiting and to represent mining interests in Red Lion district.
A reflective column questions rising public displays of tears in crime trials. It compares New York and Western cases where lawyers and judges weep, asking whether society is becoming more emotionally dramatic in courts and confrontations.
Members of the local rod and gun club enjoyed the afternoon at the traps yesterday despite rain. Excellent scores were posted with many shooters using the traphouse porch to stay dry.
A compact verse notes a rule of mankind and a contrasting view of woman. It asserts men seek opposite of current conditions while women respond with tears when desires are unmet, concluding with a cynical domestic observation.
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