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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
4
Anaconda city officials convened a special session, with discussion centered on local budget needs and municipal priorities. Attendees included city council members and the mayor, who reviewed agenda items and urged efficient action.
Deer Lodge County Montana school board in special session considered finishing a $58,000 bond issue for a new high school. They reported a miscalculation on the remaining $4,000 bid and planned to seek legal advice from KEH Rollins & Sons before adjourning to Monday.
The district requests a formal statement showing no change in indebtedness since the last report. Local notices mention clerks meeting, storage and piano tuning services, and various business ads. Reports from Butte and Anaconda include residents’ visits, relocations, and upcoming events at churches and community halls.
General order from the Department Commander Wisner announces Montana’s plan to attend the 7th national encampment in San Francisco Cal starting August 1 with a parade and business sessions. Transportation rates from Montana ports to San Francisco are listed with several city comparisons and preparations for veterans and their families.
Department commander orders securing of a TM compact for 2 or 9 ceeds to Antipolis hotel at Hush and Stockton streets for 2 dollars per day under the American plan. Location will be within six decks of the national headquarters at the Police hotel by command of J. B. Wisner and assistance from ER. A. Waterbery.
A large crowd gathered at Mactallum and Cloutier on East Park Avenue to inspect a handsome piano destined for a customer's parlor today. The display drew interest for hours with tunes played and lively crowd reaction, though no business proceeded.
A late afternoon report details Charles M Schwab hiding in Philadelphia under an assumed name, with sightings at a St James Hotel and a quoted New York address. The piece mentions legal action linked to the Gold King Mining case and notes various names and hotel visits as part of ongoing intrigue.
Fragmentary notes mention President Roosevelt and scattered references to policy or governance. The legible content is too incomplete to identify a clear event, date, or outcome and provides no concrete names beyond the president.
Fragment reads a probate or estate notice naming Agnes Moicheck and Jot Hoo Back with mentions of a father and a role connected to a trust until a Saturday date. Details are obscured in the OCR and multiple names appear uncertain.
Washington reports Russia has replied through the American chargé d affaires in St. Petersburg that it will not consider or act on the Jewish petition regarding the Kieliner incident. The response ends the matter for now with no further U.S. pursuit unless further guidance is given by the president.
July 18 report from Breck Dispatch to the Bureau notes Shackleton and White of Butte secure a contract for extending the Mason temple site in Livingston. Planned expenditure totals and a January completion target set. The addition includes a deli with stands and a new warehouse to sell orders, with work starting immediately and a 54 foot frontage on Second Street.
Special this dispatch notes Benjania Medlerk, clerk, appealing the district court ruling in Rweet ifaes county that dismissed a murder charge. The report mentions larceny charges against Mirkin for misappropriating notes entrusted for transmission to the United States and a separate cruelty to animals case involving W. E. Blisworth. A fire department response is briefly described with an incident on Bolder avenue.
Fragmentary OCR notes refer to July actions involving Blandard Wvitiges and Fingegan with an unspecified sale. The readable bits indicate a locality reference and a result but lack concrete names, dates, or outcomes for a coherent summary.
A civil war veteran named Fionegen, who served with the First Delaware Volunteer Infantry, was sent to the soldiers' home at Columbo Valle for care.
Detroit July 16. The sixth International Epworth League convention opened with about 15 000 leaguers in the city. Meetings at Tent Ontario the Detroit opera house and Central Methodist church drew packed crowds. Evening programs featured welcomes responses and a keynote. A large local chorus split into three groups led by John Hillis John Black and Charles J Wing.
A man registered as Gd BK Osborne of New York City committed suicide at the Hotel Rockingham today. George W T Osborne, manager of the claims department at Commercial Assurance and Palatine Co, had worked there 16 years. An audit showed defalcation known to him.
A blast damaged the No 2 mine in Rendhan Pa today, wrecking the new Catholic church and extensive property. A principal street collapsed with 12 to 15 foot depths. Four miners were trapped and injured, one severely.
General Hernandes known as El Mocha the new Venezuelan minister to the United States has arrived aboard the steamer Caracas at Pan Juan on his way to New York with diplomatic duties ahead.
In Springfield Alabama on July 16 a pay car aboard the Chicago Peoria and St Louis line collided with a freight train. Engineer Dennis Hayes of Springfield was instantly killed in the crash near Neary Medors.
Twenty nine Richti fef refugees have arrived at Berlin en route to the United States. Most of them are pointless.
Washington reports a satisfactory settlement of the Manchurian question. China pledges to open several treaty ports soon, with Russia confirming no opposition. Potential ports include Moukden and Ta Tung Kao near the Yalu river, signaling broad gains for American and global commerce.
Oyster Bay July 16 No official information on Mother Jones and her army visiting the president at Sagamore Hill. Executive offices say neither would be received without prior arrangements and, if none are made, the army would be sent back by the secretary. It is reasonably certain the president would not receive the army as a body.
The steamer Nadejka operating on the Volga near Nizhnee Novgorod was destroyed by fire. Twelve people were burned to death.
Paris reports the death of Vice Admiral Besnard, former head of the navy, at age unspecified. The obituary notes his status and service, marking a significant naval leadership loss for France.
A man with chronic illness asks for a beer tonic in a punny exchange. The doctor declines, labeling the request as an unfit Teutonic remedy, with the punchline framed around a Princeton Tiger reference.
Notice is hereby given by Mary A Morton administratrix of the estate of William Norton deceased to creditors and others having claims against the estate to exhibit them with vouchers within ten months after first publication to the administratrix at the office of George B Winston attorney at law in Anaconda Deer Lodge County Montana. Dated July 16 1903 Anaconda Montana.
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