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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1901
Page
10
City council refused eight hour day for police citing budget limits and larger force needs. Officials expect no walkout and trust police will accept the decision. A union officer notes police are not union members.
The city jail underwent an extensive cleaning led by Jailer Sol Levy and assistants. They cleared spaces attached to the inmates claiming quarter acres of real estate. volunteers from the W C T U visited with clothing and other necessities for the solitary female inmate and held a brief service in the corridor.
Fire alarm rang at about 4 30 yesterday afternoon when a lace curtain was set ablaze in a room of the Heil enburg block on Broadway. A man aiding the occupant pulled the curtain down and it caught on a lounge, but the fire was put out and the department was not needed. Also notes Bishop Fowler lecture on Great Deeds of Great Men at Mountain View M E church tomorrow night with 5c admission.
Mrs. G. EB De Snell hosted a progressive euchre at her home 8 Excelsior Avenue with prizes including an oil painting and battenberg items. Winners included Mrs. Defresne and Mrs. J. H. Hall with other top prizes and non-player awards. A list of guests and postgame remarks followed, plus a marriage notice and local visits and carnival plans.
Miss Maud Orcott of Salt Lake City wed John Gilbert, youngest engineer of Butte and Boston company, in a noon ceremony at Trinity church. The couple plan a ten day honeymoon in Salt Lake City and will reside at 429 East Park Street after August first.
Rev J J White of Second Baptist Church in Atlanta accuses city society women of whiskey drinking and gambling mania tied to card tables He cites 16 judges including one in Georgia calling for indicting progressive euchre games as illegal. He laments liquor’s impact on homes and domestic life.
Special trains depart Montana Union depot at 9:00 a m Sundays for Twin Bridges and 9 45 a m for Deer Lodge with round trip fares from Butte to each destination. Routes include Whitehall Pipestone and Deer Lodge as well as a Pipestone Springs Sunday excursion with round trip price listed.
Irish societies of Butte plan a Sunday picnic at Mountain View Park on July 21 with train departures from Butte at 8:45 9:50 12:45 2:40 4:40 and 6:40 a m and returns at 6:15 7:15 9:16 and 11:30 p m Round trip price one dollar children fifty cents The event features Great Deeds of Great Men Bishop Fowler lecture at Mountain View M E Church tomorrow night at 8 admission fifty cents ice cream and cake one cent Foxs 71 East Park Street
A carnival week in Butte features midsummer discounts across leading merchants. M J Connell offers summer waists and ready to wear garments plus carpet sales as its main floor is refreshed. Case Gravelle Ervin promotes lace curtains bed spreads and linen bureau scarfs with a wash goods sale and heavy off on underwear and dresses. Hennessy Mercantile highlights novels at 1.00 and discounted silk items while Brownfield Canty advertises iron beds and carpets at reduced prices. Symons Dry Goods pushes silk sales and half price cloaks with wide fabric discounts. The week also includes a large silk and linen item sale and 10 cent hats with ongoing underwear offers.
Special carnival bargains invite buyers to inspect Kimball Weber Hallet Davis Needham Whitney and Hinze pianos and organs at low prices. Offers include upright Kimball Lindell Camp & Co and Hinze models plus used instruments, with easy terms and rental credits.
Mrs. Charlies F. Barstow returned from six weeks in Boston and Buffalo and will open the Montana on West Broadway around August 15. The project aims to be one of the West’s finest apartment houses.
Traveling men performed at the street fair yesterday and were praised as “best people on earth.” The note mentions beer lovers among them and cheerfully quips about “a million glasses a day” for Centennial.
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