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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1902
Page
8
The funeral for Kind S Battieger is postponed after a telegram from his brother J H Battieger of Transfer Pa requests delaying burial until his arrival. The Knights of Pythias will oversee services subject to the brother’s wishes, with arrival expected later this week in Butte.
We offer a six foot hammock with pillow and fringe for 3.50 a heavy hammock with reclining chair attachment for 5.00 a light rubber tire go cart for 2.95 and a better lighter model for 4.95 with others up to 35.00 plus Gurney's Refrigerators.
Two barefooted young children, a four year old boy named Dalton and a younger girl, wandered from an unidentified home and were found tired and hungry near a damp heap by the Bellevue mine in Walkerville. After long inquiries by local residents and police, two mothers from Butte located them by evening, and the reunion with anxious guardians followed amid tears and embraces.
Charles Walcott selects F. H. Newell Walter H. Weed Waldemar Lindgren and R. H. Chapman as U S Geological Survey delegates to the fifth annual International Mining Congress in Butte Montana September 1 to 5 1902 Weed to present notes on Montana deposits and geology of Butte A Montana agricultural display is planned with ample funding and active preparations while a mineral display awaits conference decisions from the Louisiana Purchase commission
Complaint sworn before Justice of the Peace Orson alleges Harry Smith threatened C. W. Palmer and brandished a gun in an uptown saloon. Palmer seeks bonds to keep the peace after repeated threats over money.
The New York World notes Baltimore’s plan to abandon smoke by shifting to electric water power. It cites Augusta Georgia and many Western and California cities using water-dynamo energy, with long distance transmission to San Francisco and others. The piece argues energy from water will end coal dependence and smoke, delivering heat light and motion to homes and shops.
Come in quickly and choose from rich black broadcloth Tailor Made Suits with Eton jackets and silk linings in size 36 inches for 60.00. Oxford gray braid trimmed suits with silk linings and black vel vet vest in 28 and 34 inch sizes priced around 835.00 and 17.50. Royal blue broadcloth short jackets with dark red vests offered at 25.00 and 12.50. Several other suits available at half price.
A Meaderville story led to the deputy attorney’s office and Henry Riegger will appear in court. Ruby Walker filed the complaint before Justice Danter. Details remain secret. The trial is set for regular session next Monday.
In Belgium the Virgin's month of May features a Liege Province ritual where young maids meet at sunrise to walk fields and place three dew grass blades with colored threads green red and black under a hogweed. After ten days the tallest blade supposedly signals the maiden's destined lover.
Cassell's Journal recalls an Indian paper featuring two conspicuous blank front page columns. The editor explained this eccentricity as reserving space for an unspecified purpose, sparking curiosity about the missing content.
The article could not fit in two columns so the printer replaced all s with th throughout the issue. An apology note explains the shortage of s and the consequent use of th in certain portions of today’s issue.
The league schedule lists Butte at Portland Helena at Tacoma Seattle at Spokane in the Pacific Northwest scene and Philadelphia at Brooklyn along with St Louis at Washington Detroit at Baltimore Cleveland at Philadelphia and Chicago at Boston in the American and National Leagues.
Baltimore Sun reports Captain S F Creighton recall of a harness cask lost from the Kate Mc Namara. After a heavy sea filled with water the cask drifted 12 miles from Little Cove Point to the Levi K Phillips and was found aboard with half a foot of water. Six crewmen witnessed the event as an ocean current puzzle.
Pittsburg crowd watched 12 top riders compete in the national circuit. In the one third mile pro race Frank L. Kramer won with Iver Lawson second and Owen 58 Kimble third in 40 seconds. In the pro handicap half mile Saxon Williams won with F L Beau champ 50 yards and Iver Lawson third in 58 seconds.
In a humorous aside from the Philadelphia Press, a reader recalls Skrooge admiring a sunset and remarking that the sun resembled a $20 gold piece, highlighting his unlikely sentimentality.
London dispatch reports Joseph Chamberlain colonial secretary has entirely recovered from a cab accident injury and will resume his parliamentary seat tomorrow.
Reports from Constantinople say in response to Austro Russian protests the porte urged the sultan to issue an order of reforms especially in Monastir district areas.
Summer neckwear and belts offered with markdowns across silk ties, boas, ruchings, leather and velvet belts, tab collars, pocketbooks, and children's mitts. Items include washable white ties edged in black pink blue and white, 106 priced up to 1.50, boas and ruchings from 5 to 30 dollars marked to 2.50 to 20.00, leather and satin belts, tab collars at half price, pockets and purses discounted, and children's spun silk mitts up to 50 cents.
Diplomatic circles express skepticism that any meaningful reforms will be enacted to curb ongoing lawlessness, with concerns about political will and implementation.
F Appleby of Herne Hill set the world amateur mark by finishing 15 miles in 1 hour 20 minutes 43.5 seconds at Stamford Bridge. Arthur Shrubb, the amateur champion, was second and also beat the old record with 1 hour 20 minutes 15.6 seconds. The previous amateur 15 mile best stood at 1 hour 22 minutes 15.4 seconds.
London reports the Bisley shooting for the king's prize begins in cold weather with 1,729 entries the highest on record. Prizes total 600 worth £2420. Many best possibles were scored at 200 yards including Captain Mitchell and Major MacRobie Canadians.
A New York court increased a minor heiress's annual allowance from 6000 to 9000 dollars. The mother contended the former sum failed to support her daughter's lifestyle befitting her station. The daughter’s wardrobe alone cost about 1500 dollars.
The text notes Chicago women expressing horror at extravagant debutante outfits. Estimates range from 500 to 1000 dollars per year, with some saying a gown could cost 1590 dollars to avoid conspicuousness among peers. All agree the cost of girls is rising and question if expenses match the trend.
In a New Jersey tow years ago a newspaper notice declared all was known and urged swift flight. The minister then disappeared, as reported by the New York Press, amid gossip of a respectable church and commuter husbands.
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