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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1901
Page
9
An advertisement urges readers to buy Quaker bread roasted meats salads and assorted pastries to avoid stove work. It lists rye whole wheat French cream and Graham breads along with almond coconut macaroons cupcakes cookies and various buns and cakes including tiered layers priced in cents.
The shop advertises roasted meats at low prices claiming larger roasts shrink less, offering beef mutton veal pork chicken and cold cured ham minced ham and lunch ham to save customers effort and money.
The notice touts salads prepared fresh at the counter with visible ingredients. It lists chicken, potato, shrimp, pepper, cabbage, salmon salads and others to order, plus home-made apple sauce and home-baked pork and beans in stone jars.
There is a note praising prunes with a claim of equal variety to apples. The ad promises large, sweet, mealy prunes grown in France, stewed and ready to serve, offered today at two for a price unknown.
Local sellers advertise extra fine watermelons lemons strawberries and apples with low prices. The ad highlights a full market variety and reduced rates for several items including a dozen something priced at 20 cents per dozen.
Crowds pack the Anaconda day fair as the Knights of Khorassan parade leads a brash night of color. Soahr Kahn the dromedary carries knights. high diving by Edgar Rose wows spectators. Miss Austin sisters star in open air shows while the queen holds levees at the carnival exhibits.
Described dramatic mock clash on the hill opposite the pavilion where Grand Army veterans led by Colonel Manchester repelled the younger Philippine volunteers under Lieutenant Hill. Spectators filled 5000 on the veranda and hillside as the color bearer surrendered, Red Cross nurses tended the wounded, and a camp meal concluded the event with music and dancing.
A fast betting day at the track featured two horses toppled over jumps while jockeys Thomas Carey and Dare Ir. escaped injuries. Montanas won the hurdle, with Rainier leading in the mile race later, and Stuart Peters noted as a top rider with Chicago ties courting offers.
The De Murska building was moved off the tracks by yesterday morning but still blocks the sidewalk. The street car wires will not be restored until this morning, with an estimated 100 dollars per hour until complete. The structure appears too large for the new lot, creating a tight squeeze and about 17 inches excess.
Yesterday at St Patrick's Catholic church J O Neill of Anaconda and Miss Sadie Devoe of Great Falls were married by Father McGlynn. The groom works as a sampler at Anaconda's lower works and the bride comes from Great Falls. They will reside in Anaconda.
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