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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1912
Page
15
A Butte couple offered to adopt Lilly May, a girl not yet two, to save her from a fate worse than death. The court had prepared to try her on habitual vagrancy when a resident asked to take her into a home. Judge Rooker praised the act as the city’s need for more people like them.
July 22 report from Bozeman notes haying in Gallatin valley under way but hindered by frequent showers. Most crop likely to be put up with serious damage though red clover shows extraordinary growth, and the year could still yield a profitable crop. John Gary, a leading local dealer, estimates total Gallatin valley crop at about 4,000 tons.
A Milwaukee railroad handcar crash with a cow left Gust Dimitroff badly hurt with a $40,000 claim filed by his guardian Dore Staikos in district court. Separate suits include Annie Lambie seeking $99,000 for injuries from a stairway fall at Huston and Piderkin’s Pennant block offices and Alice Parlin suing Thornton Realty over a trap door incident on Wyoming street.
Governors and presidents from major parties will address the American road congress in Atlantic City between September 39 and October 1. Taft and Wilson, invited before their nominations, will likely share a platform as the road movement unites workers, manufacturers, and automotive groups for a grand exhibit.
The annual summer ball of the Boston and Montana band will be held tonight at Columbia Gardens. Whitred J. Holman attends. 18 dances promised and a lively event. The reception committee includes C F Kelley, A J Davis, Roy Alley, J R Wharton, HA Gailway, F S Baker, John J McClernan, P C Gillie, R Be Gage, L C Beans, Gona K Corrette, W A Clarke, WB Horgan, Elias Siegel, T J Nerny, C J Kelly, John Gillie, B Ht Dunshee, H Mueller, Alexander Johnston, T J Bennetts, and Alexander Currie. The floor committee is Captain Hick, Arthur Berry, Adolph Heilbronner, James Ivey, and Joe Can.
A promotional snippet from MINERS SAVINGS BANK AND TRUST CO in Butte touts earning four percent interest on deposits. It appeals to all ages with a brief moral about thrift as a path to success.
A tax deed dispute centers on a 1408 sale where Lee Davenport bought the Narragansett lode claim parcel for 2.84 and later sold the title to Western Mortgage Warranty Title Co via an option reportedly worth 375 000. Judge Lynch will decide after reviewing whether proper notice was given before redemption. The case includes several parties led by Matthew Cullan and involves American Mining Co and others in a high stake dispute tied to adjoining property development.
Tenny J. Goss filed for divorce from W. S. Baisley Goss in district court with Canyon City Oregon as the marriage place on October 1 1909. The claim charges the husband is addicted to habitual intemperance and leander and a protege. He resides in Sumpter Oregon. Painting paper hanging best work reasonable prices Phillipson Lyn Lock 272 East Park Butte Indiana 1682.
John J. McHatton a former district judge in atte and noted Montana attorney endorses Cornelius H. Hanford of Seattle as upright and honest. He cites 25 years of acquaintance, support for Hanford in the naturalization case, and belief that the investigation has not shown any moral fault.
£100 reward and $100 in gold offered by Mayer to anyone proving he does not put in the best mainspring manufactured. Mayer’s charge is $1. Location: new theater building, 20 West Park Street.
Booker said yesterday that wife beaters and animal beaters fare in the same class when he fined Henry Wicks zero for abusing a horse. Officer Hungate testified to a horse beating on East Second Street. Frank Murphy, arrested for throwing a rock through a show window on South Main Street, was fined 15 dollars. he claimed he liked the sound of breaking glass. Madeline Powell, who attempted suicide in the restricted district recently, was charged with a disturbance. James Hogan, an expressman, was fined eight dollars for obstructing the street with his wagon. Bozeman Luce, one of Montana’s developers, died at her home early Monday. services will be held tomorrow at the Methodist church. EL Luce, ranch manager, arrived shortly before her passing. Mrs. Luce was born in Kentucky in 1840 and came to Montana in 1830. Miles City. July 22. George Smith, 2, drowned while near Fellowstone River. body recovered. He leaves a wife and child. Jo-Benton Leggst, longtime Butte resident, announced his office relocation to Salt Lake City, 224 Kearns Building.
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