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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
5
Anaconda residents dominated yesterday’s carnival crowds as excursion trains to Butte ran full all day. A 5 40 pm special carried a large crowd from Anaconda to the fair, with smelter workers taking a day off to enjoy the events. Many attendees praised the hospitality and new attractions, while the overall mood remained festive between Anaconda and Butte.
Tents for rent at Greig's and shotgun rentals at Grete's appear among varied ads. Verberkmoos eye specialist and piano tuner Schlapps are listed, with picture sale at Copper City and ice cream from Tolan's. Flor de Baltimore smoke featured, Strain's offers skirts, Meyers at 114 W. Park, and Mrs. D. Cohen visiting Butte.
Mr. James H. Lynch vice president and Mr. W. W. McDowell secretary of the Butte Mining and Development Company are in the city and staying at the Montana hotel for several days. Stockholders in Anaconda and their friends can learn about the company properties by calling on Lynch and McDowell.
The notice recounts how Worcester Polytechnic Institute president Thomas C. Mendenhall discovered Euclid by chance as a boy on a farm in Ohio. The moment inspired his lifelong pursuit of science, leading to a stellar career with multiple honors and scholarly memberships.
Hundreds of applications arrive from people wanting admission to watch the execution of Clinton Dotson and James McArthur. Sheriff McMahon will issue admission passes as the hanging approaches, with press facilities arranged and county officials expected to attend.
Anaconda to Butte and return fare 1.50 including race track admission. Train leaves Anaconda 11 15 a m and returns from Butte 6 40 p m. Also Anaconda to Butte and return 1.00 including Butte Athletic association cycle track. Train leaves Anaconda 5 40 p m and returns from Butte 11 15 p m. Tickets on sale daily on trains mentioned.
British government advances army rearmament based on South Africa war lessons. Twenty Ehrhardt quick firing guns ordered, two calibers 14 and 3 inch projectiles, steel-tube design for strength and easier handling, hydraulic recoil brake, gun weighs about 8.5 hundredweight plus carriage and limber totaling significant weight.
Classic patent medicine notice promoting Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets and Chamberlains Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. Claims quick cures for diarrhoea and summer ailments with multiple local drug stores listed. Includes patient testimonial and home-use emphasis.
A Washington letter quotes Hon. Robert W. Wilcox, delegate to Congress from Hawaii and the Sandwich Islands, praising Peruna for dyspepsia and catarrh. The testimonial claims it cures stomach catarrh, notes numerous remedies fail, and urges sufferers to write to Dr. Hartman for advice.
The passage explains a heavy artillery arm with a 1 pound high explosive charge, firing 16 shots per minute, retaining velocity to 600 yards and dropping to 965 feet per second at 1 500 yards. The Ehrhardt shrapnel shell, formed from white hot steel, carries 300 bullets and 20 second fuses, with claimed rapid fire of 5 000 bullets per minute on target.
Stock is selling at 1.50 per share with par value 5.00. The issue is pitched to be worth 10.00 within a year. Call on Messrs Lynch and McDowell at the Montana hotel to view maps and obtain their prospectus.
A Boston style column notes a surge in patent and enameled leather shoes across the country led by Lynn mass manufacturers. Observers claim gents favor patent leather to avoid blacking and brushing, with innovations in non porous leathers that clean with paste and cloth. The trend may eclipse traditional tan shoes except for summer neglee low models.
For plumbing see Dezell, 405 E. Park, with mining stock boasting growth from $2.00 to sixty times as much. Butte Mining and Development stock at $1.50 per share. Also a suit sale lists 54 pieces of worsted and tweed fabrics at $21.00 per suit, made to order by Thueson, 504 East Park.
In St. Petersburg the Moscow and St. Petersburg express wheel broke near Okoulovska. The sleeping car overturned injuring 13 passengers and sparing Mrs Beard of Boston Mrs Harmin of San Francisco and Mr Calendar of New York who were slightly hurt. The injured were taken to Moscow.
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