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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1901
Page
7
Anaconda marked its day with trains packed to Butte as excursions to the street fair drew 500 citizens and visitors. The special 5:40 train carried a large crowd amid celebrations, with smelter workers taking time off to join the carnival and a show of harmony between Anaconda and Butte.
City notices list Greig's tent rentals and shotgun rentals, eye specialist Verberkmoes, and piano tuner Schlappi. Copper City hosts a picture sale and Tolan's ice cream ad. Mentions Mrs. D. Cohen visiting Butte and Miss Margaret McGeary returning from Bitter Root.
James H. Lynch vice president and 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 from Anaconda and friends may learn about the company's properties by calling on them.
A long profile recounts Prof. Thomas C. Mendenhall of Worcester Polytechnic Institute, whose accidental discovery of Euclid while a farm boy led him to a career in science. His later rise to prominence includes multiple honors and memberships in scientific societies.
Hundreds write to Sheriff McMahon and Sheriff Cogley to obtain admission cards for the Dotson and McArthur execution. The date of Friday September 6 may be stayed by appeal to the supreme court, but passes are limited and press facilities will be provided.
One of the strongest mining groups in Butte is described with leaders including President Hon. Lee Mantle ex-senator and vice president James H. Lynch ex-postmaster, treasurer Fayette Harrington, cashier W. W. McDowell, director George H. Robinson, and other notable figures such as James A. Talbott and Lt. Gov. A. B. Spriggs.
Train service offers two return routes from Anaconda to Butte with bundled race track or cycle track admission. First train departs Anaconda at 11:15 a.m. and returns from Butte at 6:40 p.m. for 1.50 dollars. The second departs Anaconda at 5:40 p.m. and returns at 11:15 p.m. for 1.00 dollar. Tickets on sale daily only on listed trains.
The British government accelerates rearming the army by ordering 20 Ehrhardt quick firing guns. The two calibers include a fourteen pounder and a three inch projectile variant. Steel tubes replace solid metal for strength and easier handling. Recoil is absorbed by a hydraulic brake. gun weight and carriage dimensions are detailed.
Advertises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the quick cure for diarrhoea with a 25 cent price. Claims universal efficacy and urges readers to buy at Standard Smith Martin etc drug stores in Lansing and Conda. Notes summer illness and home use with a personal testimony from the writer.
A letter from Hon. Robert W. Wilcox delegate to Congress from Hawaii and the Sandwich Islands praises Peruna for dyspepsia and catarrh. It cites Dr. Hartman of Columbus Ohio claiming Peruna cures or greatly helps atonic dyspepsia and urges readers to write for free advice.
The description notes a large rifle delivering 1 740 feet per second at start, slowing to 965 fps at 1 400 yards, with a 16 shot per minute rate and one pound of high explosive powder. Shrapnel shells use white hot steel, 800 bullets per shell, each about a third ounce, with hand set fuzes burning 20 seconds to be effective to 6 000 yards and a claimed 5 000 bullets per minute resulting in a ceaseless stream on target.
Stock sells at 1.50 per share with par value 5.00. The company forecasts a 10.00 share price in one year. Call Messrs. Lynch and McDowell, officers, at the Montana hotel to view maps and obtain a copy of their prospectus.
A fashion note outlines a surge in patent and enamelled leather shoes across the United States with Lynn as a key production hub. It highlights the trend among gents on trains, the ease of care with new nonblacking leathers, and the conspiracy against bootblacks. It also notes imports from France and the decline of tan in favor of black leathers.
For plumbing see Dezel, 405 EB. Park. Butte & Boston mining stock was $2.00 a share a few years ago, now worth 60 times as much. Butte Mining and Development stock sits at $1.50 per share as a money-making opportunity. Advy. Also Thueson offers 54 pieces of suitings in many shades at $21.00 a suit. 504 East Park.
In St Petersburg on July 23 the sleeping car of the Moscow and St. Petersburg express derailed near Okoul ovska. Thirteen passengers sustained injuries, with Mrs Beard of Boston Mrs Harmin of San Francisco and Mr Calendar of New York among the slight hurts. The injured were taken to Moscow for treatment.
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