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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1905
Page
9
A persuasive campaign ad urges readers to quit grinding for others and consider owning land and a home. It asks if independence comes from working for wages and challenges readers to visit an office for more details on ownership opportunities.
Lizzie Whitehead seeks temporary alimony from Joseph H Whitehead in a divorce hearing for unusual cruelty. She describes marriage in April 1904 after a prior divorce, and the husband’s income from a Nevada Avenue property and an electric grinding works. Judge Donlan orders $50 attorney fee and $25 monthly alimony, with further terms to keep a restraining order.
Travel deal from Butte Montana for a scenic river route to Portland with rail or steamship options. Tickets 90 cents, 1 05 North Main Street, calendar dates unclear, offers stopovers in Idaho districts Twin Falls Boise Payette valleys and hot lake areas with views of Grande Ronde valley Hood River strawberry fields and Bridal Veil falls. Presented by 4H Wilson D F and P A.
John Doyle once a well known figure, is now in poor health and under guardianship appointed by Judge Don Ian. The court proceedings featured General Charles Warren requested to act as guardian as Doyle faces poverty and uncertain assets, with local testimony about his past fame as a teller of tall tales and inventor of popular stories.
In a crowded scene at the police court yesterday Dick Carroll and Frank Cash were labeled dope fiends and accused of stealing tools from John Callahan’s annex for a Sisters hospital project under construction. Judge Warren sentenced Carroll to 20 days in county jail. Tien Quong, a vegetable peddler, defended himself by saying boys caused trouble and that he fired into the air to disperse them. Quong received a warning from the judge. Frank Anderton and Barney Lloyd faced fighting charges. their $10 bonds were forfeited. Tim Shea, former Walkerville constable, was found guilty of vulgar language in front of women and children and fined $20, then jailed to serve the time. Sam Williams, husband of a repeatedly arrested neighbor’s wife, was fined $10 after a like disturbance charge. A local ad copy promotes long-distance savings via telephone with contact details.
Richard Reed and Ewart pleaded guilty to grand larceny. Reed given one year in the penitentiary after admitting involvement with McLaren. Other defendants including Ryan and Boyd also pleaded guilty or not guilty as health and legal actions affected sentences. Judge Donlan commented on hanging and related court procedures as cases proceeded.
Advertising blitz fills streets with posters for Pain's Last Days of Pompeii a grand pyrotechnic production featuring a faux city stage acrobats aerial acts and dances the show opens next Monday with Anaconda night and a special $1 round trip rail excursion from Anaconda to Butte. The Boston and Montana band to play at Columbia Gardens dance Thursday with tickets priced at 1.
From July through September the Short Line Mill offers round trip tickets to San Francisco at 81.50 and to Los Angeles at 56.00 via Ogden or Portland. One way to Los Angeles via Portland costs 61. Tickets are limited to care months with stops in both directions. The routes pass Salt Lake Portland and along the Columbia river, allowing views of new agricultural districts in Idaho Boise and Payette valleys. Reserve at 106 North Main Street Butte Montana.
Paras: Several serious accidents occurred as horses ran away on a steep Boulder mountain road. A Chinese gardener was thrown, breaking his arm and fingers. Mrs Taylor was badly ridden when a buggy toppled down an embankment. Eleven others suffered fright. no fatalities reported.
M. M. Vivion visited Ana conda suite yesterday afternoon to place advertising for the annual Miners union picnic at Columbia Gardens next month. He and George Forsythe arranged new novelties for the gala day with promises of a big show and concerts to attract a large crowd.
A Denver woman Mrs Sarah Kellogg writes to Mrs Pinkham praising Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound for curing her long standing health issues The letter extols the remedy and urges other women to seek Pinkham s guidance and avoid unknown medicines Health officials in Lyn Mass endorse the product as the trusted cure for female troubles
Beaverhead County reports a prosperous sheep season with high wool prices. Governor B F White says the climate and grass conditions improved, and though the overall pounds shipped were down slightly from three years ago, the revenue set a record. The last shipment closed a season marked by heavier wool in bags and higher earnings per pound despite fewer total carloads.
In Salmon City Waho and surrounding areas the county wool is fully sold with lambs shorn and wool shipped in gunny sacks. Prices ranged from 18 12 to 21 5 cents per pound the highest on record. The year saw earlier contracting than ever before and by April most clips had found buyers. Jesse B. Gowan Caldwell Maho emerged as the leading buyer, outpacing others combined, with J E Hample Butte purchasing large clips for Jeremiah Williams of Boston, Montana’s heaviest wool purchaser.
Chicago July 24 price cuts for September wheat reflect diminished rust fears. Reports exaggerating spring wheat damage drove selling, a Chicago expert noted minimal North Dakota damage while Minneapolis fell about 6 cents, leaving opening bids at 5 to 6 cents lower and the session close weak with September down 2 1/2 cents.
Died at the family residence 108 May Yesterday evening July 24 Samuel Savingman aged 72. Funeral services will be held at North Main Street Meader n church Tuesday afternoon at 2:20 officiated by Rev Chambers.
Justice O'Brien of the court of appeals stayed the execution of Albert Rick, the lawyer convicted of murdering Willan St. Rice, a Texas millionaire. A reargument on the motion is set for Oct. 3, argued by David B. Hill, who contends key points were overlooked in the affirming judgment. The noting mentions music by the Heston & Montana band for a Woman's club dance at a $1 a couple admission.
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