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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1903
Page
8
The article notes that fine stones and ring settings wear out quickly with daily use. It offers a free examination to prevent loss and suggests most settings can be repaired to as good as new. It touts the high quality of the jewelry repair facilities.
Notes from Butte include new births and visits, business ads, and remarks on health and travel. Local residents and visitors are mentioned with names such as Mrs J C Morgan, Miss Murphy, and Frank Pilling. The Northern Pacific adds a new electric sleeper, and various people plan trips or attend events at the Grand opera house.
A Buffalo corporation condemns a circulating rumor that its Force Food is drugged to harm appetite. The firm notes no injuries in fifty million packages sold and offers a $5,000 reward for those who initiate or spread the rumor. Christie &
Geologist Finch completed four days on the stand as the Nipper mining case nears its end before Judge Clancy. The defense plans rebuttal after further cross examination by Judge McHatton and continued reading of Professor Shaler's Colusa-Parrot testimony.
Pufahl's auction at the up-to-date emporium begins this afternoon at 2:30 and runs all week. An unequaled stock of Colonial furniture, bric a brac, tapes tries, draperies, linen, cut glass, silverware, rugs and more will be offered with no fixed prices. Bidder decides price in an open auction as different classes of goods are featured daily. A word to the wise should be sufficient.
Immanuel Presbyterian Sunday School plans a July 30 outing at Deer Lodge. The Northern Pacific will run a special train from Butte at 8 30 a m returning from Deer Lodge at 7 p m. Round trip fare is 1 the child rate 50 cents for ages 5 to under 12. W H Merriman General Agent.
Short Line runs an eight coach special from Butte at 7 30 a m to Dillon with Big Hole river stops for fishermen returning from Dillon at 6 00 p m. Round trip fares are listed with later garbled portions and a price of 1.50 for some passengers. H D Wilson is the general agent.
The Oregon Short Line ran a successful excursion to Dillon and nearby points on Sunday selling 525 tickets. A second train will be dispatched next Sunday due to high demand. Tickets to San Francisco will now go on sale August 2 with unchanged sale limits amid Jeffries Corbett events and Grand Army reunion in San Francisco.
J D Pitt filed in Justice Doran's court charging Christ Sivitzer with third degree assault after a dispute at Nichols saloon below Renshaw hall on West Park street Saturday night. Sivitzer, a plumber for William J Killeen, was at work at the Pittsburg Montana Copper company's new smelter. Pitt says the quarrel grew from their work together and Sivitzer hurled vile names and struck him, causing bruises and head injuries.
From August 2 to 15 the Oregon Short Line offers round trips from Butte and Anaconda to San Francisco and back at 50 dollars and to Los Angeles at 60 dollars with a return by October 15. Tickets valid via Ogden or Portland. Ogden route saves 506 miles and 24 hours. Only two nights out. reserve berths at Short Line city ticket office 16 North Main street Butte Montana.
All members of the South Butte camp and visiting neighbors are asked to attend a meeting tonight. Important business and a smoker are on the agenda. J C Freiman, Clerk.
Native son of Butte Dr. William C. Hensley a Kansas City dentist and surgeon died at 33 from malignant typhoid after rescuing villagers from the Kaw river floods. He rushed through rising waters to warn families, worked on a raft, and saved many lives before his death. He leaves his mother and several siblings in Butte. Funeral held in Kansas City and burial in Deer Lodge Montana.
Northern Pacific inaugurates summer excursion train service to Twin Bridges Alder and intermediate points starting next Sunday. Trains depart Butte Sundays at 9 a.m. and return Alder at 5 45 p.m. to Butte by 9 p.m. Special rates apply on this train only. For details contact W. H. Merriman General Agent NP Ry. You make your own price at Pufahl's auction sales. A visit will convince you.
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