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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1908
Page
9
A mixed line of grain product mentions includes Quaker pifted rice and wheat berries in packages, and references to Humpty Dumpty and Foree products. The garbled text suggests a list of packaged foods with prices or weights, but specific details are unclear.
In a lengthy session Judge McGowan fined multiple defendants ten dollars each for disturbances at Model Terrace. Names include Wille Owens May Graham Lucy Roberts along with others facing varying charges from vagrancy to public drunkenness on South Main and West Silver streets.
Resolutions adopted at Indianapolis by the national board of officers and directors of the Ancient Order of Hibernians in America mourn Daniel J. Hennessy of Butte Montana. He was a former national director, respected for faith, patriotism, and integrity. The document records praise, notes his service, and directs publication and preservation.
A reader claiming to be a past president of the National Spiritualist association corrects a previous editorial about spiritual marriage rites. He asserts about 450 individuals, both sexes, have been advanced to sacred officer ministers in spiritual order and seek roles in religious coordination and advisory positions.
A Portland Spiritualist leader argues that ordained ministers from Spiritualist denominations have the same legal rights to perform marriages as ministers of other faiths. He cites state and national Spiritualist approvals for Mrs Cora K Smith of Spokane and contends the core requirement is lawful obedience, not specific rites, noting heaven is harmony and accord, hell discord. He supports minister Harrison D Barrett of the National Spiritualist Association.
David Gilispie, longtime resident of Virginia City and Butte, was taken to the county hospital yesterday as efforts to regain health continued. He is about seven years old and has lived in a cabin on the Black placer claim on East Silver Street. For years he has worked for the city as a street sweeper, but recently became unable to work and was moved to county hospital for treatment.
M A Kelleen and A A Hellgen named as defendants in a county attorney filed petty larceny complaint. M J Kally, proprietor of Consumers Frill Co., testifies Halleen a company collector failed to account to his employer. Justice A E Gillette to hear the case, likely Thursday. John Sullivan, 8, Irish native, dies in Salt Lake City after months away.
Cincinnati July 27 The legislative investigation of Hamilton county public offices and officials was halted by a circuit court ruling. Three judges joined in the decision that the committee is illegal.
Washington reports a large prize gap between Captain Baldwin and Count Zeppelin for government dirigible trials. Baldwin claims superior rights and invention, asserting his design includes novel features he hopes nations will adopt. The German prize framework offers 3500 to Zeppelin, while Baldwin seeks 91751 for meeting all requirements.
A scrambled OCR fragment mentions prices and painting. It references locations Patnta and bruehag with unclear context. The text notes items like jetst and yan with limited readable content, plus a vague line about some prigen for the neking and names such as Risse LN. The exact event or subject remains uncertain.
Magyar Corby and city officials from Butte toured Helena to inspect vitrified brick paving and a local plant. They compared aging streets, praised Helena materials, and noted a promise to replace faulty bricks at no cost. The group backed Montana material if price and quality match and freight favors Montana.
William Parsons, who confessed to killing a man at Camp Cook eight years ago, denies the murder claim while naming Clem Hanson as the killer. Sheriff Ward seeks corroboration from South Dakota authorities as Parsons is kept in the county jail pending investigation. The note also reports the town’s social visits, fishing luck in Bitter Root valley, and local movements of residents and officials.
The seventeenth Universal Peace Conference assembled at Canton Hall bringing 160 societies from 16 nations. American delegates included Edwin D. Mead and Benjamin F. Trughlood. German Baron von Holleben and Austrian Baroness Bertha von Suttner attended. King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra welcomed delegates at Buckingham Palace and received an affirmative address praising international peace efforts.
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled that small shippers may combine small freight consignments or use a forwarding agent to form carload lots and pay lower large-rate charges. The decision protects mixed-ownership shipments, rejects discriminatory pricing, and warns that enforcing a ban would disrupt transport practices and harm smaller industries.
Berlin July 27 The German Ail Navy league has been organized with headquarters at Mannheim to influence the nation toward recognizing a naval strength matching Germany’s greatness. Members will pay 48 cents yearly in dues.
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