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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1914
Page
21
Local advert touts a wide stock of diamonds rings watches and other jewelry. It promises unusually high quality and uniformly low prices with a focus on wedding and graduation gift demand and new jewelry arrivals.
The Shields corner block at Park Avenue and Main Street in Anaconda changed hands yesterday, sold by Mrs. Lillian H. Durston to Ira C. Gnose for an estimated 40000. The two story building, built about 1895 by James Shields and designed by W. W. Hyslop, hosts Smith Drug, Telegraph Co, and American Express on the ground floor. The sale, long talked about, ends years of mixed use from offices to apartments and may add a third story. Gnose denied definite plans.
A hunter named Godfrey Browne was found buried in 15 feet of snow at the foot of a 5 foot precipice in Mill Creek valley after searchers spent days seeking his remains. Browne, who had come to Anaconda from Utah, disappeared last fall while hunting. Coroner McFlare to recover the body. Browne leaves parents and a brother Lester in Republic and Mid London Dispatch in New York Times mentions.
The city council passed a "move on" law to curb street corner loitering and a joint ordinance banning licenses for certain houses. A new improvement district proposal for paving and lighting Main Street and Park Avenue was introduced, with protest filed by nearby property owners. A brick apartment plan near Park Avenue and Hickory Street was approved within fire limits.
A fragmented plea for permission to publish a cherished manuscript surfaces in a focal weekly. An Irish applicant described by a colonel offers odd, multi skill expectations including cooking, driving, animal care, and painting, while a humorous mispronounced reply questions the value of the item.
The United States civil service commission announces a male stenographer and typewriter exam held in this city on June 20 for service in this and adjoining states. Applicants should contact the local secretary, Board of Civil Service Examiners, or the district secretary in Seattle for applications and further information. The rest is a humorous anecdote about an elephant and a trainer told in a circus context.
Various items include business visitors to Helena and Butte, a patient at St Ann’s hospital, new seven passenger car for hire, sale of delivery automobile, parlor and dining room furniture for sale, Dopplebrau beer on draught, cash liquor house ads, marriage license issued, heating plant installation offer, real estate for sale, births at 617 West Third Street, and a local high school double header score. Includes names: Ambrose Dunlevy, Anna Morony, Minle McCann, Ira B. Mullen, Hasley, J.A. Hasley, Sullivan & Peterson, F. X. Muler, Mate J. Kelly, Carl Anderson, W. J. Johnson, Mrs. Morgan Sweeney, Scott Peck, B. F. Johnson, and others.
A plantation scene shows Aunt Lindy parading three enslaved children in Bauico smocks before her mistress. The mistress names the first Claudein, the next Hel iotrope, and the smallest Artuhfielal, all asked in a taunting tone.
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