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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1903
Page
5
Fragmentary notice from Butte area paper lists telephone and advertising rate details upon request. It mentions standard rates and a call for inquiries, with partial words and damaged lines suggesting advertising terms and contact method.
The article notes emeralds and rubies rise in price due to demand and limited supply, but most buyers still prefer diamonds. Diamonds have advanced and remain in demand, with the trade unusually strong lately aided by the grade, variety, and competitive prices of unmounted stones carried by the seller.
Hight and Fairfield Co of Butte Montana present inspectors of watches designated to oversee Oregon Short Line Railroad operations in the region.
Butte residents and visitors fill the scene with movements across Montana. Notables include Rev W W Love from Helena visiting Butte, Nort Almon heading to Rochester, and J C Cottingham with E E Day in town at the Finlen. Actors, lawyers, and officials travel between Helena, Great Falls, and Rochester, while train service adds a new electric lighted sleeper to the North Coast Limited.
A Brooklyn Eagle report notes a Long Island woman was offered elk worm eggs by the Department of Agriculture to start silk worm culture at her mulberry trees. She received eggs and instruction, hatchlings emerge, cocoons will be harvested and paid in European prices. Officials aim to boost U S silk production to reduce dependence on Europe.
The Montana episcopal convocation opened at St. John's Butte with delegates statewide. Bishop Brewer delivered the evening address outlining diocese policy, while the Noyes memorial window was unveiled. Rev Wakefield preached on Work, and the St. Andrew's Brotherhoods held afternoon sessions with officers elected.
A Mountaineer recalls a West Virginia lunchroom scene with primitive customs and gun talk. The camera crewman notes coffee brewed from sweet potatoes and burnt rye, a cherry stained knife, and a boy outsmarting a vendor over a shell purchase while locals joke about oysters.
Italy has built a fortress on the Chaber ton summit opposite Brinean to guard the Simplon tunnel. The fort sits at 10 600 feet elevation and is claimed to be the highest fortified point in the world.
Patrick Doyle an 82 year old miner in Butte was found in a delirious state in a Pleasant alley cabin. He is described as a physical and mental wreck from long term drug use and was transferred from the county jail to the hospital where physicians fear his condition is critical.
Next Sunday the Northern Pacific will inaugurate a summer excursion train from Butte to Twin Bridges Alder and intermediate points. Train leaves Butte Sundays at 9:00 a.m. returns Alder 5:45 p.m. arrives Butte 9:00 p.m. Special rates to all points on this train only. For details contact W H Merriman General Agent N P Ry.
A streetcar struck a buggy at Walnut street crossing in Silver Bow park. Miraculously no one was hurt though the buggy wheel shattered and the vehicle jammed against a pole as motorman J H Quigley braked and reversed.
A playful note from Ernie to his father praises a poet suitor, claiming the editors of Chicago News have not achieved similar discovery. The exchange hints at pride in literary praise within a city paper's pages.
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