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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
5
The Teachers Committee report exonerating Principal Walker remains with the board of education. A delay follows the last meeting as Twohy and Kelley review the evidence. The outcome may be decided in weeks, with the board possibly acting with or against the committee findings.
Articles of incorporation filed with the county clerk name John H. Wein Isaac Rosen Held and John Dunbaugh as incorporators. Capital stock set at 10000 dollars with shares of 1 dollar. Transfers convey one fourth interest in the Valley View quartz lode mining claim about three and a half miles southeast of Anaconda for 2083 and 2583 dollars respectively.
Robert Heasley hosted a birthday gathering at his home 14 Oak Street last evening. Many friends attended and enjoyed various amusements as the Mies brothers provided music for the occasion.
Gabrielle Fisson known as Nana duels rival Victorine Giot alias La Marquise on the Bois de Boulogne. The contest, arranged by a male messenger, uses stilettos and ends after 90 seconds with La Marquise wounded in the left breast as Count Boni and others observe. Leon Bournon is the adored but income limited society man.
Mounted guards arrived as the Folies manager reported the incident. Nana, coerced into a carriage, resisted and lost her weapon after a struggle. She begged to wipe the blood on a handkerchief as a souvenir. La Marquise is expected to die while Nana faces months in prison. she vows to pursue Leon upon release.
Local notes list shops, sales, and visits in Anaconda. Mentions Hammersloughs Greig's Odson's J. J. McGuinness, Strain's, and Strain's discounts. Details include tent rentals, removal sales, and one third off tailor-made suits. Eyewear and optician Verberkmoes featured.
Harry Leim of Wilkes Barre wins two of three chess games against Mosser & Co. of Noxon to obtain 40 tons of tanbark at 49 cents a ton during a coal strike. Leim, after four hours of play, secured the bark and saved on the price while the mill owner gained entertainment.
Reports from Danielsville camp indicate rock from the new district yields high values with several samples showing $60 to $80 per ton gold. County officials plan infrastructure work this summer to open access, while other nearby ledges also show promise for a bright mining future.
Large attendance at Mountain View park social last night with special train service to and from the venue. Spectators also enjoyed vaudeville theater moving pictures and other amusements at the park.
A New York Sun report cites a downtown jeweler noting a growing U S industry that imitates gems through chemical treatment and heat. Quartz and chalcedony are transformed into golden opal red carnelians black agate and onyx like forms for affordable jewelry and ornaments.
A New Orleans humorist derides heat complaints noting the mind shapes temperature perception. He cites cooling reading and Arctic imagery to claim Earth receives only a tiny solar share and that grumbling about heat is unfounded.
The speaker muses on Earth's heat, the vast distance to the sun at 92 500 000 miles, and a frigid space acting as a freezer at minus 200 degrees. He urges avoiding grumbling about heat by adopting cool thoughts, suggesting liquid air and a shiver at 312 degrees below zero as a mental exercise for happiness.
A cautious reader notes that alert engineers face heightened nerves when a distinguished passenger rides a train. The writer argues best practice is to reveal no passenger identity to prevent distraction and risk, warning that anxiety in charge of operation can trigger the danger.
Secret Service operator Griffin recounts a Baltimore Washington train ride where a chicken was struck by the train and an egg was carried through a window and saved by Griffin. He preserved the egg in his desk for visitors to see.
London Truth reports a Monte Carlo experiment where coal tar applied to roads forms a hard, dust free surface. It resists rain and remains intact after 40 days of use, suggesting municipal adoption could interest cities at home.
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