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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1908
Page
7
The Principal Branch of the Standard announces 7 percent rates for advertising on application at 1433 Broadway Butte. Independent telephone 42 percent and other rate details are listed for prospective advertisers.
The Thermos Bottle 42 sees price reductions on pint and quart sizes, with new colors and leather cases offered. Readers learn practical uses from motorists travelers and caregivers, highlighting hot or cold beverages and medical nourishment while promoting window displays this week.
A collage of notes lists visitors and residents in Butte and nearby towns. Names include J Wels, William Maltin, A L Holter, Frank Ebra, J H Morton, BW Biutray, Phil Grién, G Adams, Clark of Vir ginis City, Throope and wife, and others. Births and travel updates appear alongside ads and magazine mentions, with a note on local portrait studio offerings.
July convention coverage mentions Oregon Short Line round trip tickets to travel to Denver with return in July. city ticket office at 2 N Main Street Butte. Mysterious ad copy for Apollo mechanical plane plover and Sherman’s repairs with Park address and plain figure pricing.
Seventeen graves in Butte cemeteries were decorated by the Ladies of the Maccabees. A church service at Mountain View Methodist followed a wreathing ritual guided by Dr. A P Morrison. The evening included a sermon on women's contributions and leadership in society and industry.
Miss Mary J Armstrong, daughter of George Armstrong of the Rocky Mountain Telephone company, has come back to Butte for the summer from Chicago. She attended a music course at Columbia School in Chicago under Miss Margaret Murdo and will return to Chicago in September to resume her studies.
A Norris and Rowe circus stop in the city features Mickey Feeley listed as Prince Romanoff Ipwichiwich Pertowski. The Russian nobleman performs daring double somersaults and acts as a revolutionist persona, defending his royal blood while entertaining crowds. The show touts 40 acrobats and clowns, with the prince highlighted as the standout act.
In Tehran the shah issues a general amnesty for all people including those accused of rioting. A commission will review arrests and release the innocent, provided they pledge not to violate military order or disturb public peace.
Elizabeth Mears 18, of Butte, died yesterday at her daughter's home after a long illness. Surviving: four brothers and three sisters and several granddaughters. Funeral at Mrs Hughes residence then St Joseph's Church. Edward J Schneider 22, of Butte, died after a lingering illness. Born in Ann Arbor Michigan, body to be shipped there with wife. Thomas Rodda 47, miner, longtime Butte resident, died after long illness. Widow and five children left. Services at Hast Butta Episcopal church on Talbot Ave. Also notice of a sale on golf shirts at Tonkin's patriotic sale.
Oregon Short Line offers round trip tickets to Dallas Texas for 62 dollars. Return validity up to 430 days with stopovers allowed. Tickets available at the short line ticket office No 2 North Main Street Butte. D Wilson and D F Pal noted as agents.
R. H. Garner of Grinnell Iowa glee club met in Bozeman to arrange a concert date around April 1 1909 under Civic League auspices. He plans a Northwest tour with dates in Helena Great Falls Butte Dillon and Missoula as well as eastern state gigs.
A local ad touts Best Mainspring watches at $1 and watch cleaning at $1.50 with a money back guarantee. It promises high quality jewelry and watches for less than competitors and warns against paying more, claiming a $160 reward for proving a superior mainspring. The notice lists Ansonia watches and optical services at 32 West Park and 22 West Park with a satisfaction or money refunded slogan.
Two hour solar eclipse observed in Butte yesterday morning starting around 7:12, moon obscuring progressively until noon. Foreground notes warn spectactors with smoked glasses, while Job Wherton of the streetcar system provided best viewing from Columbia Gardens. funeral details for Joseph Lamut, age 52, of Silver Bow Boulevard, scheduled Tuesday at Holy Savior.
On the battleship Minnesota in San Francisco two sailors wed, Forty Ly Hellman and Rosie King, with Chaplain Evang at 3 o'clock officiating. A second ceremony linked James 31 Cockrel and Grace Peters in Oakland that afternoon. The ship’s company stood at attention as cheers followed the vows and a celebratory bombardment ensued in the captain's cabin.
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