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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1901
Page
5
A compilation of local notices lists rent pianos from Orton Bros and others, dentist Dr Heine, piano tuner Fred Orton, Montana Music Co tuner J G Bates, furrier Froehlich, and various medical staff including Dr Heine and Dr Hanson. It notes social events, travel tips, theater box-office sales, a birth, and performances by Murray & Mack with upcoming shows.
Evangelist Oliver spoke to a largely workingmen audience in Butte Auditorium. The talk denounced gambling and family breakdown, urged protection of women and children, and urged strong action against seduction with forceful, plain language.
An advertisement offers a one year subscription to the Anaconda Standard with a premium, Famous Art Reproduced, and directs readers to the Eaxle Pharmacy which has moved to a new store three doors above the old stand and one door south of Park Street on Main.
Butte lodge No. 88 of the International Association of Machinists orders not to finish any work destined for Anaconda until the strike issues are resolved. By order of Butte lodge No. 88 I A of M.
The speaker argued for a single lasting happiness with repeated hits on key points. After the sermon, those saved were asked to stand. a minority rose, then an altar service began and seekers moved to the front for guidance from religious workers. The piece also notes copper ore quality at Emma shaft supporting a permanent mine and stock actions by Reynolds & M'Dowell in Butte.
In Butte Mountain View church revival led by Rev. Oliver reports 125 conversions announced yesterday. Four meetings held: forenoon Sunday school, afternoon big meeting at auditorium, and evening service at Mountain View. Oliver plans at least one more week, with women only sermon next Saturday and men only sermon Sunday.
John Haines faces two charges in Judge Sullivan's court after police found concealed weapons on him during a disturbance. Barney Call sobered up after a drunken episode. Jack Sullivan broke a window at 35 West Galena Street and faces a malicious mischief charge. Mrs Carlson, an unstable woman, was taken to the county jail after a brief release.
Last evening the carriage makers and blacksmiths of Butte met with their ladies at Grady's hall on South Dakota street for a social spread. Attendance was about 20 due to rival attractions, but the gathering pleased members and plans to meet around the festal board about twice a month were proposed to keep fraternity alive. The ladies’ presence was appreciated and their help was called in during the banquet arrangement.
Miner Ed Leahy twenty was arrested on a Sandy Lane warrant last night for stealing a horse tied in front of Smiths grocery on South Main street. Deputy Proebster made the arrest about ten oclock and the horse was later found at a livery stable Leahy had placed it. He had been drinking. The Eagle Pharmacy has moved into the old stand one door south of Park street on Main.
In Butte churches revival meetings prompt some worshippers to stand and declare their salvation while others refuse to vote or sit, sparking debate between ministers who praise public testimony and critics who call it an intrusion into private faith. The article notes protests from attendees, a biting anecdote about a politician in the crowd, and mentions local business ads and a funeral in the same column.
Jim Hanley, who shot himself in his room at 30 West Copper street, rested at Murray and Freund's hospital. Surgeons found the bullet in the lung and did not probe further. Last night he showed little pain, but recovery chances are not promising. Hanley has relatives in Butte who express shock given his previously good conduct.
Tickets for the Butte Anaconda and Pacific route are now on sale to Anaconda and all stations between at the Great Northern ticket office 41 North Main Street. Time-card information and freight rates are cheerfully furnished.
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