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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1901
Page
8
From Main and Park the Eivery car line begins, with Park nearby on Matin. Leave prescriptions on land for the next car, and drop packages until you are ready to take your car. this store offers convenient service for shoppers.
An ad touts vaccination as protection against smallpox and markets Newbro's Herpicide as a dandruff remedy. It claims the product kills dandruff germs and includes testimonial from Reed of Victor Idaho and a general pitch by dental professionals and a prosthetic school, urging readers to try the treatment.
A fire started in Willard's store at 2 30 a m and swept four buildings along the boulevard. A Newfoundland dog gave the alarm, likely saving a dozen lives as Mr Willard and his three children escaped. The blaze caused about 15000 in losses with meager insurance while Willard's and Willoughby's homes and a lodging house burned. Two days before policies lapsed, and the Willards lost nearly everything including 10 of cash and a piano, sewing machine, and portable sink saved. Fire lessons andHeroic rescues are recounted by Mrs Willard and a boarder named Pat Forrest.
Frank Walker, a popular Butte bartender, purchases the saloon at No. 12 West Park. Friends will be pleased by his new venture as the neighborhood welcomes the change. Wonderful eye cures by Chicago expert Dr Madden expected in Helena from March 6 to 10. Bogeman and Big Timber visit dates noted. Fox's at East Park Street advertises coffee and cake for 10 cents.
Charles Taylor of Washington visits with his wife Mrs Marion Taylor in Baltimore at North Calvert street lodging house. Glenn Taylor from Washington enters during dinner and shoots his stepmother twice in the head, killing her instantly. Jealousy of her influence over his father and money disputes are cited as motive.
Report says police and guards stand prepared in Brooklyn for possible trouble if the Brooklyn Rapid Transit employer starts a strike tomorrow morning. The warning comes as tensions rise and authorities plan to prevent disorder.
The senate confirmed multiple appointments including Bradstreet S. Radden as consul at Batavia Java Milton E. Ailes as assistant secretary of the treasury William A. Ruddlee as consul general at Hongkong Naval Constructor Francis T Bowles as chief constructor and bureau head George D Gear as second judge in Hawaii John H Fesler as consul at Amoy China Edward H Anderson as surveyor general of Utah Marshal B Woodworth as US attorney for the northern district of California CBD
Special Dispatch reports Senator Carter delivering a lengthy four hour speech in Washington opposing the house plan to strike reservoir paragraphs from the river and harbor bill. He denounced other provisions as inferior to the reservoirs and continued speaking into the night. In Chile at Valparaiso on March 3 the presidential convention voted by ballot with Caludio Vicuna Fernando Lascano and Augusto Matte as candidates. Vicuna led all ballots.
Lieutenant Colonel T. M. Smith, retired, formerly of the 16th Infantry A. and A., died in Portland today. He was a prisoner at Andersonville and Tire by, and 20 years ago served as commandant at Vancouver barracks.
The Sunday session stretched into early morning as senators debated the river and harbor bill. Carter spoke until 2 45 am, the motion to recede was tabled, and the bill sent back to conference amid expectations of defeat. Pettigrew attacked a railroad safety bill as stolen, while Lodge noted House actions. A re-enrollment was ordered, and Allison reported on sundry civil appropriations.
Montana residents urge a $250,000 appropriation for the United States Geological Survey hydrographic branch to survey Crow Creek and expand irrigation. Letters from Broadwater, Milk River valley and supporters in Glasgow, Malta and Great Falls emphasize irrigation as the key to developing arid lands and fostering prosperity.
Washington March 4 the house and senate have acted on all appropriation bills except the sundry civil and the river and harbor bills which remain in conference.
A Topeka man describes Carrie Nation as tall and strong with broad shoulders and a square heavy face. He notes pale blue eyes with a belligerent glare and recalls her long prohibition activism, her husband Dave Nation’s influence, and their life near Medicine Lodge including a goat farm and relative wealth.
A special dispatch reports 18 bodies recovered in the Diamondyville Wye mine. Five were found in the main entry on the axth level, two in room 63, one in 64, two in 65, with others near the lead face. Indications suggest peaceful deaths. some bodies show arms folded and eyes open. The mine is under control and a rescue is expected tonight.
A wartime style directive from a city command in Manhattan and Brooklyn orders all police to remain in place as a reserve after the middle of the shift. The notice appears from a deputy commissioner governing officer.
On a Bar Harbor yacht trip with General Grant in 1874, Charles A. Boutelle, future naval affairs chair, refused to join the cheerful crew in a fog bound to danger. He warned landlubbers of potential shipwreck and the peril facing state and national government if calamity struck.
James Doel and Joseph May recount their witness of Napoleon aboard the Bellerophon near Plymouth. May notes seeing four Napoleons across history, including Napoleon III, while detailing public reaction and royal connections.
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