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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1912
Page
11
Describes lingerie frock designs with tunic drapery and back panel, new trimming with satin buttonholes, voile bands, and button belts. Notes cream net dress with black accents, dotted cream net with Venetian lace, fringe borders, and a deep black velvet buttoned bertha. Adds cut out embroidery and Broderie Anglais details, plus velvet ribbons and buttons on net skirts.
Fred Arnold an 18 year old from Brooklyn recounts a seven month voyage from New England to Cuba and Hawaii then back to the Pacific coast ending penniless in a city jail. He describes stoking coal on steamers, seasickness, and a plan to settle at home, hoping never to roam again.
Sealed proposals for excavation and retaining walls for a new Helena hotel at Main and Grand streets are due by 12 noon March 15 1912. Bid forms from architects G H Carsley and Cass Gilbert, a 20 percent bond, and a $250 bid guarantee accompany bids. The Hotel Investment Company reserves right to reject any or all bids and bids must be marked accordingly.
Maud Muller a comedy drama at the Family theater this week blends rural charm with love and rivalry. Irene Lorton stars as Maud Muller opposite Roy Walling as Judge Wayne while Al Newman earns laughs as Nate Harpin. Also shown is the film From the Bottom of the Sea with a daring submarine sequence and Little Audrey offers two songs. Amateur night Friday and matinee Saturday with next week’s From Sire to Son.
Daniel McCallion aged 34 of 127 South Grant Street died after a two month illness. He lived ten years in Butte and was a native of Ireland. Survived by his wife, three step children Louis Pearl and Mamie Simmer, six brothers William Neil John Patrick Hugh and Mack all named. Funeral arrangements to be announced later.
Twenty four men named in New York congressional districts as delegates to the national Republican convention in Chicago. Primaries set for March 26 must approve the selections. Taft backing exists in several districts with no major dissent. Roosevelt supporters plan to designate delegates by petition. Notable names include Job and other well known politicians.
J. Hedges Otto T Bernard Nicholas Murray Butler Ogden L Miller Herbert Parsons Lloyd C Griscom and Samuel S Koenig named as delegates. Chauncey M Depew designated as a Taft delegate and instructed by the Eleventh congressional district of Staten Island.
San Francisco reports detail the crackdown on a Chinese smuggling operation believed to land 400 per month. The launch Morning Star was seized in Oakland creek and two Chinese brought from Ensenada tied to the ring. R J known as Scott McCarren, a San Francisco boardinghouse keeper, was arrested on the Oakland wharf. Immigration officials accuse him of complicity while Harry Lynch of Los Angeles harbor is said to control the gang’s machinery. The crew says they have lived at Los Angeles harbor for two years and are honest fishermen.
Ogden March 3 The Underwood bill providing for free entry of sugar alarms Utah beet sugar producers. David Eccles president of the Amal Zamated Sugar company based in Ogden says the bill sounds the death knell of the beet industry. It rewards eastern refineries with cheap foreign raw sugar and punishes western beet farmers by discriminating against the industry.
Elmore Lay, admitted insane in Hill county, shouts challenges to President Taft from his Warm Springs cell. He is the first prisoner committed to the new Northern Montana county jail and mocks the officer as Sheriff Springer takes charge.
Coroner Jesse P. Stevens was sinking again at 2 o clock this morning but expected to live through the day. He remained delirious as his condition grew weaker, though his pulse had previously shown strength and hinted at survival for several days.
Washington March 3. Democrats in the house plan to abolish the commerce court the tariff board the economic commission and the presidents 25000 traveling expenses fund when the executive legislative and judicial appropriation bill is considered next week. The appropriation committee aims to remove these appropriations claiming savings of at least 31 900 000.
Continued from Page One. E rald surrounded by medium sized diamonds. Ring with large ruby and large diamonds diagonally set. Ring with five diamonds across finger. Round pin with eight opals and eight small diamonds. Pin with freshwater pearls in a daisy shape. Necklace carved with pear shaped amethysts. Other articles stolen include gold eye glasses card cases purse necklace of 12 stones gold cuffs and knickknacks.
Special Dispatch to the Standard, Missoula, March 3. Sheriff W. L. Kelley returns from Butte after investigating the case of Frenchy Sobert, arrested with diamonds linked to the Thatcher robbery in Pueblo. Burke, arrested here, is suspected of handling the loot. Kelley found two large amethysts hidden in Sobert’s room and expects further recovery from tips given by Roberts.
In Oakland on March 3 Harry Beaton alias Tom Powers robbed a Piedmont home and fled. A deputy marshal named Jackson was shot during a running duel, and Beaton was wounded by return fire. Beaton is described as having a long coast cities criminal record.
Minneapolis March 3 Jack Herman manager of Zybzsko states a meeting with Mahmout, win or lose, ensures a title bout with Frank Gotch and posts 1000 dollars as a guarantee. Herman will let Gotch set terms for both matches. A Salt Lake club reportedly offers a 30000 dollar purse for Gotch versus Zybzsko after May 1.
From the New York Sun, a western county resident John Summerton says the blizzard has done Kansas one good turn by killing thousands of jack rabbits, with the population estimated to be on the order of many adults per herd.
Branch agencies of the Standard will receive careful attention. See Centerville Drug Co at 938 North Main Street for notices and listings.
Real estate notices list several for sale properties in Butte and nearby Montana towns. Listings mention modern frame houses, brick veneer structures, rooms, and a range of prices. One item advertises acres of land in Bitter Root valley near Hamilton with contact in Butte.
An assortment of classified ads listing hay for sale in car lots at Wait Springs by F E Hengell of Anaconda and various items for sale including a cheap piano at 617 Alder Anaconda. Also listed are multiple help wanted notices for sales ladies millinery housework and agents, with addresses in Butte Anaconda Great Falls Helena and New York Supply Co. referencing hiring requirements and locations.
An array of employment and training notices touts fast trade education with paid apprenticeships, free tools, and job placement. Moler System of Colleges promises 19,000 positions secured for graduates and weekly earnings listed. Also ads for pants and vest maker in Great Falls and various Montana offices offer free employment help and short notice assistance.
Extraordinary rabbit boom ripples through Kansas with thousands killed and bounties paid. Hunters form lines to sweep prairies, while stacks are emptied by winter raids. Counties issue 6 cent bounties. shipments to Chicago flood markets. tales recount 172 rabbits in a day and 900 to 709 contest wins.
In Finney Scott Logan and Trego counties two months yielded 240000 jackrabbit scalps and 9600 in bounties. Trego commissioners report vouchers on rabbit ears costing taxpayers 5971.55 with 101431 ears. A Wakeeney clerk notes 28 ears per quarter section, over 19 miles if laid straight. The piece contrasts jackrabbits with buffalo bones trade and hardship in Kansas winters.
Albert O Brown stock broker and Edna Wallace Hopper’s husband writes Eddie Foy asking him to drop a verse referring to him as Hopper’s husband. He calls it an honor yet declines to have it used as material for a musical comedy. Foy promises to comply.
Listing of three Montana assay firms with addresses: Thomas Buggy at 43 N Main St Butte Box 52. Goodall Bros at 38 S Main St Helena. The Rombauer Assay Co at 56 E Granite St Butte.
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