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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1902
Page
7
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 2 East Broadway, Butte. Telephone 422. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Customers long discouraged by failed eye tests find relief as an optician conducts several tests and reveals exceptional expertise. Free examinations demonstrate the strong knowledge of optics and promising results for anxious customers.
A stream of visitors checks into the Finlen and Thornton hotels in Butte with names from Helena, Duluth, Seattle, New York and beyond. Gerald R. Rowan and J. M. Madden were noted in Anaconda, while M. Ingram and J. F. Forbis traveled from New York and San Francisco respectively. Moderns chief M. Johnson plans a reception at Masque’s and a speech at the opera house.
Melbourne reports a single plague case traced to a Sydney steamer. Sydney records 46 cases with 14 deaths to date in the outbreak.
The Chicago Record-Herald reports a plan for a new transcontinental line from Eureka California eastward via Idaho Nevada to connect with the Northern Pacific Great Northern and Union Pacific. Drake Stratton to build with 25 million dollars, Lord Thurlow and George H Proctor guiding route with J J Hill and E H Harriman in play.
In 65 minutes at 66 percent miles an hour the trip covered 19 miles from Wadsworth to Western Union junction in 16 minutes at 71 percent miles per hour. Engine No. 921 pulls the train with 299000 pounds on drivers 84 percent inches diameter, tender capacity 19000 pounds coal and 7000 gallons water. Also local ads for loaning at 10 percent on real estate security and businesses including Globe Tailoring and Atlantic Tea.
English consul in Chicago seeks details on Charles George Price linked to the 1891 Cun ning ham murder in Butte. Price, a miner and cousin of J P Cunningham, was convicted of murder in 1892 and died by suicide in his jail cell after a historic jail break and pursuit.
P H Scanlan travels to promote Milwaukee as immigration flows westward with ads and calendars. Immigrants head to Washington and Montana, with Montana inquiries rising. Milwaukee introduces tourist cars between St Paul and Chicago. Train No 57 recently set a fast time Chicago to Milwaukee at about 102 mph briefly, covering 87 minutes for 85.5 miles.
A brief note encouraging early buying to secure discounts before year end. It emphasizes avoiding higher prices at the last moment and suggests planning purchases to save money.
The store announces a new night bell system to speed patient service. A night clerk wakes, presses a button, and an electric sign signals that urgent requests will be attended to immediately. They promise time savings and high quality drugs for prescriptions.
Health and pleasure resort offers week or two stays to relieve fatigue from overwork. Waters reputed to aid rheumatism nervousness stomach liver and kidney issues. Physicians nurses and masseurs supervise baths. Excursion rates include rail fare board lodging and bath access from Montana points. Look for spring novelties at Look at our show windows at West Park Street.
The senate committee on appropriations finished work on the executive legislative and judicial appropriation bill for the next fiscal year. They added 215 525 to the house total bringing the bill to 25 49 10 0. An amendment moved clerks temporarily hired during the Spanish American War into the classified service with permanent retention in their current posts. The house provision kept their service for one more year. There are several hundred clerks affected.
General Henry L. Abbott retired army engineer testified before the senate committee on inter oceanic canals that the Panama route is the most desirable among routes under consideration. He said the Panama Canal company’s property and franchises would be cheap at double the price asked, and that he is a consulting engineer for the company.
Washington on March 4 reports William Henry Moody a Republican from Massachusetts Sixth District as a leading candidate to succeed Secretary Long. Moody, 49, Harvard graduate and lawyer, has served three terms in Congress with influential committee posts and is linked by marriage to Senator Lodge.
The house committee begins executive consideration of the Chinese exclusion bill and will study it section by section. Members expect multiple meetings to finish the committee’s work.
Cecil Rhodes, who has been ill for some time, is improving. The family and followers in Cape Town note steady progress as he recovers from his ailment.
An OCR fragment markets Atlantic Sugar Corn by the can and promotes Pure Food sugar corn as sweet and succulent, but the text is incomplete and lacks a full event or dates. No person, organization, or location details are clearly defined beyond generic product mentions.
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