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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1902
Page
12
Robert Greesley, about 50, faced a petty larceny charge in South Butte. The jury found no case, accepting his claim that the wood Ayers identified as stolen belonged to him or was not the same piece. Witnesses testified to his good character.
Work will soon start to provide all supplies for the People’s Telephone line purchase. The notice confirms readiness and timetable for acquiring necessary materials and equipment.
President H H Stewart of the People’s Telephone company outlines plans for a new system in Butte. Construction will start as frost ends, with underground conduits in the business district and pole lines in residential areas. A $200,000 investment is projected within six months, creating 100 jobs during build and more on ongoing payroll, all equipment contracted and manufactured in the East and Montana.
Butte Anaconda and Pacific railway tickets are now on sale to Anaconda and all stations between at the Great Northern ticket office 41 North Main Street. Information on time cards and freight rates cheerfully furnished. For best value pianos or organs, call Orton Bros at 219 North Main Street Butte.
A grievance committee from the Denver and Rio Grande railroad fourth division is in Denver to meet the general manager. They protest layoffs and dismissals for trivial reasons and denied home transportation, while manager Herbert rejects Salt Lake rumors of a possible Rio Grande Western tie up unless Cotter and staff settle before March 13.
The Associated Charities combined January and February meetings in March and offered a baby adoption appeal. January reports show aid to 22 families, coal to 1, prescriptions to 18, employment for 8, 37 new and 11 old shoes, 63 clothing donations, meals to 2,769, and 3,878 soup meals. February data note 385 garments, aid to 26 families, coal to 13, prescriptions to 6, and employment for 3, with 28 inmates in the home and 2,850 meals served.
The Butte Theosophical Society hosted its monthly meeting in a new hall with a large audience. Carl J. Smith discussed comparing Vedic doctrine with modern thinkers like Herbert Spencer, arguing unity of spirit and matter and a universal cosmos, linking science philosophy and religion in a broad, historic framing.
A jury awarded J S Shropshire 100 dollars and costs after a dispute over two horses that disappeared from Sidebottom's ranch near Rooker while being broken for hire. The lower court ruled for the plaintiff, the appeal court reversed, and the jury later upheld the original value ruling with costs. Dan Yancey represented Shropshire and M Leblanc for Sidebottom.
Telluride Colorado March 6 owners in Ingram basin fear seven or more men were buried by last week blizzards and snow slides. A searching party leaves to locate the men as more than 100 dig in slides near the liberty Bell hoping to uncover bodies. The weather is threatening with another storm expected.
Casper March 6 Charles Woodard convicted of murdering Sheriff Ricker and sentenced to be hanged March 28 will get more time to prepare for the gallows. Judge Bramer denied a new trial motion and the case goes to the supreme court with a stay of sentence. The high court's review will push execution beyond May or June.
Plainfield New Jersey March 6 Fire today destroyed the Babcock building a five story brick and two adjoining structures The total loss was three hundred fifty thousand dollars
A quotation contrasts progress in science with ancient philosophy noting harmony in common enterprise and ethical behavior. It asserts altruism and ethical codes reflect nature’s laws and claims modern investigations yield no new truth compared to old wisdom.
Luke Sanders was executed by hanging in Marion Alabama for the murder of Road Overseer Mullins. Forty guards witnessed the sentence in the jail corridor as security held firm after unsubstantiated rumors of a black liberation attempt. Sanders fled to Arkansas after the 1899 shooting and was later captured.
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