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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 07, 1912
Page
23
Thomas M. Hodgens, creditor, asked district court to appoint a receiver to run the Crystal Brewery and sell it to the highest bidder to satisfy a mortgage and notes totaling about 47 215 dollars. He notes minimal payments and seeks a 4000 dollar attorney fee while urging continued operation for creditors.
The county courthouse project progresses slowly with completion unlikely before fall elections. Finishing work is minimal, plastering unfinished, and flooring cracked in places. Contractors face funding and furnishing difficulties as a $750,000 allocation may not cover final costs.
Two suits by Tom Claridge against Carl Percetrat and others arising from the Gold Creek placers were dismissed by stipulation after settlements reportedly reached around $9,000. Separate case involving Little Joe Conneyui heard medical testimony on injuries from a shaft accident. witness and expert opinions discussed potential long term brain injury and possible insanity.
Orpheum theatre on West Park street will present an all western feature bill Thursday through Saturday. The lineup includes The Ace of Spades, Cholera on the Plains, and Buster’s Nightmare, plus a short reef on deep sea life. The westerns feature drama, humor, and vivid scenes from western life.
Swedish community leaders in Butte meet at the Swedish Mission church to form a national Swedish association. The central committee includes three members each from the Lutheran and Baptist churches, the Mission church, and Linnea lodge of the Order of Vasa. They plan a gathering to honor John Erickson the engineer who built the Monitor and influenced the Civil War.
At Ben E. Calkins stationery window a display shows forty or fifty Howard Hunt pens on a circular disc. Pens rise and fall against gravity, drawing hundreds of onlookers. Locals say only talking to Ben E. Calkins will explain the trick.
Ww Donnithorne faces a justice court complaint filed yesterday by his brother in law H Trethaway. Trethaway accuses Donnithorne of threats to kill him and his wife and seeks authorities to intervene.
Jerry McCarthy of the Olympia Athletic club promotes a Friday boxing card with two six round bouts and two four round affairs. Long John the Austrian heavyweight and Alf Henderson the big Swede meet in one six rounder while Young Freemand and John White clash in the other six rounds. Jack Davis vs Lem Kegg and Kid Kremer vs Joe Morrow meet in four round bouts with Kegg-Davis seen as a likely classy fight.
Paris newspapers say a rupture between France and Spain is near unless Spain shows a more conciliatory disposition in negotiations on the Morocco subject.
The Miners Savings Bank and Trust company is a United States depository for postal savings funds. You may also open an account with them that will pay you 4 percent.
Lafayette H. Parker a pioneer cattleman from Forsyth died yesterday at his brother-in-law Elmer Snavely's home at 631 Colorado street. Cause of death tuberculosis followed a decade of illness. wife and daughter were alerted but could not reach Butte in time. Parker had retired from active cattle duties and sought treatment in Butte. burial expected in Forsyth.
J. W. Gillette announces next week's Family theater attraction From Sire to Son with a cast larger than any prior production. The play explores modern life problems through psychology and features elaborate scenic investiture. Tomorrow night the amateur bill follows Maud Muller with about 15 acts, a new local record.
A meeting of the newsboys auxiliary committee reported net proceeds of 1002.58 from a recent show and praised donors including Mr. and Mrs. Largey and the Stevens Glee Club. The fund now sits at 1449.75 in the building fund and 260 in the general fund with plans for a future Newsboys clubhouse and a potential lot acquisition.
Fifty five persons were injured slightly when two passenger trains on the San Pedro line collided last night 25 miles west of Las Vegas. The wreck occurred as train No 1 attempted a siding at Erie while train No 8 approached. The No 1 engineer reversed his engine and was running backward when the collision happened.
Helena March 6 Special Dispatch reports Governor Norris appointed W. K. Harber of Fort Benton to the commission that will apportion indebtedness between Hill and Chouteau counties. Harber replaces David G. Browne who telegraphed he could not serve. Chouteau residents had urged Harber's appointment to succeed Browne.
Practically the entire Grant locomotive works force in Houston including 140 machinists is locked out. Workers said they would repair no more engines for the Houston and Texas Central railroad, part of the Southern Pacific system, whose shopmen are on strike.
Grace Mec Namara of Detroit is hired by Gregson Hot Springs to perform the French method facial treatment. The expert masseuse promises removal of discolorations and blemishes from the face using new and painless techniques including electrolysis.
The Department of Commerce and Labor will investigate adding frogs to Inland lakes. George H. Hazzard, interstate park commissioner, received the letter responding to his request. The fisheries chief says the idea has been considered and may offer opportunities.
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