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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1902
Page
14
The Western Montana office of the Standard is located at 110 West Main Street, Missoula. Telephone number 1 8 advertising rates available on request.
Samuel Pellew will open the Missoula city hall registration office Monday, with daily hours from 9 to 12, 2 to 5, and 7 to 9 for two weeks. Four aldermen, a police judge, and a city treasurer are to be elected, amid talk of a prosperous Bitter Root farming year and rising wheat acreage.
Hamilton locals report jockey Patsy McCue plans a New York racing season with bride designate Miss Stella Parmenter daughter of Frank Parmenter the last election Democrat candidate for sheriff. The week also covers county commissioner sessions smallpox updates school notes and a fire loss at J P Green residence.
In Justice Hayes Court James O Brien arraigned on charges of stealing diamonds from Hallie Foldsmith. O Brien pleaded not guilty and trial set for next Thursday. County Attorney Pall will prosecute. O Brien may hire counsel to pursue the defense.
Miss Kate Shelley county superintendent completed the papers of teachers who recently took examinations and announced several successful candidates. Names include Annie Flanive, Aniela Reeves, Reuben Morean, Fife Tower, Minnie Seeley, Arletta Brvan, Pare Bunter, Tennia Wiley, Mica Tena Van Loo, Harriet Rankin, Maimie Golden among others with nineteen attempting for certificates.
George Lacasse and his brother traveled from Corvallis to Missoula to attend the funeral of Mrs. Martin, wife of a well to do farmer who had recently returned from the East for health reasons.
Deputy U S Marshal C R Gage is in Missoula summoning witnesses in timber cases and will likely travel to the Bitter Root valley before returning to Helena. The item notes the contest of the state against Edward Olson.
Testimony concluded after days of hearings in the land office. The contest against Edward Olson was dismissed on Register Longs motion. The Northern Pacific selected 19 850 acres of place lands between Iron Mountain and St Regis and north to Plains. Victor Seward filed a timber and stone sworn statement for land near Vermillion. Visit Missoula Nurseries greenhouses or call city store Higgins avenue.
The athletic club met to complete its organization. The group adopts by laws and rules and will meet monthly. Officers elected include President H A Cowan Vice President Harry Jamieson Secretary Mr Noble Treasurer George McAllister and Manager Mr Stevenson. Mail orders to the Golden Rule Missoula.
Dr. Goodenow of Hamilton visited Missoula yesterday and traveled by evening train to Odessa Washington where he plans to locate. He found Hamilton quiet for his profession and notes Odessa lacks a physician. Odessa lies in a fertile basin about 35 miles square near a Great Northern station.
A man named Bugle reports to Chief Larson that his wife left their home in Missoula with another man. The couple, both elderly, had lived in Missoula about two months after arriving from Helena. the husband asks for help to locate her and keep her with him.
March 7 in Missoula notes a Helena hotel smallpox scare. Dr. Parsons found the suspect did not have the disease. The hotel proprietors assisted health authorities and were commended for their actions.
Paul Thibodeau of Nine Mile is hospitalized at Sisters hospital with a badly cut leg from a fall against a circular saw at the mill. The injury is not deep and he expects to be discharged soon. Local grocery P. M. Reilly & Co. notes the incident.
In Judge Hayes court three drunks and a disorderly were heard. Frank Smith, fined $25 yesterday for frequenting a lewd resort, raised the money this morning and was discharged from custody.
In the United States land office George N. Lawrence of Bonner filed a desert land entry for 160 acres. Walter M. Farland of Seattle and George Thompson of Stevenaville fled Bitter Root preemption claims for 160 acres each.
Miss Kate Shelley will read a paper and Dr. Oscar Craig will lecture at the Inland Empire Teachers' Association fifth annual convention in Spokane on April 9 to 11. The Montana representation signals growing interest as educators gather to discuss school quality and professional growth.
Missoula March 7 The county commissioners completed their term and adjourned. They appointed L M Davis to fill the vacancy. Applications were received from W W White Josh Sawhill F G Bond Harry Leagan Robert Burger Bart Donley and W H Reed. A plat for McGowan addition number 2 to Plains was adopted.
Missoula church notices outline Sunday services across multiple denominations. Listed are times and locations for Methodist, German Lutheran, Congregational, Presbyterian, Baptist, Episcopal, Scandinavian, First Church of Christ Scientist, and Christian Church services with Sunday schools and youth activities noted.
Morning service at 11 a m with sermon by Rev H E Rossel on Continuing in Grace Evening service at 7 30 with sermon Christ s Gracious Invitation Music includes Donizetti Prelude Sudds anthem Hail the Bright Morning soprano solo arranged from Abt postlude Wagner and a voluntary from Nevin s Venezia offertory pieces noted.
Missoula witnesses the start of a statewide inspection as educators plan an evening program and a train arrival meet by local committee. The delegation will proceed to Butte to view the school of mines and then return to Missoula to complete the inspection.
A wide roundup of Missoula area residents and visitors includes Postmaster Gilbert in Lolo on business, Ste vensville visitors, Butte and Stevensville arrivals, mining figures from Clinton and Wallace, a new notary public appointment, hospital patients, and a planned April sawmill restart. Local marriages, births, property moves, and legal notices round out a bustling community notes page.
Missoula reports a smallpox exposure at Rose Avenue near North Second Street. Jesse Kimbrough a Coeur d Alene branch fireman cannot explain exposure, possibly from camps along the line. Fireman Rice and another railroad worker Williams are quarantined, while Kimbrough is sent to the pesthouse.
The London crowd heard Rev. Joseph Parker attack King Edward from the pulpit over brewing beer and attending a Sunday concert. He argued the monarch’s actions set a bad example for subjects and questioned loyalty to Christ versus royal prerogative.
Special dispatch reports Judge J. B. Leslie of the district court felled by a severe rheumatic gout recurrence forcing an adjournment of the current jury term to April 7 and excusing jurors. Also noted is Mike McCarthy's 10 day imprisonment for drunkenness amid local labor and sports updates.
Advertisement for field, flower and garden seeds. Promotes Sterling Timothy, Sterling Medium Red Clover, Choice Timothy, Choice Medium Red Clover and Northrupt King & Co. seeds. Claims good harvests with quality seed and mentions freight paid on all orders and careful mail-order attention.
A social dance is announced for Saturday night at the Odd Fellows hall. Early today a fire alarm from the Bach-Cory block summoned the fire department, but the basement blaze was knocked down by bucket water before the hose cart arrived and caused no damage. The first Cascade county smallpox case in months is Henry Holmes near Black Butte, prompting strict quarantine of his farm and household.
A Philadelphia Press paragraph recalls a thief in the parlor who bumped the piano and struck several keys. The couple discuss calling John to help the burglar with the piano, joking about removing the instrument from the house.
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