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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1909
Page
13
Butte readers are informed that the Principal Branch Office of the Standard is located at 28 East Broadway in Butte with telephone numbers 422 for the Standard and 1 422 for Independent. Advertising rates are available on application.
A compact roundup lists merchants and services including Orton Bros lending, coal and wood offerings by McLaughlin Coal Co, Majestic range, and Butte Stove Rep'r Co. Dentists Drs Cole Tait and Dr Hammond resume practice in Phoenix area. Arthur Broughton leaves Walkerville for Toole City Utah. One thousand roses to be given away at a Monday social at New Renshaw hall. Portia Regal Oxford unveiled at 35 N Main. Woman's Christian Temperance Union meets Mrs Henry Smith at 336 Placer Street at 2:20 PM.
The bill applies only to state educational institutions and bans saloons within 2,000 feet of such schools. Many in Butte misread the title thinking it would close all near schools, but the law excludes district schools, preserving many local saloons.
Prices for glasses and lenses offered with in house grinding. Spherical 50 cents cylinder 1 dollar compound 1.25 dollars. Gold glasses fitted 2.50 to 4.50 dollars. Satisfaction or money refunded on fit, quality, and price. Mont. Optical Co. 22 West Park in Mayer's jewelry store, claims thousands fitted free.
Sioux Falls reports high water threatening the $25,000 South Dakota Central Railroad trestle as snowmelt floods the Big Sioux River. Water stands about a foot from the timber supports, signaling possible disruption to rail service.
Ex boxer style pool exhibition star Fred M Tallman dazzled Butte audiences at O Gormans parlors with record feats including 105 balls with both hands and 77 with one hand. He demonstrated fancy shots against Billy Young and A Nadeau, drawing cheers as he threaded tricky angles and even split bottles with a cue ball.
The standing challenge to play any one finger billiards with 1 000 or no count continues to draw crowds as the champion performs with shake pills. Tallman has toured the Fast and Middle West and is now on a Westward leg toward Seattle, impressed by Butte. An Anaconda exhibition is planned, likely at the Montana Hotel club rooms, before he returns to Butte for a Silver Bow club invitation and a large audience.
New York March 7 Miss Helen Gould entertained 30 bluejackets from the North Atlantic squadron at the Brooklyn navy yard after their round the world cruise. A reception and tea at the naval branch of the Yo Mo was held. She praised Mrs. Sage for sending postal cards and wished her well. The sailors cheered and shook hands with Miss Gould, and three cheers went up for Mrs. Sage.
Dr J A Donovan won the bronze medal at the Rocky Mountain Rifle Club after yesterday’s series finishing 434 hits in 500 shots at 200 yards. Fifteen members competed with D Gay Stivers second, failing to reach 420 bullseyes. Competition continues weekly with sporting and target rifles, as new members join the club.
Orton Bros relocate to 216 218 North Main Street in Butte Montana and promote a large stock of pianos including upright models in walnut mahogany or oak at 185 200 and up with flexible terms. They offer Kimballs Hallet Davis Fischers Chickering organs and more plus violins guitars mandolins harmonicas sheet music and Victor Edison talking machines.
Winnipeg hosts a national conference of Steam Shovel Engineers and Dredgemen of America with delegates from across the continent. Panama Canal engineers attend as part of a union of eighty thousand workers. Talks focus on western working conditions.
The funeral for Alice Tobin will be held tomorrow morning starting at % o'clock from the residence of her cousin Mrs T H Abrahams at 534 East Galena Street. The procession will go to Sacred Heart church for a solemn high mass at 9 30.
The Norwegian bark Auckland captained by Githwerk was wrecked in a gale off Possession Island in German Southwest Africa and all crew members were lost. The ship was en route from Rosario to the port when disaster struck. A funeral for William Wilson is set for Monday at 2 PM from 643 South Main Street with Rev Groeneveld officiating.
Karl Hale, 17, confessed to shooting Mrs. Jeromie Hoover near her Atchison home last Wednesday, saying the incident was an accident while aiming at a tree. Police disbelieve the accident story as Hale showed defiant, then grief-stricken behavior after speaking with officers.
The speaker notes that encountering many ads trains the mind to decide which ones merit response. The process develops both judicial and business instincts as one weighs relevance and value in everyday commerce.
Butte Tennis club to decide whether to absorb part or all of the Country club with officers to be elected and season plans outlined. D. D. McLaughlin, three time champion, aims to defend his title as Montana state tournament moves to Huntley’s Hot Springs if courts are ready, with Livingston and Billings sending strong showings.
Rome March 7 The popes illness has the air of influenza and his condition causes concern. Despite poor health he showed keen interest in the electoral struggle today and insisted on reviewing the dispatches with returns. A stray line about property advertising remains read oddly in the clipping.
Washington on March 7 reports that William Loeb Jr was named by President Taft to the post of collector of the port of Washington. The appointment highlights Taft's federal staffing choices and Loeb's ongoing role in government service during the Taft administration.
The note markets Best Mainspring cleaning service for one dollar with a one year guarantee. It promises a longer guarantee than typical ads offering 50 cents to two dollars elsewhere.
Mayer offers main spring mode service with a year guarantee for 50c to 1 extra, and watch cleaning with a year guarantee for 1.50. He repairs remodels and creates new jewelry at low prices, employing more Montana craftsmen than any other jeweler. Customers can supply designs or rely on Mayer's design, with a promise of the lowest prices and a tip to compare prices elsewhere.
New York will depart Washington tomorrow to assume control of the New York custom house Tuesday. Mr. Loeb remains detained here to supervise removal of several of Mr. Roosevelt's personal effects destined for shipment to Oyster Bay.
St Petersburg March 7 Premier Stolypin M Khomyakoff and other officials signed an address to Anson Phelps Stokes for aiding the Russian Young Men's Christian Association. The deputation presented it to John R Mott at the annual meeting. Emperor Nicholas and the royal family show interest. the emperor subscribed and Grand Duke Michael Alexandrovich gave 1500 dollars. The emperor ordered duty free entry for gymnasium apparatus.
President C A Duniway announced the resignation of Professor Nathaniel Craighill who has led the engineering department for one year. The action takes effect immediately due to ill health, with a replacement to be announced soon from one of two eastern colleges.
Special Dispatch to the Standard from Missoula reports Supt. J. M. Rapelje of the Northern Pacific Rocky Mountain division was severely injured on the division’s west end yesterday. His condition is described as serious and ongoing.
Tonight he remains unchanged but apprehension grows over a punctured right lung and potential pneumonia. His illness requires staffing changes at headquarters with General Superintendent Goodell and Chief Dispatcher Showalter being recalled from California. Relatives in Glendive Salt Lake City and California were notified.
The reader suggests avoiding baby milk with germs by choosing milk certified safe by the Silver Bow Medical society, supplied by the Crescent creamery, presenting a stance on trusted sources and manufactured safety.
New York report says Elihu Root will lead the Republican organization in the state, credited to an interview attributed to ex Senator T. C. Pratt. Pratt quotes Platt saying Root's powers rival the president and that Taft and Root are on close terms. Roosevelt's return from Africa is cited as signaling retirement from active politics.
Oyster Bay aboard March 7 Former President Theodore Roosevelt and wife walked to church through snow. They attended with children Miss Ethel and Kelmet occupying the family pew. Roosevelt, a Dutch Reformed member, shared in the Lord's Supper and prayers thanked for his safe return and wise administration. Funeral of John McKelvey set for tomorrow at Richards Funeral Parlors. Requiem at St Joseph's Church follows.
Washington reports Mrs ID Seely widow of Colonel Seely S A was found dead from suffocation in her Town Circle home. A certificate of accidental death was issued by authorities.
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