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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
17
The Principal Branch Office of the Standards is at 28 East Broadway Butte. Telephone 422 Independent telephone 1 422 advertising rates furnished on application.
The Handy Pins are advertised for dresses and waistwear and as collar and cuff pins with a variety in 14 carat gold. Sizes range from three quarters of an inch to twice that length and prices span 1.25 to 15 dollars. Options include plain polished, plain Roman color, engraved and chased designs and ornamentation with pearls opals amethysts garnets Montana sapphires diamonds and other stones. All pins feature a locking pin tong to prevent unfastening hazards.
A flurry of notes records births in March for Bates Carrag Hayden Roesti Powers. visits include Al Gruwell Dillon fire chief in Butte. John Clifford and George Murray in town. and magazines at the P O stand. Zeke Provost travels from Dillon to check on Emory Pulver wounded in Dillon March 4 and now recovering in a Butte hospital.
Large crowd fills First Presbyterian Church as evangelist T H Atkinson wraps up a two week revival with the message that almost achieves nothing and that faith and action are required to obtain salvation. He cites examples like a prospector near rich ore and the Khartoum relief push to illustrate the danger of “almost.” Attendance remains strong and the preacher expresses gratification with the results.
Quinn J Murphy 36 a native of Ireland died yesterday at 140 East La Platte street from miner’s consumption after five months illness. A well known miner in the hill area he lived in Butte 16 years. Survived by wife and four children with brother John Murphy and three sisters Mrs James Shea Mrs Wilford Russell and Mrs Patrick Shea of Butte. Funeral from his home Tuesday at 9 30 to St Lawrence church for requiem mass.
The Independent laundry at 110 114 E Edy advertises top city cleaning with strong claims and a contact number Ind Tel 1 129.
Judge Lynch is expected to rule today in two major Butte cases. One challenges annexation of southern territory with three legal questions on consti tutionality resident freeholders and contiguous territory. The other concerns James H Lynch vs the mayor and city council to halt purchase of a steam fire engine.
Orton Bros at 219 North Main Street promote best value for money on planes and organs, urging customers to call for affordable options and reliable service.
Butte anglers Guy L. Smith and John H. Rhys depart with top tackle aiming to harvest 100 pounds of river trout while planning to showcase blind miners in a New York drilling contest. Meanwhile Butte poolrooms report a multi thousand dollar wire tapping loss by two Seattle men who vanished after winnings.
The private funeral for Ellis P Passmore will take place at 2 o clock this afternoon at the home of his parents 1149 West Woolman Street. Friends are asked to omit flowers.
The ladies of St Marys parish will serve a hot turkey dinner from 11 to 2 and supper from 5 to after the dance on St Patrick s Day at the Leyson block North Main street. Caterer Mrs Dora Walton is engaged. Dinner is 50 cents.
The funeral for Thomas H Shields aged 40 will be at 9 30 Tuesday morning at the family home 712 North Wyoming Street then move to St Marys Church for Mass.
In Butte Montana a busy political week unfolds with Democratic and Republican conventions to name aldermanic candidates and craft platforms for the April first election. Leaders, delegates, and potential presiding officers across wards are discussed as primaries approach and registration opens tomorrow.
The International Typographical Union shows its fraternal side through caring acts after members deaths. Local Boston officials arrange funerals for deceased printers with no relatives, cover expenses from union funds, and forward assets to relatives. Similar humane measures accompany other cases, illustrating union solidarity beyond wages.
In Montana only licensed optometrists may fit glasses after board exams. Butte has six licensed optometrists, all equally competent. The Montana Optical company at 22 West Park in Mayer's store opened with aggressive pricing, offering free fittings and glasses starting at $1, with other frames similarly discounted.
Francis Blake 42 a California native and renowned miner died at the Belmont house after a sudden illness from pneumonia. Former telegraph operator and coast baseball standout, he had lived in the Butte district 21 years and may be shipped to Virginia City for interment.
Gervia Ferguson the only child of Mr and Mrs Ben Ferguson died this afternoon at 712 West Babcock Street. The death was caused by nephritis. The Ferguson family home is west of Bozeman and funeral arrangements are pending.
Rennie Miller has been awarded 15000 to establish a university at Hongkong and cooperate with the existing college of medicine. The government grants land for the project.
The funeral will be held this Monday at 2 o'clock at the home of J. W. Passmore at 1149 West Woolman Street with Rev. Mr. Groeneveld officiating. Services are private. Also noted is an advertisement for eyeglasses with a gold frame and lenses priced at 3 dollars and duplicate lenses for 50 cents.
An editorial recounts prison guard dangers at Deer Lodge following the Sunday murder of Deputy Warden John Robinson. Veterans warn guards face constant danger from convicts and trusted prisoners, noting fear, retaliation, and the lure of risky jobs for those seeking duty and grit.
Co A Van Zandt promotes the toad once famed in The Standard last fall now reports it thriving at the Bronx zoo eating cutworms after eight months in torpid state. The animal, once mislabelled as dug from a Butte silver mine, drew wide attention across New York papers and Bronx magazine.
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