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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1908
Page
19
A speaker extols a candidate as one of the nation’s strongest men, wholehearted and firm, noting broad government experience and belief that elected he could become president in history. The speaker also recounts a business trip return to Montana and satisfaction with Butte and mining resumption in Anaconda.
The melodrama features James J. Corbett as Ned Danvers the burglar and Arthur V. Johnson as the Sherlock Holmes figure. Rose King plays Norma Gray with stylish gowns while Jessia Clement shines as Annie Warguski. The ex-champion receives applause after a third act curtain call and shares a jest about a solar plexus dispute. Carson City date noted as March 17 1898.
An army officer in South Africa gifts a Kaffir lad with a pair of heavy boots. The boy loves them at first and parades in them but soon wears them only in bed, saying they are too large and slow him down. The tale highlights colonial attitudes and humor from Youth's Companion.
A patron of a provided death benefit fund funded by joint contributions of employees and the company., this expands the current plan on the system. Blake-Francis Blake, 42, died yesterday. Remains at Walsh's undertaking parlors awaiting instructions from relatives in Virginia City Nev.
A drunken man rings a door proposing to buy or exchange a cat after an advertisement. He is interrupted by an angry woman who calls him a fool and drags him away, while the woman inside locks the door.
Ed Loftus faced two masked gunmen outside his home on Empire Street near Excelsior early this morning. The pair demanded his revolver and fled after Loftus retreated inside, with police noting the robbery ended within minutes. Loftus had just closed his saloon and believes the bandits targeted his cash. He described the robbers as white masked, wearing derbies and dark clothing, about 186 pounds, 149 pounds, with no recognition. The incident follows recent saloon holdups linked to former operators Enhennett and Decker.
Archaeologists debate Ophir’s location and the source of Sheba’s wealth. Dr. Carl Peters links Ophir to Africa near the Zambezi, while Baron von Falkenegg argues for Arabia and Phoenician Atlantic colonies. The dispute hinges on biblical vagueness and Abyssinian tradition versus Arabian origin.
A Boston psychologist learns a jailer turned janitor, with a habit of counting people, interprets his numbers as prison guards tallying inmates. The hall becomes a mental jail yard, and each audience member is a prisoner in his long ingrained counting habit.
W H Price faced Judge Bourquin for alleged court order defiance in an alimony case. Adjudged in contempt, a warrant issued, he was jailed, posted $509 bonds to gain release, and faced renewed scrutiny as he allegedly barricaded a flat to obstruct rent collection after his divorce decree granted Ella Price £3 500 alimony.
T C Ives of Missoula and E A Culver variously arrive in Butte while others from Helena Dillon Whitehall Drummond and Anaconda visit or register at local hotels including Finlen and Thornton. A birth is reported to Mr and Mrs G D Pue of 909 Maryland Avenue. The piece notes many people planning moves this spring.
In a period ad tone the copy urges readers in distress to seek eye care from Drs. Mce Kendry and Hannifin who have devoted themselves to eye diseases. It promises glasses can restore the body’s balance and cites thousands of satisfied patients as referrals.
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