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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1901
Page
7
Mayor William H. Davey leads a slate including William Page Abe Cohen R. P. Kelley James Coombs J. W. Haggerty and P. M. Grady as contenders in forthcoming city ballots.
A bustling page of Butte notices covers services from Orton Bros pianos to eye throat and ear specialists, cigars and liquors, a Stoves and bread ad, a veterinarian, and a weather joke. It notes court reconvening, Sunrise mining case dates, Walkerville voters set for a hot race, and railroad travel tips plus various local business promos.
The Silver Bow Liquor Dealers Association hosted a late night banquet at the Auditorium with about 150 guests. Toastmaster William E. Deeney and several speakers praised Silver Bow lawmakers for enabling passage of House Bill 80, recounting Helena negotiations, and saluting local officials and liquor interests.
Local druggists report a run on Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy with none left in town. Satisfied users from Edgemont South Dakota and Gravois Mills Missouri praise its quick relief of colds and croup and its role in preventing pneumonia. Also promoted are Chamberlain’s Stomach and Liver Tablets priced at 25 cents with free samples.
Will Scott, yesterday named state game warden by the governor, expressed modest pleasure about the post after a reporter’s call. Born May 31, 1875 in Deer Lodge, Montana, he has long loved outdoor life and hunting, and he intends to appoint deputies after induction in Helena.
Fire at Mrs. Marvin's restaurant in the Scott block Hamilton street raged from 1:30 this morning. Mrs. Marvin escaped in a wrapper as dense smoke filled her room above the kitchen. The building burned down, landlady lost nearly all, insurance $800, loss double. Property owned by Walter Hale of Helena, recently sold to George Casey of Butte. Fire department arrived promptly but the tinder box structure failed before hoses could save it.
Floods spread through lowlands south and southeast of Chicago as Grand Crossing Woodruff Dauphin Park and Burnside suffer inundation. Homes are cut off with sidewalks fences and out buildings washed away. Burnside bears the worst impact with streets under a foot of water and a dike near eighty seventh street and the Illinois Central giving way, flooding basements over four miles.
Captain Cc. B. Johnson testified before the pilot commissioners about the wreck of the Rio de Janeiro in San Francisco Harbor. He said harbor tide and conditions at the time were abnormally strong and peculiar. Pilots Erskine and Murphy testified. no new facts emerged as the commission recessed to consider.
The Butte based Company G First Montana volunteers held a Thistle hall reunion to celebrate Malolos capture two years earlier. Guests from Bozeman Anaconda and Dillon attended Captain Wynne and lieutenants spoke, recounting wartime memories and flag rising by Private Yost aided by Hoffman and Deston.
In Butte many visitors check in from Helena Bozeman and Philipsburg with names like J Carter EE Lamme W R Conner S H Robson John Asbury Carl Kleinschmidt Aliie Carlton Spencer Brown Irene Marshead Tina Anderson and more. Local events include a death of Irene Marshead and a marriage of sorts in a court case while Charles Spencer and Charles Anderson receive prison days for petty larceny. A district court default in the Davis estate action and jail cases against Tom Riley and William Johnson are noted plus visits by Mrs J E Swindlehurst Catherine and others. Sheriff Benner transports Frank Harris to serve a year for forgery and Miss Allie Kempland arrives from Spokane to visit Miss Dorothy Surprenant.
Butte Mining & Development reports strong copper values in all assays at Emma mine. Company treasury funds allow sinking a shaft at least 1000 feet. A small block of stock remains for sale at No 46 East Broadway, Butte.
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