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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1901
Page
9
The Dawson news items report improving times and steady activity as local events and markets show positive momentum. Officials note steady employment and growing commerce, with residents optimistic about upcoming month developments.
The Yukon Sun of Dawson prints a seven column page with a Scots heading and subheads. Strange Truths notes fresh eggs by the case at Meeker's and Good News includes injuries from a kitchen scalding and a sled accident, a rabid pup shot, and a large mammoth tusk discovery. The piece on Fact and Fancy mentions a Johnson excavating a 300 pound 18 foot tusk. An editorial predicts electric lights going out and praises a new type casting machine aiding the Dawson Daily News. A note on gold prospecting details KE W Parks at Log Cabin hotel buying a hillside claim and mining 2800 dollars in a few days. The Dawson newspapers offer cautious optimism about reduced hardship and rising employment in Yukon towns aided by the Salvation Army.
Bulte buyers are urged to visit Orton Bros located at 219 N Main Street for the best value on pianos and organs. The ad emphasizes affordable prices and a wide selection.
John Conroy and Mrs. Phil McGovern suffered injuries in a wreck north of Great Falls on Monday. Mrs. McGovern, widow of the late Phil McGovern of Anaconda, had been living in San Francisco and was en route to Washington. Conroy, a former Butte and Anaconda resident, intended to visit friends in Great Falls on the way to Washington. His brother William traveled from the city to offer aid, and Conroy is expected to remain confined to his room for some time while repairs proceed. Mrs. McGovern's injuries are painful but not believed serious.
State case against David Willard for first degree assault postponed as witness J. Lt. Smith fails to appear. Smith claims throat knife wound treated by Dr Davis at Whitehall, but court orders attachment to compel attendance. Willard to be tried for shooting Joseph LaChance during a boulevard saloon fight.
C S Batterman, assistant superintendent of the Boston and Montana, testifies in a Montana Ore Purchasing suit that he holds no position with Butte and Boston Mining and is not its officer or agent. The plaintiff seeks an alias summons after a motion to quash argued service on a non authorized party.
The article notes the Northern Pacific as the sole line operating solid vestibuled trains between Butte and St Paul. It lists office locations at Park and Main streets with W H Merriman as general agent. Also mentions The Standard carriage works claim and Plow's candies at Eagle Pharmacy along with magazines and cigars.
In a brief session the U S court disposed of several bankruptcy matters. McGrath v Butte Electric Railroad Co ended with damages of 1 dollar. The opera house receivership report granted 75 dollars monthly and 7 dollars advanced. Millek and Chizeski discharged. Burke final discharge hearing set for April 9. Cobban v Dutton scheduled for tomorrow. term ends with Judge Knowles moving to Helena next Monday.
Rev. Jordan Allen scouts a state affair to improve the A. M. E. church in Butte by installing memorial windows. He wrote to Supreme Bench judges and other officials asking for $10 each toward a $30 front window. Two judges pledged via a Butte attorney. The church seeks funds to redeem its foreclosure led property and honor contributors with bright colored names.
Great Northern plans a couple of branch lines in Flathead county to tap coal fields and oil prospects. Survey teams moved from Columbia Falls toward Kintla lake, with routes along the Flathead river and into Tobacco Plains country. Ranchers report spring plowing and seeding progressing well in eastern Montana as farmers anticipate strong crops.
Reports say the black robed ghost has appeared at the old Travonia shaft and near the Lexington mine and mill. Residents recount sightings over several nights with town rumor of the specter roaming between sites while a Walkerville man claims a talk with it.
McDonnell a former Allen and McDonell horseshoer has opened a new shop at the corner of Silver and Wyoming offering horseshoeing and general blacksmithing. Satisfaction guaranteed, McDonnell and Murphy.
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