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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1902
Page
5
Butte residents are informed advertising rates are available on request from the Principal Branch Office at 21 Fast Broadway. The office also lists telephone 422 for inquiries.
Special auction lines have proved popular with buyers and are repeated this week. Dates announce March 31 for general goods, April 1 for fine china and bric a brac, April 2 for sterling silver and cut glass, April 3 for watches and clocks, April 4 for general selection with advance bids.
Butte announces ward candidates for the upcoming election with M R Dempsey Patrick Heaney John Gleeson E L Mayo John A Ryan A G Siebenaler H Bowman James Doull named for the first eight wards and H Bowman for the seventh ward.
Butte community notes list visiting figures from Billings to Duluth including George W. Robbins in Billings and J. H. Howell from Seattle registered at the Finlen. Anaconda postmaster jus English in town. births reported. Dr. Hanson and Dr. Turner noted. Local commerce features include price checks on springs and watches, wallpaper ads, and railway ticket services at 41 North Main.
In the Butte municipal campaign the Democratic slate argues Republican candidates lack city hall experience while praising incumbents and new Democrats. It notes Alderman Evans was not renominated, cites Siebenaler four years in council, and highlights labor party support for an employment bureau. The piece frames voters choosing based on proven records and loyalty to city interests.
Dr. C. B. Whitford, back from a six month tour across the United States and Havana, recalls visits with old friends in Butte and New York. He praises Washington’s sights including the Smithsonian, navy yard, and monuments, and notes a Florida stop in Tampa.
The narrator recalls sailings to Havana and Cuba with strong dislike for the city outside the American sector. He notes a foul smell, poor upkeep, and a high death rate, contrasting it with pleasant countryside beyond the city. The journey home passed through New Orleans Mardi Gras El Paso and Los Angeles where Montana colonists were met, ending with a fond affirmation that Montana climate suits him best.
This note urges readers to try the Centennial bock beer claiming it is the best of the season, highlighting its superior quality and appeal to beer enthusiasts.
Pretoria reports March 30 that Acting President Schalkburger moves to open communications and accelerate government outreach amid political tensions. Officials say reforms aim to stabilize governance and ease public concerns.
A local sale offers 100 packages at $1 each starting Wednesday. Each package contains goods totaling $10, including a leather dressing case with ebony mounted toilet articles, a Winter statuette, Pinaud perfume trio, table mirror, and other items. Display planned in the south window.
Reports indicate Steyn and Dewet have crossed the main line of the railroad toward the west. They were escorted by Vanniekirk and Vandemerwe and have been traced to Paris about thirty miles northwest of Helissonrad by Colonel Garrett. Centennial Brewing Company's famous bock beer on draught today.
Suttons Broadway Theater draws a full house for When Reuben Comes to Town and Lincoln J. Carters The Eleventh Hour. Performances run nightly with clever vaudeville numbers, strong choruses, and witty turns by Karl Gardner and cast members.
An advertisement from J. F. Fariss & Co. offers loans at 8 and 10 percent on improved real estate security. Located at 119 Hamilton Street, corner.
Virgie Lewis claims seven years of mistreatment by Joseph McDonald led to his arrest by Officer Yutz at their Fast Galena Street home. McDonald faces a disturbance of the peace charge with a hearing set for this morning. he denies the allegations.
Overstocked Sweetwater Rock springs coal offered in city delivery at lump 6.90 per ton, not 5.50. Order now while supplies last. Phone 477. Butte Coal Company, 19 East Broadway.
J. T. Carroll Lumber company on the corner of Arizona and Patinum streets offers the largest assortment of high grade vehicles ever shown in Butte with very low prices. Call to examine stock.
London March 21. No definite results from peace negotiations in progress with Boer delegates and US envoys. Wessels and Wow believe a satisfactory promise may follow Kru ger mission. Wessels says Kru ger would accept terms of peace if any are reached. Daily Telegraph correspondent suggests Dr Kuypers, Dutch premier, travels to Begum and Germany to push peace efforts.
Fire broke out in the engine department of the steamship Washtenawa while in dry dock at Union Iron Works in San Francisco. The interior framework suffered damage amounting to several thousand dollars before the flames were subdued.
Chicago report says Howard R. Miller, a Keokuk College of Physicians and Surgeons student, was discovered in Lincoln Park with a revolver in his hand. Authorities believe he committed suicide over study pressures.
Dr Thomas Dunn English remains in critical condition in Newark after not taking nourishment for 72 hours. Physicians fear the aged poet may die in his sleep as family and doctors monitor him closely.
In Lowell Massachusetts on March 30 workers including beamers weavers cotton spinners and loom fixers voted to resume work tomorrow morning ending the current stoppage and signaling a swift reconciliation with employers.
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