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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1908
Page
7
The Prinatal Branch Once of the Alanford operates at 28 Bagt Broadway Butts with telephone 422. Independent telephone 4432 advertising rates published on application.
A crowded page lists residents and visitors in Butte including Orton Bros rent planes, 4 H Martin from Helena, D Hall from Owsley block, EP N Water from Hayre, Wil Sterge from Great Falls, and doctors Cole and Tait at 43 W. Park. Mentions of Yohn McGrath Kalispell, Mugtes at Flute trem na Helena, Connelly from Billings, McDonnell from Helena, and Rev Tare Anaconda at the Finten. Birth notices include May 2 to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Carne and May 1 to Mr. and Mrs. Jatin Dover. Several legal and business updates note John W. Kirk moving to Phoenix block, A. Avnet, Adolph Gaventles and A. H. Prescott arrivals, and Quartz location blanks at the Standard office. Comdr Ike Bayer of Helena visits Butte en route from Around the Horn. Continuous travel notes cover Connelly of Missoula, Knights of Columbus meetings, and a Prague-like stream of visitors through the week.
Nation to Minera and union members gather at Miners' Union hall at 4 30 a m Monday May 4 to attend the funeral of Pat Lowney their longtime assistant secretary JAMUS SHEA president DAN HOLLAND recording secretary seeking further inquiries for assistance or questions about rent or quarry matters
A large gathering from Butte and Montana towns celebrated a Knights of Columbus initiation. More than 300 attended mass at St Patrick’s, then 350 sat to a banquet with speeches by Father Doughrty, Rev. Wathes Peter De Sierea, and others, praising the order and noting cross-state representation from Anaconda, Billings, Helena, Livingston, and Missoula.
The Burgomaster musical comedy returns at the Broadway theatre in Butte with Gus Weinburg as Peter Stuyvesant and Ruth White as Willie Van Asterhilt. The program urges audiences to enjoy the show despite historical quirks, noting songs like Keen Cool Were Civilized Now and Dear College Days. The performance repeats tonight.
At St Marys hall the Gaalter League hosted a May meeting with Moriarity and Father Hanuan speaking, songs by Sulelivan and Braynthan, and schoolchildren performing. Members praised business and professional donors and Scottish residents of Butte for support. plans for a future event and program were discussed, with the next two weeks’ activities including a sword dance and a dance display. The note from Butte, May 3, 1908, mentions the Northern Pacific Railway paying $5,000 for a conviction related to a May 1 incident, and Goodall as General Superintendent.
Cullen departed Friday afternoon for St Louis to attend the graduation of their daughter Mra J Mahaney who has been taking a medical course in that city. Correspondents note the trip from Twin Bridges with NM May 2.
The article outlines the start of the new year in the city government with John O Leary as council president and John J. O Connor as vice president. It describes the old council's ceremonial meeting, party dynamics, committee control, and the balance of Republicans Democrats Socialists and an independent alderman. It lists the new council members by ward and party, noting potential power struggles over appointments and salaries.
Miss Birdseye, longtime Butte educator and principal at McKinley and later Mukiniry schools, died after surgery. A Kentucky native who taught in Butte for 22 years, she was beloved by colleagues and students, with services at 217 North Montana and burial in Deer Lodge beside her family. Family and friends mourn a respected educator.
The report covers April and the preceding period, detailing job applications, both for work and for help, by gender. It lists positions filled within the city and outside, with breaks by male and female roles such as miners, section men, laborers, chambermaids, domestics, hotel staff, and miscellaneous categories.
Members of Siiver Laat No 10 will meet at Coluga hell Meaderville on the fourth Thursday of each month until further notice. Margaret Gitlis, N a, Blanche Trudgeon, Secretary, Mossehman's drug store, 13 North Main, had been consolidated with Fes Selmen's at 43 East Park.
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