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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1902
Page
11
A surreal quiet settled over Butte after a lively electrical storm. Miners heard whistles only they could hear as merchants paused, the courthouse clock crept, and life paused with no incidents or news. The piece ends with an insurance notice from Union Casualty and Surety.
Saturday and Sunday Basin Boulder and return fares listed with varying prices. Alhambra trip priced at 2.30 with Monday return option. Sunday only returns available at reduced rates. Ticket office located at 41 North Main street and depot.
A city reporter discovers a gold watch and chain hanging from his vest on Main and Galena streets. He advertises the item at his office, hoping the owner will claim it, while colleagues call it a stroke of luck. Another note tells of a second reporter who returns to work with a can tied to him.
Starts at nine Monday Hennessys clothing department advertises a fine lot of men s spring suits at 14 75 each Four hundred suits from Alfred Benjamin Co of New York are black blue cheviot worsted and serge varieties with many swell effects These high grade suits normally worth 20 to 30 dollars are displayed in the south window and go on sale Monday at 9 00 am Buy your spring suit now at Hennessys.
The text promotes the International Detective Agency of Milwaukee a quarter century old with world representation and experienced operators. It invites cases needing extra evidence and assures careful handling. Contact via phone 55 and offices at 21 22 Owsley block Butte. Also advertises for a sober experienced male nurse at St Anns hospital Anaconda.
J P Howe of Seattle becomes manager after a lease transfer from John Maguire. Maguire will retire from theater work to pursue play writing. The house will be renovated and a stock company may be formed for summer. Arthur Marks will represent Howe in Butte. Lease runs to September 1903 with ongoing litigation in the Bender King case awaiting appeal court decision.
Northern Railway selling Alhambra round trip tickets including one day’s board for 5.00 and a week’s board for 13.00. Tickets on sale daily at the Great Northern ticket office, 41 North Main Street.
Daily promotion at Ed Mayer jeweler 65 West Bark Street offers free cabinet photos to the person guessing the closest number of beans in a jar in the window. One guess per 25 cents spent on goods or repairs such as watch cleaning 1.50 and mainspring 1.00. Guaranteed one year.
Loretta five month old daughter of Mr and Mrs Hugh Black of 906 Warren Avenue will be laid to rest in a funeral from the residence Sunday at 2 p m.
The Post-Dispatch reports freight on the St Louis Kansas City and Colorado rail line, recently bought by Chicago Rock Island and Pacific, is halted as the Wabash Railway and Terminal Railway association declare war. Terminal workers are told not to handle Colorado railroad business arriving via Wabash tracks. The dispute stems from efforts by Mississippi Valley Trust for Terminal Railway and Rock Island to control Wiggins ferry properties and terminal facilities.
Rainbow Athletic club girls form a baseball nine and challenge the Highbinder men led by Roy McCleary at Black Eagle park May 25 aimed at raising funds for gym equipment. Players listed include Ethel Reed Carrie Boots Frances Foster Flossie Solomon Esther Newbould Frances Pontet Nellie Krebs Lena Rolfe Marie Malcolm.
A. D. Johnson Augusta cattleman, detained as insane, grew violent and relatives could not be located delaying the lunacy commission hearing. County commissioners vacated parts of Nei hart Monarch road and Hound creek road near Colby’s ranch. A 10 day mission begins May 1 at St Ann's Catholic church led by Rev P J Mulconry and Rev M J O Connor. McEwen the hypnotist drew interest by locating a hidden book.
The final session of the police chiefs meeting in Louisville changed the association's name to the International Police Chiefs' Association and chose New Orleans for the next gathering. Richard Sylvester of Washington was elected president.
Manila reports 867 cases and 706 deaths from cholera to date while the provinces show 2,452 cases and 1,805 deaths. The figures reflect ongoing health surveillance across the region.
Robert J. Condon the new city superintendent of schools arrived in Helena from Everett Massachusetts for a week long visit. He plans to confer with trustees and may direct the Martha's Vineyard summer school reading program if no urgent summer need arises. He outlines a method stressing thoroughness in practical work and English study across grades. He aims to make schoolroom work vital and to coordinate community forces for education.
Florence Fensham of Constantinople became the first woman to receive the bachelor of divinity degree at the Chicago Theological Seminary annual convention held in the first Congregational church in Chicago.
In Los Angeles on May 4 the sixth biennial General Federation of Women's Clubs closed amid rose petals. About 500 delegates observed Pasadena Day and social functions were set for lingering guests after the finale.
Omaha May 9 Dr E C Spinney was today re elected president of the Bankers Union of the World. Spinney’s renomination follows a unanimous vote at the annual meeting held here with members from multiple countries in attendance.
The house approved the admission bill for Oklahoma Arizona and New Mexico after opposition faded. A proposed Montezuma plan to join New Mexico and Arizona failed 28 to 106. Delegate Mark A. Smith survived a medical scare and recovered at his hotel. The acts authorize enabling conventions and future boundary adjustments with educational land provisions.
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