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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1901
Page
12
Western Montana office of the Standard is at 110 West Main Street Missoula. Telephone number 118. Advertising rates furnished on application.
The Epworth League shows quick progress in activities and outreach as members push community engagement efforts forward with steady growth and increasing participation.
Missoula May 10 1901 State President Charles F Avery calls all Montana Epworth Leagues to send a full delegation to the state convention in Livingston this August. He praises growing membership and speaks of the League as a strong Methodist youth movement with broad reach and mission.
Captain Dutton, a temperance lecturer, will deliver the evening address at the Union Opera House. Excellent music will accompany the event with several songs featured by a male quartet.
Henry Shanders, brought back from Butte, was freed as the case against him was dismissed. He claimed he merely borrowed a lady's gold watch while delivering groceries and planned to return it, and blamed timing for the delay. The owner declined to prosecute after hearing his explanation.
Two well matched teams meet on the Missoula south side Sunday for a no admission game. Players practicing nightly expect a good contest with lineups including Dodge, Marshall, Gibney, Sampson, McCoy, Kennedy, McDonald, Matheson, Corbin, Vassar, Marshall, Graham, Bitter, Root, Hardtail and McHaffie among others.
Missoula churches announce Sunday services led by pastors across denominations. Christian Science meets Elks hall at 11 a.m.. Scandinavian church hosts Sunday school at 10 a.m. and sermons at 8 p.m. Episcopal Morning prayer at 11 a.m. and sermon 4 p.m. Presbyterian and other churches follow morning and evening schedules with various Sunday schools and Endeavor groups. Seats free. all invited.
Globe mode restaurant touted as the best amid a sale note noting half price Mackintoshes and a popular dining choice.
Early this morning at Cedar and Stevens streets in Missoula a wall collapse during cellar excavation for a new building buried a horse and trapped a worker briefly. The driver escaped as rescuers freed the horse. No injuries reported beyond shock.
Missoula hosts a union meeting of all denomination churches on Sunday night after a notice dated May 10. Leaders invite parishioners and neighbors to gather for a shared service and discussion in the city.
Missoula May 10 Two decisions by the United States land office found abandonment in two cases. Eugene Preston vs John Wilson concerned land near Thompson where Wilson entered a homestead in 1899 and Preston later contested. The office canceled the entry. Leon Bourdon v Simon E Smith showed Smith entered in 1896 and Bourdon alleged lack of actual residence. the land was abandoned for two years and the entry canceled.
P M Reilly & Co grocers silks dress goods and trimmings offer 40 percent off at the Globe department store sale. The feature markets a wide range of merchandise with large discounts aimed at clearing stock.
Traffic on the Northern Pacific main line near Belknap in Missoula county was halted for hours when a steam shovel capsized while being moved at Thompson Falls. Crews cleared the tracks by 8 PM. Eastbound No. 2 arrived five hours late. westbound No. 3 delayed three hours on eastern divisions. The Belknap incident itself did not delay No. 3.
Paul Lejeune a clerk at McBride's hardware store in Missoula had a close call when benzine used on his coat and cap ignited from a rear stove fire. He suffered a scorched forehead and some hair loss after quick action prevented a more serious burn.
Smallpox patients Hord and One Oliver discharged from the pesthouse in Missoula. Two patients remain and will be discharged shortly.
An editorial on the dangers of hurry links life to stomach trouble and praises Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for improving digestion and blood flow. It cites a testimonial from J. Bell of Leando and offers free medical advice with mailed stamps for Dr. Pierce’s books.
John Ortracoughe, brought back from Stevensville to answer fraud charges, has the case dismissed after a satisfactory reply. He had used a Helena bank account for checks to buy the Depotment market from William Kennedy. A $1000 draft mailed to him from his wife in Helena arrived while he was away, enabling him to settle debts and start anew. Oregon Nursery Co reports offices in Missoula.
A man and wife driving from the reservation to Missoula forded the Jocko river at night. Their two quarter breeds were swept into a deep hole and their wagon and cargo were lost. A passing cowboy rescued one horse and both survived to reach Missoula with an empty wagon.
A painter working on a new horn of Otto Siegel in Missoula fell from a four story staging today. He was unconscious when rescued and remained unable to talk by tonight. He is a stranger to the area and his name is not known. He lies in the hospital.
Missoula May 10 W P Smith faces trouble fencing several hundred acres on Mount Jumbo He bought 17 40 acre tracts from Northern Pacific and leased five more He planned to fence all land for pasturing One 40 acre tract belongs to a Missoula resident and fencing has started The parties will settle the dispute amicably.
The notice reports the death of a man at his residence in England after a period of illness. The piece notes his ailing condition was not entirely unexpected and mentions a garden hose brand, Good garden hose 8c McBride, in the surrounding context.
Otis Mc Shipman files for legal separation in district court with Attorney Charles H Hal representing him. He notes he married Sidonia Shipman in Spokane in July 1893 and says he has been a dutiful husband, while the complaint alleges desertion by his wife exposing the need for legal severance.
La Lojie Fuller entertained a good audience at the Union opera house. Deputy U S Marshal Faust is in the city summoning witnesses for a federal court session in Helena. A bridge carpenter named Davis arrived at the Northern Pacific hospital with a severe axe wound in one leg. Hayes and Marsh received a coffin request for William Miller, a Plains pauper who died today, for the largest coffin. The water company tapped the reservoir for a new 20 inch main to the south side. the valve is in place and the pipe will be connected tomorrow without mishap. May in Missoula closes with mining news from the Coeur area and notes of returns from T L Greenough.
Special Dispatch reports Governor Toole announced his public event staff. The adjutant general is R. Lee McCulloch of Hamilton with inspectors A L Duncan of Missoula and Tyler B Thompson of Missoula. Other appointees include A. Be Atkinson Great Falls quartermaster general, T B Miller Helena commissioner general, J A Savage Livingston judge advocate, George B Owen Anaconda surgeon general, John A Luce Bozeman inspector rifle practice, Harvey Bliss Big Timber, Lanier Napton Butte, Lyndsay B Jobb White Sulphur Springs as aides de camp. William H Meyers Boulder named to the state deaf and dumb asylum trustees.
A local windstorm in Hamilton last evening caused damage to portions of the town and blew off the roof of the pump house. The storm was confined to the area around Hamilton and no further injuries are mentioned. The note also advertises Standard premiums for a year's subscription.
May 10 reporting George Gray was arrested on accusation by Allie Goldsmith of stealing a table cover. Friends recovered the cloth and returned it to Goldsmith, leading to the withdrawal of the charge.
The Mandolin club will furnish music at the Missoula Mercantile company store Saturday evening. A splendid programme will be rendered.
Mrs H T Wilkins received the sad news today in Missoula that her father has died. The notice conveys a family bereavement and the announcement of the death.
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