Anaconda Tragedy Details Life Burden Behind Death
The dead body of William Mason, a 35 year old colored man and former soldier, was found in a stable at 417 East Front street with a bottle of carbolic acid nearby. Inquest set for today with Coroner Hardenbrook to determine causes amid notes of a past romance and Mason’s liquor troubles.
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Third Street
East Front Street
William Mason
Mason
Anaconda
Tuttle
Hardenbrook
Charles Petiit
25Th Infantry
Fort Missoula
R. W. Jennison
Colored Baptist Church
Jennison
Tacoma
Nevada Bailey
Virginia
Kansas City
Memorial Day Services and Half Mast Flags Decree
Citizens are invited to Memorial Day services. Flags should be at half mast. Post chaplains must report the day’s exercises to Department chaplain Rev J J Albritton Butte. Reading Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is urged during memorials per encampment action. By command Perry H Manchester Department Commander.
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J. J. Albritton
Butte
Lincoln
Perry H. Manchester
Samuel H. Almon
Notice to Stockholders Anaconda Copper Mining Meeting
Notice to stockholders of Anaconda Copper Mining company. Annual meeting in Anaconda Montana on May 16 1900 at 10 a m for election of trustees and other business. Stock transfer books close May 2 1900 at 3 p m and remain closed until May 16 1900. W H Dudley secretary.
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Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Anaconda
Mont
Board of Trustees
W. H. Dudley
Memorial Day Memorials Urged by Grand Army of the Republic
A 1900 memorial circular from Commander Perry Manchester of the Grand Army of the Republic urges observance on May 30. It emphasizes adult participation and school programs, calling on Women's Relief Corps, Sons of Veterans, Spanish American soldiers, and children to decorate graves and hold patriotic services. It notes Memorial Day’s origins with General John A. Logan and the growing graves to honor.
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Perry H. Manchester
Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Montana
Butte
Mont
John A. Logan
Women's Relief Corps
Sons of Veterans
Ae Grand Army of the Republic
Trade in Household Goods and Tobacco on East Park
Household goods, cigars, tobacco and candy sold with leave orders for transfer work at 618 East Park.
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East Park
Swindells Arrives to Boost Grim Colts in May Opener
Swindells, signed as catcher from Stanford, arrived from Tacoma and was welcomed by President Webb and fans. Weather canceled the practice game at Athletic Park between Grim’s Colts and the Foundry nine. The team plans hard drills in preparation for the opening game with the Smoke Eaters at Butte on May 22.
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Athletic Park
Grim
Colts
Foundry
Charles Swindells
Tacoma
the Depot
Webb
Swindel
Stanford University
Smokeeaters
Butte
Residence of George S Bartlett at Oak and Fifth
Notice of a $2,000 house owned by George S Bartlett at the corner of Oak and Fifth streets. The dwelling is newly papered and painted. Apply to George P Wellcome in room 1 of the Bank building for details and bids.
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George S. Bartlett
Corner Oak
Fifth Streets
George P. Wellcome
Bank Building
Three Accident Cases Treated at St Ann’s Hospital
Three accident cases were treated at St Ann's hospital yesterday. The most serious involved a rope gang worker at the smelters whose finger was crushed, requiring amputation. he walked away after the procedure and his name is unknown. The other two cases were from the converters: Edward Roberts with a burned left foot and Jerry Farrell whose toe was mashed by a heavy piece of metal.
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St. Ann's Hospital
Edward Roberts
Jerry Farrell
Advertising cuts and illustrations by Standard Publishing
Standard Publishing offers a variety of advertising cuts and illustrations. Correspondence solicited for ad art needs and layout designs.
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Standard Publishing Company
Drive or bike to Three-Mile House east of Anaconda
A note invites readers to visit the Three-Mile House on Stuart Road, located east of Anaconda, for a pleasant drive or bicycle excursion.
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Anaconda
Stuart Road
Local notices and visitors fill Anaconda city pages
The column lists retailers, guests, and travelers in Anaconda and nearby towns. Mentions Tolan Co. ice cream sodas, McGinley’s saloon raffle, Cassius M. Clay cigars, and Kodak, with guests Alfred Alderdice Belfast Ireland and W H Herman Portland Ore registered at the Montana. Includes wall paper designs, a 50 cent chance prize, rent offer, and travel notes on Great Northern trains and local residents like N H Bodahl Butte and Maurice O Brien.
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Montana
E. D. Donahue
St. Paul
Alfred Alderdice
Belfast
Ireland
W. H. Herman
Portland
W. W. Walsworth
Butte
J. Fred Schlingman
San Francisco
W. T. Crane
New York
J. R. Stroupe
Great Falls
N. H. Bodahl
H. FE. Brandt
Chicago
A. W. Nuckols
Idaho
Charles Swindell
Tacoma
Woman Arrested for Robbery After Visitor Lost Twenty Dollars
Lilly Woods, member of a row, was arrested last evening on a charge of robbing a visitor of $20. She had prior police attention about two years ago when she attempted suicide but was found in time and saved from the poison.
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Lilly Woods
Mysterious Disappearance of Anthony McVady Alarms Community
Anthony McVady 35, a former converter worker in Anaconda, disappeared after April 30 while drinking with acquaintances on Main Street. He left with no money, had a April paycheck due, and left behind clothes at his East Park Avenue room. Friends seek help from the Standard to locate him, while authorities have yet to find him.
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Anthony McVady
Standard
MceVady
Converters
Carroll
Main Street
Shafter House
East Park Avenue
Anaconda
James McNulty
McVady
Meeting Postponed to Friday May 18 at 8 PM
On account of hall changing hands our meeting is postponed from Tuesday to Friday May 18 at 8 p m. By order of president A Klein, Secretary.
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A. Klein
Drunken Man Disrupts Service At St Mark's Church
A drunk man entered St Mark's Church at Sixth street and Main last night and disturbed the services. He was removed, escorted to the county jail, and locked up.
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St. Mark's Church
Sixth Street
Main
Moon study reveals mysterious Linne spot on lunar Mare Serenitatis
Boston Journal reports Linne, a white four mile spot in Mare Serenitatis, showing dramatic size changes with lunar day and Earth eclipse. Professor Pickering notes expansions to nearly five miles after sunrise and contractions after sunset, suggesting frost, clouds, or atmospheric effects on the moon.
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The
Boston Journal
Linne
Pickering
Unc
Ilvine
Lunar mysteries and the Plato ring on the moon described
The article discusses observed lunar changes near Linne and the Plato crater ring, noting that sunlight and shadow cause dramatic interior illumination. it suggests certain lunar locales exhibit unique day night effects. The narrator recounts a shocking hotel incident with rats and ferrets during sleep.
Perfume Affliction Woman Leaves Church Mystery
A Chicago woman with an extreme aversion to fragrance sat alone at a church service to avoid scents. She later found a handkerchief saturated with perfume in the pew she had chosen, leaving investigators and the victim puzzling over who placed it there.
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Chicago
Obliging Alabama Landlord
A Virginia traveler recounts staying in an Alabama town where he heard eerie noises at night and encountered ten giant rats in a tavern. He describes the rodents as large as a squirrel to a dog, noting they showed no fear as they prowled the tavern.
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Washington Post
D. B. Parks
Fredericksburg
Alabama
Picture buyers warned on counterfeit old master paintings
The Chicago Chronicle reports European falsifiers flood Paris and Brussels with spurious old master paintings and fake English works. Shady dealers push these forgeries to America, often via well-dressed couriers. buyers risk paying inflated prices for forged works, with advice to buy only from reputable dealers and pay true value.
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Thurber
Amsterdam
Brussels
Emerods and plague claim in ancient Philistine tale
The article reports on Drs F Tidswell and J A Dick presenting evidence to the Royal Society of New South Wales that the 1141 BCE epidemic described in I Samuel was bubonic plague. It links Ashdod and Ekron outbreaks, emerods and rats to plague, arguing the event predates accepted history by over 800 years.
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Ashdod
Ekron
Philistia
Bombay
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Anaconda News
Wm. Mason
Manchester
Swindells
St. Ann’s Hospital
Tolan Co.'s
McGinley
Cassius M. Clay Cigar
Kodak's
Hunter's
Cherry St
Mahan Bros
Portland, Ore
Conley, Clague & Collins
Park Ave
Thomas F. Moran
Helena
City
Ww. T. Crane
Frank G. Chess
Boston & Montana
Greig
Maurice O’brien
Anaconda Camp Woodmen of America
Standard Hall
James M. Glen
Cincinnati
Ohio
Georgetown
Great Northern Railway
Minneapolis
John Healey
Copper City Commercial Company
Hunter Hot Springs
Tom Richardson
Havre
Spokane
J. R. Strouk
Hermann
Starvard University
General Headquarters For
Northwest
First
Columbia Streets
Seattle
Wash
Moon
Plato
Lunar
Kopjes
Pleto
Mars
Europe
Chicago Chronicle
Bradford
Foulard Siks
Copper City
Anaconda, Montana
Enea
L Pt Tal
Arne
Aler
Washington Market
E. Park Ave
Washington
East Park Ave
Cherry and
Cedar Streets
R. de B. Smith
Montana Hotel
Duane & Ryley
Chas. Hoy
Aragbaby
Matthews & Burger
Mary Marble
Walter Jones
Whalley
F. Marion
Maney
Phil
H. Ryley
Bessie Tony Hart
Adlyn Fistees
Dunne
Marion Gunning
Gert
Miner Kirwan
Wiseman
Ryle
Allis
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