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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1906
Page
15
The Principal Branch Office of the Standard is at 28 East Broadway, Butte. Telephone 422. Advertising rates furnished on application.
A fragment notes that the goods are described as attractive as solid gold though not literally so. It conveys a praise of the items, hinting at their desirability and superior appearance despite imperfect material.
A snapshot of Butte society items lists Meyers buggies at Grady and piano rentals from Orton Bros, along with various visitors and locals in town. Names include G A Meyers Havre, D Kaufman Anaconda, J R Coleman Deer Lodge, W W Perry Columbus, W E WKankstead Great Falls, Theodore Brantly chief justice, Miss Helen Gilbert Virginia City, and Miss F E Stark Deer Lodge. Also notes doctors and services at local offices and bars and hotels with specific phone contact details. The column invites readers to read about James Hopper’s earthquake experience in June Everybody's Magazine at the P O news stand.
Mrs E S Paxson with poor health leaves town for Missoula this afternoon. Accompanied by Mr Paxson they plan to settle her at a pleasant home along the Bitter Root river before he returns to Butte to locate a summer studio later joining her at the new home.
Frank Boucher received a telegram from Los Angeles describing A. K. Ervin of Butte, formerly with Case Gravelle Ervin, as very low with little hope of recovery. He is receiving every possible attention and care.
Along the Big Hole river excursion rates are posted with the Short Line offering a $3 round trip to Dillon. Tickets valid for the 5 p.m. Saturday and 2:45 a.m. Sunday trains, refundable to the following Monday. H. O. Wilson, D. F. & P. A.
Removal notice for Northwest Coal Company listing new location at Silver Bow block 16 West Granite, Slemons Booth's office. U P Rock Springs Diamond Rocky Fork Bridger telephone 505.
At St Patrick s and St Mary s churches Bishop Carroll preached on temperance and justice praising the Civic League and denouncing winerooms and slums. He confirmed 120 in Butte and 19 at St Mary s, with special music and solemn rites as he urged ongoing reform. He will return to Helena after visiting Gold Creek.
Night funeral procession escorts the late Thomas Jordan to the Northern Pacific depot. Jordan, deputy assessor and trusted figure in Butte, died of miner's consumption. Born in Pennsylvania, he moved to Butte a decade ago and held multiple public posts. He will be shipped by Burlington to Kansas to join relatives. sister Mrs. McCarthy of Greeley Nebraska and brothers in Oklahoma and Nebraska survive.
J M Conway of Billings arrived from Whitehall to visit Butte and proceed to Virginia City for the first consignment of Mountain Lily Morgan horses. The animals known in Southern Montana for mountain life with rabbits will be shipped from Norris on the 24th to Miles City for Clark horse sale at month end.
Butte Eagles meet tonight to elect 25 delegates to represent No. 11 at the Montana state convention to be held in Helena June 18 to 20. The event is billed as the banner convention, with interest extending to Chicago and the West Coast. Past presidents will receive credentials without election.
Sunday matinee and night performances presented the Hoosier play The Pumpkin Husker set in Indiana. Ben nison stars as the pumpkin husker with Hoosier actors and a villain. scenes include a barn dance Halloween and a thrilling fight. Next week Forget Me Not features singer Welyn Clifford with new songs.
Special officers escorted seven men to the county jail after they were rounded up at the Columbia Gardens resort on charges of creating a disturbance and using vulgar language in the presence of women and children. The accused, named as Carl Thompson A R Hill Harry Hutchinson Jack Mott Charles Connor Harry Fritch and Peg McCarthy who has a wooden leg, were taken into custody around 11 o'clock and await trial in a local justices court.
On May 29 and June 2 3 9 and 11 the Denver and Rio Grande Railroad offers round trip fares from Butte to Omaha Kansas City Chicago and intermediate points with ten day transit in each direction and final return by Sept 15. Tickets and details available from E R Hunt General Agent 51 East Broadway.
Two young Walkerville residents, after celebrating mining revival in Butte, hire a hack and discover three diamond rings, silver, cash, and checks worth over two thousand dollars. Sheriff and deputy recover the valuables later. the youths face good natured ribbing. Meanwhile a near disaster at Lexington mine delays work as a 1000 gallon tank breaks loose from hoisting gear and sinks down a 1500 foot shaft.
Carpenters at Mercury and Wyoming streets found their tool box broken into and tools missing. Police recovered most of the items last night and arrested seven suspects described as dope fiends, with two charged with robbery and the rest with vagrancy. Values set at fifty dollars.
Paul Sheehan 50 was trapped under a ground fall on the 2000 level of the Never Sweat mine last night. He suffered a dislocated shoulder and a badly lacerated leg, with possible internal injuries, and was conscious when extricated after more than two hours. He lies in St James hospital, single, at Florence hotel residence.
George Conroy known as Montana Slim, deemed dangerous by police, returned to Butte on Friday and was placed in the city jail on a vagrancy charge. He was part of the gang arrested after last summer’s safe blowing incidents and had been released earlier due to lack of evidence. He had eighty dollars on him at capture.
May 21 news columns debate a British squadron’s Cronstadt visit as a possible step toward an Anglo Russian entente and a shift in naval strategy toward the Baltic and North seas. The Twenty Century supports peace through detente with Germany’s diplomacy tempered by a William Nicholas meeting rumor.
Chicago to Louisville round trip via Big Four offered with a special rate of one fare plus 5 cents on June 11 and 13. Tickets on sale now through agents with details for return limits and travel dates as part of Kentucky Homecoming Week promotion.
Wabash offers excursion fares to Boston May 31 to June 9 with options via Niagara Falls direct line via Montreal or via New York. Round trip fare is one fare plus a dollar and extended return until July 15, 1906. For printed matter and full details contact F. H. Tristram, Assistant General Passenger Agent, 97 Adams Street, Chicago. Also note Wednesday night social at Elite hall 317 Dakota Street.
The 1 month and 21 day old Alice Roberts of 6 Agate Street died yesterday. The Nolan child, 2, died yesterday at St James Hospital. Both funerals set for tomorrow at 2 pm, Alice at 6 Agate Street and the Nolan girl at 386 West Virginia Street.
The intercollegiate committee asserts it will not clash with the Amateur Athletic Union and explains college rules aim to standardize play among colleges as in football. Yale’s R B Hyatt notes the move to uniform interpretations, separation of referee and umpire duties, and no change to eligibility or conduct rules, urging teams to play honestly without quibbling.
London May 2 Arrangements are set for Princess Ena of Battenberg to leave for Spain on Thursday. King Edward will host a family dinner at Buckingham Palace Wednesday as Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria return from a cruise. A turbine steamer will ferry the bride elect and a large suite from Dover to Calais, then by train to Madrid where the wedding party will assemble. King Edward’s gift is a grand state dessert and coffee service from English porcelain.
Des Moines Iowa May 20 Evangelical churches in Des Moines nearly all housed sermons by Presbyterian ministers attending the General Assembly. About 100 sermons were delivered at morning and evening services. The moderator Dr Hunter Corbett led a notable sermon on mission work in China at the Auditorium alongside speakers Dr Kanderko and Rev Dr A S Jackson.
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