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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1900
Page
16
Western Montana office of the Standard located at 213 Higgins avenue opposite the post office in Missoula. Telephone number 118. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Missoula reports Chief Houston will enforce dog taxes come June with penalties including possible removal of dogs. The piece also lampoons a cocaine lather barber joke and mocks juvenile sidewalk riding with a harsh police stance, plus circus plans, road prep, and county assessor visits highlighting local tensions and humor.
Advertisement claims Hostetter's Stomach Bitters cures lack of appetite by cleansing bowels and stimulating stomach secretions. It purports to purify blood and strengthen liver and kidneys and calls itself the most efficient medicine for stomach troubles. A private revenue stamp covers the bottle neck.
The assessor enjoys the journey and returns home looking happy, concluding the trip on a positive note.
Missoula awaits an important railway excursion from Milwaukee set for June 6 to reach Missoula by June 8. Bell Mill & Mining reports fine ore and active development led by W P Ketcham. The trip aims to showcase the companys Wallace district properties to officers directors stockholders and others.
A long hotel arrivals column lists numerous guests and their hometowns including Rankin, Mrs Frank Bullock, Hamilton, A A Kerrin, EB H Cady, Victor, Ole Erickson of Woodside, Peter Miller Lolo, Joel McFarlen Stevensville, FE Holman Wallace, J K Wilson, Walter Horne Bonners Ferry, J M Leckard Wallace, John Fredline Creston, Spokane, Florence, Miss Emma Te Wallace, Helena, New York, Duluth, Fargo, St. Louis, Chicago, Minneapolis, Portland, and many more, with hotels such as Florence hotel and Missoula.
Missoula visitors this week from Garnet include Postmaster C F Judson and Thomas F Ward. Ward once worked as head bookkeeper for the Golden Sceptre Mining company at Quigley and witnessed Garnet’s rapid growth. He notes snow is clearing but the weather remains cold.
P M Reilly and Co reports unusually large stock movements via the Northern Pacific over two weeks ending May 23. About 20 000 sheep shipped since May 1 with several trainloads of horses and cattle en route to eastern markets and Pacific coast ports. On May 21, 21 carloads of horses passed through Missoula, 17 to South St Paul, two to Hornellsville New York and two to Mansfield Ohio.
In Missoula on May 23 the county jail reports another insane prisoner Faulkner already jailed 45 days for stealing valuables from the Northern Pacific platform. His hobby is sports playing baseball sparring exhibitions and similar acts. He was harmless but shows mania for sports. an examination may occur in a few days.
Misoula May 23 The university baseball team has been challenged by the Farmer Boys of Oak Springs to a match game soon likely on June 5 field day.
Missoula Notes reports F T Sterling visiting from Butte with family. Shirley Gharrett takes a position with J W Wilson on West Cedar. Charles Donavan and wife visit from Hamilton. Attorney George B Wilds travels to Arlee for legal business. J F Harrington of Silver Bow bank visits. John F Hallett intends to become a U S citizen. Frank Woody Jr returns from Wallace mining district with new claims. Fred Steinbrenner a fireman transfers from Helena to Missoula. Charles Cook in hospital with pneumonia can go out briefly. Mrs J L Goodwin ill at home. Mrs J C Lavery Cable and Albert Moag Anaconda summoned for illness. Mr Vance and daughter resume journey to California. Misa Vance improving. How are your kidneys Celery Gln Tonie hits the spot.
Missoula May 23 The state university plans a full commencement week with events starting June 1. Ella Knowles-Haskell to speak to literary societies. declamation contest on Saturday. baccalaureate sermon by Rev Dr Brown of Helena. Buckley medal oratorical contest on Monday. field day and School of Music recital on Tuesday. commencement address by A B Keith of Butte on Wednesday with degree conferrals. Trains delayed by Belknap wreck. no serious injuries. Riley, painless dentist, Higgins block.
A woman peddler visited a South Missoula home on May 23 pretending to sell small articles. While the resident left the room, she concealed a silk waist under a heavy cape. Strings revealed the theft and the thief was chased off.
Troop F celebrated its second anniversary with a crowded Union opera house turnout in Missoula on May 23. The venue was lavishly decorated by troop members and the grand march opened a delightful evening, marking a successful anniversary entertainment for the soldiers.
A stable owned by Mrs. Lucretia Worden on East Pine Street in Missoula burned tonight after a tramp sleeping in the loft started the blaze. The fire began with a strong outbreak but was quickly checked as the fire department responded with two streams to extinguish the flames.
Advertising copy extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a stomach remedy and tonic for digestion and nutrition. It claims to purify blood and increase vigor without alcohol or narcotics, and features a testimonial from Mrs. Ellen E. Bacon who says she improved after using the medicine. It also promotes Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets for constipation.
A cow that usually stays in the stable was released by friends. The woodshed of J. M. Dixon was burned but no other damage occurred. The total loss is estimated at 250 dollars.
Health Officer Berger received a request from Deputy Sheriff Bishop of Hamilton for a woman nurse. Professor Cook of Hamilton’s business college has smallpox and is at the pest house. Mrs. Cook is ill but not with smallpox. Many fear attending her, so a nurse unafraid of smallpox is needed. The nurse will depart on tomorrow’s train.
The Rose Avenue House has been thoroughly repainted and papered and is now one of the most comfortable rooming places in the city.
A child on a tourist coach aboard the north coast limited near Missoula suffered a severe finger injury when a swinging train door nearly amputated the finger. Railway hospital physicians treated the wound as the train remained at the station, with a surgeon to complete the sewing in Butte.
John W. Baker aged 27 and Margaret Elizabeth Nystrom aged 20ish were issued a license to wed in Missoula. The couple did not marry this afternoon as Baker chose to postpone after remarks from the bride’s relatives reportedly offended him.
Engineer Bailie of the Copper City limited says a heavy frost covered the valley Tuesday night but he believes little damage occurred. Several valley farmers visiting Missoula report frost with no evident damage.
Miss Mary E Davis, an employee of the Missoula hotel, underw ent an arm operation after a buggy crash near Bitter Root valley. She left Missoula at dusk and the buggy rolled on the pole grade. Her arm was dislocated and initial setting failed.
Ed Rost narrowly avoided a serious burn on Tuesday night while taking a vapor bath in Missoula. He remains largely immobile after a previous stroke and his current health limits his movement as he had hoped the baths would help him improve.
Ed reports he jumped about briskly for several minutes as flames spread but he managed to extinguish the fire by himself before any damage occurred. The incident spurred him to move faster than he has in many months.
Filed for Mecara Missoula May 2 and record shows instruments filed with county clerk. Gold Dollar placer claim located in Nine Mile mining district with affidavit of annual representation by William Chenoweth of Lolo for $400 labor on Peacock claim at owner George H Keen request in Lolo district.
Word reached Missoula at 2:30 am that Miss Jessie Markley living with Mr and Mrs David McClay on the Lolo ranch was seriously ill and not expected to live. Her mother Mrs Cooley and a physician went to the ranch and found her improving when the doctor left.
Joseph Glilbeau, injured near Carlan by barbed wire, has a badly damaged hand and may require amputation of a finger. He left for Anaconda tonight to be with his parents after receiving medical care.
Stinger and Campbell, whose barn burned Tuesday morning, will not rebuild now. They rented the Spooner barn for the time being and plan a larger barn later, with arrangements requiring time.
A New Orleans observer recalls a peculiar life saved by suspenders at Mardi Gras. A bank shooting scare ended with a man claiming a back wound though no blood appeared, a reporter spotting a small hole in his coat that proved the odd defense.
A bank clerk shot by a man seeking revenge for embezzled funds reveals a grim tale from a Louisiana jury system. The shooter walks free after the incident, while the victim faces a lengthy sentence and $800 lost in the scheme.
The San Francisco Chronicle notes a San Jose trial where a rascal attorney stole a client’s money. It was proven he acted, yet the court labeled the act grand larceny due to technical definitions, showing how legal formalities can affect criminal labels.
The attorney defends himself against embezzlement charges claiming the crime was grand larceny, and wins acquittal as statutes of limitations bar arrest. The writer laments California justice, blaming incompetent lawmakers and judge-made law for enabling criminals to escape, creating a web of technicalities burdening honest litigants and taxpayers.
Residents in northeastern Massachusetts and adjacent New Hampshire begin steps toward free rural mail delivery by electric cars after a trial replacing the stage coach between Exeter and Amesbury. If successful, the plan could extend to other parts of New England.
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