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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1908
Page
13
Butte readers are told the Principal Branch Office of the Standard is located at 28 East Broadway With telephone 422 and independent line 1 422 advertising rates are available on application.
A school sale lists brooches hatpins and scarfpins in cut-out monogram B H S with enamel colors priced at 75 cents. Leather fobs with the same monogram on gilt Shields cost 50 cents. Other items range from 25 to 50 cents.
Local notes list visitors and residents in town including Moyer at Grady's and Gunn at the Finlen. Dentists Drs. Cole and Tait advertise, while Bremerton arrivals from Havre, Missoula, Deer Lodge, Great Falls and Spokane appear at various hotels. Special shirt waist sale and new businesses like Callahan’s billiard room add to bustling Butte scene.
A dispatch from Nikolsk near Vladivostok reports the American car extends its lead in the New York to Paris race after two days of mud filled road travel. The American and German cars frequently stalled as crews fought to free them from the mire. Nikolsk lies about ten miles from Vladivostok.
The Grand Army event at Shortridge Memorial Christian Church drew Civil War veterans and Spanish War soldiers to a Memorial Day service. Rev. E. O. Tilburn delivered the sermon as the Centerville Glee club performed. The program included "Onward, Christian Soldiers" and "My Country, 'Tis of Thee."
A speaker recalls past wars, noting both fallen and living heroes. He praises honoring the dead with flowers and urges respect for those alive who served. The address stresses unity beyond faction and prejudice and honors veterans from North and South.
Denison Texas reports widespread flooding with the Canadian and Red rivers rising, rail lines washed out north of town, lowlands under water, crops ruined, and livestock drowned. Families move to higher ground as the Washita overflows. Local farms suffer enormous damage and storage and transport are disrupted.
A powerful wind and rain storm swept Texas from the Panhandle to the Gulf, causing severe crop and vegetation destruction. Many areas received seven inches of rain in hours, with streets impassable in Austin, lines down and homes unroofed amid widespread disruption.
Sporting Life reports Moose Baxter a former Butte star, suspended indefinitely by the Southern league president for assaulting umpire O'Brien after a Saturday game. Baxter led Montgomery in hitting before the ban, with officials sending a secretary to New Orleans to investigate the incident amid rowdyism speculation.
Captain Kirby Hoon leads the Butte Independent squad into a busy week with three sunny days of practice. They plan to play Bozeman next weekend and Memorial Day weekend, aiming to win one of the games to stay a state championship contender. Wessler strengthens the lineup as managers seek two or three more fast players, with trips to Dillon Missoula and Great Falls and a July 3 4 5 series during Helena summer carnival anticipated.
The Parnell Juniors won 6 to 5 over St Marys in a tight matchup. Batteries for the victors were Lowney and Duggan. The Little Parnell Juniors routed Little Dublin Gulch 12 to 11 and issued a challenge to teams with players under 12.
Erick Liden, a city jail detainee, faces disturbance charges after a row in which he was said to be the aggressor left E Ewelson with a badly sprained ankle at 29 North Main Street. Orton Bros. at 219 North Main Street advertise piano and organ value.
Two crowded trolley cars collided at Devisadero and Sacramento to kill Henry Baer a traveling salesman and injure twenty others including a seriously hurt child. Injured were rushed to St Francis Hospital where most are expected to recover. The Devlisadero car ran out of control and struck the Sacramento street car at the curve.
At Thoburn near Fairmont on May 2 a Slav wedding celebration erupted into violence. One miner named Mihal Ladar, 35, was killed. 12 foreigners and two Monongah police officers were injured as doors were broken, a fight ensued, and a porch collapsed. Authorities dispute who fired the fatal shot. Ladar died at a local hospital.
The Northwest league season in Butte opens today after a six week road jaunt. The team arrives at 1 50 this afternoon tired but eager. They will seek lodgings for five weeks of journaling and will be worth meeting both as individuals and as a group in their blue and white uniforms.
In Poughkeepsie Justice Morschauser will issue the habeas corpus ruling on Harry K. Thaw tomorrow morning after last week’s evidence. Attorney James G. Graham obtained a stipulation that Thaw not be freed nor sent to Matteawan until a formal order, keeping him in jail for a week. Thaw’s mother visited him at the courthouse for two hours this afternoon.
Protests against Sunday baseball continue as clergymen urge curbs. The War Department reiterates that baseball may be played on Sundays by troops on military reservations if they do not affect nearby civil communities.
A $100 reward is offered to anyone proving Mayer at 22 West Park does not provide the best main spring. Also advertised are watch cleaning services at $1.50 with a one year guarantee, promoted as a longer warranty than available for 50 cents to $2 more elsewhere.
Free eye tests offered at Mayer's Store 22 West Park. Optometrist claims high success, satisfaction guarantee or money back, and prices $2.50 to $4.50 cheaper than rivals.
The list itemizes racing entrants for Oakland and Louisville today with weights and numbers across multiple races. Notable horses include Orelio Berryessa Loch nager Royal Stone Neva Lee Don Irent Magic Waterway McDale and many others along with conditions such as selling purses and stakes and notes on weather and track conditions.
Reno in May 24 notes the funeral of the late Gov John Sparks set for tomorrow at 2 pm from the Elks home. Bells will toll from cortege start to burial as fraternal groups police civic bodies cadets governor staff and officers lead the procession. A state proclamation calls for suspended business to honor the event.
Secretary W F Saunders of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep Waterway association calls for the third annual convention in Chicago on October 6 and 7, inviting members and affiliates to gather for planning and updates on the waterway project.
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