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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1909
Page
22
Two thousand yards of Swiss and nainsock edgings with bands and insertion, ideal for flouncings and undergarments. Medium widths in fine dainty patterns in Swiss and nainsock longcloth, valued up to 50c a yard, selling now for 25c per yard.
Charles Dalton leads a one night presentation of The Servant in the House on May 27 at the Margaret Theater. Henry Miller’s staging promises a powerful social drama with a transformed villain who encounters an eastern servant and meets a tragic end in a sewer. Rehearsals are underway for Elks annual show The Whirl o th Town to follow on May 31 with James W. Evans directing a three act musical comedy.
A jumble of classified items reports sales of pianos and rain coats, rentals, furniture, and carpets at MacRae's and Copper City. It notes births, property transfers, auctions, and meetings, including county poultry group, iron workers jurisdiction claim, and Grand Army events with dates and locations throughout Anaconda and nearby Missoula and Butte.
Police Magistrate Murphy held court for two women Dot Rhodes and Violet Heath after complaints by the chief of police. Both were found guilty and fined 25 dollars each but refused to pay, leading to confinement. Officers say both houses harbor messenger boys, some as young as fifteen, and seek to curb the practice.
Ottumwa Iowa May 25 An old soldier aged 75 John Carter and the three children of his daughter Mrs. Lela Shaw were burned to death when a fire destroyed the Shaw residence at Eldon twelve miles east of Ottumwa early today The blaze was caused by a lamp overturned during a storm while Mrs Shaw was at work and the children were with their grandfather.
President Taft issued an executive order directing that when national holidays fall on Sunday federal employees entitled to a holiday receive leave on the following Monday. In states with Saturday preholiday celebrations, employees will be granted leave on Saturday.
RIVE STEAMERS HELD BY ICE. The ice blockade again closed St. John's port. Five vessels were unable to reach the harbor off Cape Race including Allan liner Siberian from Philadelphia, Furness liner Almeriana from Liverpool, Furness liner Durango from Halifax, and ore freighters Sygna and Ellen from Sydney.
A fragmented OCR snippet lists Herbert O Gorman and Sey in a It Clue act with characters including Cast The Boss Robert Clugston Tha Kid Crist Humble The Girl Edna Daly The Messenger A G Douter The Old Man and Herbert O Gorman, suggesting a stage or film cast listing with multiple roles.
Readable items include a motion picture programme listing Schoolboy's Revenge and The Bright Moons illustrated song with a caption Fonsty Is the Best Policy and a Chaperon segment. The fragment mentions Rude Hoetess and Magi 122 in an entertainment program note.
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