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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1906
Page
20
The Western Montana office of the Standard lists its Missoula location at 130 Higgins Avenue and a phone number 118. Advertising rates are available on application.
A patriotism themed sermon by Rev Ernest W Wright at the Fort Presby terian church honors veterans from Fred Winthrop post AR and local war veterans. The decorated hall bore national colors as Wright urged love of country, linking it to religious duty and universal patriotism. He cited Daniel Nehemiah Ezra Paul and Lincoln era examples to stress civic virtue, prayer and the duty of citizens to uphold justice and liberty. He warned against self interest and urged a life of piety and public service for a strong nation.
Miss Cora Goode writes gratefully of being cured by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after a long illness and poor rest. The Bryn Mawr Lawn Tennis Club Chicago president credits the remedy with restored health and strength, urging other women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
The Ladies' auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen held a farewell party for Mrs May Carnahan at Mrs J M Maheart's home in Missoula on May 27. Progressive whist determined prize winners Mrs Kaheart took first, Mrs S B Merrill second, and Carnahan received a silver souvenir screen. Refreshments of strawberries cake and coffee followed as Carnahan and family prepare to move west. Attendees included Mesdames Carnahan Beheart KRogart Merrill Drew Garber Brooks Horn Murphy Rickey Essig Jensen Wade and Miss Jennie Carnahan.
May 27 in Missoula a fierce bulldog fight erupted in a West Front street saloon around 8 30 this morning. Participants were Rob Harley and Melac lin, two famed local fighters. The bout began suddenly for unclear reasons, both dogs refusing to speak. Local word says Bob acted as aggressor, though he reportedly fared worse overall.
Missoula May 27 A ik Sprigens returned from Tron Mountain mine reports steady work under Superintendent W W Edwards. The tunnel extends about 520 feet with an average progress of four feet daily. At this rate it would take over a year and a half to finish a tunnel over a mile and a quarter long. Also notes Ravalli hotel in Hamilton offering year round service and a new booklet.
Edna May Rickard, a %-year-old daughter of Mr and Mrs J A Rickard of 839 East Galena street Butte, died in Missoula this morning from heart failure after a sudden illness while visiting friends. Undertaker Marsh took charge of the remains and they were shipped to Butte this evening. One hundred calling cards and plate for $1.50. Standard office Missoula.
W E R McDonald a well known Butte resident arrived in Missoula from Trout Creek where he had filed a homestead claim years ago. He learned another party attempted to jump his ground and he came to protect his rights. He still possesses the land.
The funeral for 12 year old Ella A Bruce daughter of Mr and Mrs M A Bruce of 618 Warden Avenue was held at their residence at 2 PM with Rev Van Engelen officiating Undertaker Marsh overseeing arrangements.
Bozeman notices the state agricultural college finishing recitations this week with exams except Decoration Day. Commencement begins Saturday June 2 with business and domestic science, followed by a baccalaureate sermon at the opera house and several departmental graduations. Faculty shifts include Phelps resigning as business department head, new instructors in civil engineering and animal science, and expansion of the experiment station and botanical work. campus grounds will be enclosed with a decorative iron fence and improvements, including a drill hall, heating plant, and baths.
A Montana stockman, who served in the federal service during the war and later moved to Montana in 1900, died leaving three sons Wak Ji and W Yoe near Lothros. The funeral will be held tomorrow from the Marsh establishment.
Memorial day arrangements for the Grand Army of the Republic in Missoula include a parade and graveside decoration in the forenoon with public addresses in the courthouse square in the afternoon. Attorneys Charles Hall and Charles B E Avery are set to speak, and a battalion may march if weather permits with a firing squad at the cemetery.
A man found hanging near the Park and Washington streets at 7 am died three hours later at St. James hospital. He gave the name F. J. Smith before death, but letters found indicate Jameson of Butte, with a Portland family in destitution. Coroner reports autopsy shows no foul play. inquest scheduled at Walsh's tonight.
Missoula reports John McGee a teamster injured at Bonner by a shifting lumber load at Big Blackfoot Milling died at Sisters hospital at 10 this morning due to lasting internal injuries. Undertaker Lucy took charge of the remains. funeral plans not yet set. Little is known locally or at Kenner where he had recently stayed. His wife’s address is 468 Terrace Grand Rapids Mich telegrams to that address unanswered. He was about 40, tall and strong, trapped in a stopping position under the falling load.
Dan C. Hannum a popular Missoula man formerly employed in C. E. Hollingsworths barber shop left with his wife on the North Coast Limited for Seattle and then sail Friday June 1 on the Ohio for Nome Alaska. He has long sought the northern fortune and a mining strike near a lifelong friends property gave him an opening to depart at once.
Dan Mortimer and his brother in law, visiting from Butte, spent the weekend in Missoula with friends. They own 30 acres in Orchard Home and expect substantial returns from the property in the near future.
Spruce Noon will spend the summer at the Royal mine tailings in Granite County to oversee Bernard Noon and Joseph T. Terry’s cyanide project. Terry has leased the tailings from the old Royal mill, installing a 30 ton plant to treat tailings washed onto placer ground owned by Philipsburg men. About 25 080 tons exist with a royalty of 1 4 cents per ton to the landowners.
John Schmitz aged 84 died Sunday evening at Lothroy and was brought to theory this afternoon. Born in Germany he immigrated to the United States in 1847 landing at New Orleans. From there he came to Missoula where his death occurred.
The piece cites 000,000 natives killed by famine and plague in a year, 33,000,000 in half-starvation, and 200,000,000 souls starved by caste. It argues readers may reconsider life in America after reading Russell on India in Everybody's for June.
In Seattle on May 27 a clash erupted when an escaped city jail prisoner Phil Riley resisted arrest during a crowd near Second Avenue and Washington Street. Patrolman Hubbard held the prisoner as rioters attacked, prompting police to deploy 20 officers to disperse the mob and arrest several more. Eleven bruised men were jailed and officers sustained minor injuries.
J Eustice of 639 Utah avenue was arrested by police after allegedly striking his wife with a lunch bucket during a dispute at Thompson's saloon, 120 South Arizona street, at 5 30 am after a mine shift. He posted a $20 bond and awaits a morning hearing before Judge Warren.
Miss Daisy Hunt aged 36 died in Butte yesterday morning. Her remains lie at Duggan's undertaking rooms. Survived by a sister in Turret Colorado and a mother in Manitou Colorado. Funeral arrangements to be announced upon reply from relatives.
Bozeman on May 27 hosts about 50 Grand Army of the Republic members at the Methodist Episcopal church for a commemorative service. Rev. Jacob Mills delivers the annual sermon urging a higher civic righteousness, linking San Francisco's earthquake as a providential warning.
In Kokomo Indiana on May 27 every business including drug stores restaurants ice cream booths news stands and cigar shops opened for business and stayed open all day. Constable Welty arrested 14 shopkeepers who posted bonds and continued operating the crusade against Sunday closing is backed by saloons that had closed weeks earlier.
J. H. Higgins, described as a hanger-on at the Little Club, is jailed on a first degree assault count. Police say WL Birenbaum reported a deep head wound from an alleged six shooter beating. Higgins denies firing any shots as Birenbaum recovers.
John Ferguson of 312 West Platinum street was arrested on a warrant charging violation of the city ordinance forbidding driving over sidewalks and onto property. Complainant Mrs. J F Donoghue of 824 South Dakota street testified Ferguson, a teamster, drove his oil wagon through her yard twice, refused to stop after remonstrating, and claimed he needed to reach a destination. He admits the charge but says no other route was available.
A group including F H Clinton Herbert McNulta Joe Stevens C I Emerson H K Burg Thomas Godby Dr tiutelius George Miller Tom Parker and Lumbard visited Deer Lodge Saturday night and fished the Conley McTague area yesterday returning by the late train with baskets of trout. They were entertained by Conley and McTague prison contractors despite rainy weather and called their trip enjoyable.
George W Watson started a series of popular Palestine lectures at the Baptist church yesterday. The talks are described as highly instructive and entertaining, inviting all Bible students and Sunday school teachers to attend. Tonight's topic is City Life in Palestine. Bring a friend to hear the lectures.
John Joseph, 11, son of Alderman McGreevy, died at the family home 502 Alder Street yesterday. This marks a second death in the alderman’s family in two months. The funeral is set for Tuesday morning with a requiem high mass at St. Peter’s Church, followed by interment at Mt. Carmel cemetery.
A small blaze broke out at the Mc Dermott restaurant on Main Street last night when grease on the range ignited. An alarm was sounded and the flames were quickly extinguished by a chemical extinguisher with no appreciable damage reported.
In Chicago on May 27, three men died when a rowboat overturned on the Des Plaines river near Willow Springs, about 20 miles south of the city. Charles Sanger, Robert Brahen, and Robert Brocken perished, while two others were rescued after the boat capsized when it rocked.
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