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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1908
Page
21
A catalog item lists sleeve buttons and scarfpins with raised gold letters and emblems for Odd Fellows Masons K of C K of P Shriners Elks K T and Eagles. Plain scarfpins are 3.50, sleeve buttons 7. Enamel designs add 7.50 for scarfpins and 1.50 for sleeve buttons.
An assortment of short notices and ads covers coal beds at Grady’s, piano rentals from Orton Bros, and hats at Tonkin’s. Births listed include a son to Mr and Mrs Frank OM Hickman and a daughter born yesterday to Mr and Mrs James Sullivan. Promotions for Purity cafe, Red Boot Shoe Co, and Regal enthusiasts appear alongside election papers at P.O. news stand and sales at Gray’s, 109 West Park Street.
Owen McCaw of 2 East Park was arrested by police for alleged failure to close the saloon on election day. He reportedly refused to curtain the front windows or close the front door after a warning, and furnished bond of 35 dollars pending case.
Nov 4 marks start of sleeping car service via G M and St Paul between Butte St Paul and Minneapolis. New first class dining car service also established between these points. Trains depart A and P depot daily at 7 am. W P Warner, 51 East Broadway, is the contact. Mike Gordon arrested at 9 30 am yesterday for speeding on South Main Street. He allegedly struck a terrine ce on a downhill and urged faster pace. A $10 bond was posted.
The service over the Automatic of action returns was prompt efficient and thorough. It was appreciated in thousands of homes all enthusiastic over it and the Automatic.
A garbled 19th century style scene shows a speaker named Brown arguing loudly about politics. A stranger challenges him, asks for a dollar for a cause, and Brown, described as heartless for his silence, continues without further debate. The text closes with a Peroria Herald-Transcrint citation note.
Norris runs with the Democratic ticket while Donlan loses out in Republican precincts. Bruce Kremer, national committeeman, predicts Norris for governor by 1200 to 2000. Silver Bow County shows best GOP vote yet. Pray likely to win re election by more than 5000 votes.
Advice from a Congregationaries era notes summer life lessons linger into fall. It urges keeping windows open, outdoor work and exercise, simple living, cordial socializing, and cautious optimism as seasons shift. It also contains homely maxims about marriage and education amid everyday city life.
Alexander Macaulay acting chairman for the republican county central committees announced after midnight that Taft carried the state by a safe margin, with Ed Donlan elected by about 1500 to 2000. He said the rest of the state ticket is safe and majorities will be larger based on returns sent to the state chairman at Helena.
Bryan remained confident of victory as returns favored his upstate gains and New York, with Ohio seen as potentially turning Democratic. He spoke to reporters from his library, planned no immediate statement, and received congratulations at home as Mrs. Bryan and supporters stayed up late hopeful for a Democratic breakthrough.
Special dispatch from Missoula reports returns from city precincts are incomplete. Taft is projected to carry the county by a good margin and Donlan to win his home town and county by about 200. The legislative ticket has not yet been touched by the judges.
Judge Taft telegrams Frank I Hitchcock expressing gratitude for work done and accuracy in predicting returns. James Sherman adds congratulations and thanks for a campaign conducted with wisdom and today successfully concluded.
The report shows 20 precincts with outside districts yielding about even results. The county ticket favors Campbell and Graham on the Republican side, while Mulroney leads Marlowe for county attorney and Kennedy leads in outside precincts for treasurer. Clerk Kemp leads Faherty, and the superintendent race is uncertain.
Partial results from 14 of 18 precincts show Republicans winning Yellowstone County by large margins. Taft leads in nine precincts with 1,398 to Bryan 12 precincts at 1,624, Pray 1,? and Lone 104. Donlan leads Norris 1,834 to 1,482 with an expected Donlan majority under 390. Republicans sweep county and legislative ticket as all precincts counted.
From Carbon County Red Lodge on November 3 returns are slow with six precincts tallied. Taft leads by 168 in seven precincts, Pray up 303 in six precincts, and Donlan ahead by 168 in six precincts. Democrats express confidence for statewide success.
Special Dispatch from Fergus County reports at 11 tonight that Taft will win a two party majority with Donlan at 150 and Pray Se. The democratic committee notes heavy scratching on the county ticket but expects a majority of officers. The two representatives are likely Republicans.
Harry Gallwey, chairman of the democratic county central committee, stated at 2 o clock this morning that reread figures from across the state indicate Norris will win the governorship by at least 1 800 votes. He notes strong support in Butte, Silver Bow, and Ravalli, with Western Montana a surprise for republicans. Romney also polls well in Ravalli, with the ticket favored in Lewis and Clark and several other counties.
Sioux City dispatch reports Hollow Horn Bear, chief of all Sioux, visited Senator Gamble at Yankton in tribal matters. He sought a $5 loan from Judge Witten to feed his family after being told the bill bore his portrait. The judge kept the note, offering silver instead, noting the rarity of a living person pictured on currency and predicting the bill’s market impact.
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