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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1900
Page
29
A public notice voices concern over persistent misbehavior by a group nicknamed bad boys. Authorities issue a pointed appeal, urging the offenders to abandon their perch and change conduct promptly. Local officials underscore potential consequences if behavior continues.
The school board debated discipline and cussedness at Grant and other schools, discussed arithmetics objections, and advanced staff. They reported 5 949 total enrollment and 1 321.05 in bills, with payrolls approved and paid in warrants and due bills until taxes arrive.
Dr. H. L. Dodd of Cincinnati will assist his brother Dr. W. E. Dodd of 48 W Park street. H. L. Dodd has specialized in eye work for fifteen years.
Local ad urges readers to contact Orton Bros at 219 N Main Street Butte for best value on pianos and organs.
Peter Skelly, arrested for wife beating, was released on his own recognizance to appear for trial Friday. Police note he is a miner and claim he is more sinned against than sinning. The Skellys live in a fine furnished Butte home. William Connors remains jailed after failing to post cash bail for Friday appearance.
Morissey of 14 East Granite street alleged his silver watch was stolen from his person. Officer Ferns arrested Mike Shea last night on the complaint. James Daugherty testified as a witness. Morissey, a Homestake mine worker in Park Canyon, says the watch vanished from his pocket. Shea claims it was given to him for safekeeping overnight.
Sam Cockrell, arrested earlier and charged with cutting a guy wire at Park and Montana streets, was discharged by Judge Sullivan yesterday as no one appeared against him.
A $25 reward is offered to anyone who can prove EF F Mayer at 40 West Park does not supply the best mainspring for watch cleaning priced at $1 and $1.50. The notice adds a public disclaimer that the writer will not be responsible for debts contracted by his wife Mrs Even O Williams.
French military expert General Leroy argues in La France Militaire that the lance remains the queen of weapons for cavalry due to rapid movement and moral impact. He notes shock actions are rare and cavalry often flees when outnumbered, while the lance inflicts decisive wounds and adapts against artillery. The German trend to arm lanced cavalry is cited.
A witness recalls a rare duel between a tarantula and a horned toad in northern Texas. The toad attacks first, the tarantula loses limbs, and ants sting as the fight ends with the tarantula killing the toad by grabbing its underlip.
A Washington Star reminiscence recalls a failed political career shaped by social pretensions and a broadened but shallow interest in many topics. The narrator describes umpiring a school baseball game and being fired in the first inning for mixing sports terms, ending with a tongue in cheek note on politics.
From 509 to 1000 visitors arrive for the national convention of democratic clubs in Tomlinson hall Indianapolis with speakers listed including W R Hearst James K Jones and Bourke Cochran. Other dignitaries and parade plans detailed for Wednesday and Thursday program.
The hearing on an order to show cause why an injunction should not restrain Edwin Gould and others from directing the annual election of directors of the St Louis Southwestern Railroad company was adjourned until Thursday night by counsel consent. Andrew Haes of London and other stockholders allege Gould's estate owns 76 000 of 365 000 shares yet controls elections through proxies. It was feared that similar unfair action was planned for today’s meeting and the delay may also push back the annual meeting.
A Boston Globe vignette recalls a man returning from fishing who faces others boasting of lies about fish. A chorus of voices condemns deceit as he contemplates leaving the crowded streetcar, ending with a bystander discovering the man has died beside his fish.
Washington dispatch lists several deaths from Cuba including Major George C. Cartwright quartermaster United States volunteers. Surgeon Jesse W. Lasar. John Tager. William S. Mark. A R Kilbourne. Robert L Thum. Most victims died of yellow fever or dysentery at various posts and hospitals from Sept 22 to Sept 28.
New York reports Princess Hatzfeldt heiress to a $1,000,000 trust from Collis P. Huntington remains secure despite a search for adoption papers. Huntington reportedly sought the documents in New York, but Southern Pacific officials say the will created the trust specifically for the princess and adoption status does not affect it.
Fossil fish from blue shales a few miles from Montclair New Jersey are described as almost extinct with only three specimens surviving. They belong to ganoids, early vertebrates with external bony or cartilaginous plates and no interior bony skeleton. Excellent specimens reveal shining bony scales of the species, indicating ancient existence.
A parson admonishes a boy for playing marbles on Sunday, warning about consequences. The exchange notes another boy who won the marbles, hinting at a dispute over the game and its outcome.
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