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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1901
Page
5
Anaconda youths shift from yacht racing to mischief using rubber flippers and slingshots. Police report many flippers seized. a kind hearted officer recalls a boy who tricked him, leading to a crackdown with flippers destroyed. Night Chief O Brien notes more flippers recovered at night and warns jail. damage to windows and street globes is frequent.
Old tar pot set on fire caused a blaze scene but proved harmless. Mountain View lodge No. 29 machinists are called to meet at Silverhall at 1 pm on Saturday October 5 to attend the funeral of Brother Seymour Johnson's wife. Funeral departs 514 West Third Street at 2 pm. George Swinderman recording secretary.
The Anaconda board approves a sweeping teacher qualification resolution for regular and high school posts and directs 17 000 to the sinking fund to pay bonds. Payroll for last month is audited and next Tuesday’s special session set to review additional bills and the policy change.
Miss Walker's social dance at Austrian hall tonight and violin lessons offered at Short's Music Store. Strain's promotes shoes belts ribbons linoleum and discounts while daily items include pork roast at 12 cents per pound and special prices on women's waists and undergarments. Born to Daniel Flannagin a boy. Gladys Charles dies aged in Helena. various arrivals and visits from Butte Chicago and St. Paul. County rail time changes take effect Oct 6. marriage license issued to Mike Danich and Mary Camas.
Fire department was summoned yesterday morning to a scene behind the Yukon restaurant on North Main Street where an initial report described a large fire. Upon arrival, firefighters assessed the situation and investigated the rear area for flames or hazards.
An urgent advertisement claims electricity cures for discouragement and illness, promoting the author’s Electric Belt as superior to drugs. It outlines features like silk covered electrodes, renewables, and a suspensory device, with guarantees to cure nervous and bodily ailments and offers free books on Nervo Vital Ailments.
Madame Hollis will demonstrate her face cream and hair tonic for ladies unable to attend during the day at No 2 Leland hotel Main and Third streets from 7 30 to p m. All ladies are invited. List of attendees includes F Brady G D Lounsbery James G Evans N Perkins N F Wilson J Hennessy W T Hartman W H Orr W McWhite J J Hammill William P Sullivan and others from Montana Chicago Butte Helena Omaha and St Paul.
Great Falls October 4 Charles Stenzel the Belt butcher arrested ten days ago on a horse stealing charge was released by order of the county attorney the evidence against him deemed insufficient May Smith the barber decoy case thief released by Judge Race after Detective Loss failed to appear and left the city
Attorneys for Albert T. Patrick urged an immediate trial in the New York court of general sessions on the Rice murder indictment. The district attorney opposed the motion and the court did not rule.
At St Louis fair grounds on October 4 the track hosted six races with winners Jigger Antoinette Soundly Jordan Jesse Jarboe Schnell Laufer and placefinishers Mr Timberlake Teucer Lelia Barr Hengist Sambo Attelle Picador Beana Four Leaf C Miss Theresa and others. Winning times ranged from 1 02 to 1 28 and include distances from five furlongs to seven furlongs.
Harlem results list five furlongs race winner J A Clarke with Our Pride second and Lady Bird third in 1 01 3 5. Six furlongs Mountnebank wins with Little Louis second and Baughnaugh Gene third in 1 14 4 5. Steeplechase short course Lord Chesterfield wins with Saintly second and Queen Ship third in 3 45 1 5. Fourth race missing details.
An advertising testimonial extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for persistent coughs and lung ailments, claiming even hemorrhages and emaciation improve. It notes the remedy contains no alcohol or narcotics and offers a free Common Sense Medical Adviser by sending stamps and addressing Dr. R. V. Pierce in Buffalo, N Y.
Special Dispatch reports a night blaze about 11 o clock destroyed roughly 125 tons of hay on the Christofferson brothers ranch four to five miles north of Deer Lodge. The spree follows six weeks of arson, including burned stacks, a stolen horse left with a taunting note, and ongoing community alarm as Sheriff McMahon and a Standard reporter search the countryside for suspects.
In the one mile-Conqueror 11 race Ben Battie finished second The Lady placed third with a time of 1 40 In the five and a half furlongs Julia Junkin won Hoodwink was second and Tommy Foster third in 1 06 3 5 Krema won the six furlongs with B G Fox second and J A Barnes third in 1 14 Hard Knot won the mile and a sixteenth Judge Redwine was second and Sar ila third in 1 6 1 5
Six races at Gravesend welcomed a busy program. In race one Masidor led to victory at about six furlongs with Destitute second and Octoroon third in 1 12 1 5. Roxane captured race two over a mile and an eighth with St Finan and McAddie second and third in 1 53 3 6. Clonmel took race three at five and a half furlongs with Satucket second and Major Dangerfield third in 1 02 2 5. Sombre won race four over a mile plus a sixteenth, Peninsula second and Gunfire third in 1 48 3 5. Scotch Brush led race five at about six furlongs with Lord Pepper second and Biff third in 1 12 1 5. Bedeck won race six over a mile and seventy yards with Potente second and criterio third in 1 45 3 5.
A prisoner feigned sickness to escape rear of the house with shackles removed then rode the horse Irish Nell aided by an accomplice in the bad lands. He allegedly altered brands and shipped stolen beef to Chicago under Smith. Larson withheld funds now held by Secretary Pruitt of Helena. C. B. Snyder was arrested at Great Falls for forgery and faces preliminary today then trial Monday at 2 PM before Judge Sullivan.
Washington report states the comptroller of the currency issued a call for a statement of the condition of all national banks as of close of business Monday September 30. The action requires banks to submit detailed financial data for regulatory review.
Closing day results from Terre Haute Indiana include multiple pace and trot races. Council Chimes won 2:14 pace heats with best time 2:09.14, Donna McGregor took 2:15 pace heats, Walter Keim led 2:14 pace heats with 2:12 fastest, Chestnut won 2:11 pace heats with 2:07.4, and Red Princess claimed the 2:14 trot with 2:12.
Fort Benton reports stock inspector Lund captured Sam Larsen at Lethbridge after a three month old reward. Larsen, with a long cattle rustling record, stole a horse from the Conrad-Harris Cattle company in 1900 and was arrested last summer near the utmam ranch, prompting requisition papers for extradition.
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