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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1901
Page
12
The Western Montana office of the Standard is at 10 West Main street, Missoula. Telephone No. 118. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Joyce and Mulroney file divorce action. Mabel F Golden seeks absolute divorce from James A Golden after Desertion since September 1900 and failure to support during the past year. Alma 4 and Montana (age unspecified) are to receive custody. Golden believed in Billings. plaintiff resides at Jocko.
Missoula based Dr. J. C. Burton Osteopath advertises wanted bids for timber crib work and head gates for the South Missoula ditch. It also notes particulars of Samuel Dines and offers all wool heavy brown Mackinaws at a reduced price this week from $3.50 to $2.50 in The Globe.
In Missoula on October 17 a court session reveals a sprawling exchange over baby shoes and rubber goods. The testimony accuses counterparty actions of fraud and improper sale handling amid references to bankruptcy law and inventory disputes.
The Swedish Home Missionary Society of Montana and Idaho gathers in Missoula for its annual session starting Friday at the Swedish church. Pastors from Missoula Anaconda Butte Helena Idaho Falls and visiting clergymen will lead services and business meetings with English evening service and multiple sermons scheduled through Sunday. The event is expected to attract large audiences and feature renowned speakers.
Mrs. F C Kingsley was thrown from a buggy at the Higgins avenue ridge north end after the horse balked during a turn near the First National bank corner. She struck the sidewalk, injured her head and hip but managed to drive home.
The state W C T U meeting at Stevensville ends after two days of sessions. Delegates from the valley expected back on the morning train to Missoula.
An old style advertisement claims Dr Bennett's Electric Belt cures nervous debility and multiple ailments for men and women. It touts electricity as life force, promises free books, and offers a one year guarantee with renewals, urging readers to send for literature and advice at no cost.
A crowded Missoula notes list shows residents ill and visiting, business trips by D D Hull and Henry Reslip, legal actions against John Green, hospital discharge of typhoid patients, and upcoming marriages in Orden Utah. It also mentions railroad and Northern Pacific figures in town, changes in local offices, barn construction, and plans for a new hospital addition with modern facilities and November occupancy.
In Missoula on October 7 a mining insider urged local business leaders to back a proposed mine owners association smelter and reducing works. He cited Missoula as a strong site due to water, location, and potential payroll gains and urged coordinated effort to secure the plant.
Clinton residents plan rapid reconstruction of homes and businesses after Tuesday blaze. Mayor George M. Kennedy led efforts from Missoula, arranging new building work to start within days as the burned street will soon look better than before. Citizens seek public support to restore their town.
On October 17 the annual feeding of the Chinese dead was held in Missoula. Local prominent Chinamen sent up items to frighten away the devil, including a drayload from Hilly Hawkes with cigarettes whiskey and a 200 pound hog. The devil will stay away for another year, say the Chinamen.
Distinguished visitors in Missoula include President Mellen and General Manager Pearce of the Northern Pacific. They travel in private cars, with Mellen heading toward the coast and Pearce's party going east on their respective trains.
The new Northern Pacific Hospital at Missoula is in final stages of completion as of Oct 17. The finishing touches are being applied and the facility is nearing readiness for operation by Bishop & Kern's locally referenced goods.
Missoula Oct 16 1901 Central school pupils from Seventh B and Fifth Grade share vivid notes on the county fair. Minnie Grantiers letter recalls rides, prizes, fruit and vegetable displays, horses, canaries, and the jotter’s reflections. Lulu Cabban adds impressions of fruit, pastry, races, and livestock with pride in local exhibits.
Railroad upgrades under Missoula plans accelerate with Mayne pushing grading for Northern Pacific yards. Four repair tracks will be built northwest of the shops, linking from the main line west of Higgins Avenue to the roundhouse area. A new car repair shop sits north of the roundhouse as work proceeds this fall.
The funeral of John Maley was held this morning from the Catholic church in Missoula with Father Palladine delivering the sermon. Interment followed at the Catholic cemetery. The inquest was postponed due to missing witnesses and will resume tomorrow morning.
Dungan, a dentist from the 1st National Bank building and Dr W A Glascow a homeopath, hosted visitors from Boston Missoula and Ort. Mr and Mrs Goodnew and son W T Goodnew were in the city for several days from Beartown where Mr Goodnew is stamp mill superintendent. Mrs Goodnew and son headed back to Boston this morning for a stay. Mr Goodnew will return to work soon.
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