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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1900
Page
10
Our fall line highlights wedding ready items in Solid Silver and Rich Cut Glass with new patterns and designs offered at reasonable prices. Purchasers are advised to inspect the selection before deciding. Owsley Block
Delegates at the Montana Trades and Labor assembly rejected party endorsements and adopted the Independent Democrats eight hour plank by a unanimous vote. Officers named include Mike McCormick of Butte as president and T J Pelletier of Butte as secretary. The next convention will be in Anaconda.
The Brownies in Fairyland troupe faces a crisis as five young performers contract scarlet fever and are quarantined in a Pullman car at Montana Union depot. About 20 children, aged 5 to 10, remain under medical care, with crew and others at risk as city health officials order fumigation and containment.
Plans for next year include a Burlington transcontinental route via Kearney to bridgeport and a Yellowstone park line from Cody to Guernsey with coal field development in Elk mountains. A Big Montana fruit exhibit from the Flathead region, grown for awards, will tour the Great Northern office in Butte.
The article notes Burlington route mileage figures from the last year suggesting tickets would span 435 miles end to end. It announces Butte Anaconda and Pacific tickets on sale at the Great Northern office 41 North Main Street with time card and freight rates info. A $25 reward is offered for proving Mayer does not install the best mainspring for $1. Watch cleaning priced at $1.50.
Albert Rutten faced Magistrate Sullivan amid a harrowing family tale. His wife Minnie testified he forced her into prostitution to support the family. Rutten threatened to kill her and hurled a knife. he was fined 100 dollars and kept in jail until payment.
Silver Bow County and Butte city boards of health call for immediate vaccination to halt smallpox spread. The joint resolution mandates compulsory vaccination for those over 71 who are unvaccinated and parents of certain young children, with arrest and fines possible after October 20, 1900. County and city officials authorize arrests within Butte and the county for noncompliance.
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