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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1900
Page
12
Western Montana office of the Standard located at 110 West Main Street Mis soula and telephone WS. Advertising rates available on request.
A Missoula county ballot listing candidates for multiple offices under the Independent Democratic ticket. Key names include PF M Reilly M E Quinn John L Mills William J Kendall for Representatives. Charles Hart Joan Bonner Peter Scheffer for County Commissioners. Clarence R Prescott for Sheriff. G Tevis for Clerk of the Court. George C Higgins for Treasurer. J H Mosley for Assessor. A L Duncan for County Attorney. H T Wilkinson for Clerk and Recorder. John Hayes for Coroner. BR T Neswiths for Public Administrator. C McInny s for Auditor. Kate Shelly for Superintendent of Schools.
Toole and his cronies assert they acted independently not as Clark hirelings. Local sources urge scrutiny as authorities probe possible schemes and connections amid ongoing allegations and counterclaims.
In Missoula a large audience heard Joseph B. Toole defend his stance amid Clarkite tensions while independent Democrats held rousing sessions in Bonner Thompson Falls Plains Bonita and Potomac. Hogan and Kelley prepare Thursday night at Bennett Opera House as labor issues and wages shape local support.
Allen Fowler of Victor, Missoula, has spent days in the city on business. His firm moved into a new brick store, among the valley’s largest, with a second story fitted for theaters and dances, hosting nightly events for four days.
S. T. Hogan and C. F. Kelley will speak to Missoula voters on Thursday Oct 25 at the Bennett opera house.
Oct 24 Missoula notes burn in Higgins block room after fire. walls torn down for rebuilding. Fire chief urges city to equip a first class hook and ladder with long ladders and chemical apparatus to reach interior flames, reducing water damage. Mr Reilly to occupy the room in about a week.
Architect A J Gibson returned from Hamilton where he oversaw the new court house jail and a hotel for Landlord Page. The steam heating plant for the court house will be installed soon and interior work will finish. The hotel construction also progresses toward occupancy in a short time.
Mine in DeKBergia district near Missoula shuts down for winter affecting about 14 workers while Rock Island No 2 remains in operation. Local supplier J L Mebride advertises stove pipe joints delivered within 50 miles.
An old testimonial extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a remedy for stomach trouble, digestive and nutritive disorders, and related weakness. The note describes severe prior illness, weight loss, and a claimed 27 pound gain after eight bottles in six weeks, ending with renewed health and vigor.
MISSOULA NOTES reports visits by Vetal Cyve from Fish Creek and Mrs. H. L. Coleman from Philipsburg, plus Edward Trudeau from Woodman. Rolla Donnelly recovers from Eddy wreck, and the consolidating bands join Missoula’s music scene. Peter Scheffer, W. H. Smead, and others attend rallies. court and hospital updates appear along with an orchestra debut at the Bennett opera house. A man bound over for burglary and a larceny dispute with a Japanese resident are noted, plus a fall risk accident and a stair plunge near Higgins avenue.
Theodore he a lumberman about 20 years old attempted suicide at the Sisters hospital in Missoula by cutting his throat with a razor after expressing despondency over illness. A nurse found him in the bathroom and surgeons treated his wounds. his condition remained critical. He had heart trouble and pleurisy, with prior rheumatism, and had no funds to pay, though the Sisters cared for him.
Fragmentary ad copy notes Hartleys Kastan kodaks and a sale at Globe store with lowest prices stated for Monday and Tuesday with Saturday reference. The readable items imply a local retail sale and product mentions without complete details.
Missoula reports 100000 brick shipped from Gibsons brick plant to a new sawmill at Lothrop. A new corporation plans extensive brick shipments and other similar products. Bitter Root farmers report recurring turkey thefts, with birds likely killed for market and shipped to Butte and beyond.
L H Mott a steam laundry operator who left Missoula for Spokane has returned and will open another laundry here within a month. The brief item also notes oyster offerings at the Model and a two cent meal at Banquet.
Ex Governor Toole spoke at the Hamilton opera house as crowds were small due to late trains. He planned brief remarks and travelled next to Corvallis and Victor en route to Brev ensville. Local campaigning continues with Republicans and third-party factions active in county races and hotel开ing plans.
The passage notes that J Reimel contemplates building a brick business house on adjacent lots to Ravalli Republican offices. W J Eagleson and wife, Hamilton residents for about two years, recently left for Butte after the A M Co store dry goods department assignment. A young son of Andrew Hansen, a worker in A C M Co lumber, died yesterday from scarlet fever at age six.
Missoula on October 24 reports a swift run at 1 o clock where slot machines disappeared from their usual spots. Fare tables and roulette wheels were covered, prompted by a previous similar incident and fears of trouble.
Mrs. Margaret Foulke, widow, was found dead at Chamns de Mars railway station in the grounds of the Exposition. Identified by her brother in law Mr. Freeman, she traveled with him and his daughter. She resided in San Francisco. her son is a lawyer there.
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