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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1902
Page
13
The Butte Labor Day parade featured numerous unions from Silver Bow and beyond. Prizes of Temple Building stock rewarded best formations, with 705 Mill & Smeltermen and about 500 Miners present. The procession ended at 11 30 and races began around 2.
A labor day gathering at Butte’s track raised funds for a labor temple with 50 cent admission. Speakers including Capt. Jack Crawford and Michael McCormick addressed miners and unions on labor power, wages, and politics, urging unity and political action while praising industrial progress.
In February 1899 W P Brown of Hollands Ohio describes a small lump on the lower lip that ulcerated. After cauterization a second sore appeared and he treated with seven bottles of S S S, the lesion healed with no recurrence to date.
At the track amateurs held several races with prizes from 5 to 20 dollars. Winners included Tom Dunden, Louis Picket, Ante Dinion, Give Heakeley, Laura Anderson, Lizzie Hughses, G. Ambrose, Marty Freeborn and P. R. Pisher. One-mile open race finished in 4 20 with 10 starters, three finishers.
The Printers union led a parade with mechanical departments of a newspaper, job office and bindery. A Mergenthaler, telegraph operator, typewriters and young women binding sheets were shown. J J Murphie was marshal, officers included Luke Kelly president and Harry Carns treasurer. Committees from labor groups directed the event, prizes valued at a share were offered by the Butte Labor Temple association, and the celebration ended with a dance.
A long term life insurance policy provides security for the future and the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York is highlighted as giving the best protection for policyholders.
The notice states 352 million dollars has been paid to policyholders during Richard A. McCurpy’s tenure as president. It highlights the large settlement figure and credits leadership for the payouts.
A woman spends years scrubbing her scalp hoping to cure dandruff. The only cure is Newbro's Herpicide, a hair preparation that kills the dandruff germ and acts as an antiseptic against contagion from other brushes.
Bob Leonard assisted at the race track entrance with ticket sales. He accepted a counterfeit dollar, gave change on a $2 bill, and was pressured for a loan by a man described as a guinea from the East. Leonard quit, handed back tickets, and borrowed 10 cents for his return trip.
The Butte Anaconda & Pacific Railroad offers a reduced fare from Butte to Gregson Springs and back for 80 cents. Tickets are valid for traveling from Saturday noon to Monday noon in both directions.
In Nashville Indiana on a September night two near neighbors at 0.5 miles apart, John Jacobs a farmer and Mrs. John Ryan, both went insane. Jacobs starved himself after the death of a horse and hid in a barn while Ryan attacked with an axe and wandered toward Spearsville. Both were captured and to be sent to the insane hospital.
Janes W. Bins shot and killed his wife Zelina Ellis in Dayton Ohio after a dispute over money for drink. Ellis, about 35, had recently moved from Martins Ferry and worked for a railway company. he had a history of asylum confinement and was intoxicated during the fatal shootings.
Judge C. M. Tompkins aged 80, long time pension bureau official, was hailed by colleagues for 41 years of continuous service since joining May 9, 1861. Born August 13, 1822 in Somers New York, he recalled meeting Lincoln at the White House during the 1861 inauguration and remaining in government service ever since.
Indianapolis man and other readers praise Peruna for curing nervous prostration and restoring vigor. A Washington official, Elizabeth New Jersey resident, and others claim lasting benefits, with Doctor Hartman offering gratis advice from Columbus Ohio.
Fragmentary line notes a quoted achievement about reaching the president. No additional context or names are present to identify a clear event, date, or attribution.
Parkersburg West Virginia September 1 Thomas Stealey and Mila Sains were to wed at noon. Guests attended and a feast was spread but the groom drank too much and fled downtown. The bride and her sister pursued, captured him on a railroad bridge, and brought him back to the house where the ceremony occurred later.
A New York Times style note claims many babies are named Teddy after President Roosevelt, second only to Washington and Jefferson in U.S. history, reflecting the president’s enduring popularity.
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