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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1901
Page
10
A local ad promotes alarm clocks starting at one dollar with models up to seventy five dollars. Packing watches available for one dollar fifty, with options reaching two hundred dollars. A special deal features a lady's solid 14 carat gold watch priced at twenty five dollars.
A narrative from New York portrays Colonel Bill Thompson known as Hot Air as he stages a elaborate practical joke in Minneapolis involving Colonel Luckstone and a fake police chief. The hoax features theatre managers Lally Scott Barnes Horne and others, including wine bribes, with Luckstone left to face a mock arrest and a lawsuit.
Cornelius Neal, a young colored lad, confesses to stealing $20 at the race track after being pressured by a man named Hoff. Neal says Hoff took the money and fled south, while Neal plans to seek repayment from John Divens if possible and vows to avoid crime with punishment. He faces court as he seeks leniency.
Judge McClernan resumes state case trials as county jail rosters 44 inmates. Sentences include murder, forgery, robbery, burglary, assault and grand larceny charges. Names listed: W. W. Brown Ed Tobin L. G. Bassett Omer Williams Tom Muldoon Chris Bloom Frank ONeill Dan Hickey J C Felker Millie Moore May Miller Carrie Brown along with Joe Shafer Steven Stevenson L L Felker awaiting supreme court action.
In Butte a reader recalls Press Woodruff the Arkansas humorist once known for A Side Line. A new book A Bundle of Sunshine is advertised with humorous sketches and vivid illustrations. Orton Bros at 219 North Main offers pianos and organs with low payments and rental terms.
The Chicago Board of Education earns praise for a year long trial requiring candidates to pass physical exams to receive a certificate, with a noticeable improvement in general inmate health. The piece suggests Centennial beer as a contrasting, unnecessary aid in our city.
The Burlington Route will sell round trip tickets to Buffalo on the first and third Tuesdays priced at 64.50. For information contact Phil Daniels at 36 East Broadway. Barta and Yeager Liquor Co at 222 North Wyoming advertises family liquors.
The first Tuesday in September the Northern Pacific railway will sell round trip tickets to Buffalo with 60 days limit at rates of 64.50 and 66 dollars for the round trip. For more information contact W. H. Merriman general agent Northern Pacific railway corner Park and Main streets Butte Wanted Boy for messenger service apply World’s Messenger Co.
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