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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1901
Page
7
Anaconda endures a wild week of snow rain and mud as temperatures swing from freezing to damp heat. Citizens grumble about gloomy skies while weather prophets claim a curious mix of conditions across a single week. The small boy hopes for school and warmth, and locals note no true Indian summer on the horizon.
Philipsburg opens school with Principal C. H. Roberts and staff. Frank Trainor of Butte buys the Citizens Call, to be renamed the Philipsburg Call. Local residents Bert Farr travels to Auburn MA, Mrs. Samuel Wallace visits from Pocatello, Joseph Bradshaw returns home, and Mrs. Lon Hoss and children visit from Helena.
Judge Napton is in the city this week attending to court matters. Mrs. R F Corniel and daughter Miss Cora have returned from a two week visit with friends in Missoula. Mrs. Belle Childs arrived from Spokane where she spent several weeks on vacation.
Captain Douglass discusses the international yacht race with Shamrock II and Columbia as top contenders. Captain Anderson of Cunard praises Shamrock II as the best racing boat from England. Douglass predicts a desperate fight, noting public backers driven by patriotism and insider reports from New York friends.
Don Hayes announced immediate work on a new pleasure and health resort at Gregson Springs. The brick buildings will use local clay and be designed to contain any fire. Debris removal and site preparation start this week, with exact costs and guest dates not yet announced.
James Fleming, executed Friday, plotted to break from Anaconda jail by severing a waste pipe to flood the main cage during coffee service. Trustees alerted sheriff, knife seized, plot foiled, Fleming kept under watch and became tractable for remainder of confinement.
The ad describes multiple properties for sale between Fifth and Sixth streets on Cedar, including a 5 room house with a 2 room rear addition at 50140 priced 1800, a 4 room stone house on Cedar priced 1506, and a 6 room modern house on a corner lot in the best residential area priced 2600.
Multiple local churches announce sermons and schedules. First Methodist conducts Rev. Cattermole’s last sermons at 11 a.m. and 8 p.m., with topics The Motives of Life and The Tragedies of the Last Black Friday. Other churches including Presbyterian, First Baptist, St. Mark’s, A. M. E., and Christian church provide service times, Sunday schools, and youth programs.
Charles Smith William Brown and Homer Cole appeared in Justice Quane's court after being linked to the theft of felons from a B A P car. Brown and Cole received 60 days in county jail with sentences suspended for good behavior. Smith, repeatedly arrested, faces potential reform school placement.
Illness of Mary McLaughlin, county superintendent of schools, may delay the Deer Lodge teachers institute scheduled for the 23rd. Plans were nearly complete when news of her serious condition in a Butte hospital reached Anaconda. Superintendent Koontz of Anaconda Schools commented on the surprise at the illness report.
The yearly institute, planned to run all week with key topics, must be postponed as Miss McLaughlin cannot leave the hospital for an extended period. Officials say the topics will be discussed later and the event will be rescheduled.
Deer Lodge priest Rev. Father Phelan told the Standard by phone he never commented on Fleming’s guilt or innocence. He said he did his duty as a Catholic priest without regard to the accused’s guilt or innocence.
Do you have a feeling of undue fullness in the stomach belchings or sour risings These are symptoms of a diseased stomach The best cure is Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Pellets as used by Mrs Julie of North Carolina who reports restored appetite no pain and twelve months of good health after four bottles and one vial of pellets The ad promises relief from indigestion constipation and liver trouble with no further illness reported
The New York cast presents A Runaway Girl on the western tour after leaving New York a week ago for Fargo. Produced under Augustin Daly’s direction the show features witty dialogue catchy songs handsome costumes and elegant scenery. Next Wednesday Anaconda hosts the presentation. Care of Thanks: Blacksmiths union No. 144 votes thanks to J. S. Hickey and Mr. Collins for aiding the Labor Day parade preparations.
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