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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1908
Page
19
The Principal Branch Ones of the Standard at 2 percent East Broadway Butte lists advertising rates on application. Independent telephone 1.42. Telephone and directory details provided for local business inquiries.
A six dollar sale presents a dozen hollow handle knives and forks with one third more silver than standard. They bear the name guarantee of quality. Handles are twice as large and one piece without seam, available in polished or satin finishes. Lightweight hollow design advertised as the cheapest best looking goods.
A montage of social news and public notices from Butte and nearby towns. Items include travel notes of residents to Minneapolis and Seattle, licenses issued to Pat Keogh and Anna Hogan and Edward Gamble and Mary Mt Hynes, visits and relocations, railroad schedules, and ads for fall displays. Also mentions arrests of Mike Balach and D J Hatton, dental and drug store ads, and a temporary reduction on dental ental work.
In Butte, the 70 year old "Poker" Brown was robbed after intruders drugged him with chloroform while he slept in the Temple block on South Main. About $55 in two pocketbooks was taken from under his pillow. Brown did not report the incident, blaming his own carelessness for leaving valuables unsecured. He appeared resigned, saying there is no chance to recover the money.
Missouri Sept 8 Coroner Victor Seward of Sanders county adjourned the inquiry into the Northern Pacific wreck near Perma in which nine men died. The investigation will resume Friday afternoon with Prosecutor Schultz and State Railway Commissioner member Samuel Ross assisting. Details kept secret. Wham Berg hospital bound with bruised fight injuries and a broken rib from an alleged encounter.
Washington report states Orville Wright achieved a new aeroplane record during trials at Port Myer. The blasts of three decisive demonstrations were described as phenomenal and expected to influence official proceedings before the army board.
The article notes Lilly's campaign focus after the 15th and a social call by Judge Taft's chief of staff on Senator Foraker. In Reno Nevada on September 9, Harry Humphries and P J Somer formalized a pact binding legislative candidates from both parties to honor the popular vote for the U S senator. The specified candidates are P F Flannigan, Republican, and F Ne lands, Democrat.
On complaint by officers of the Butte branch of the Fraternal Brotherhood, L. P. de Prathc, late treasurer, was arrested on grand larceny charges. Justice Doran arraigned him and released him on bonds. Complainants O Malley Kawara L Smith and John Goff accuse him of misappropriating 497.45 around July 15. He showed a receipt claiming funds were sent to the national treasurer by money order. De Pratie has not fled town.
A fragmentary report describes Joseph M’Donald being injured when a tree fell during a procession or event. The readable text mentions locations and other names but the full sequence and outcome remain unclear due to damaged wording.
Mrs J J Wolf wife of a Murray physician was seriously injured by a fall from a second story window at the family residence 1d North Jackson street yesterday morning. She lost balance while cleaning a window and briefly lost consciousness before landing on her back.
Special dispatch reports the Bozeman base ball team disbanding. Players scattered: Wasson and Williams with Dillon, Wakefield in Portland, Kelly in Seattle, others returning home. Manager Senter has not finalized the season record but will publish it soon.
Washington September 9 Judge Gould appointed an examiner to take testimony in the contempt case against Samuel Gompers John Mitchell and Frank Morrison of the American Federation of Labor in connection with the Buck Stove and Range company. Each side received thirty days to present testimony.
Jury declares Gabrielle Meunier murdered by strangulation in her ABC terrace Flat No 15 in Butte tenderloin during Tuesday dawn. Police note possible suicide theory but seek two fleeing men and a saloon bartender for further inquiry. Funeral set for Friday at Richarde undertaking.
The Kenyon residence on Third Avenue South has been rented by the agricultural college to serve as a girl dormitory and boarding house. Mr Kenyon’s family will move to California due to his daughter's illness. The house, praised as well-situated, will be made a model boarding house for collegegirls next year. A former Bozeman family student will manage the house.
Judge Alton Parker announced in Washington that he is not willing to run for governor of New York this year. The remark follows pressure from supporters seeking his candidacy and sets the stage for other contenders to seek the gubernatorial nomination.
Special Dispatch reports Judge Myers granted a divorce to Bite Marks from Dine Marks. The defendant, currently an inmate of the state prison serving a term for grand larceny, was on the bench in the district court today. Governor Johnson maintains strong status in Minnesota as a favorite son despite a Denver disappointment.
Fragment from a Louisville Courier Journal piece hints at melodrama and longing for a girl. The lines reflect literary tone and incomplete verse, with no clear events or identifiable subjects beyond the publisher and generic emotion.
Montana Optical at 22 West Park in Mayer offers free eye exams and free fittings. The firm promises a unique guarantee of customer satisfaction and quick service, even for complex cases of vision.
At Anaconda race track yesterday strong shooting and perfect weather marked the trap tournament. Amateurs Egan Farmin Anderson tied at 19. Drumgoole Ward Fuller 187. Skeen 189. Confarr Chingren 186. Irvine Pred Gilbert and H G Taylor over 19. Bills fell back. Taylor and Billy tied on two days for the high amateur average. Frank Howe fined for attire and censured for omissions. Sam Lowe and son received honors. Lowe, longtime Anaconda resident, organized the local trap association and still holds the first medal. Joe Keppler made the first medal for local shooters.
Special Dispatch to the Standard reports Missoula justice Phillipe heard a complaint charging Peter Anderson and Belle Rush with theft of 231 from a residence on Atain street. Anderson was arrested and released on bond. the woman remains at large.
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