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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 11, 1900
Page
12
The Western Montana office of the Standard is at 110 West Main Street Missoula. Telephone number is 08. Advertising rates are furnished on application.
Missoula council meets with Mayor Webster and aldermen to review police records and city finances. They address street lights, hydrants, a cemetery contract, fire and water committees, and notice Russian thistle growth across the city.
A list of names appears beside an advertisement noting building paper priced at 85 cents per roll and tar felt at 1.55 dollars, available at McBride's store. The scattered text includes various surnames and place names such as Grass Valley Trout Creek and St. Regis, suggesting a local trades or supplier notice.
Missoula hospital notes report Mrs A J Gibson improving after a fever. Typhoid illness includes Baby Shaffer six with slow gain, Alice Wright improving and able to sit up. Belle Burke recovering from recent operation and returning home. Mrs Philip Foster Frenchtown to go home next week. Gus Magni still quite ill with typhoid.
Missoula on September 10 reports many hunters returning with plentiful game. Ducks were abundant in Grass and Frenchtown valleys and Bonner Blackfoot district yielded good hauls. A fruit store clerk traded a mad hen for a mallard, only to be laughed off by a boy who knew better.
Fred Achilles formerly with the Northern Pacific and now a supervisor at the B A & P railroad company in Anaconda spent time in Missoula renewing friendships. He praises Anaconda as a fast growing city with new smelters creating many jobs and a claim to the world’s largest smelting plant.
Samuel Dinsmore from Grantsdale boosts Bitter Root apples for Eastern display. Samples include Alexander Red Wealthy Northern Spy and other varieties. Some apples measure 17 inches in circumference.
In Missoula on September 10 Justice Hayes heard testimony in the case of Long accused of murdering Louie Raddigan by throwing him into the river from the island. Key witness McIntosh described the attack and chase, with autopsy corroboration from Drs. Trembay and Mills. The hearing continued into the evening as defense attorney J H Duffy cross examined.
MISSOULA NOTES recounts social events and local notices. Pritchett won at a shooting gallery. Beach and Bowers minstrels trains attached to Coeur d Alene train for Wallace show. Alpha Court hosts a Catholic Foresters event on Pine Street. Fagles perform at Odd Fellows hall. church auxiliary meets for officer elections. north coast limited train arrival delayed by washout from a cloudburst near Forsythe Glendive. upcoming church offerings and gatherings noted.
The firm Cobban & Dinsmore dissolves by mutual consent with Rh M Cobban and Samuel Dinsmore each continuing in real estate and management of Orchard Homes Nos 1 2 and 3 Higgins block Bitter Root Orchard Morrison Dorman ranch respectively. The dissolution, dated Missoula Montana August 18 1900, occurs due to diversified interests with mutual goodwill.
The opening day for the regular school year at the university is set for next Wednesday morning with entrance examinations on Monday and Tuesday. Regular enrollment starts Wednesday as the year’s work begins. The campus is clean and in good condition, faculty return from summer work, and housing demand far exceeds supply, signaling a very prosperous year ahead.
A state officer screens herds across Western Montana and orders slaughter of diseased cows. At a Bonner ranch 13 head were killed Saturday, bringing total culled to 16 in two weeks as inspections continue. Kwons orchestra provides ball music. Women’s winter waists advertised as cheaper than sewing.
In Missoula on September 10, the populist party shows weak agitation as primaries and conventions align with Democrats. Leaders rust, talk, and the party appears to expect a small vote with a quiet scene surrounding their campaign efforts.
Missoula reports a derailment on the Coeur d Alene branch of the Northern Pacific where a freight car jumped a trestle 62. Conductor Connor of Wallace and Engineer Garrahan led the train with brakeman Raph seriously injured and possibly both legs broken. The wreck occurred on the hill between Dorsey and Lookout. full details were unavailable at press time.
Sew ing machine supplies at Lister's budges of Election Missoula Sept 10. County lay missioners appointed district judges for the fall campaign. Superior Theo H Thomas William Mcbride Joe Grenier A P Johnson T Bowen Plains L K Smith Bud Thomas Joseph Taylor C J Clayton Ed Flahive Thompson R BR Ross A Coleman J Hermann W R Davidson Fred Stiles Frenchtown Gustaf
The theater public shows strong interest in Hoyt's A Texas Steer upcoming at the Union opera house on Wednesday evening. The production mirrors the New York cast and equipment, featuring top professional talent. An advance sale is robust and a large audience is expected. New black velvet ribbons are offered at the Golden Rule, and Rosendorf's notes excellent bread.
The record lists subject counts across departments natural science two, fine arts four, general literature twenty five, history thirty eight. It notes the largest number of books issued in one day eighty two on August 11 and cards issued twenty nine. Total to date two thousand one hundred twenty. Signed SUE K. REINHARD Librarian.
Missoula on September 10 reports the south side golf course finished and club members to play the first game next day. Grounds are in excellent condition with greens to be rolled in the morning. Some members plan an early morning game to whet their appetites for breakfast. Smith & Simons, druggists, Missoula.
Dispatch from Stanchetill Washington reports that relations will not resume soon as Russian legation heads to Tientsin. Chinese government unlikely to return while foreign troops remain, Pekin likely a camp for foreign forces pending powers' settlements.
Four players listed include B. Hammond G. England M. Keith with numbers 4 3 and positions implied, indicating a partial team roster detail from a historical sports snippet.
Missoula public library releases August figures showing 1 543 visitors and 1 304 readers. Reference book users total 25. Books issued 1 420 with fiction 1 336 biography 6 philosophy missing religion 6.
An expansive retailer advertises quality goods including moquettes and axminsters, body Brussels, linoleums, Chinese and Japanese mattings, fine groceries, harness and turf goods, saddlery items, buggies and wagons, tinners and plumbers supplies, and grain products all labeled as “finest staple and fancy” for discerning customers.
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