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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1902
Page
5
Anaconda aldermen discuss turning the city park plan into a ballot issue. The Anaconda Mining Company donated the block opposite the Margaret theater last year to create a public park, with officials now studying probable costs and seeking public input.
Work on adding the third and final story to the new high school is progressing after flooring completion. Architect M. D. Kern designed exterior ornamentation to enhance the building, aiming for one of the state’s handsomest schoolhouses.
A man recovering from chronic indigestion shares how a tossed Grape-Nuts box inspired him to switch to the cereal. He reports regaining appetite, weight gains, and renewed work ability after two months of daily use and eventually reintroducing other foods.
Anaconda residents plan to expand the local Crittenden circle and boost its funds. A Tuesday Presbyterian church entertainment will feature a literary and musical program and discuss the circle's history and work with girls at risk.
New York state suffrage speaker Miss Gail Laughlin, a New York bar member and Cornell Law graduate, will lecture at 8 o clock Tuesday night in the hall at Cherry street and Commercial avenue Anaconda. Admission is free and all are invited to attend.
Anaconda fans show strong interest in Pacific Northwest league games and closely follow standings. With no home team, locals root for Butte, hoping for top position as the season ends, bringing satisfaction to Anaconda.
Advance promises a lavish production of The Tempest with Louis James and Frederick Warde at the Margaret theater next Thursday. Estimates boast two foot wide canvas rolls spanning the distance from New York City Hall to Brooklyn City Hall and back. Electrical effects alone require lamps enough to light 450 top houses, while one week of show costs could sustain three large families for a year.
A party led by W. P. Evans master mechanic at Washoe smelter accompanies Sam Perry Joe Cornish and Henry Gillis camping on Wise river in the Big Hole valley. Evans yearly selects prime fishing and hunting grounds and friends expect ample fish and game when they return to Anaconda.
Louis James and Frederick Warde head a 47 member company in Wagenhals and Kemper’s spectacular Tempest at the Margaret Theatre next Thursday. Norman Hackett leads as Ferdinand while Edith Fasset, Teresa Maxwell, Thomas Coffin Cooke and Wadsworth Harris are prominents in supporting roles.
Sheriff Jack Conley, with Katie McAndrews and Bernice Schenk, escorts two girls aged 17 and 15 to Miles City after District Judge Napton ordered them to a reform school for visiting in Mainville. The girls were arrested by Night Chief O'Brien and Constable Jake Rentz. In Dillon, Wenger Bourbourner of Anaconda bought 150 head of feeders from Henneberry Bros and will fatten them at Bis Hole basin for delivery by Jana.
Special excursion fares from Chicago to New York and Boston with options via Fort Wayne and Pan Handle routes. Fares include $15.85 to Washington, $25.85 to New York, $23.30 to New York by Pan Handle, and $25 to Boston all rail, with return by Oct 14 1902 and extensions to Nov 38 or Nov 12 1902. Details via ticket agent or H R Dering, PA Short Lines, Chicago.
Special correspondence reports a freight car derailment on No 2 in Ryan’s canyon caused by a broken flange. The incident delayed the northbound train for five hours at Greying before reaching Dillon to meet the southbound passenger. The line cleared with no equipment damage.
The Ladies' auxiliary of the A. O. H. will hold a card party Monday evening September 15 at the A. O. H. hall. Beautiful prizes will be awarded and dancing will follow in the large hall.
At Columbia park the vote for Butte baseball team’s most popular player ended last evening. Piggy Ward led with 1 624 votes ahead of Kane 1 412 Zear foss 1 397 McIntyre 1 239 and others. The prize a handsome watch chain and charm donated by J H Leyson will be presented by C H Lane after today’s first game.
Harvey Logan, alleged Montana train robber, faced federal court in Knoxville Tennessee. The defense argued indictments are defective and the case was adjourned until Monday for written arguments. Logan claims he was in France during the July 1901 express robbery and says he can secure witnesses.
By order of the Deer Lodge county labor party central committee J E Riordan chairman George Baker secretary. Vie See am tag.
Fire crews report major Oregon blazes tamed around Portland with only isolated pockets burning in timbered regions. In Clackamas and Multnomah counties heavy damage from Bridal Veil mill fire tops losses, with no confirmed deaths though some may be missing. Estimated statewide damage exceeds a million dollars as communication restores after weeks.
A description of an upscale Anaconda hotel with modern amenities and rates from $3.50 per day, followed by a Montana political caucus notice listing offices to nominate for the legislative assembly, sheriff, treasurer, clerk and recorder, assessor, county attorney, public administrator, school superintendent, coroner, two justices of the peace, and two constables. The caucus date is September 17 and primaries September 19 with precinct delegate rules and voting restrictions. The text also includes garbled precinct allocations and incomplete place names.
The Deer Lodge county labor party central committee decided at a Sept 12 meeting at the Club hall to convene the Deer Lodge county labor party convention on the afternoon of Wednesday Sept 24 1902.
Dillon Sept. 13. Horse and saddle stolen from Harry Gilbert a week ago have been found. The horse was located in a stable at Walkerville and the saddle in a pawn shop. Police expect the thief to be caught soon.
Tommy Ryan arrived in Buffalo for a 20 round championship clash with Kid Carter on Monday evening. Kid McCoy and Philadelphia Jack O Brien will be at ringside to challenge the winner. Ryan is a heavy favorite as large wagers are reported.
Bozeman reports the Democratic state convention on Sept. 23 will have full lodging. The Maxey House hotel and several halls host delegates, with additional rooms arranged in private residences to ensure comfortable accommodations.
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