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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 14, 1908
Page
2
A flood of candidates seeks the Republican nomination as county delegates, elected at last week’s primaries, convene at the courthouse to register full counts and nominate delegates to the state convention. The list of delegates and alternates covers numerous precincts and includes dozens of names across five precincts alongside district delegates.
Dedication ceremony for the St Peter s parochial school in Helena with Bishop Carroll leading mass and a dedicatory service. About 60 pupils expected at opening, later rising. cornerstone laid last year. school to offer high school studies and religious instruction. Attendees include clergy, teachers, pupils, and parishioners. invitation extended to Catholic societies for cathedral cornerstone event on Oct 4.
A visitor upon leaving Anaconda lauded the town for its hospitality and fine hotels during the democratic state convention. The letter notes the impeccable entertaining of delegates, numerous invitations, and the city’s generous reception of guests from across the state. The writer praises Anaconda’s hospitality as unmatched by other cities in Montana.
Local store advertises oak dining room chairs at 1.40 dollars each. The note mentions a copper chic coming company and implies a clearance style listing for multiple chairs.
At the electric weathery last evening the feature The Boundary delivers a strong dramatic tale of vengeance by a haunted cat. Also shown were W Holnring From Abdrood and An Indian's Hayor with adventurous and heroic contrasts. Comedies The Board- Mop Token Acnuainiancy and Liebling Hanimra provide light relief as other features.
The official announces candidacy in Achonia, Tinnounce, subject to Republican county convention decisions. Figure MESSI I. BLACKSTONA named in filing.
Copper City Commercial Company trims prices on Inca Curtain line. Local retailers report immediate uptick in orders as households seek affordable window coverings.
Ambrose O Richards died yesterday and his body lies at Lawler and French undertaking parlors. The funeral will be held Tuesday morning with a requiem mass at St Paul’s church. He was a Deer Lodge resident for years, moved to Anaconda, 72, survived by a brother in Spokane and another resident in this city. He worked many years in watchmaking and repairing on East Park Avenue.
Fragmented notices mention a band benefit dance, apparel sales, and a court of local officials. Names include Sehlagot and Walla Wallin. Several candidates announce runs for Deer Lodge county school superintendent positions, subject to party conventions. The mix mixes events, sales, and political filings from a late 19th or early 20th century local page.
Washington reports Special Agent Saylor findings on beet sugar industry prospects. He notes united business interests in manufacture refining and distribution, with speculation pushing growth westward. Legislation promoting denatured alcohol could aid sugar industry credit and prospects remain strong nationwide.
A new Betuing shipment offers a trove of comforts and blankets at low prices, unmatched elsewhere. Copper Oxy Commer eia company provides the goods, detailing affordable options for buyers seeking warmth and relief.
A 1900s-style analysis notes a Russia emigration surge to Western Siberia driven by land hunger and government policies. It reports annual departures surpassing 100,000, spurred by peasant needs, transport limits, and state actions influencing land ownership and settlement, tied to reforms of 1903 06.
A garbled report portrays Germany’s Kaiser wavering between cautious talk of restraint and bold interference in Morocco. It hints at political strain as he alternates between advising allies and asserting influence, reflecting tension in the wartime leadership.
The Madison County Fair opens with strong word about better and faster races. Secretaries and assistants labored to ready grounds and a robust racing program includes ladies and gentlemen relays, youth dash events, purses from 5 to 190, and an automobile race trophy. Noted state riders and Redfern and Jack Clifford entries heighten interest, with base ball games adding further prizes.
Among Twin Bridges youths heading to colleges and schools this year are Ey Bee and Merrili Owsley from Missoula, Mary and Jessie Redaeld of Bozeman, Adolph Stewart and Max Wilcomb from Dillon, Lillian Betshow of Butte, John Linden sticker of Bozeman College. Ted Gray goes to Grinnell Iowa, Mortimer Lott to Fairfield Town. Waterloo reports a $300 loss at Creeklyn ranch bunkhouse fire. Miss Gold Jackson and Miss Lilian Goodnight depart for Rutledge and St Joseph Missouri. Jackson will stay with relatives, Goodnight plans permanent stay. A. W. Tretes Weather of Macca bees to Whitenail Worthesdar. Whitehall lodge entertained them. Ernest Palmer, who sold his dray line, moves to Wallapell to run the Cantimental Mi company interests.
A fragmentary letter by George de Laugmin to the state commission of prisons critiques Thaw and his ministers. It discusses a Dutchess County Jail example where two prisoners share a cell, and ponders moral decay linked to wealth, crime, and punishment. The piece questions if luxurious surroundings and temptations shape a young pickpocket.
The article reports John Mitchell of the United Mine Workers and Samuel Gompers of the American Federation of Labor testifying before examiner Albert Harper in a contempt case over the Aub Stove and Range Co. boycott. Mitchell defends lack of involvement in the boycott resolution and notes extensive travel. Gompers accuses Van Cleve of trying to damage his character. The session adjourned to Thursday for further testimony.
Dispatchers A K Keeley and B M Ringer of the Rocky Mountain division of the Northern Pacific were released to seek $1,000 bonds each to be held for the Sanders county district court. Sheriff Massey earlier detained them in Plaine. G A Mitchell of Perma was also arrested for criminal negligence tied to the same Olive wreck that claimed seven lives.
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