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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1901
Page
12
A report from the Institute details a day of notable learning as teachers receive profitable instruction. Educators engage in practical sessions, enhancing classroom methods and student outcomes.
Missoula hosts a trustees benefit gathering with President Craig and State Superintendent Welch addressing the duties of school officers and teachers. An evening at the Methodist church featured soloists, a choral start, and a violin piece while Professor Hamilton spoke on sanitation.
A prominent lumber dealer in Lolo filed two liens against Montana Box Manufacturing Company alleging $190 in furnished lumber. The notice appears in a local ad for a tailoring event offering precise measurements and a perfect fit on Friday and Saturday, September 20 and 21 at Golden Rule.
Missoula September 18 Sheriff Charlee Davis of Rosebud county is in town on business. A man named Smith claiming to be Joseph Fox accuses Talley of setting fire to the Forsyth hotel. Davis and officials meet with Talley at the jail and see no proof tying him to the blaze. Davis will take no action as charges lack positive evidence and the family plans to return to Oklahoma. The note ends with an unrelated ad about Lemiley Higgins suitings and Standard subscriptions.
A special Missoula city council meeting opened bids for new fire department equipment. The Missoula Mercantile offered 500 feet at 80 cents per foot, while Gutta Percha Rubber Mfg. Co. bid 99 and 70 cents per foot, and L S Mallory quoted 90 and 80 cents for hose. The council approved a fire ordinance requiring building permits, ordered two fireplases, and granted a permit to H T Wilkinson while denying J H Carroll’s corrugated building proposal. A $400 warrant was drawn for the department.
George Peck, son of Frank B. Peck, was seen trying to steal a Yale padlock from Mrs. Hinchcliffe near the Northern Pacific coal docks. Mrs. Hinchcliffe pursued him and alerted an officer who took him to jail. He screamed loudly and was moved to the county jail, where he remained for several hours.
Warrants issued for Roski farmer and his two sons from a Stevensville justice office. The trio, living in a Florence area cabin, are suspected of depredations including saddles horses and a variety of items from another cabin. A lariat found with Roski ties to the case. officers posted at all roads as search continues. Dr J Burton Missoula.
Missoula officials report Mayor Stevens requests all saloons close from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. tomorrow with general observance. Memorial exercises expected to draw large crowds. overflow at the opera house may shift events to churches. Also notes new shoe sale and two marriage licenses issued to Evans Reed Belknap and Coppedge Williams Plains.
Charles H. Skinner, a veteran traveling man for the Missoula Mercantile company, has been named manager of the grocery department at the Kalispell store and will move there soon. The promotion is described as merited and his friends expect him to be popular and efficient in the new role. A Woolene sale is advertised by Golden Rule with dates Friday and Saturday the 20th and 21st.
A sister expresses heartfelt gratitude to those who assisted at the funeral for Jeff S. Percy. She, Mrs Beat rice Collet, and family, Dennison, Texas, send thanks and prayers.
The residence of Mrs. Deverger at 1 North Second Street was quarantined for scarlet fever. Two of her children are ill and the Green family on the second floor is also quarantined in the same house.
State Game Warden W F Scott visited Missoula and the Flathead reservation to inspect game laws. He found the law observed on the reservation and game along the railroad plentiful with no serious violations reported. He continued to Helena on the delayed eastbound train.
Missoula September 18 Judge Webster received a telegram from Judge Henry Smith of Helena saying he will arrive Thursday afternoon on the through passenger train. No further details were given, but it is believed he will render a decision in the Northern Pacific station case involving an effort to open up Higgins avenue.
Annual Statement Filed in Missoula shows Mc Culloch and Fowler capital stock of 10 000, paid in 4 000, indebtedness 4 715, disputed claims 1 115. The report filed with the county clerk on September 18 documents the business status and financial standings.
The machinery and two frame buildings formerly belonging to a company near Lolo are advertised for sale by Constable J. G. Smith. The auction on September 19 at 10 o clock will occur at the factory site near Lolo to satisfy a judgment by P. Jackson for 24.45 and 10 costs. City drug store, wholesale drugs, paints, etc., claims the largest stock in the state.
Missoula on September 18 a serious charge was filed against Thomas Edgar, owner of the Owl saloon, by Thomas Haggerty who alleges knockout drops, a back room assault and robbery of $38. Edgar seeks bond of $1.00. Follow the crowds to the big sacrifice sale at the Globe.
Mr Rolfe, expert tailor, appears at the Golden Rule event on Friday and Saturday offering alterations and specialty fittings. The notice highlights his skill and the shop’s promotional timing for tailored garments.
Missoula September news reports William Zanders appeals a juried ruling against John M Bean in Hayes justice court. Zanders claimed 111 dollars for horses sold. jury verdict 8 dollars. costs total 83 dollars. Bean refuses payment pending district court review.
Missoula September 1 Coroner Hayes reports a sighting of a body in the water near Saltese was false or the body had disappeared.
A promotional testimonial lists "thousands" who claim cures from Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for dyspepsia and stomach ailments. The letter claims the product cures when others fail, notes no narcotics, and urges acceptance over substitutes. A reader testimonial from O Beers of Missouri is cited, alongside a blotter for Dr. Pierce’s Medical Adviser.
A wagon crossing the main line near Woody street in Missoula caused a scare as a team bolted before No 4. The driver pulled free and held the reins, averting a smashup. The wagon and wagoner escaped injury with no damage reported.
One of Chicago's leading tailoring houses presents Mr Rolfe the expert tailor with a grand woolens collection. A chance to buy a suit or overcoat Friday or Saturday at 20th and 21st Street Golden Rule.
Eastbound passenger trains No. 4 and No. 23 arrived four hours late in Missoula due to a delay on a western division.
Sheriff Prescott delayed moving Joseph Smith to the penitentiary until Thursday. Ravalli county attorney Baker met Judge Webster in town regarding contempt proceedings with no firm plan. P T Nesmith issued letters of administration in John Percy’s estate, including a $2000 life policy and $100 railroad wages. Joseph Cody, once linked to Chinese assault cases and discharged, was rearrested Wednesday morning and released again.
Hamilton notes report logging camps returning from above the town as ground softness halts work until cold weather. B McGinty, ex Bitter Root stock farm superintendent, sells most furniture and plans to move to Darlington Wisconsin after visits, receiving a dinner set as a farewell gift. Co. H Skinner makes a final trip for A. M. Company groceries and eyes a move to Kalispell.
Helena dispatch reports assistant attorney general Frank W. Mettler says non residents who do not pay state taxes must obtain a hunter's license to hunt in Montana. Soldiers stationed in the state are not residents, so taxation or a license is required. Also filed articles of incorporation for Clyde Park Mercantile Company and Montana Coal & Oil Company with capital stocks of 3,500 and 30,000 respectively.
Peter Moe was fined 50 dollars and costs in justice court for allowing sawdust from his mill to enter Muskrat creek. Butte fishermen complained to the deputy state game warden in Butte, Moe pleaded guilty and received the minimum fine.
At South gate near Newport Kentucky J H Badger credit man and bookkeeper for the Robert Clarke Publishing company of Cincinnati was shot and killed by a negro burglar early today Mrs Badger was shot in the back and the assailant escaped
New York on September 18 reports trial games between Harvard and Yale athletes delayed to Saturday afternoon due to wet grounds.
A promotional notice by Dr Bennett touts galvanic electricity as a universal cure for weakness and nerve disorders. It promises a free book and a government exclusive to a method described as the sun rising and stoking a quadruple power electrical therapy for men’s ailments.
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