Taft Receives Enthusiastic Welcome in Anaconda
President Taft visits Anaconda Copper works and city common, greeted by 200 employees, schoolchildren, and Forest Service rangers. He tours the Hig Plant and converter, then addresses townspeople praising American progress, energy, and the nation’s future.
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Taft
Emerter
Butt
Montana
Beverly
Salt Lake
E. P. Mathewson
Mr. Mathewson
Tommy Cannon
Mike Riley
Anaconda
Ranger
S. T. Orton
Captain Butt
Secret Service
President Voyages as Engine 20 Speed To Butte In 87 Minutes
The procession moves past the cheering crowds with Chief Mentrum leading fire wagons and the president on the rear platform waving. Mickey Campbell drives engine No 20 on the run to Butte, completing the trip in 87 minutes.
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Mentrum
Community notices and social updates in local paper
Local events include Odd Fellows and Phil Sheridan club meetings and St John the Baptist activities tonight. Classifieds list for sale items and rentals, a piano closing sale, and a dog lost or found report. Public notices cover marriage license issued to Thomas Albert Allen and Nellie Brandt Madison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Albert Allen
Nellie Brandt Madison
Premiums Awarded at County Fair Agricultural Display
Warrants for premium payouts will be issued today by W. E. Coleman at the electric light office. R. B. Lewis reports judges’ decisions for the agricultural products division, with Fred Wagner, Mitchell & Mussigbrod, A. M. Day and others winning multiple prizes across crops.
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R. B. Lewis
W. E. Coleman
Electric Light
Coleman
Lawler
Agricultural Department
Fred Wagner
Small Bly Escapes Thereform School
Thomas Snapburger a juvenile pleaded before Judge Murphy on stealing Standard newspapers from subscribers in Anaconda. The court placed him on probation after he confessed taking three papers and selling them to buy candy. Warnings were issued for two more boys and three men as warrants loom.
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A. Pattie
J. H. Strain
Dr. S. T. Orton
H. H. Nell
D. Grattan
John W. Clark
Erie Railroad
J. Murphy
United States Senate
J. C. English
J. B. Goose
R. M. Greig
F. A. Jones
M. Kingsley
W. L. Collins
Frank W
Anaconda
Sherman P. Allen
New York Herald
Robert T. Small
Associated Press
R. H. Hazard
United Press
E. A. Fowler
New York Sun
William Hester
Hearst Papers
Harry L. Dunlap
New York World
Mr. Taft
Thomas Snapburger
Judge Murphy
Snapburger
Fitzpatrick
Murphy
Tommy
Beloved Son Edward Fisher Remembered by Families
Sincere thanks are expressed for help and sympathy after the death of their son and brother Edward. The message recalls the choir, machinists and blacksmiths unions, the Fraternal Brotherhood, and many floral offerings. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Fisher and family and Mr. and Mrs. George Engler and
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Edward
Ernest Fisher
George Engler
Potatoes and Root Crops Prize Winners Named
Exhibitors A. M. Day and Mitchell & Mussigbrod received first prizes for potatoes and for the largest and best display of root crops respectively. John Perkins earned a special mention for a general display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell & Mussigbrod
Pat Sweeney
Laremore Bros
A. M. Day
Herman Johnson
Globe
Fred Wagner
John H. Cole
J. H. Cole
Laremor+ Bros
Ed Luce
Schultz
William Beninger
George Opp
Pat Lappin
James Pardee
W. H. English
Robert Fisher
Charles Bowman
Dr. W. H. English
Frank Henault
Timothy
Bromus Thermis
Jesse Miller
Alfred Perkins
John Verlanic
Thomas A. Parker
H. Barnard
Thomas Jordan
George Fairweather
John Jacobson
James Bennett
Leo la Salle
John Perkins
One Ear Missing After Battle Royal at M. and M. Saloon
Jack Long a railroad switchman resident of Anaconda is missing an ear after a fight at the M and M saloon. Jack Goodman accused of theft and arrested by Officer Walsh. The quarrel escalated into a brawl with bystanders, ending with Long discovering his ear gone and an ear reportedly found on the floor. Goodman was jailed.
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Jack Long
Anaconda
Jack Goodman
Walsh
Long
Goodman
Taft
Market Woes Highlight Strawberry Season Profits
The St John market notes a rough strawberry season with crates selling at 3.30 dollars delivered by river steamers Champlain and Vincennes. Each crate holds 54 boxes valued at 1.62 dollars, with 26 cents for boxes and 10 cents for steamboat freight, leaving the producer with a microscopic profit after picking costs.
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St. John
United States
Steamboat Company
The Toad and the Snake Tale from Anson County
A Charlotteville Observer reprints a local anecdote from Anson County. A toad forks the road in flight as a black snake pursues, the frog turning to face the attacker while clamped to a stick it grips crosswise, hindering swallowing. The observer notes the spectacle and ends with a remark on today’s classified ads.
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Charlotteville
Anson County
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Gordon de Luxe
J. H. Strain & CO
Choice
VincRae
East Park Avenue
Goodfriend Clothing Co
Good Clothes
Keppler Jewelry Co
Fuller Drug Co
Rexall
East Park Ave
Chie
Gregson
Mill Creek
Washoe Works
Carter
Gangner
Senator Carter
Ben Thayer
Anaconda Copper Company
James Sloan, Jr
E. J. Bowman
Ballinger
Mathewson
Mr. Wraith
Grand Army
East
Middle West
Far West
Rockies
America
Butte
Hiostetter
Phils
Surrey
Phil Sheridan Club
Scanlan
Verberckmoes
St. John the Baptist
Miller’s
Milwaukee Beer
the Mint
Zollman’s
East Third Street
Schlappi
Hammerslough
Elm Street
Ladies’ Aid Society
The
First Baptist Church
Washoe Park
R. M. Kuchs
Great Falls
Mrs. Kuchs
Helena
Woman's Department
Hannah Thomas
Chimney Rock
Bozeman
George Maxey
Young People's Society of the
Swedish Baptist Church
L. E. Jones
Los Angeles
Cal
H. N. Thomson
Tooele
Utah
George B. Winston
Jefferson City
Lynch
District Court
Mrs. Rutledge
Woodstock
Kan
Miss Rutledge
Seattle
Kansas
Electric Light Office
Pippins
Earl Watts
Allen
D. Allen
Small Bly
Cluett, Peabody & Co
ARROW
Blackfoot Milling CO
Bonner, Montana
Bonner Yards
State
Big Blackfoot Milling Co
Bonner, Mont
Missoula, Mont
Sickdal Butte
Pacific Railway
Oregon Short Line Railway
Silver Bow
Chicago, Milwaukee & Poset Sound Railway
Durant
Northern Pacific Railway
Miles Crossing
Dawson
Muller’s
T. H. Vermilli
Main Street
Rover
Santa Claus
Nicotine
Hiram's Bride
Wrights
Fort Myer
Java
Daly Bank and Trust CO
JOHN R._TOOLE
Shene Fowmax
Stockton Veazey
John C. Harrington
Yegen
Western Montana National Bank
United States Depository No. A. Wolp
John Lehson
J. H. Ryman
M. L. Guiden
Missoula
Mont
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