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Newspaper
Daily Inter Mountain
Location
Butte, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1899
Page
13
Easter Sunday in Anaconda will feature decorated churches and carefully prepared music. Communicants and many who have not attended in 245 days will join in the celebration, with choir members dedicating time to ensure a fitting tribute to the resurrection.
The Paciss Catholic Church announces 8:00 a.m. low Mass 10:00 a.m. high Mass and 7:30 p.m. vesperal service with sermon, featuring Dr. Jenatius Donnelly of Butte and Prof. A. Kennbeutt. A Gregorian chant program includes Vidi Aquam and Regina De Postivdy. Sunday April 1 includes a special concert and repeated performances to address low attendance. AT THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Pastor Jenkins speaks on Risen and The Unexpected with choir under Prof. Lemon and May Stedmond at organ. Ladies' Aid meets Thursday. all welcome. St Marks Episcopal will have no services on that day.
An early Dakota settlement era notice extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for consumption and related lung ailments. It claims a 94 percent success rate, describes blood cleansing and tissue rebuilding benefits, and includes a testimonial from Mrs Orlin O'Hara about bronchitis relief after use.
Parishes schedule a grand Easter musical feast with the Presbyterian and Catholic congregations at Fourth Street venues. Rev Cleland preaches both services. Miss Macdougal directs choir. special solos and an extended Easter program planned for Monday night. Methodist and Lutheran services feature reverent sermons and rich music throughout the Holy Day.
Holy week observances filled city Catholic churches from dawn to nightfall with readings, adoration, and processions. The silent drums of devotion featured stripped altars, cross stations, and Passion Masses as worshippers prayed, sang, and reflected on the suffering of Christ.
Next Monday April 3 the polling places are listed by ward. Each ward registration office opens to January 1 with a total of 286 ballots reported so far at the city hall.
The Women’s Forelan Mierloiors Society held its annual thank offering at the Mf s shore tonne after Wad ab Do oteloede. The event featured scriptural readings by the president, prayer of thanksgiving, and readings from the Mamie Offering Service. Attendees included Mrs. Egglestony and quartet members Exbert Lyman Harris Pickle, with recitation of “The Message” by Mrs. Annie.
A church gathering featured the trial of a selection titled Jesus Lover of My Soul with Mise Dougall and solo performances by Rev. W Ty Buster and Mr. Logan. The event included readings on China and Japan and closed with a hymn led by Miss Fannie White and the congregation.
Postmaster EB Stackpole and B F Brown of Garrison are in the city as pay day arrives for city officers. J B Tower leaves for Seattle to locate permanently. Easter festival planned at St Mark's church with children and adults invited. Foreclosure suit for 400.47 filed by J B and Joseph Proulx against Peters et al. Bill Daniels returns from Missouri. comments on Burlington extension withheld. H Taylor in town. Dr Tr J McKonair faces health scare but is out of danger. Copper City canvass for the Newsboys Home yields strong support. Anaconda Copper shipped 80 bars to New York via Great Northern Express. weight requires two drays. Ed Shep w l charged with assault before Mr Murray to be heard this afternoon. East Front Street scene noted. A storm threatens deeper snowfall near Siskiyou. Easter weather forecast dampens hopes for holiday bonnets. The misidentification case ends with John Clark in custody. Ed Clark not the man. Ballina of Baltimore & Ohio extends politeness notice to all Liveman and agents.
A garbled column fragment hints at a shoppers scene with references to a gallant prince, a weary woman, and a family of six needing clothing. The voice suggests charity or social pressure in a sales or market setting amid faded dialogue and stray names.
Fragmentary dialogue hints at Milkins inability to pay charges while a clerk defends him. The piece shifts to mentions of the Rovliegtin Route from Anaconda to Omaha and St Joseph and St Louis with no car changes. It adds a historical note about General Anmiresw Jackson and Florida governance with unrelated prose on Cuba.
Notice states the Combination Mining and Milling Company moves its principal place of business to Combination Montana following a board resolution on October 27 1898 and stockholder ratification May 7 1599 with officers Paul A Parz and Charles T Rhodes. Also notice of posting for letters of administration for Herbert H Carder estate, hearing March 25 1899 at 2 PM before Clinton C Clark in Butte Silver Bow Montana with Susie A Carder petitioning for administration.
A narrative about Elsie Liberty Littlefield, daughter of the Bedloe's Island lighthouse keeper, living on Liberty Island near New York harbor. It describes the statue of Liberty as a guiding light, the ferry trip to Manhattan, Elsie’s strength and goodness, and a memory of her father’s delirious moment before he recovered and had her photographed for the newspaper.
A fragment describes electrical power feeding the Liberty torch in New York. It follows Lighthouse keeper’s daughter Littlefield as Liberty’s caretaker, recounting her fascination with the statue and her role in kindling the torch. The tale blends mythic symbolism with urban wonder and a child’s perspective.
Mantma reports neighbors complain about loud boys while Papa insists it isn’t possible. The brief exchange shows a domestic moment of humor and denial.
Notice to owner and heirs of John P McEvoy that $109.06 was expended in 1898 for labor and improvements on the Idlewild quartz mining claim in Summit Valley mining district Silver Bow county Montana. The claim is recorded on page 12, book K, in the records of Silver Bow county. The labor and improvements were performed to hold the claim under section 2324 revised statutes and amendments.
R McDowell W A Kidney publish a mining claim notice stating that within ninety days after publication any co-owner failing to contribute 16.65 dollars and costs will forfeit their interest to the undersigned. The parties have made the described expenditures for the year 1898 and improvements. Dated February 8, 1899.
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