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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1917
Page
9
The principal branch office of the paper is located at 118 North Main street in Butte with telephones for the business and editorial departments listed as 422 and 423. Advertising rates are available on application.
A Butte jewelry store touts a long standing, trusted record with a clean history and solid community establishment. It promotes its diamond stock as guaranteed to match representations and highlights a set of solitaire diamonds priced at 55, 80, 100, and 140 dollars in a promotional pitch.
A compilation of short notes lists Rent pianos from Orton Bros and Stein-Bloch clothes, with multiple arrivals and departures around Elko Nevada Salt Lake City San Francisco and Dillon. Notables include Miss Malena Watt Jennie Ferrie Mrs Thomas W Cox and Joe Rodgers joining the U S Army in Honolulu.
Butte city council discussed relocating streetcar tracks and poles from the sidewalk area near the South Montana street railroad crossing within 45 days at no cost to residents, with the city to perform the work and bill the company. The meeting also approved several paving contracts including Park street, Broadway, Granite street, and Main alley with specified engineer estimates and costs.
New Orleans Ta August 8 James W Reynolds superintendent of the police department was shot and killed in his office by Terrence Mullen a patrolman Capt Gerry Mullen captain of police was also wounded in the chest and George Vandervoort secretary to the superintendent was shot in the head both men in critical condition Patrolman Mullen was shot and captured while attempting to escape authorities deem his sanity in question The note adds a historical line about airship and airplane milestones.
Edgar A. Brown, president of Hennessy, announced the purchase of Lander Furniture and Carpet for 159000. Lander, founded by George and Lander, was run by Mrs Tillie M. Lander and Myrtle N. Lander after Mr Lander’s retirement. The Hennessy firm plans a 10 day sale at 831 East Second Street and notes prior acquisitions include Butte Wholesale Grocery in 1916.
New wage schedule fixes monthly pay in the Butte district based on copper's July average price of 26.62 cents per pound. The article lists wage brackets for miners, shaft workers, engineers, and auxiliary roles with details pending for some positions.
Sergeant Harlan in Butte rushes a squad of recruits to Spokane for Fort Wright swearing in. Drafted men with numbers posted by the city will be called for examinations, then sworn in Spokane. those numbers beyond posted lists may apply today. Montana men assigned at Fort Wright include Albert Barta East Helena Waymon Stanley William Quits ork Robert Brownson Edgar Griswold Max Hentey and others.
A fragment lists John H. Larson aged 29 from Marysville a teamster in the medical department. Oliver E Hoffman aged 29 a barber from Gildford in the medical department. Harold M Remmen aged 22 a telegraph operator from Harreslinai in the corps. Adolph W Elleteon aged 28 a millwright from Columbia Falls in the Tenth engineers.
City Clerk Treacy announced that draft lists would be published this afternoon with about 500 names released initially and the rest to follow. Stenographers and clerks have spent four days typing the names for publication.
The last day at the People's Hippodrome features Brown's Black Face Revue along with five other acts from the current bill. Also shown for the final time are the film "Forbidden Paths" with Vivian Martin and Seysue Hayakawa, the Pathe News, and a Universal comedy, before a new show opens.
Notice from the Metal Mine Workers Union calling organized labor and the public to attend the funeral of Frank H. Little murdered on August 1 for organizing workers. The funeral is set for Sunday, August 5 at 2 p.m. from Duggan's raking parlors as a protest against such crimes and to show resolve.
The Standard will serialize the former ambassador Gerard’s war tale in daily and Sunday installments for about six weeks starting tomorrow. Readers are urged to join the subscription list as no other Montana newspaper will feature this narrative.
Y M C A in Butte Montana seeks AML contractors for general, plumbing, and heating work on the six story reinforced concrete building. Bidders must notify building secretary D C Colton or Floyd Hamill architect. A $25 deposit to guarantee drawing return. bid bond and certified check for 1 percent of bid required with bid. Bids opened publicly Saturday August 25 at 10.
A new St Ann's church and parochial school in Butte will be dedicated Sunday at 10:30 AM with Bishop John P. Carroll of Helena presiding. Father Lechner will celebrate the first mass at 8:30 AM, followed by a second service at 10:30 AM, with Father William Toye assisting. The building accommodates 620 and the school opens in fall under the Sisters of Dubuque Ta. Parishioners from the district who previously attended St. Joseph's will join St. Ann's. grateful thanks are extended to benefactors contributing to the project.
Funeral services for Mrs. Robert M. Green were held at Grace Methodist Church yesterday afternoon with Rev. J Mitchell officiating. Burial followed in Mount Moriah Cemetery. Mrs. Green, a wife, mother, and religious worker, was eulogized by Rev. Mitchell as pallbearers listed. Choir sang Face to Face Thy Will Be Done and hymns were led by Mrs. G Dayton with William Tretheway at the piano.
Major Charles Sargent, longtime commander of the First battalion, Second Montana regiment, is honorably discharged from the service. Major Williams will succeed him and the retirement ends a storied Army career marked by leadership at the border and in Montana.
A death mask of Frankie Little, International board member of the Industrial Workers of the World, lynched by unknown masked men, was made for his burial in Butte tomorrow afternoon. William D. Haywood has taken charge of funeral details with LW W representation and a hearse. the body will be escorted from the undertaking rooms to the burial site with a relay procession.
John Williams a Black trooper of the Tenth Cavalry told the Butte army recruiting office he wished to reenlist after his term expired He asked for infantry papers so he could follow Pershing to France The report notes his prior service with Pershing against Villa and his desire to rejoin a colored regiment The piece also mentions a British navy personnel rise since the war began.
The Woman's Relief corps of the Grand Army of the Republic collects and prepares Red Cross materials at the high school meeting room. Women, three weeks active, ready a box for shipment. J P Mondlock provides box labor. Monthly, Butte Red Cross supplies instructions from Washington to meet needs. Finished items include binders, splint shirts, gaiters, pillows, scarves, socks, helmets, and washcloths for the navy and wounded.
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