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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1918
Page
11
Butte tops Anaconda in a slow paced local game as teams exchange plays and spectators react to a tense finish. Community notices list meetings for musicians, lodges, and labor groups while local ads promote coal sales and services.
In a two and a half hour game at Washoe Park, Montana Power outslugged the Goodfriends of Anaconda led by Les Be the visiting shortstop who hit three long drives to left field. Beaudette and Beaden chased, with key hits by Cullen, Pearce, and Hartwell. Final score 15 to 9 as Montana Power and their pitchers held off late rallies.
Friends fill the Methodist Episcopal church to honor Rev J W Tait with ministers from Helena and Yellowstone districts, including Dr Wolfe and Edward Smith. The service recalled his Christian character and earnest ministry, with a cemetery ceremony attended by trustees and many out-of-town guests.
The opening night drew a large crowd as Colonel Wattee and veterans from both Union and Confederacy performed on a Gettysburg backdrop. The event featured songs from the veterans youth, patriotic remarks, and comments on the current war. Today includes junior Chautauqua at nine, Cook’s morning lecture, Bushnell’s afternoon talk on Meaning of the Great War, and Fox’s evening Philosophy of Common Sense with Newell concert preludes by Newell and Shank.
The city reports contagious diseases under control with only four cases under quarantine two mild scarlet fever and one smallpox case. Credit goes to Health Officer Dr Slight and Mayor Hasley for maintaining quarantines and clean streets praised by visitors to Anaconda.
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