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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1921
Page
7
Subscribers in residential districts who do not receive their paper promptly by carrier or wish to have it delivered should call 78 M. Eugene Tetreault, Supt Carrier System, directs prompt attention to service requests.
Nathaniel Ward, a Civil War veteran living near Elliston, shot and killed James Lovett near Snow Shoe gulch after a confrontation. Ward fired when Lovett approached. Lovett died from a chest wound. Sheriff, county attorney, and coroner investigated the shooting.
Eugene McFarland a longtime Deer Lodge miner and explorer died at St Marys hospital after three years of illness. Born in Maine he helped operate the McBurney house and later partnered with Pineau in mining claims around Pioneer and Gold Creek. He went blind three years ago and left no close relatives except a Boston sister. Pineau will arrange a respectable burial. A separate court decision denied temporary alimony and fees to a Dyer divorce plaintiff while granting 20 days to file exceptions.
A sale listing highlights extremely low prices on standard quality silks. Items include 16 and 40 inch plain and fancy silks, changeable taffetas, radiums, print warp taffetas, and satin varieties with colors like black and white. Notable pricing features Morning Glory silks once selling at 3.65 per yard now quoted around 2.65, plus 40 inch silk duchess, peau de cygnes, and Georgette varieties in desirable shades.
A demonstration designed to prove conclusively that Great Western brand sugar grown and refined in Montana is of the finest quality and adaptable for preserving confectionery and domestic uses. It will introduce new features in preserving of interest to every housewife.
Hennessy’s Groceries lists prices on vegetables and fruits including beans lettuce tomatoes and squash with multi item offers. It also advertises staples such as corn flakes Comet rice lard peanut butter flour Royal Blend coffee and a special Myriad of grocery deals.
The final letter written by General Thomas Francis Meagher, Montana’s fourth territorial governor, has been donated to the State Historical Society by J. H. Ming and T. J. Ming of Helena. The note, penned from Benton City in 1867 shortly before Meagher’s Missouri campaign, adds a rare personal document to state archives.
Associated Press report from Los Angeles says Julian Eltinge underwent an appendectomy and was slightly improved early today. The famous impersonator, born Sulian Eltinge, recalled his Butte childhood and career, with ties to California and a touring company.
Directors of the Ninth district Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis meet and decide to hold discount rates at eight percent. The move contrasts with other districts that have reduced rates to eight percent, while the Northwest banking system shows higher costs and limited capital ability remains a factor.
In Quincy Massachusetts the city council delayed a plan to take a few feet of the John Adams lawn for widening Franklin Street. Charles Francis Adams the Quincy Historical Society and the Daughters of the American Revolution opposed the annexation warning it would desecrate the birthplace of two presidents. Proponents argued minimal impact, but the measure was recommitted.
Washington will mark the six hundredth anniversary of Dante Alighieri's death on Oct 3 with ceremonies at the national museum auditorium. Addresses will be delivered by Italian and French ambassadors, Harvard's Charles H Grandgent, and others. a large observance committee includes Harding, Coolidge, Hughes, and diplomatic and church figures.
Officials focus on November 1 as a tentative date for armistice events. Dispatches from Takia mention sections offered for consideration, with wording to clarify whether nations will attend as guests or pay costs. In Helena a diocesan teachers' annual session runs August 16 through Friday at Mount St Charles College with priests’ retreat tied to Catholic University in Washington.
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