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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1916
Page
5
Butte residents and visitors fill pages with names from Helena Bozeman Anaconda and New York. Notables, families, and travelers drop in while local shops advertise goods and services, including house building terms and laundry conventions set for Great Falls.
The original Democratic Women’s Club will meet at six o’clock this evening in Judge Donlan’s courtroom at the courthouse with Mrs Attridge presiding Candidates for office are invited to attend. Andrew J Haskins aged 79 died yesterday at his son Frank F Haskins’s home on 2085 South Arizona Street The body was removed to Whites Undertaking Parlors with funeral set for Tuesday at 2 pm Friends please omit Bowers.
Belgium thanks the United States for aid to relieve famine as Rev Father P J de Strycker of the University of Louvain tours America. He seeks students for priesthood and praises American relief efforts, noting refugees, hunger, and Belgian hopes for peace and independence.
Darwin Norton, described as a versatile worker and alleged confidence man, was arrested Saturday by Deputy Sheriffs Henderson and Gillis and is held at the county prison for investigation. He is wanted in Idaho for a sheep game and has a pending Butte warrant since last May. a woman associated with him was arrested and jailed in the county, while Norton may face a $50 reward for his arrest.
Wheeling West Virginia August 13 a young man declared he was a dip somaniac and rum hound seeking entry to the United States Marine Corps at the local recruiting station He hoped enlistment would cure his drink habit but sergeant Austin Fredericks refused noting there is no room for drinkers in the corps He left vowing to enlist in another military organization even the Salvation Army.
A police action during dry hours at the Make bar on Hast Park yesterday morning led to the arrest of James Mike and John Reife for selling liquor without a license and outside permitted hours. The incident drew a crowd as officers moved in to enforce licensing and time restrictions.
A murder case in which Owen Twohy fatally shot Josephine Leclaire left her body unclaimed at the morgue. Twohy, sobered, refused to discuss the crime and sought a lawyer. Local prisoners and defendants in related cases await trial as the community notes various church events and local gatherings.
Charles Henders, silver bow sn candidate for governor, tours eastern Montana by auto and rail. He notes thousands of new voters, active campaigning, and a shifting political landscape with Republicans surprised by eastern support. He warns no bull moose party and highlights citizen interest in Montana politics and local turnout. Burge McLoughlin to be escorted to the depot. James A. Jepsen secretary.
Twenty naval recruits in Butte and vicinity received word that the cruiser New Orleans will sail from Seattle today, August 14, with about half the crew reported aboard. The training cruise lasts about 30 days and will stop at San Francisco, San Diego, and Magdalena Bay.
In the third round of the Butte Tennis Club championship, Cundy fell to Dr Karsted, Mel Taughlin showed top form, and McLaughlin advanced to the finals after a 6 3 1 6 2 win. Simmons defeated Barclay in straight sets to reach the semis.
Herbert Menhennet longtime president of the Butte Bartenders Union died last week in Mesa Arizona where he had gone seeking to improve his health. Survived by his wife and two sons William and Ernest, the exact ages and other details were not clear in the notice.
Al Simpson of Crehaven caught 22 lobsters in one trap and was hailed as coast champion until John Ericson, another Crehaven fisherman, later hauled 27 lobsters from a single trap.
Mrs. Helena Mahoney of Boston and her 9-year-old son Paul travel through Butte gathering material for a travel journal seen through the boy’s impressions. The mother edits the boy’s journal while shaping her own work, as they tour toward 17,000 miles total and report colorful experiences including Jaurez leaving after a June conference.
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