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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1919
Page
4
A humorous debate in a Montana town ponders baby values across eras and opinions from mayor to chief of police. Officials joke about par value, while business voices compare upkeep costs and housing needs, ending with the interviewer resigning.
Charles Gardiner, a colored porter at the bathhouse run by Charles Joyce, led officers to a hiding place containing $50.75 stolen from the bathhouse safe. Gardiner, detained on a vagrancy charge, faces a grand larceny complaint after the recovery yesterday afternoon.
Thirteen cases were set for trial by Judge J W Dwyer in his district court department. The judge spent the morning on law and motion and the afternoon drawing juries for civil cases. Scheduled trials include Aug 25 E Anderson vs Reichart and Aug 26 several civil actions involving Maud Ellis, Catherine Harrington, John Meehan, Montana Amusement, and more, with Sept dates for others such as Kerrigan vs O Meara and Montana Development.
Cleophas Viens alias Louis Parker, sentenced in Spokane County last October to five to ten years for rape, escaped from the state penitentiary today. He slipped through the wall during the early morning hours while on regular duties as a trusty.
Police Captain O Donnell believes a member of a theft ring targeting wine cellars in Butte was captured near Helena. An arrest report cites a man named Fra Roberts as a suspect, though police say Roberts is not the prisoner. Several other alleged burglars from the past two weeks remain held for trial.
Clark Home youngsters enjoyed Broadway matinee hosted by Manager Merle Davis with lively applause. The show featured Agena Japs a skilled foot juggler act, Venetian Gypsies offering musical numbers, Lady Alice's pets and others.
Trains depart Milwaukee station at 9 and 11 am with return departures at 6 45 and 9 pm for the Silver Lake picnic. Free dancing baseball and other sports plus cash prizes for contests. Food concessions listed eight piece orchestra and Jaaz music promised. Third Wednesday in August long celebrated as a business community holiday drawing clerks managers and employers to mingle on a democratic day.
A police court session yesterday issued a misdemeanor charge against City Engineer Str for driving into a new park street alley and spoiling it. Additional infractions were noted, with fines possible if crater damage can be proven.
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