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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1920
Page
7
The Butterty tennis tourney opened Sunday but was heavily disrupted by a flood that flooded the Columbiens courts. Play may resume by noon if sun returns, with new courts expected by evening to allow four matches at once.
Montana Rotarians from Butte Billings Great Falls Helena and Bozeman prepare for a three day gathering August 21 to 23 with sports dinners dances and business programs. Dr O M Lanstrum oversees arrangements and predicts strong intercity fellowship. Meanwhile Wisconsin intrastate freight rates rise 3 percent to take effect August 8 as the railroad commission denies jurisdiction over passenger fares.
The Butte Chamber of Commerce unveiled its new headquarters on the second floor of the Squirrel confectionery building at Park and Dakota Streets. Attendance exceeded 1,500 as the chamber prepares to showcase local industry and provide space for open forums and travel information with 3,000 feet of display space highlighting agriculture, horticulture, and commerce.
Boston Aug 15 All but two matches of the first round were completed on the Chestnut Hill courts at Longwood Cricket club in the national doubles championship. Two matches were decided by default and the second round will start tomorrow. An extended five setter saw Nichol and Rand defeat Baker and Page 20 18 after 38 games. Veterans Wright and Clothier battled Davis and Roberts before losing in four sets.
Butte delegation returns from the Elks convention in Billings after a large showing led by the drum corps. The group earned two prizes including best appear ance and best furnished lodge, with Pat Driscoll winning a first prize for height. Walter S. Carns named first vice president of the state organization, W. F. Reyes reelected treasurer, and Frank Riley chosen trustee for three years.
A family house on P and Avenue was damaged yesterday afternoon around 5 30 by a fire that scorched the kitchen and a bathroom before firefighters brought it under control.
More than 100 women from Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana left Seattle for Seabeck or Hood Canal to attend the Northwestern field committee’s community conference of the National Young Women’s Christian Association. Miss Lena Farrar of New York will preside over the female conference.
Paris Aug 16 Chateau Thierry will welcome Knights of Columbus delegates tonight at the battlefield reunion ahead of the Lafayette statue dedication in Metz. The mayor requested the honor as part of ceremonial gestures linking the towns and the war region.
An old advertisement extols 8.8.8 as a purely vegetable blood purifier from forest herbs. It claims to boost appetite, strength, and vitality, warning impurities cause ailments. Written to urge readers to obtain a bottle now and request free literature from the Chief Medical Adviser in Atlanta, Georgia.
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