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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1916
Page
8
Readable fragments describe a flood of campaign literature in the Butte port office. Clerks struggled with the backlog as nearly 100 pouches of propaganda were unloaded along the wall from Helena trains. August is expected to be a light month for mail clerks, yet records may be broken by the volume of writing from candidates in Glorka and surrounding areas.
At St. John’s Episcopal church in Butte the funeral for Abraham Buol, a wealthy pioneer who died at his ranch near Hamilton, drew many early residents. A large funeral cortege and a half mast flag raised the day’s somber mood as pallbearers and honorary guests paid respects. The service honored Buol’s role in Butte’s mining era and his support for the community’s future.
Mrs. Nora McCabe of Reno, a former Butte teacher visiting friends, traveled with two companions from Reno to Yellowstone and Butte by motorcar covering about 1308 miles. She will depart for Dillon, then Reno by train, noting rough Lincoln Highway sections and plans to return by rail.
Butte hosts the 1918 carpenters convention inviting four local delegates though only Charles H Armstrong appears set to attend the Fort Worth national gathering on Sept 15. The local union plans extend the invitation for the next meeting while shipments arrive for local routes and gear upgrades due to high material costs.
Marriage licenses were issued yesterday for Rudolph Recksick and Kita Bar Harry Neal andtte Flutes David Gavigan and Hazel Keller and James Harris and Esther Des Jardines.
An insured car crash left Joe Butala and Frank Polish injured and hospitalized in St James. Butala has a dislocated follar bone, fractured rib, and punctured lung, while Polish suffered shoulder injuries. A special meeting of International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers No. is planned for noon with Agnes Murphy recording secretary. George Spillum moved his cigar and tobacco stock from 4 South Main Street to 38 East Park Street, with a full line of tobacco and smokers' articles available Always open.
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