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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 24, 1923
Page
5
A fragmented OCR list shows prices for seafood including salmon halibut lake herring and codfish with various cents per unit. The readable items indicate per unit pricing though specific quantities and dates are missing.
Missoula visitor D Richards. Glasgow resident T J Hocking. Wisdom guest W J Tope. Virginia City attorney A E Farley. Wisdom editor R H Hathaway. Madison County Attorney E P Reid all in Butte yesterday for various business and editorial matters. Schoettner Studio offers a free photo to any child 1 to 7 who makes an appointment at 2086 West Park Street, phone 1499, as Friday notices advertise new magazine arrivals at the newsstand.
If carrier fails to deliver the Standard to you by 7:80, call the Butte office at 422 or the Anaconda office at 47. A special messenger will deliver the paper to you at once.
A parade of visitors arrived in Butte yesterday from Dillon Deer Lodge Norris Sheridan Waterloo White Sulphur Springs Wise River Bozeman and Billings. Names include Mrs J T Colfer Fred Nelson D R McLeod Henry Snyder J W Forbes J T Spencer He Heater H B McKay Leon Shaw and others attending the Mentors Editorial association convention or on business at various hotels.
Miss May Hanley of Woolworth and Miss Elizabeth Mulhol land of Postal Telegraph have returned from Karst's camp in the Gallatin valley.
Fidith Roberts filed a district court suit seeking 928000 for injuries from a January 15 1922 collision with a car driven by Matt Rich general manager of the Butte branch of Stone Ordean WellsCoopers wholesale grocers as the sleigh the plaintiff rode collided with the auto on Western avenue. The complaint alleges careless parking and operation of the car left in the coasting zone. Mrs Roberts says the accident caused a leg fracture required six months hospital treatment and will leave her crippled for life.
Gust Custo driving intoxicated on the wrong side of the road tried to bump an ice wagon on Arizona street yesterday afternoon. Three vehicles were damaged and a Buttelee company wagon carrying its cargo was wrecked. Custo caused a double collision in the 400 block, and his car sustained the worst damage before workmen from Standard Carriage works assisted in the aftermath. He was arrested on the complaint of the carriage crew.
Butte public and parochial school staffs return home from the state normal at Dillon after attending the summer session. About 50 teachers from Butte participated, including three Principals and 24 teachers, with nearly all parochial school faculty present. The sessions were described as highly instructive and featured instructors such as Buree Milliken and Miss Minerva Bennett.
The Silver Bow League of Women Voters schedules a Tuesday afternoon picnic for Aug 28 at 3 in Columbia Gardens. Members are urged to attend with well-filled baskets. Program includes entertainment and usual talkfest and feasting. Committee heads are Mrs. J. R. F. Sievers, president, and Mrs. Lutey, Haggerty, Clinch, Bowersox, Neyman.
Word reached Butte yesterday that M. B. McMichael, a former patrolman on the Butte police force, died at Tourt, Missouri, on August 12. Announcements came through the Redmen of Butte, a fraternal group he belonged to. He served during the Duncan administration and resigned under Mayor Lane. he is survived by a wife and two children.
The Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic John F Reynolds circle No 14 will gather at the court house on Saturday evening August 25 at 8 o clock.
Shugrue a 66 year old Missouri native and long time Butte miner slashed his throat in a self harm attempt. Deputies Duggan and Holland arrived at the hospital where surgeons sewed up several wounds. He claimed illness and a fall as cause and asked for liquor during treatment. Shugrue has history of threats to harm himself and had been staying in the section gang bunkhouse.
A shipment of 25 000 textbooks costing about 29 900 arrives at the school administration building, first large order in years. Titles range from primary readers to geographies and music readers from Ginn & Co and F A Owen. Custodian John Vicers files the new books as thousands of reams of paper and classroom equipment are stored, with sports gear such as bats and indoor baseballs expected soon.
A coroner's jury ruled John Miller's death was by his own hand after he was found with a bullet wound and a gun in his cabin near Ramsay. Despondency and long illness were noted as the probable causes.
The Butte Woman's Christian Temperance Union will hold a meeting at the YMCA this afternoon at 2 30.
Rescue Sound appears to compete in a regional meet in late August with prizes including congressional bronze medals, the Holmes challenge trophy, National Safety Council cups, and multiple silver cups for Rocky Mountain state teams. The Butte district team lists seven members led by captain J F E Watson.
Judge Lynch ruled that four thousand nineteen dollars and 23 cents on deposit with First National Bank belonged to the Burt V. Alley estate, not as a trust fund. Edna A. Alley as administratrix was awarded the sum in probate court.
The Red Men and the Degree of Pocahontas of Butte invite all to a full day at Gregson Springs next Sunday with Red Men Anaconda and Phillipsburg in attendance. Coffee cake and ice cream served. Sport events include multiple dashes, races, tug of war, and a baseball game between Shone Tribe No 1 of Butte and Tendol Tribe of Anaconda. Band music all day with dancing in the afternoon and evening.
Representatives from the parks and playgrounds committee, the forest service, and the state agricultural department met with Prof. R. A. Cooley to discuss controlling a disease destroying hundreds of Butte shade trees. Dr. Peter Potter presided as chairman as plans were outlined to curb the damage.
Funeral services for George P. Shelton a prominent Montana attorney who died from two bullet wounds will be held at 2 pm at the Masonic temple under Summit Valley lodge No 120. The body will be sent to Spokane for cremation an inquest is set for Saturday at 2 pm by Coroner J C Murphy.
In Helena Montana Aug 23 Judge Ben B Law heard Joseph Oker’s mandamus challenge to compel the old state board of equalization to act. The case tests repeal of time limits and the validity of the new board created by constitutional amendment. The court may rule on parts of the matter statewide. The attorneys argued constitutional and legislative procedure, including governor veto and journal publication requirements.
A brief police court session registered 300 in fines with offenders including bootleggers vagrants speeders and disturbers Fred Carr paid 150 for liquor violations five women vagrants were fined 10 each and the rest settled for speeders and disturbers in fines and forfeitures
President C F Kelley of the Anaconda Copper Mining company and J R Hobbins, vice president, arrived in Butte yesterday from Swan Lake. They stopped at Great Falls en route where they met John D Ryan, chairman of the board. Ryan is inspecting the companys property in Great Falls and is expected to visit Butte today.
A bold urge to attend a forthcoming matchup promises big chatter this season and appeals to fans eager to join the conversation about a must see event.
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