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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1924
Page
3
A census bureau dispatch corrected by The Standard notes Powell County Montana had six divorces last year, not 122, and Cascade County had 440 marriages while 122 divorces were misattributed. Powell County maintains strong divorce to marriage records in the state context.
Retail food prices in Butte show broad declines in 1924 compared with 1923 per the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Sirloin steak 30 cents a pound, round steak 26.3 cents, pork chops 26.8 cents, butter 44.5 cents, fresh fruit 40 cents, bread and flour slightly up or steady, cornmeal 3.1 cents dearer, canned vegetables near the prior year. Prices in Butte compare favorably with Atlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Bridgeport, Chicago, Detroit, and New York.
Milo's Minstrels appearing at Columbia Gardens headline one of the oldest minstrel acts. Eight performers present a mining tyre reproduction of Hello Alexander with humor, dancing, singing and girls. The troupe will perform tonight and Sunday at the Gardens with dancing before and after shows.
A clipped report describes explorers Dr. Partchett and Warner Ho Hier guiding California party members into the Sawtooth peaks by motor car across rugged Caribou and Rawtooth ranges. They reach a hidden valley above Thompson’s Creek, a glacial basin with lush meadows and sheer peaks.
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