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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
7
Police activity in Anaconda reduced arrests by 42 percent from October to November as chronic offenders left the city. October recorded 70 arrests, November 50. Most November arrestees were charged with drunkenness. many posted bonds, while 26 of 42 stayed in jail. Chief Cullen aims to keep the city the cleanest in the state.
In Anaconda and Butte communities, longtime residents recount their first Montana Thanksgiving memories. They recall grand hotels, festive dances, and lavish spreads featuring wild game, turkey, strawberries, and pumpkin pie as frontier life mixed with cosmopolitan hospitality.
Christmas seal sale to aid the Montana Tuberculosis society starts today and runs to December 25. The Anaconda Woman's Club and other local groups promote the effort, urging citizens to buy seals to fund education, nurses, dispensaries, sanatoria, and open-air schools in the fight against tuberculosis.
Red headed star Hope Hampton headlines The Light In the Dark at the Bluebird tonight. A Chicago reception honored Hampton with 100 socialites, including toast praising auburn beauty and natural skin, as Hampton's hair appears blonde in a Holy Grail sequence.
Funeral services for Miss Carolina A. Webster will be held this afternoon at 2 10 from the home of her sister Mrs Blanche Hutchens 317 West Third street The cortege will go to St Mark s Episcopal church where Rev Chapman of Butte will officiate at 2 30
An earlier story claimed Frank Smith was arrested Wednesday for drunkenness, but a follow up shows no person by that name was charged that day. The error was corrected in the subsequent edition.
The sixth annual Red Cross roll call in Anaconda ends with 130 memberships. The drive opened on Armistice Day as a voluntary renewal, with booths in the pay office and post office for one week. Half of funds stay locally to aid disabled veterans at Warm Springs and Galen. The Soldiers relief committee will handle this year’s quota and distributions. Local chairmen Mrs. Fredrick Laist, Mrs. A Vidro, and Mrs. F S Adams are praised for their work on the executive board. Officer elections are planned for December with duties starting in January.
John Jgerdi of Ringling and Work sheep ranches near White Sulphur Springs purchased 200 Nam Bouillet rams from Deer Lodge valley producers. Of these, 125 came from Claude Bielenberg in the lower valley and the rest from Morse Weaver in the Philipsburg district.
Inmates at the county poor farm and prisoners at the county jail were not forgotten yesterday. The poor farm served a fine dinner and the jail meal, while simple, departed from the daily fare.
Deer Lodge counts more than 180000 dollars in unpaid county and city taxes as residents race to the treasurers’ offices. Thanksgiving delayed payments, and officials warn of penalties after today’s 9 pm close as crowds surge and a potential record day looms.
Health week opens in Anaconda with teacher led lessons and lectures by organizations. Despite few illnesses, emphasis on clean living and school health, aided by Christmas seal sales funding free care for the needy. State health officials urge widespread support as clinics reach distant areas and money from seals helps local and Helena hospital care. Mrs. Kenyon appeals to the Woman's Club to boost health week efforts.
Isaac Dumont longtime Anaconda resident died last evening at the family home 819 East Front street in the rear He was born at St Maurice Canada 78 years ago Surviving is his wife Dumont was a member of St John the Baptist society and the Mill and Smeltermen union His body was removed to the Turtle undertaking rooms Funeral announcement will be made later
The film Broad Daylight opens at the Imperial theater Friday night with a Saturday matinee and evening show. Irving Cummings directs an all star cast including Lois Wilson Jack Mullan and Ralph Lewis in a crime story written by Harvey Gates and George W Pyper filmed by William Filden. The picture promises fast action with a social message.
Numerous Anaconda residents spend Thanksgiving with relatives in nearby cities including Butte Great Falls Missoula and Helena. Visitors arrive through the Copper City while local events feature a baptismal service at the LDS church and a Women’s Catholic Welfare card party.
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