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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1923
Page
8
Butte officials schedule a public meeting at the chamber of commerce on Tuesday December 4 to boost the Anti tuberculosis Society campaign. Eugene Carroll to preside. speakers and audience participation expected as December fundraising via seals begins.
A community notice outlines upcoming sermons and programs. Sundays feature The Greatest Thing in the World and a love solo with December themes including The Greatest Commandment of God and Our Greatest Obligation to Humanity. Morning sermons by Dr. Clifford cover Mornings day Mother's Bible with a December Bible questions series and 60 lantern slides. The Bible is highlighted as a best seller with 30,000,000 copies yearly in 725 languages.
J. K. Heslet, alderman and president of the city council, assumed duties of acting mayor of Butte yesterday due to Mayor W. D. Horgan’s absence in Spokane. Payday arrives today with warrants completed last evening by Don Harrington, city clerk.
A steady stream of belated taxpayers filled the county treasurer's office yesterday lining up before windows to beat the deadline. Deputies worked hard but remained confident that about 2,000 receipts were not yet called for. Five days earlier the treasurer reported $8,000 in unpaid receipts suggesting roughly 6,000 people had paid since then.
A dozen Thanksgiving day celebrants appeared in police court before Judge Shea for lectures and small fines. Several youths and "old-timers" faced the court, with some claiming it was their first time in years. Seven women charged with infamy were fined ten dollars.
City records show November fines and forfeitures at 6 347 dollars with police court takings at 8 243 dollars. Since May the monthly total never dropped below 6 000 dollars, with liquor venders contributing most of the receipts and others such as vagrants disturbers and dranks adding substantial sums.
Major and Mrs. John Bree and Capt. Fred Stevens depart Butte to open a Salvation Army corps in Bozeman with Ensign Turner and Lt. Humphries in leadership. Butte officers will hold meetings through Monday as Bozeman residents pledge support for the effort.
Rita Sullivan files for $2000 in damages over a September 30 crash on the Butte Anaconda road. She alleges Eli Solovich drove on the wrong side at 40 mph, causing the collision while in a Ford with Joseph Sullivan at the wheel.
One widow was admitted to the widows pension list by Judge Lynch after official examination and probation investigation. She will receive $25 monthly for herself and two children.
With changeable weather coughs and colds are common this season. Have a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound ready and take a dose at the first sign to prevent a more serious illness. It has been a standard family remedy for over 35 years.
Less than a day marred a near perfect November in Butte as a late storm produced rain thunder and lightning then a blizzard and a plunge toward zero. After a warm month with many days above 50 and highs near 58 the city faced snow drifting winds and a forecast of subzero temperatures.
An anti vaccinationist meeting at Butte is set to address state board powers and school admission rules. Trustees Wallace and Stewart question whether the board can refuse admission to a healthy child, with county attorney reps and counsel for anti vaccinators present. Dr Donohue says vaccination lasts seven years or longer, influencing who must be vaccinated.
Mrs Eliza A Thomas a former Centerville resident died Thursday in Seattle after moving to the coast for health reasons. Survived by three daughters Mrs J H Trevitheick Mrs W Fischer and Mrs William Martin a son John Thomas a sister Mrs Richard Wing and a brother James Jacka six grandchildren. Body to arrive in Butte and cremation services planned at the family home with Daughters of St George and Martha Bekah lodge members assisting.
An abandoned hog ranch on Nine Mile road half a mile south of Five Miles house burned last night. Believed to be Ed Lawer of Butte property. A log house barn and hog pens were destroyed. Unoccupied over a year. Neighbors estimate loss around 1500 dollars.
Walter Rooney of Butte a lightweight idol is out of action for some time due to a hand injury. He previously hurt the hand months ago and after a layoff returned to face Jim Hackley, which led to another hurt. Dr. E Maginn has ordered him to rest and reset for a period.
Mrs Mary M Goodwin wife of Edward M Goodwin died after a long illness at 212 East Eighth street Anaconda She was born in Missouri in 1867 and moved to Montana with her husband eighteen years ago The funeral will be Sunday at 2 PM from Tuttle parlors and services follow at the Christian church at 2 30 led by Rev J S Spears Survivors include her husband three brothers in Kansas and Missouri and three sisters in Missouri and California
The city awoke to a snow covered scene after a frigid 11 degrees above zero midnight drop. A 24 hour period ending 6 pm brought 1 inch of snow and a high of 38 degrees as residents anticipated early winter sports and skating.
The Girls Society of St Pauls parochial school hosts a dancing party this evening at the new auditorium. They expect a large crowd and have secured excellent music for the guests.
Deputy state game warden T. H. Edmunds announced that the muskrat open season does not begin as thought. The law imposes a closed season until November 1, 1925, and muskrat trapping requires a permit from the state game warden only when damage to property is shown. Skins must be sent to the state game warden. permits relieve damage but do not authorize selling the animals.
City physician reports a life and death race with 13 boys and 8 girls born in November while 9 males and 1 female died. The stork led the way in births by a wide margin.
The A. K. Taxi company announces day and night service on the Anaconda to Deer Lodge stage line starting today. Two new enclosed cars with modern heating will ensure comfortable travel for patrons.
A crowd gathered in Anaconda's business district last evening after the Anaconda National Bank alarm rang. The noise was caused when the janitor nudged the dial while dusting, and cashier Mark Fullmore arrived to disable it. The incident followed a similar occurrence months earlier at the same bank.
Send this ad with 10 cents to Foley Co for a 10 cent bottle of FOLEY'S HONEY AND TAR COMPOUND for coughs colds and hoarseness. Free sample packages of FOLEY'S PILLS a diuretic for kidneys and FOLEY CATHARTIC TABLETS for constipation and biliousness are included. Also a note on tobacco snuff attributed to Catherine de Medici.
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