This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1914
Page
7
Butte notes list half price at Tonkin Tent and arrivals from Lewistown and Helena. Several residents and visitors are reported, with hotel stays and business trips noted. Community notices include church parlor event, chamber of commerce visit, Woodmen of America election, and local shopping announcements.
Reports from Southern Montana Poultry and Pet Stock association members indicate a world wide show with entries from Canada and Montana. Thomas Stodden will supervise with Moyle Peters and Hardy assisting as officers expect a larger crowd and more birds than last January's 400.
The Clothery offers fur coats and fur lined coats plus motor, ulster, Mackinaw and sweater coats, gloves and caps for men and women. An agent for Pendleton Woolen Mills bathrobes and Mexican blankets is also mentioned.
The poultry association voted to limit prizes to this class of fowls, adopting a regime of twelve cash prizes per variety across three and four prize tiers. Will Purdy of Ferry Washington, a renowned judge, is secured for the show with demand high. A meeting is planned next Thursday to finalize show plans.
The Butte Chinatown conflict, rooted in a 12 year feud between Hum Yew and Hum Yen led to a peace obtained yesterday under Sheriff Berkin. Both factions agreed to bear their own fight expenses and drop suits, with gambling debt cases and a slander suit resolved, ending bloodshed and boycotts that hurt trade. Identified figures include Hum Yew, Hum Yen, Gee Kwong tong, Hum Kwong Gee tong, and Sheriff Berkin, with legal actions involving Canning, Gevehan, Lippincott, and others.
Six Butte high school students earned spots on the team to represent the school in Montana state debates. Lawrence Hayes on affirmative. Isabell Willoughby and Kenneth Simmons on negative led the selection. The statewide league includes 18 teams with regional tryouts through Feb. 15, leading to an eight-team final for the championship.
R Arnold arrived yesterday in Joliet from Montana for a few days. Mrs. George Gregori of Whitehall is visiting in the city. P J Parker, formerly a Butte bus line agent, arrived from Thompson and plans frequent trips home. Herman Rydell and A M McKean of Great Falls reported improving business there. Henry H Armstead and sister Mire Davis arrived in Butte for a few days at the Thornton. Armstead is son of St Armstead pioneer and works in mining at Tunnajuato, Mexico.
In New York on December 2 a simple funeral was held for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan, the naval authority. Following his wish for no military display, no army or navy representatives attended. Reports from Berlin via The Hague and London note Emperor William’s visit to nearby troops in the Czestochowa region.
A long list of hotel arrivals includes Fralen Clave Bergeson delle Montoller Mont W H Berm and many others from Idaho Seattle Spokane and Butte. The piece ends with the death of Mrs. Moran a 31 year old Butte resident, survived by husband two sisters and a father with arrangements for shipment to Nashua New Hampshire.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.