Butte Elks Honor Departed By Rite
The Butte Elks honor departed members with memoriam rites and a program of hymns solos and memorial addresses. Officiants and officers led the service, with chanted tributes, prayers, and a closing benediction.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1927
Page
2
The Butte Elks honor departed members with memoriam rites and a program of hymns solos and memorial addresses. Officiants and officers led the service, with chanted tributes, prayers, and a closing benediction.
Funeral services for McDonell, longtime Western Montana mining figure and member of the Sons and Daughters of Montana Pioneers, will be held at his sister Clara McDonel’s home. Rev. Fred Anstice will preside with interment in Philipsburg. Survived by wife Lily Royal McDonel, two sons Robert and William, two daughters Mrs. Charles Baker and Eva, and two sisters Mrs. John H. Cole and Clara D. McDonel.
An American entrepreneur has launched an electric light bulb factory in Rio de Janeiro Brazil, aiming to expand manufacturing output and supply regional markets. This move marks a notable investment in Brazil's growing industrial sector with potential job creation and technology transfer.
A set of questions asks for the eighth U.S. president born in 1782, the first book of the Old Testament, the author of popular companionate marriage ideas, a German officer who reorganized the Continental Army, and a Bible passage about forgetting. Answers appear on page 4.
Fire crews from neighboring towns rushed to multiple fronts as blazes swept six districts including Lacrescenta and Verdugo canyons. A tuna canyon battle scorched over twenty cabins while the Sunset club burned its old clubhouse and many homes valued up to 15000 dollars. Thousands of acres burned with 98 of 112 canyon homes destroyed amid strong winds.
Ambassador Morrow comments on visits as Calles enjoys large crowds and hopeful reception. Reported cheers include Viva Calles and Viva American ambassador as relations between the two governments appear to improve. Water irrigation discussed for 600 acres near the area.
The Pioneers' club will hold its annual officer election at Stevens and Manley Hall at 8 tomorrow night. Members must present membership cards for admission. An executive board meeting is set for 8 tonight in Miles Cavanaugh's office. all members urged to attend.
Sandstorms swept across Palestine causing widespread damage and power outages. Officials report damaged homes and crops, with emergency crews deployed to assess damage and restore services. Local residents brace for continued dust and disruption in coming days.
Congress will tackle farm relief flood control prohibition alien property Boulder Canyon dam Muscle Shoals railroad consolidation cruiser building aviation permanent shipping policy army housing and public buildings. Prohibition is likely to dominate debate in the pre presidential campaign with wets and drys proposing contrasting measures.
The inaugural session of the seventieth Congress looms with Senate org concerns and contests between Smith and Ware, while the House under Longworth pursues its prearranged Republican program. Independents threaten to sway leadership and committee control as openings for farm relief and injunction limits hinge on votes.
Five steers from Montana State College Bozeman topped the Chicago market on November 16, averaging 1 200 pounds and selling at 18 25 a hundredweight, 25 cents under the season record. The shipment included a 1440 pound roan steer sold for 262 80, plus four yearlings averaging 922 pounds at 15. The stock, bred and fed at the college, were used for class work in feeding and handling cattle.
A north east storm battered the South Atlantic coast as the Cibao ran aground near Cape Hatteras. Lifesaving teams used ropes and motor boats to tow 48 crew members ashore, with several unconscious but revived after first aid. The Cibao, a 690 ton vessel bound for Baltimore from Port Antonio Jamaica with fruit, operated for United States Fruit Company. Coast wires from Norfolk to Hatteras failed. patrols relayed the loss news along beaches.
A northeast gale and freezing sleet battered the North Atlantic coast causing ship distress off New Jersey and Massachusetts. A tug near Seagirth towed three barges while the barge’s rudder was swept away. coast guard cutters aided. The four masted schooner Zebedee E Cliff sought tugs near Minot's ledge but none were available. New York faced first winter knockout as sleet frozen on streets and gutters.
The District Attorney said an alleged confession ties Mrs. Jowers and Swift to the murder of a storekeeper. The pair allegedly conspired after gossip linked Swift to the wife. they hid Swift, then the husband was struck with a hammer and left under a bridge 25 miles away.
The Senate debates seating two elected Illinois officials as questions of oath and legitimacy unfold. Leaders like Borah push for direct oath while Reed and others oppose. If oath is denied, Smith and Ware may speak only in committee rooms. two votes determine oath denial and seating, with timing potentially delayed to January.
In Rome Cardinal de Lai secretary of the consistorial congregation is in grave condition tonight with death expected hourly. He was kept alive by artificial respiration and oxygen while his sister and a sister from Verona cared for him. Monsignor Tondini administers communion daily.
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