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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1911
Page
22
Vintage ad notes dolls with sewn curly wigs real eye lashes and eyebrows eyes that close unbreakable bisque heads and arms offered at prices from 1 to 9 dollars. Museum quality display pieces and gifts for collectors advertised in a city publication.
Kayser offers Italian silk vests with plain or embroidered fronts in pink blue white. Sizes 34 to 44 priced 4 to 6 dollars. extra long plain or fancy tops in white sizes 14 to 44 at 4.50 or 5.50. Silk union suits white at 7.95. Venetian silk vests in pink blue white with embroidered top priced 2.95.
Wm Liddell offers a holiday sale featuring linen damask cloths napkins towels and luncheon sets. Prices include 36x36 luncheon sets at 3, dozen napkins at 5, 16 inch luncheon napkins at 4 a dozen, and assorted rounds tablecloths and scarfs with hemstitching hand finishing and scalloped edges.
Rosario Rego of Butte a Naples native with a long local store ties died of brain concussion after being found near the Northern Pacific depot in a dazed state. Police report blunt injuries and a nose abrasion. coroner notified of a suspicious death as Rego sought to collect money from a man who fled aboard a train.
Mrs. Frank R. Davenport died after several weeks illness in a local hospital. Born in Buffalo New York forty two years ago she had lived in Butte for fifteen years at 34 West Mercury street. She is survived by her husband FE G Davenport. Every day souvenir and gift day at Mayer's closing out sale at 22 West Park street.
Missoula dispatch reports Justice of the Peace Small joined Frank Lenzi and Sophia Guelfi of Meaderville in marriage despite a preexisting arrest warrant. Deputy Mulcahy pursued the couple from Butte, but the father finally relented, giving consent by morning call.
Oliver Choiniere is reelected president of the Butte Clerks' Union after a close vote. Ballots tallied late Tuesday. results show Choiniere 314, James T. Parks 192, E. Carter 50. Other officers include Robert J. O'Brien as vice president and A J Guenther as recording secretary with 329 votes.
Great Falls Montana natl dispatch reports 14 year old boy drunk and runaway. rancher George Coulson near Cascade causes arrest of Robert B McCollum H W Ludwig and the James Corner saloon bartender for allegedly selling liquor to a minor. Trial before Justin Woods of Cascade. Prosecution asserts strong evidence.
Tonkin's removal sale continues with clearances on all items at cash prices. The Metropolitan Opera season promises four new operas at least and about 150 performances with Giulio Gatti-Casazza entering his fourth season and Caruso scheduled to perform.
Butte council No 668 Knights of Columbus elected officers for the year including Grand Knight John J. ONeill Deputy Grand Knight M J Sheehan Chancellor James J Corrigan Recording Secretary James J Egan Financial Secretary Paul OGorman Treasurer Dan Lewis Advocate Maurice J English.
Strainers of all kinds and sizes priced from 5 cents to 50 cents. Large flour sifters with side crank offered at 15 cents. Two-quart corn poppers 25 cents. Savory self-basting roasting pans and other pans priced $1.50 to $4.50. Egg beaters 3 cents each. Heavy wire potato mashers with enameled handles 10 cents. Wire frying baskets 30 and 50 cents.
A catalog of women’s waists with varieties in corduroy, velvet, silk messaline, taf feta, peau de soie and chiffon. Prices range from $5.50 to $17, featuring mannish tailored cuts, lace trims, high necks, short sleeves, and decorative pockets across multiple colors including white navy blue and brown.
Silk kimonos from China or Jap silk show in long and short styles with belts or loose fit. Blanket robes in red navy white and blue use heavy cloth with satin or rib bon trims. Prices range from 2 to 25 dollars for women and children from 1 to 12 years.
James A. Berry outside guard Patrick Scanlan trustee and J. C. Leary with those to be appointed will be installed on the first Tuesday in January.
George L. Seymour, a Bourbon Street blacksmith, caused a scene at the National hotel on Arizona street claiming he could whip any man. Detective Denny McCarthy intervened after Seymour railed at an alleged gambling crackdown and threatened violence. He was arrested and released on bond. Officers later checked the D. & D. Strokehouse for a poker game but found none.
Fritz Taherni accuses John Anderson of entering his room while out and stealing $10 at the Swiss Home saloon. The men clashed, nearly fought in a patrol wagon over the Damon Pythias pact. Witness Joseph Rodney, reluctant, testifies as Anderson faces petty larceny charges in city jail.
George Forman a miner stepped off the curb and fell headfirst into a basement at the Southern hotel area. He suffered a bad head cut but received prompt treatment at the emergency hospital and recovered.
Robert Hodges was arrested on a warrant charging him with assaulting the wife of Edward Kearney. Kearney, once jailed for shooting a bartender, is described as middle aged. Hodges posted a $25 bond and was released.
A Kalispell Journal note captures a young hunter’s mix of happiness and nerves after taking his first deer. The moment marks a rite of passage in local hunting culture with family and community pride.
Miss Edith Olive Hall and Alexander von Dachenhausen wed in Butte in the Laurenz block apartments with only relatives present. The couple, to honeymoon in California and Mexico, left for the depot after the ceremony and plan to return after the new year.
In Butte a Red Cross stamp sale starts to fund TB relief and information. Rep James F. McNally received 100000 stamps sold for one cent each, seven eighths to local fund and one eighth to Red Cross for printing and charges. Three young women will sell at postoffice and Park Street branches and in business houses. Proceeds fund nurses and relief items for patients.
Major George Thomas Jordan of the Salvation Army in Montana and Idaho returns to Butte to oversee Christmas meal distribution. About seven hundred fifty Butte homes will receive dinner baskets during the holiday season with Adjutant Hawkes coordinating locally.
The Army will distribute baskets to selected families via numbered coupons redeemable at Army HQ the Saturday before Christmas. It also plans 100 pairs of shoes for deserving children with fittings at shoe stores and deliveries from the Christmas tree in the Auditorium on Dec 28 along with toys and candy for 1,000 children.
An unknown man entered the Aluminum bar on South Main Street with a suspected thief. The barkeep called for police, but the thief catcher walked the suspect to jail. A later agreement led to the prisoner’s release and no prosecution.
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