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Newspaper

Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1920

Page

5

Butte High School Girls Style Show Planned

The Butte high school girls' club will present a style show for the student assembly in the fifth period. Over 80 girls will participate under adviser Miss Christine McRae. The event aims to teach proper dress for school and social events while reinforcing modesty and thrift pledges. Local department stores and retailers have donated outfits for the models, with plans for public displays and varied costumes.

Butte High School Girls Christine McRae

Government Efficiency Topic at Chamber Meeting

A.M. Riley argued against government ownership citing postal and telephone inefficiency in Britain and U.S. private ownership as superior. He urged government focus on sovereign duties, divestment of business ventures, and cautioned that government enterprise risks heavy costs and stifling progress.

A.M. Riley Ltd- 1 Culture Club Dres Postomen Kaveenment Mr. Riley Great Britain Tatephone United States Davies Tes

Women Dominate In Divorce Decrees Ordered

Justice Jackson yesterday granted uncontested divorces in several cases. Decrees were entered by default for Alice Linebarger versus Ghation Linebarger and Sandemo Harrington March against John March. Stella McDonald was also divorced from William. Clara Thurston filed for divorce from Gore Thorson. the couple had married in Walkerville ten years ago.

Justie Jackson Alice Linebarger Ghation Linebarger Sandemo Harrington March John March Stella McDonald William Lamb Clara Thurston Stor Gore Thorson Walkerville

Butte Notices and Local Visits Highlight Day

A mix of brief items lists visitors and events in Butte including Senator John Edwards of Poraythix, Dr W F Dodd offering free eye consultations at Hotel Lesgat Dec 6 to 16, and Henry Coulam of the Oregon Short Line in Idaho Falls for freight claims talks. Also noted are social notes, court chatter, a fall injuring Mrs Charles Rader, and the death of W H Robertson, former Butte resident, in Nebraska.

Orton Bros John Edwards Poraythix Butte United States Marshal's W. F. Dodd Spain Kean Legion Joan Fulcher Hugh Green Andrew Jacks Loweth Ole Olson Winders Lennep Martinsdale Charles W. H. Robertson W. Hi. Robertson Neb Omaha Robertson

Women’s Salvation Army teams exceed quota totals

Adjutant Harris reported that Sal vation Army women’s teams have surpassed their $500 per team quota. Mrs P T McCarthy, director of the women’s Work, said five teams had already totaled $6220.10 to Army headquarters, with more contributions expected to come in.

Salvation Army Harris Mra P. Tl. McCarthy Army

Salvation Army Dance Draws Large Crowd

The Salvation Army dance at the Woman's Club building drew several hundred dollars in tickets and donations. Tickets sold at the door and from pre-sale, with some buyers purchasing many seats. The event attracted a sizable audience and featured strong support for the drive underway this week.

Salvation Army Ernest Sylvester Bat Tate Van

Elks Rehearse Nightly For Broadway Show at Hutto Lodge

Members of the Hutto lodge are practicing nightly for a two night lodge show at the Broadway theater. The group plans a 10 auton run with Wednesday Renday and Thursday performances next week. Each rehearsal grows more polished and confident. The satire Between the Devil and the Deep Mines is highlighted as a crowd favorite.

Hutto Lodge Mike

Appeal for Aid to China Famine Relief Efforts Endorsed

Seattle dispatch reports a national famine appeal for northern Chinese provinces where Cha Chao Hsin, consul general, says hundreds of thousands starved in early 1920. Cha travels from the Orient via San Francisco en route to Seattle. Thomas W. Lamont is named committee chairman with Secretary Davis as treasurer.

China Thoman W. Lamont J. P. Morgan & Co Davis State Department Seattle Wash Cha Chao-Hsin United States San Meanelaco

Recital Night Praises By Students At MacPherson School

In Moorhead Minn Judge Nye sentences Thomas O Leary a 39 year old confessed robber of Georgetown State Bank Georgetown Minn to 40 years in the state penitentiary after a guilty plea. The recital program featured vocal instrumental and square dance numbers and praised the pupils for their brilliant performance.

Mme, MacPherson

League Members Appointed to Discuss Disarmament

Geneva December 9. President Wilson’s rejection of the League invitation to name an unofficial delegate to work with the disarmament commission unsettles delegates who favor broad U S contact. The assembly awaits Wilson’s Armenian boundary decision while Canada pushes for temporary commissions with limited powers. Experts from reparations commission say a conference agreed in November will meet in Brussels on December 15 to study reparations problems.

Geneva Associated Proms Wilson League of Nations Commission Assembly United States League London Paris Supreme Council of the Allies Canada International Labor Bureau Con Prec Reparations Commission Brussels

West to back one man for interior secretary

Senator Borah of Idaho says the West should choose a single strongly qualified candidate for secretary of the interior and rally behind him. He notes the West needs a figure who can also attract eastern capital to western development, while Harding seeks the best man the West can offer.

West Washington Interior Borah Idaho Harding

Buy a Barrel of Flour Campaign Started in Northwest

Spokane December 9. Pay a barrel of flour campaigns for Washington and Northern Idaho began today announced by DA. A. Elmore president of the Washington state farmers union. Elmore said the plan is to run an extensive drive not limited to farmers but appealing to the general public to buy flour now. He believes the bottom prices for flour have been reached and the movement may reduce foreign wheat imports.

Spokane Washington Idaho A. Elmore Washington State Farmers’ Union Mr. Elmore Elmore

Tripp Bond Set at Five Thousand in Whiskey Case

Preliminary to a motion for a new trial attorney Keer Headman asked Judge Lynch to fix bail for Charles Tripp, convicted of selling whiskey, sentenced to two to four years in state prison, bail set at $5,000. The F W Adkins murder case, scheduled for hearing, was continued to Monday.

Keer Headman Lynch Charles Tripp Judie Svyneh F. W. Adkins

Prospect tariff revision hazy and congress aims noted

Representative Nicholas Longworth of Ohio spoke at the academy of political science about tariff revision hoping for a thorough and scientific review in the extra session. He warned the prospect of completing reforms remains uncertain while acknowledging difficulties. Chocolate and coroanuis were cited as currency in parts of the South American interior.

Aritt Congress Nicholas Longworth Ohio House Ways and Academy of Political Science Longworth

Wool industry plea to retain embargo on imports

Representatives of woolgrowers urged Congress to keep an embargo on wool and sheep imports until tariff revisions. They warned of universal bankruptcy in the West and cited 996 million pounds of wool in U S storage. Argentine wool was undercutting U S prices, threatening domestic producers with ruin.

Washington House Ways and Sheans Committee Senate Agricultural Comunities SW. McClure Nae Monai Woolgrowers’ Association United States McChure America

No Chance To Pass Cash Bonus Bill For Soldiers

Washington dispatch reports the Fordney cash bonus proposal for World War I veterans will not pass this session in the Senate. The cash bonus feature is considered dead for now, while discussion turns to other aspects such as land retirement and wounded aid in a Republican senate conference next week.

Washington Secretary of the Treasury Congress

Vacant House Destroyed by Fire in Farragut Area

A five room vacant house at 2400 Farragut wrest was destroyed by a fire of unknown origin last night. Neighbors say the blaze started about 0 o'clock and spread rapidly with a breeze, burning the structure to the ground. The house was outside the city limits and apparently no call to the fire department was made.

Farragut Wrest

Judge Jackson Sits In Two Courts Inflammatory Summary

Judge Jackson presided in two courts granting judgment for the defendant in the Kisshen v Weinberg suit and ordering dismissal without prejudice in Loot Gridhere v JM Jackson. The will was for a $250 promissory note. Judge Lamb faced a disqualification affidavit during Mrs Emilly Crooks v Montana Auto Garage.

Leah Kisshen Agate Joseph Weinberg Jackson Anso JM Jackson Wan Lamb Emilly Crooks Montana Auto Garage Company Aidavit Wan

Busy at Marion as Harding Catches Up on Mail

President-elect Warren G Harding in Marion Ohio spends hours in isolation delaying meetings to read unanswer ed letters and telegraphs piled up during his month away. He aims to catch up before addressing League of Nations conferences.

Hom Marion Ohio Fror Marion Harding

Joshers Prepare for Christmas Show at Way Theater

Billy Gemmell leads the Joshers charity show planned for December 22 at the Way Theater. The group aims to raise funds by selling tickets and collecting gifts, with the Butte Mines band and Albert's Wonder Show providing entertainment and Sybil Browne's dance classes featured.

Billy Gemmell Joshers Good Fellowship Way Theater Tilly Deires 11 Battle Corporation Livingston Joshers Sybil Browne Alice Rooney Howard McIntyre

Diamond Dyes Offer Simple Wool Linen Cotton Dyeing

A package of Diamond Dyes promises ample directions enabling any woman to dye worn wool linen cotton or mixed fabric into a fadeless color. The dye is marketed as the only kind needed with a druggist color card to guarantee perfect results even for first time users.

Papes Cold Compound Quick Relieves Headache Cold

A fragmented ad style note announces Pape's Cold Compound as a fast acting remedy. It claims the front dose opens nasal passages, relieves headache, and eases cold symptoms without aspirin or opiate content. Sold at drug stores.

Pape Ulinens Fox Eosin Only A Few | Seats At Drag Mines. Ti Nein Vasletanca Alee

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