Joshers charity expands reach for Christmas aid in city
Billy Gemmell announces expanded Joshers charity with more Christmas parcels for the needy. Names and addresses will be filed at the Finten hotel for accurate distribution of Yulttide provisions, including 100 rabbits and quantities of beef pork and turkeys. The effort grows from courthouse distribution to a larger operation at Empress theater plans a Dec 18 vaudeville show with 20 acts to fund the drive.
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Bute
Finten
Billy Gemmell
Gemmell
Joshers
Gemmel
Desertion Triggers Two Divorce Suits in District Court
Divorce suits filed yesterday by Maude Wilson and Rebecca Bonner allege desertion. Wilson claims Joseph Wilson left her at Jerome Arizona on Oct 14 1916 after a Butte marriage on Oct 6 1914 and seeks to resume her maiden name Maud Reseeria. Bonner seeks separation from Rebecca claiming desertion on Aug 20 1915 after a Butte marriage on Apr 24 1909. Emma Jozevick granted divorce from Frank Jozevick for willful neglect of life’s essentials. William Meyer represents the plaintiff.
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Maude Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Jerome
Ariz
Butte
Maud
Reseeria
James T. Fitzgerald
John Bonner
Rebecca Bonner
Binnard and
Rodger
Emma Jozevick
Frank Jozevick
Judie Txneh
William Meyer
Patriotics Association thanked for contributed boxes set to aid France
Elizabeth Scarborough writes to the Women’s Patriotic Association of Butte acknowledging seven cases of clothing and surgical dressings forwarded to France for the American Fund for the French Wounded. Daughters of Scotia and women of Virginia City and Dillon also sent aid. The group seeks small spice cans with removable tops for comfort kits to ship chocolate and cigarettes to soldiers.
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Elizabeth Scarborough
America
American Fund For
Women’s Patriotic Association
Butte
France
Daughters of Scotia
Virginia City
Dillon
the Patriotic Association
Care in packing naval consignments urged in notice
Perishable goods mailed to the navy must be well packed, says a Butte notice. Some parcels arrive battered and contents like tobacco fruit and cake are spoiled or mispacked. Items stamped not perishable are opened to reveal perishables. Shipping times range from 20 to 30 days. Senders should ensure durability and proper packing before dispatch.
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Butte
Associated Charities Toy Drive Appeals for Butte Children
Mrs. A L Bradshaw, president, says the Associated Charities toy drive for poorer Butte children is meeting a generous response but more is needed. Headquarters operate 9 a.m. to noon for toy pickups, while volunteers sew and repair old clothes for wear.
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A. L. Bradshaw
Associated Charities
Butte
Brown mocha gloves with embroidered backs sold
Dent's gray suede gloves with embroidered backs priced at 3.50. Gordon gray suede gloves also feature embroidered backs and are listed with a price of 0. The fragment names brown mocha gloves and gray suede options but provides no dates or locations.
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Gordon
Dent
Dent's
Berry & Davis
Cese Gordon Tan
Receipts From Bazaar To Aid Womans Clubs
Funds from a Thursday bazaar planned by the Women’s Patriotic Association and the Butte Red Cross chapter will be donated to soldiers. A varied program with fancy article sales, games, and dancing is planned. Officers seek small metal containers for packing goods for comfort kits. The association also schedules tonight’s meeting to set the public schools Christmas vacation, likely from the Friday before Christmas to the day after New Year’s.
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Woman's Club
Women’s Patriotic Association
Butte
Red Cross Society
the Patriotic Association
Road Man Visits His Friends in Butte
San Francisco traffic manager for the Southern Pacific railway Mr Fee visited Butte for a few hours He was formerly general passenger agent with the Northern Pacific Among other issues the education board will have to consider at its meeting is vacation planning and related items.
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Fee
San Francisco
Southern Pacific Railway
Butte
Northern Pacifc Education
Wheatless Day Wednesday Sale At Butte Grocery
Local store promotes wheatless day with bulk grain options including cornmeal rye flour and waffle flour. Also advertises dried fruits, nuts, canned goods, and a large selection of apples and winter fruit varieties. Specials highlight Prunes figs dates cider mincemeat and winesap and jonathan apples.
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Crosse & Blackwell
California
Ford
Hood River
Libby
Rome
Extra Street Cars to Accommodate Shoppers
The Butte street car company will run special cars on several lines within days to help shoppers during Christmas. Extra service is expected on the race track Englewood Oregon avenue and Walkerville lines with a full schedule to come. Generators are now functioning after two breakdowns, allowing operation of all cars. Emergency station repairs used parts, requiring 3000 pounds of electrical machinery by express to finish the substation.
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Butte Street Car Company
Englewood
Oregon Avenue
Walkerville
Express
Astow
Italy to build piano factory using American French models
Italy plans a national piano factory to unify industry, adopting top American and French designs. Before the war most piano trade was controlled by Germans.
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Italy
Local Youth Joins Aviation Corps From Butte
Rudolph Wuert, long associated with plants in B and familiar with gasoline mechanisms, has enlisted in the iron corps and will serve in the aviation corps. He made many friends in Butte and leaves with well wishes as he begins his military service.
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Rudolph Wuert
Iron Corps
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University of California
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Kayser
Aysae
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N Butte
Silver How
Abundanc
Queen Anne
Karpen
Seciar Ok
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