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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1915
Page
5
A Hallmark store catalogue touts purchasing power with sterling silver compotes 81.00 napkin rings and perfume cakes in silver holders. The pages advertise napkin rings salt and pepper sets and vase and frame items priced around 81.00 while urging quick ordering of these specials.
Butte hosts a stream of visitors from Helena Dillon Billings and other towns. Names include Wade Willis Burns Thurston Kennedy Griswold Hagen Finch Krengle and McCrimmon among others. Local commerce offers liquor seats taxicab service and studio photo specials while holiday greetings and engraved cards are advertised.
Mrs. James Floyd Denison requests a municipal Christmas tree to spread cheer and include the poor. She outlines plans for a central adorned evergreen with music, choirs, school groups, and community singing to unite citizens amid world strife. The mayor will announce his views soon.
A telegraph operator reports a prize fight from Calgary via a Canadian Pacific line. He boards the Imperial Limited’s exclusive car after the way station stop, provoking a rigid conductor inquiry and a heated fare dispute.
New York report says Seattle's Jewish community appeals for aid to care for Russian refugees arriving there. Rabbi Harry Genes cites 200 refugees landed since Oct 1 with more expected, planning a Seattle branch of immigrant aid to organize grants and telegrams for assistance.
Chicago December 12 talk of a great railroad strike in the spring to enforce a eight hour day is without authoritative foundation says Warren Stoni head of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. No basis for predicting events four months ahead and no decision on arbitration or further conferences. Engineers and firemen agreed to eight hours with time and a half overtime. a large union committee will meet in Chicago to formalize demands.
Paris reports British secretary for war Kitchener objects to delays that hinder the expedition to Saloniki. After a Mediterranean tour he noted diplomatic difficulties slowed Allied actions. The Calais conference and a wartime council under General Jos discussed these ideas and prospects.
Berlin reports twenty five thousand Austro-Hungarian prisoners were released by Serbian forces during their Kerbie advance. The Overseas News Agency notes many died from epidemics and others remain missing, while Bulgarian officers accuse Serbian troops of harsh treatment and leaving prisoners unfed or killed in some instances.
Overseas News Agency reports three British battalions retreating along the Tigris from Baghdad were surrounded by Turkish forces near Kut El Amara and surrendered. A further British retreat southward from Kut El Amara is anticipated.
Arrangements are made for the funeral of Mrs Mary Stevens, 421 North Washington Street, Tuesday afternoon. Brief services follow at Mountain View church. She was 46, survived by husband six children and mother. English relatives noted in tributes to her character.
Francis W. Price a rancher living near Harrison Montana died at a local hospital after a brief illness. He arrived at the hospital Saturday for treatment and was in Monta years. He leaves four sisters Mrs J W Wallace Mrs J H Kelly Miss Elizabeth Price of Butte and Wise Isabella Price of Washington. D C The funeral will be Tuesday morning at o'clock at the home of Mrs Wallace the Red Metal in Mea and Mass will follow at St Joseph's church.
Seattle police report Policeman Kost, shot in the back while attempting to arrest three highwaymen who had robbed a drag line and nearby businesses, died today. Suspects escaped. a photo identified George W Gunther as the man Kost grappling with when he was shot.
A Serbian letter received by Mike Groutich describes extreme hardship as Germans destroy farms and food supplies. It portrays starving families, with women and girls as young as twelve forced to care for others, while winter approaches and aid remains scarce.
A faded page from the Imaginary Courier discusses George Hart McCutcheon visiting for material, a "eternal triangle" plot still popular, and satirical jabs at social climbers. It mentions Joll E Rounder of Butte seeking a ploy, and a caricature of a fancy traveler on a Park Street southbound car.
A sale list offers Small Useful Gifts including Smoking Sets priced at 6.50, Brass Candlesticks up to 5.00, Shaving Sets from 8.00 to 11.00, Magazine Racks ranging from 180 to 185.90, and Pottery styles noted as popular.
Fragmentary OCR text presents a playful item likely about a character named Vaney addressing young children with references to a door, suntan, and feather. No clear event, date, or organization can be identified. readability is too limited to extract a concrete summary.
The steamer Minnesota towed toward San Francisco after mechanical trouble north of the Golden Gate. A federal inquiry will review the ship’s disablement as tug crews expect to reach the harbor by early tomorrow morning. Federal officers will not allow disembarkation until investigation concludes.
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