Police Advise Shoppers To Guard Belongings In Stores
Butte Police Chief Murphy urged Christmas shoppers to watch pocketbooks and keep bags in hand. Detectives will cooperate with plain clothes store men to deter shoplifting as chamber of commerce urges early shopping to ease congestion. Mothers warned against bringing young children on shopping trips without guardians in large stores.
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Butte Will Co
Butte
Murphy
Moir
Chamber of Commerce
Neighbors’ Noise Sparks Butte Court Case
James C. Heaney pleaded involuntary insomnia as a defense for creating a disturbance on East Granite street. Judge Whitty fined Heaney $20 while Maum Georges paid $5 for a similar charge. Sam Lober faced $10 after crashing a city automobile. Rose Marsh Roberts and another did $5 each for vagrancy.
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James C. Heaney
Butte
Heaney
East
Granite Street
P. J. Whitty
Maum Georges
Wyoming
Sam Lober
Lober
Achs
Rose
Marsh Roberts
Christmas Music Sets From Columbia Records
Columbia releases include two beloved carols The Star of Bethlehem and Nazareth with Henry Burr and Andrea Furton, a nine piece medley of old carols by a quartet, and Btracciari in Verdi. Also new children’s specials Santa Claus Patrol and Christmas Frolic by Prince's band, with toy sounds and sleigh bells.
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Henry Burr
Gounod
Andrea Furton
Btracciari
Columbia
Santa Claus
Prince
Extra street cars for Christmas shoppers expand service
The Butte Electric Railway adds more cars to handle holiday crowds. Fifteen minute service on the r Track line, and ten minute service on the Oregon avenue line from 2 05 to 9 35 p m. A ten minute through service to Walkerville runs 4 40 to 10 p m. Engl wood gains a ten minute service as long as downtown crowds persist.
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Butte Electric Railway Company
Oregon Avenue
Walkerville
Englwood
Navy Recruits Sent to Salt Lake City
Five more recruits were dispatched to Salt Lake City by the navy recruiting office. Fare D. W. Carlton of Salmon Idaho, J. E. Watkins of Millsap Texas, R. W. Emerson of Salmon, J. L. Graft of Newton Kansas, and G. L. Johnson of Butte are listed among those sent.
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NAVY
Salt Lake City
William Hendry
Navy Recruiting Office
D. W. Carlton
Salmon
Idaho
J. E. Watkins
Millsap
Texas
R.W. Emerson
J. L. Graft
Newton
Kan
G. L. Johnson
Butte
Police Set Record for Gambling Raids in Butte
Police operations in December set a record for gambling raids in Butte with 44 men booked for unlawful gaming and 56 arrested for vagrancy by gambling. Jailers Brady and Breen led in bookings, confiscating over a bushel of poker chips and 14 decks of cards. Fines totaled 105 dollars collected by Breen, while 740 dollars in fines remained unpaid or appealed. two guilty in court and nine awaiting appeal.
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Michael Brady
Butte
Brady
Pete Breen
Breen
Whitty
Fire in Concord Block Damages Building
Occupants of 120 North Montana Street in Concord woke to a fire at 5 am as flames were found in the basement. Fire crews stopped the blaze before most residents woke. Crossed electric wires are blamed as the cause with damage under $500 per the building’s firm.
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Concord
Montana Street
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Postum
Calkins Toy
Main Street
Bb. E. Calkins Company Wholesale
North Main Street
Broadway
Jere Murphy
Ned
Columbia Records
Railway Company
Gle North Main
Victor Records
Riddell
TOY Department
West Park Street
To Will
House of Karpen
the Furniture
W. Broadway
Panter
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