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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1926
Page
2
The cream of Butte talent volunteers for a Christmas show by the Butte Joshers club on December 22 at the Broadway theater. All receipts go to buy Christmas dinners for over 500 poor Butte families. Tickets cost one dollar.
The Newcomb funeral will be at 9 o'clock Tuesday at the parents' home 1041 Utah avenue then mass at St. Joseph's church at 9 30 Interment Holy Cross cemetery The Bruce funeral will be this Tuesday at 2 o'clock from White's chapel with Rev Jones presiding Interment Mount Moriah cemetery Flowers omitted per request
The Associated Press reports Montana ran a total primary election cost of $130940.28 with $29397 in revenue, leaving a deficit of $101443.28. Voter turnout was 93,589 from 205,822 registered. cost per vote averaged $1.40, with county figures ranging from 48 cents in Ravalli to $4.11 in Phillips.
Democratic whip says he can muster signatures to bring Garner bill to floor with 182 Democrats in the House. Oldfield aims for labor members and 32 more signatures, while Garner expects Republican support for tax reduction. Representative Hall warns sinking fund failures mean debt relief won t reach taxpayers soon.
Four boys coasting on a Dob sled were killed when their sled was struck by a motor truck on the steepest hill in Little Falls New York. The truck driver and a companion were arrested.
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Alice V. McMahon are planned for this Tuesday at 2 p.m. at Sherman & Reed Funeral Home with Rev. Charles Colé officiating. Interment will follow in Mountain View Cemetery family plot. George Doyle dies at 46 after at home residence last night.
The fall quarter ends Thursday with students leaving for holiday homes across the state. Winter quarter begins January 3 with no advance registration. Commencement exercises will be held Wednesday morning in the college auditorium.
Mrs. A G Williams a former Mizpah O E S matron and Presbyterian church member died at her Dillon home after a month long illness. Born January 3 1872 in Elmira Ontario Canada she moved to Dillon in 1908. Survived by husband R G Williams sister Mrs Jane Christman Denver two nieces and two nephews. Funeral Wednesday 2 30 pm from family home with Rev Ernest E Loft Presbyterian church officiating. Interment at Ma Williams was a leader in community affairs.
Deer Lodge reports a brutal cold snap with a 4 AM temperature of 12 below and a stiff northerly wind. Cars suffered frozen radiators and engines extended out of service as residents noted harsher conditions than in recent years.
In Ely Iver N. Forge and Kiskie Fa Kal appeared before Justice Peterson on petit larceny, disturbing the peace and vagrancy charges. Each pleaded guilty. Kelly received 20 days, Mason 1 day, and Kiskie 15 days.
Linemen of the Montana Power company faced a river obstruction delaying phasing on the Great Falls to Anaconda line linking Milwaukee shops. Once completed within a day or two, Milwaukee shops will switch from steam to electric current for power.
Dillon and Beaverhead County endure a severe cold snap with readings ten to fifteen degrees below zero. Livestock sheltered and fed are unaffected. reports note many frozen cars in the area. A civil suit, Waldorf versus Davis and Union Central Life, is set for January 7 in district court without a jury. Judge Henry G. Rodgers returns from Helena after presiding over district court sessions there.
Deer Lodge December 13 News reaches Elmer Whitworth of Bonner Lumber that his father Joseph Whitworth who had a serious operation in Seattle two weeks ago is improving slowly. Attending physician says restoration to normal health is expected in a comparatively short time. Mr Whitworth is a pioneer of Deer Lodge and many friends welcome the news.
Dillon residents welcome guests including Wendell Jardine of Jackson and John N. Gloyne of Harlem. Rose Gloyne, student at the Normal college, hosts. Matt McMenemy from Silver Bow and W M Montgomery from Anaconda call in, with Es W Smith visiting from Horse Prairie. An earthquake felt statewide yesterday afternoon was not noticeable in Dillon.
A program and dance at the Masonic temple by the local Shrine club raised a substantial fund. The proceeds go to the Shrine hospital for crippled children in Minneapolis.
Police report Richard Newbold, a former Army enlistee from a Washington post, gave himself up to Chief Jere Murphy after a chilly stretch left him homeless under severe winter. He had deserted months earlier and wandered to Montana before choosing prison over freezing conditions.
F J Mc Leod returns to Helena after business in Deer Lodge. Mrs L W Linton travels from Seattle after a brief Deer Lodge visit. L W Swords visits Peer Lodge from Billings for a short stay.
Rotary team filled in for Epworth league players after Mountain View could not travel from Butte. A fast contest ended with the league team winning 17 to 15. Granite school's north yard space is prepared for winter use under Ralph Williams. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bowen mentioned.
Special Watchman Frank Mooney roped a troublesome horse on the West Side last night. The steer ran through backyards, broke a window, and toppled cans before Mooney, an expert roper, captured the animal and handed it to city officials for corraling.
Paris reports President Doumergue intervened to halt execution by guillotine for Mme Lefebvre accused of shooting her daughter in law. The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment. Jealousy over her son’s affection cited as motive. clemency denied for others.
R F Huppe and Frankie Hine of Roundup are visiting Butte to pursue business interests in the area. The trip centers on potential local investments and economic collaboration.
A patient recalls a rupture cured without surgery after lifting a trunk years ago. Doctors offered an operation but he found a method that stopped the rupture, allowed full work as a carpenter, and reports no recurrence. He urges readers to seek full information from the provided contact.
They leave in the morning for Portland Oregon to spend the Christmas holidays with their daughter Mrs William Wallen. Delmer Cruse is reported to be suffering from blood poisoning and is in the north side hospital. He is a little better today and hopes to return to his school duties in a few days.
A fragment from a New Year piece notes Miss Norma Talmadge in The Paris stage role as a hazard-scouting child and references her Rialto showing of Kiki. It quotes her New Year resolutions about research, elephants as pets, reviving a play, and a Japanese house boy.
Tickets go on sale December 13 18 21 and 27 to Seattle Tacoma Portland and Vancouver B C. Round trip fare one and one third times the base price. Final limit January 11. Contact the sales agent for details.
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