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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1926
Page
8
Anaconda post office reports significant mail delays from the Fast and West due to storm disruptions delaying consignments overnight. Postmaster Phil Daniels warns the disruption will hit the Christmas rush hard and urges early mailing. An extra clerk and parcel postman were added to handle the backlog as crowds fill the lobby and deliveries continue.
The body of Emily Calhan McArdle, former Anaconda resident, died in Los Angeles Sunday and ships to Silver Bow arriving Wednesday at 5 am. Her sister Mrs Hagerty will accompany the body to Anaconda. The funeral will be held at John Calnan's home 610 Maple Street at a later date.
N. C. Fernstrom of the Andes drafting department in Anaconda will depart tomorrow for New York and sail on December 22 for Katowice Poland. He will work as a field engineer for the A C M company at their Polish properties. He has spent two years in Anaconda making friends who wish him success. En route he plans several days in Chicago and New York. Textile stores will stay open Monday five nights before Christmas and grocery stores three nights per agreement of local 1041.
A deep cold snap grips the region with temperatures dropping to 28 below in Georgetown and 18 below in the valley. Residents stocked up on coal and fuel as water pipes froze while merchants saw a slowdown in holiday trade. The city opened skating at the common as chilly sports enthusiasts enjoyed the ice.
The funeral for Miss Ann Andrews, well known Anaconda girl, will take place Wednesday morning. The cortege leaves her family home at 8 20 to St. Peter’s church for a high mass at 9. Interment follows in the family plot at Mount Carmel cemetery.
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