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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1912
Page
3
Butte News notes a local advertising notice from the Stand Noids at 2 Best Broadway, Bulla Tale, with a phone 422 and independent telephone service. Rates are furnished on application.
Local items list encounters at hotels and shops, medical notices and travel notes. Mentions McLaughlin Coul Co Ady, Orton Brow Ady rent pianos, Regen Bros bankers paying interest, and a Christmas Standard at the T. C. news stand. Also notes visits from John Thompson of Centerville to England, and residents returning for holidays.
The Standard reports a busy rush for the Christmas edition as sales soared. A derailment prevented delivery at one point, delaying distribution by two hours, yet demand remained high with newsboys earning extra money. Families sought copies for home and gifts, and thousands more were mailed to readers. The edition included the usual features from children to pioneer dog tales, appealing to all ages.
Names from Miles City to Anaconda and Helena appear in the voter arrivals list. Key locations include Miles City, White Sulphur Springs, Helena, Anaconda, Livingston, Missoula, Bozeman, Virginia City, Three Forks, and Willow Creek with numerous residents and officials named.
Centerville Young Men's club will hold a meeting Monday evening December 19 at the office for election and other important business. All members requested to attend. D. Murphy president Mush C. Duan receiving secretary. Ady.
Three hundred newsies will be seated at the Creamery cafe on New Ave for a large banquet. The event features a big prize and honors a newsboy still unpaid, with directors Malcolm Gillis J H Wharton Mes B L Wells Miss Myrtle Lander and Mrs C B Pasemore coordinating. Contributions include J R Wharton 50 dollars First National Bank 23 Daly Bank and Trust 70 Yeeeu Bros Bank 10 Miners Savings Bank 313 Edward Hickey State Savings Bank 8 W A Olan Bank 25 Annesada Standard 25 and Orton Trou who promised a piano for the event.
George W Gregg aged six, longtime foreman at the Tramwray mine, died yesterday in Seattle. He had not worked at Hutte mines for years. A former Flathead county sheriff known as One Gregg survives with son Roy and wife Exma. Interment is planned in Seattle. J L Williams of Butte and Great Falls travels to Denver for holidays then to Cerro de Pasco copper properties in Peru.
Flathead County Sheriff and detectives captured the famed prisoner known as Tigo Harrington at his home on Atlantic Street last night. Harrington, who had been sought on charges related to an upleg and tightweyman case, expressed a wish to see his parents before fleeing again and claimed he would have preferred a jury trial. He is to be taken to Deer Lodge, with authorities noting past arrests but repeated acquittals.
A tunnel fire at the east portal of tunnel No 1 on the Great Northern delayed multiple trains. No derailments reported though seven track cars derailed at Craig, 25 miles from Great Falls. Telegraph wires down hindered communication. one telegraph office destroyed. no injuries reported.
A large improvised note was pinned to the city hall door startling pedestrians. The crude message asked who gets the graft out of the wine routine and was signed K. O. R, with a reference to the mayor.
Livingston notes record a series of short items: E. Sturgeon, a Northern Pacific brakeman, left for Minneapolis after his father’s illness. divorce suit filed by Marté Hoffman against George Hoffman in Crecity. Attorney Arnold returns from Great Falls for Elks ceremonies and lodge degree conferrals. Owen V Sloniker and others conferred partial degrees at lodge No. 32 A F & A M. Thomas W. Kane of the Train Dispatchers Association departs on a two week inspection tour. the Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors installs new officers. Aga Henness Jett heads to Boston for the winter. Freshman officers elected: President Vena Terwilliger, VP Thomas Ray, Treasurer Orville Taylor, Secretary Gladys Simpson. Funeral of Willie Shortt held at Congregational church in Havre. Mrs Short and Mrs Feed attended. A. A. Diving and Charles Martinelli travel to Missoula and Lewistown. Charles Cotterill and Miss Derta McAlister wed in Livingston. Elbert F. Allen and family return from Chicago after livestock event. George V. Allen’s cattle wins noted. B. A. Ross of Cooke City travels to Buffalo-Montana Mining Co. offices where Hoos is superintendent.
A resident of Ulrichtew was robbed at gunpoint during a tense confrontation with detectives. Morris was arrested at the scene after a chase and a pistol with extra shells was found. Police reported the suspect made threats and attempted to flee before surrendering at the station.
Blackie Boland former Narna boy judge traveled to Rochester Minn for surgery at Maya hospital to restore the use of his leg. He walked from Mustrou Street to the Standard office with his cane praising the Bulles men and women who funded the operation. Doctors loosened cords and applied weight training, and in a week he felt better. In Minneapolis J Ty Rodgers formerly of Butle joined him and his wife to share the news.
Arne family presents The Last Roundup at the Family theater closing the week with a frontier setting from Juarez to El Paso. Clint A Robbins stars as Val Brandon with Rasher giving exciting moments, joined by Besele Robbins and Irena Spooner in a strong vaudeville return with photoplays and a fine orchestra.
Chester Leroy Wellcomte died yesterday morning at the emergency hospital from tuberculosis. An acclaimed acrobat, he toured the United States with a circus team and appeared at the Bire theater on the Leroy McHride act. In recent years he worked as a street explorer and was a member of the workingmen's Union. Relatives in Minnesota have been notified.
Directors of Nevada Consolidated Copper Company discuss extra dividends tied to copper earnings, liquidation prospects, and pending settlements. The note outlines bond and stock movements at East Butte and mentions massive copper capacity, past dividends, and future payout expectations.
The proposed workmen's compensation and employers' bill, started in Buda by committees including the People's Power league, will be printed and mailed to all labor organizations in the state and to companies requesting copies. O M Partelow, secretary of the Montana Union of Labor, will submit the draft to the legislature early in the session.
A fragmented question suggests a Wall Street gold corner attempt by a speculator on September 34 1833 causing prices to surge before a collapse. It mentions Jay Cooke and Co and similar firms facing fate amid the market turmoil.
The readable text presents a jumble of questions and answers about dates in the financial calendar, a murder, a mayor of Butte, marriage license openness, copper production, and race distances. Names like Penrese, Benross, Henry Sacaha, Butte, John Tin, John Nileon, Sack Johnson appear in garbled form with scattered figures and places.
Detective Og Clarlan, famed for many successful stage and film roles, appears in Tene AW Siwage's Little Boy Ria. He plays Due punt, a detective villain in a farce praised as one of the era’s biggest hits, with co star Hoyt and director Mharlen TE. The production draws attention amid broader reports of unrest and local issues on the Hawaiian Islands.
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