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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1920
Page
13
Murphy-Softley of West Park street earned second prize in a national Printref garments window display contest. A letter from Printz-Biederman of Cleveland enclosed a $52 prize and notes the award was based on photographs descriptive letters and ads.
Seattle December reports that Marlin, former president of United Mine Workers of America, won 3 of 4000 votes in Washington while carrying Montana and Wyoming two to one. Ben Farrimond of Roslyn, Washington, elected district president. An Indian inventor unveils an electric pen that carbonizes paper. Local ads list personal notices and business items.
A notice lists a stolen overcoat and a gold bar portion, a purse with book and currency, and a reward for return. It also advertises careers, schooling, and a range of local services from Butte Montana, including auto shop work, tailors, and clerical jobs, with several notices mixed in about mining company assessments and help-wanted lines.
Joe Andrews, a respected Butte tenor and blacksmith for 12 years, heads to Chicago with his family for an Elks show. He studied under Mrs. J. W. Thomas, sang with Stevens Glee Club, and served as soloist at First Presbyterian Church and with the Butte Mines band.
Ed Gillick, former Butte man and longtime financial secretary of the Eagles, now living in Portland, Ore, and representative for the National Cash Register Co of Dayton, Ohio, reports the coast region as quiet yet hopeful for early improvement. He came to visit his daughter in Butte, noting Portland is currently prosperous and largely free from the boom bust cycles of other towns. He has spent years on the coast, previously stationed in Seattle.
A Kranz of the Salvation Army has returning to Denver as Captain Mae Morton finishes the drive. The campaign known as the home service campaign has been successful thus far in this state.
St John’s Evang elical Church bazaar begins today at 11 AM in the Chocolate Shop on West Park Street. It will run for five days with luncheons and dinners, plus a daily musical program each evening. The event features piano and vocal selections by Miss Chlorus Sidley and Mrs Brown among others.
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