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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1916
Page
5
In 1916, cameos in corals shells and gold mountings are marketed for Christmas. Cameo brooches range from 5 to 250 dollars, pendants 3.50 to 45, rings 3.75 to 50, scarf pins 6 to 75. The ad promises a large selection to aid choosing a special gift.
The Joshers charity group in Butte plans a Thursday night benefit at Broadway theater featuring about twenty acts donated by pros and amateurs. Proceeds go to needy families with weeklong supplies, not just dinners, and headquarters are in the courthouse east wing. Tickets are 1 year at prom, with all seats available before the show. Authorities also report William Fitzgerald arrested for forgery in Beaverhead County.
A stream of visitors and residents in Butte includes F W Funk as guest, J A Harlow and J H Laden from Billings and Sheridan, M A Gould from Twin Bridges, and many others from Helena Deer Lodge Dillon and Armstead. Social calls, gifts, and church events mix with local commerce and cafe notices as residents plan stays and arrivals in Butte.
A pocketbook containing a peckernonsw and cash was found by Patrolman Buckley. Police Chief Murphy will turn over the money to any person proving a lawful claim. The finder may claim at Mayer's at 21 West Park for the lavalieres and other valuables.
The Rev J H Mitchell at Grace church argues sin is the soul s leprosy and the fatal flaw undermining even great men. He warns monuments hide moral ruin, cites soldiers and statesmen who were lepers, and says wealth and power cannot shield from sin s ruin as uncertainty grows into a visible vice.
William Yorath, a longtime police captain, is seriously ill at his home at 419 East Second Street. Off duty for about a month due to rheumatism, he resisted sick leave until ordered by the police chief. Yorath has served on the Butte police force for ten years, joining during the Corby administration. He remains confined as physicians struggle to manage his condition.
Mary Cox, aged 41, wife of Pran Cox, died at her home yesterday. She was educated as a nurse in Dublin, worked in Chicago under Dr J. Murphy, and moved to Butte in 1908. Funeral at 9 a.m. tomorrow at home, then high mass at Sacred Heart Church at 9:30, burial in Holy Cross cemetery.
The inquest into the death of Thomas Connolly, bus driver at Gregson Springs, killed last Thursday, has been postponed from this afternoon to Wednesday after noon due to witnesses being unable to attend.
Yuletide carol singers will lead the Christmas tree celebration at Butte on Saturday night. Homes along the route will be visited with candles in windows and gifts of apples and candies, as housewives offer a welcome. The town band will accompany and the procession will start at the high school and end at the courthouse square. The program includes Little Town of Bethlehem, Hark the Herald Angels, Silent Night and It Came Upon a Midnight Clear.
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