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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1919
Page
16
Beginning tomorrow the market will stay open evenings to serve holiday shoppers. Vendors prepare to supply table needs for Christmas Day amid scarce turkeys and rising poultry prices. Manager Legare has failed to secure large turkey consignments as scarcity follows Thanksgiving demand.
Complaint to city officials follows widespread cutting of young evergreen growth in Thompson park for holiday use in Butte homes. Mayor Stodden seeks to curb park cutting while preserving trees for public beauty spots. Suggestion notes high land trees as substitute and nonessential removal in park.
Pauline Errath filed for divorce relief claiming unbearable treatment by her husband Joseph Errath who allegedly treated her as a stranger. She asks the court for attorney fees of 500 dollars and alimony of 100 dollars per month. he is said to earn six dollars daily. Attorneys W N Waugh and Leslie Sulgrove signed the complaint.
Beginning this morning full service on the Great Northern railroad out of Butte will be resumed with the departure of the morning train. All other trains on the Great Northern throughout Montana will be restored today after coal shortage restrictions.
Nurses of Butte paid final tribute to Catherine Comba at St Lawrence’s church yesterday morning. Solemn high mass was conducted by Rev Father Batens. Burial followed at St Patrick’s cemetery. Pallbearers were Leo McMullen John Burke Frank McGlenn Martin Flemming James Whalen and Thomas Noonan.
Hilary Gregor aged five suffered a narrow escape when an automobile driven by Fred Schamer struck him at Main and Second streets at about 4 pm yesterday. He was taken to the emergency hospital but found to have no injuries.
Washington December 17. New navy arrangements will extend radio dispatches and commercial messages by radio between California and the Hawaiian Islands, Guam, the Philippines and Japan. The system will become effective December 20, greatly enlarging peacetime and potentially war-related communications capabilities.
Mrs. Alice Hynemann Southeran, a pioneer socialist in the United States, died in New York at age 88. Widow of Charles A. Southeran, author and lecturer who died in 1902, she was born in Philadelphia and traced her Dutch ancestry to settlers in the city in 1769.
The American Legion in Washington demands Secretary Baker rearrest Allan Brams of Minnesota, who was released from Leavenworth. He should serve the remainder of a three year sentence as a conscientious objector.
Rhode Island through Attorney General Herbert A. Rice asked the Supreme Court for permission to file original proceedings to test the validity of the national prohibition amendment and to enjoin federal officials from enforcing it in the state.
Paris December 17 The bulletin on Premier Clemenceau’s condition from Doctors Tuffier and Laubry states the premier’s condition is very satisfactory and there will be no further bulletins issued.
The French consulate in Constantinople was destroyed by fire today, with officials reporting extensive damage and investigations underway into the cause. The incident marks a significant diplomatic setback amid ongoing international tensions.
London December 17 A weekly airship service to America is contemplated by a combination of aviation firms aiming to acquire the R-34 and her sister ship the R-39. The craft are being modified to handle passengers and cargo.
San Francisco officials announced a 20 cent per barrel hike in flour to 12.30, marking the third rise in three months. The move cites premium on hard wheat and higher cotton sack costs as reasons.
William L. Finley, state biologist and wildlife authority, was dismissed from his office last Thursday. The Portland Telegram attributes the action to his alleged refusal to play politics, signaling a clash between science leadership and political pressure in Oregon.
The Mexican government’s reply to the second American note says the release on bail of William Jenkins, American consular agent at Puebla, removes all motive for misunderstanding between Mexico and the United States. The document was handed to the American chargé d affaires this evening in Mexico City.
Washington December 17 the house military committee deferred action on several proposals for a united air service until after the Christmas recess.
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