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Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Dec 20, 1924

Page

3

Night shopping brings crowded Butte streets

Favorable weather and 9 oclock store hours draw Butte residents out for last minute Christmas buying. Families, couples, and workers fill streets. toy and women wear departments attract crowds as Postmaster Brimcombe extends hours to 9 pm at the West Park substation while the main post office closes at 6 pm.

Butte Gump Brothers Marge Richard Brimacombe Postoffice News West Park

Justice hearings yield mix of sentences and vacated charges

A series of actions in a justice court produced 30 day terms for several defendants and suspensions or vacated counts. Notable outcomes include payments ordered for support, vacated liquor and reckless driving charges, dismissals for absent witnesses, and a pending reassessment for cases tied to July and December deadlines. Dolly Jones received 30 days for vagrancy, and Edna Cheney’s case was dropped after her husband left town.

Pe Buckley Dolly Jones EB. Talbot Ernest la Casse Pat Leggat Mike Casey Andy Kissock Fred Clark Harrison Avenue Edna Cheney W. C. Cheney South Montana Street George Muhich Joe Powhak Warrell Street Tony Ti

Keenan Funeral Today For Mrs. Mary Keenan

The 73 year old Mary Keenan died Wednesday morning and will be buried from her daughter Elizabeth Gearity’s home at 66 West Gold Street. Mass will be sung at St Patrick's Church at 9 30 with interment in St Patrick's Cemetery. Survived by four daughters two sisters and many grandchildren and great grandchildren.

McKinley Students Present Two Playlets Tonight

School children from the McKinley bungalow and administration building will present two playlets this evening in the high school auditorium under the McKinley Parent-Teacher circle. The program starts at 8 o'clock.

McKinley Bungalow Administration Buiding McKinley

Dynamite Smith at the American Theater Ends Last Showings

The American presents Dynamite Smith with Charlies Ray in a performance guided by Ince and Sullivan. Critics praise Ray for returning to classic bashful hero roles. Also on bill is Flirting with Love with Colleen Moore and the aerial feats of J. J. Moore and Lia La Vail, plus Tea for Two and Then Seevee, an engaging Wolfe and Ward skit.

Dynamite Smith American Theater Charlies Ray Thomas H. Ince C. Gardner Sullivan Sullivan the Coward Ray Colleen Moore American Sunday J. J. Moore Lia la Vail Wolfe and Ward

Family troupe shines in vaudeville at the Temple

The McLeods a six member family performed "Family Affair in Black and White" at the Temple theater with dances songs and chatter. The act drew laughs and the ensemble proved a season vaudeville treat. The Venetian Four offered "Night In Venice" with Italian songs and a vivid stage setting. Magic feats complemented the varied bill.

McLeods Temple Theater Venice Italy

Buster Keaton at the Rialto for The Navigator

The Rialto shows Buster Keaton in The Navigator. In a scene with 300 extras portraying cannibals on a chartered liner a gag hinges on class labeling as one actor stays aboard while others dive revealing a humorous misunderstanding.

Buster Keaton Metro-Goldwyn Rialto Theater Buster Bustier

Doublecross in Prize Fight Shown at Ansonia Theater

At the Ansonia theater the scene of a staged outcome in a Buck Holliday bout is unveiled. Promoters allegedly arranged Buck to win by knockout after a prearranged weakening from Holliday, with the fight framed as winner take all in the new William Fox film Winner Take All.

Buck Kid Holliday Chalinger Ring of Gamblers William Fox Ansonia Theater

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