A D Vance To Face Ghege Trial
A D Vance, who escaped from Butte jail by lowering from a window, will be charged in district court with uttering a worthless $75 check to Fred Girard. He fled to Long Beach, was recaptured after a 20 foot fall, and remains jailed with a limp. A Boise, Idaho, warrant is cited in the case.
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A. D. Vance
Vance
Francis Kelly
Fred Girard
Butte
Long Beach
Cal
Warm Springs
Boise
Idaho
Harvester Company to Build Branch in Billings
International Harvester plans a Billings branch house costing over 125000. R C Battey, branch manager, announced the purchase of almost half a block on South Broadway from Elliott brothers of Kalispell. The branch will employ 60 people, rising to 76 in summer.
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Billings
International Harvester Company
R. CC. Battey
South Broadway
Elliott Brothers of
Kalispell
Yegen Brothers, Inc
Mail Rush Begins at Butte Postoffice in Holiday Demand
Mountains of mail flood the Butte postoffice as the Christmas rush starts with 75,000 letters and greeting cards mailed yesterday. Clerks number five on extra duty, five trucks run between depots and the post office, and stacks reach 20 feet as customers line up at windows to stamp and seal packages. Officials expect record mail volume to continue into 1926.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Postoffice
Post Office Department
Heavy buying in making inroads on holiday stock
Shoppers packed stores in Butte as early demand exhausted sizes colors and patterns across hosiery lingerie and coats. Merchants report strong toy and ornament sales with electric tree lights rising while candles fall off. Trees are scarce as foresters push deeper into hills to supply demand. Fat turkeys at 50 cents a pound predict possible lower prices before Saturday. Early birds avoid crowds. late shoppers risk disappointment.
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Butte
Four Anaconda Candidates Initiated Into K P Order
Four Anaconda candidates M Terkla E R Schwartz Russell Hicks and Andrew Biggenstaff were admitted to the third rank of the Knights of Pythias at Damon lodge No 1 in Butte The initiation followed by a social session as 18 Anaconda members arrived by bus for the ceremony witnessed by over 100 Butte and Smelter city lodge members The event ended with the group returning home late
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Knights of Pythias Order
Damon Lodge No
Pythian Castle
South Main Street
M. Terkla
E. R. Schwartz
Russell Hicks
Andrew Biggenstaff
Butte Lodge
Anaconda Lodge
Butte
Damon Lodge
Seal Sale and Ball Tonight in Butte for TB Fight
The Butte anti tuberculosis society plans a grand ball at the Winter Garden to close the Christmas seal drive for funds. Tickets are selling fast as booths in stores reported brisk sales and a large attendance is anticipated. The program features Sullivan kids, McComas, Eagles drill team, Carr Sisters, Remo Fountina, the Fenderson Warlet Rush trio, Larry Spenser banjo, and a Winter Garden orchestra recycled between dances.
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Winter Garden
Butte
Butte Anti-Tuberculosis Society
Sullivan
Kendall McComas
John McCormack
Butte Aerie Fraternal Order of Eagles
Carr
Remo Fountina
Fenderson
Warlet
Rush
Larry Spenser
Rastus Rush
Theresa Trucano
Georgia Tait Bell
Winter Garden Orchestra
Federal Building
Irene Owsley
Mary Baxter
Hennessy’s
Charles Searles
John Smeltzer
FE. Barrett
M. Murray
Post Office
Otto Simonson
H. B. Lowry
Woolworth’'s
Lydia Lund
Symon's
R. Winchester
Frank Ward
Frank Smith
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Symons Men's
Pendleton
Dad
Little Fellows
Ventse
Rouelaine
Lustrose
Velverette
Broadtail
Dolman
Rose
Copen
Orchid
Coral
the Symons Dry Goods Company
A.D. Vange
Ghege
Santa Claus Goods
K. P
Damon No. 1
Butte Castle
Seal Oale
Garden
Schilling
Montana Hardware Company
A. Schilling & Company
San Francisco
Cabhy
America
Shipmf
Montana Transfer Company
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