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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1916
Page
9
The Butte-Virginia Gold Mining company claims Richard T. Cook damaged its Madison county mine finance by calling the firm a wildcat scheme and naming directors crooks. The suit alleges his statements during stock sales on November 10 deterred many prospective investors and harmed capital-raising efforts.
Shoppers flock to Mayer’s Jewelry company at 21 West as crowds grow, recalling the Ames era. The store touts old reliable service and top value on Xmas presents with a promise of the very best for the least money and ample space to serve growing demand.
New York December 22 A C Bedford was elected president of Standard Oil Company of New Jersey to succeed the late John D Archbold. Bedford had served for years as vice president and treasurer of the company.
More than two hundred deserving families were aided on day one of the annual charity stunt by the Jishers in Butte. Volunteers in orange aprons packed boxes of meat, staples, and produce while merchants signed checks and the public donated funds. An Ed Rose of Red Rock in Beaverhead County sent a record pork weighing 221 pounds. The committee reports receipts over one thousand dollars and thanks the community for patience with unavoidable shortfalls.
Benjamin Ni Angwin a mining man from Butte died yesterday morning at 11 South Montana street aged 60 He worked in Utah Montana Idaho Colorado and in South African camps leaving a wife two daughters in England and a sister in Nevada Funeral arrangements will be made after word from relatives The ad for used furniture follows.
The forecast notes strong planetary influences for Saturn and Uranus shaping occult, scientific discoveries and conscious plane insights. It predicts a lucky day for starting business plans and favorable contracts, warns of possible banker and large enterprise risks, and foresees a stock market slump early next month.
In a police court session J Tosh, a Chinese man, was fined 20 dollars for beggary after allegedly asking for money from Dick Doi, owner of a South Main restaurant. A brick damaged the restaurant window. Jerry Colbert faced vagrancy charges after an attempted potato theft from F Toltz on South Wyoming. Frank Blair received 80 days in county jail on vagrancy terms, with a 24 hour stay conditioned on leaving Butte.
A Nantong dispatch reports the German submarine U-45 has been sunk by Allied destroyers. The U-45 had recently sunk steamers off St Nazaire.
A prize turkey in a card game on Colorado street escaped from a woman with a large family and climbed to a two story roof. Patrolman R F Fraser fired one shot removing feathers and another decapitated the bird after a rescue effort by a group of women and children. The incident ended with the bird killed and the woman expressing relief.
Elmer E Dunstan was ordered by Judge Lynch to pay $25 monthly alimony and attorney fees to Ethel Dunstan on Nov 24. He failed to comply, was found in contempt, and reportedly fled to avoid jail by moving beyond the court’s reach while employed at the Leonard Mine. The sheriff could not locate him.
London reports Arish a fortified Egyptian town near the Mediterranean frontier of Palestine was captured yesterday by British troops. With population under 20,000, Arish had been Turkish held since the invasion of Egypt, marking a notable shift in control amid ongoing campaigns near the Suez Canal.
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