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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1919
Page
11
The Floral Park Congregational church hosts a Christmas program at 2714 Edwards Street tonight. Santa Claus will delight children with candies nuts and fruits while the program Trimming the Tree features varied numbers. Proceeds aid Armenian orphans reflecting the Yuletide spirit.
Thirty eight war veterans will be guests at a dance and entertainment by the Woodmen of the World on January 7 at the Knights of Pythias hall in Butte. Most served on the front lines. none killed. The program includes musical numbers and patriotic addresses. A fundraising dance for Company No. 153 follows January 25 with further dances every two to three weeks.
Geral dine Farrar narrowly escaped serious injury during a rehearsal for Flames of the Desert at a studio Cairo street set. The plan to ride second in the carriage spared her as camels and frightened horses toppled the mock victoria into shopfronts. Ansonia theater continues showing the Goldwyn film. Robert Chambers also features in vaudeville.
Officers Rodda and Gerry arrested Margaret Dwyer on a $5 theft charge but the complainant vanished during the search. Dwyer was fined $20 for vagrancy after the robbery claim from Sunday evening could not be resolved. Magistrate Grimes suspended 60 days for William O'Brien, who promised to leave the city by 6 pm.
Saveria Spanieni aged five died from severe burns in a kitchen fire caused by a candle used for the family Christmas tree. Her mother Mrs Josephine Spanieni suffered serious burns while trying to extinguish the flames and both parents sought medical help.
The second section of the German mission arriving to implement the peace treaty arrives in Paris led by Herr von Simson and including three ministers of state and two secretaries. The first section had reached Paris the day before.
An unidentified woman shot at targets then killed owner John B. Reynolds in a Chicago shooting gallery. As killers fled with two men and another woman, Reynolds died after grasping a button from the murderer. Police recovered the button as evidence.
The 16 year old Virginia Brown of 565 West 162nd Street is apprenticed to Universal Film Manufacturing Company. Her parents Frank and Martha Brown consent to the papers. She will be paid 75 weekly after two plays and scale rises to 150 weekly for the eighth play. The company may extend employment at 25 increases up to 750 weekly for six months.
In Wheeling a desk once used by Henry Clay Frick after his shooting by Alexander Berkman during the 1892 Homestead riots is in use. A bullet is found in a drawer and Frick ordered the office cleared. a local firm later purchased the desk.
Burlington area police raided Beverly Hill, finding a complete moonshine still and 450 gallons of whiskey. The Italian proprietor fled. four men were held as witnesses for barricading doors. A riot left several dead and wounded on both sides in the clash with officers.
Telegrams from Pachuca Mexico City report an attempt to unseat Nicholas Flores governor of Hidalgo state while details remain unclear. The brief dispatch notes political instability in the region with no confirmation of casualties or arrests.
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