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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1909
Page
34
Anty Drudge and Mrs Youngwife discuss stain removal on a frock as Fels-Naptha is praised as a time saving laundry aid. The ad promises clean white clothes with cool or lukewarm water and easy directions on the wrapper.
Harry Martin, a young hunter visiting Butte for Christmas, recounts a tenacious eight day pursuit of the largest buck in the main range of the Rockies. He finally shoots the phantom deer near the Missouri river head, securing a trophy set of antlers.
Justice Foley held a quiet session in the police court with few cases. Martina the milkman was fined 20 dollars for selling milk below butter fat scale after an arrest by health department officers. John Doe was found guilty of petty larceny and fined 10 dollars, which he paid. Fourth off everything today at Mayers excluding diamonds.
Kampala dispatch reports Kermit Roosevelt securing a fine specimen of the male sitatunga while Colonel Roosevelt remains absent from sight. At a reception for Americans at F A Knowles's home, a native from the Catholic mission performed The Star Spangled Banner in English and his own tongue.
An eight year old girl named Annie Pawy linski is jailed on theft charges after three prior arrests. She spent two weeks at an industrial school, escaped, and has repeatedly run away from home to steal small sums from family members and merchants. She was found cold and sleeping in a hallway and was taken to the police station.
The Omaha and Council Bluffs street railway announced a wage increase starting January 1. Motormen and conductors will earn 22 to 27 cents per hour, up from current rates, after months of resisting wage demands and spending thousands to break the strike.
Subscribe for a year and receive a Yankee Doodle sulky as a premium. Give it away for Christmas to a child who will enjoy it for a year and you will enjoy the paper. Diamonds ten percent off. Tonkin’s offers free art calendars with any purchase. Tripp and Dragstedt Co features Lingon berries and prepared latfish for Christmas.
Baron Yasuya Uchida, newly appointed Japanese ambassador, arrived from San Francisco to begin duties in Washington. He noted steadily improving US Japan relations and said immigration is restricted to students and privileged classes, with Japanese laborers returning home. Diamonds remain the exception.
Williams Barry, a Montana sugar beet raiser and stock man from near Raymond, Wyo., testified in the district court and received 18 dollars 40 cents in fees. He asked the treasurer to apply the amount to the poor fund, becoming the county’s first such donation.
Sale begins at 8 o clock with about 300 sample dressed dolls on display in the Bargain Arcade. The assortment includes cloth dolls with celluloid faces, knit dolls, clown dolls and many others priced regularly 75 cents to 2.25 dollars, now half price while quantities last. Also harmonicas and small instruments at Orn Bros 216 218 North Main Street.
Street vendors of mechanical toys showcase double motion figures like a waving flag auto and winged bug plus prancing horse to attract buyers. They wind and restart displays to grip passersby while clearing the sidewalk of gazers before inviting a new crowd. Use the "Hot Coat" for electricity and heat without a shock at 404 Clark block.
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