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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1911
Page
3
A vintage ad claims Pape's Cold Compound cures colds in hours with hourly doses. It boasts dramatic relief for chest head and body pain but warns of severe headaches and stiffness. The copy touts novelty claims, high cost, and urges quick purchases while denying danger.
Butte postoffice braces for Christmas rush as incoming mail soars while outgoing mail slows. Carriers, registry, and general delivery offices stay open 10 to noon for large package notices. Extra help and wagon deliveries aid routes. festive cards flood the system, overwhelming staff.
Truth chapter No 2, Order at Eastern Bay, selects officers for the ensuing term. WW matron Miss Peters, W patron Samuel P Wright, treasurer Mrs Elizabeth Wright, conductor Mrs Alta Presta, assistant conductor Mrs Stella Worth, appointive officers Adair, Mrs Georgie MacKinnon, Ruth, Mrs Beulah Law, Esther, Miss Julia Williams, Martha, Mrs Nellie Marks, Hleda, Mrs Jennie Prynne, warder Mrs Lillie Davis, sentinel Mrs Clara J McMasters, marshal Mrs Stella E Clark, displain Mrs Annie M Macdonald, organist Crane Gibson.
H Mason Raborg spent holidays in Chicago while Mr. and Mrs. 3 W Benepe of Bozeman visited Dr. and Mrs. T A Grigg. A family gathering of about 36 at Mrs. Harry Paxson’s home. Jack Cressy visiting his mother Mrs. Setlers Largey. H V Winchett returned to Minneapolis after city stay. Nell Waller back from Spokane to visit sister Mrs. Glen Harrington. Miss Juliette Moss from Columbia Mo arrives for holidays with Mr. and Mrs. J L Glenn. Horace Miller home from College of Agriculture for vacation with parents. Herman Gillis, student at Bozeman college, vacationing with parents. J J Foley appoints J G Driscoll deputy after Harrington’s death. Annie Williams from Seattle visits over holidays. she is a Butte High School grad and University of Washington music graduate. List of Shoge leaving for Christmas elsewhere includes S E Hunt to St Paul, EL Blackburn to St Peter, C ik Tavkeon to Kansas City, C A Bean to Chicago, J Wy McComis to Portland, H H G Stam to Chicago, Lea Jackson and I, Jany. Ge Histon to Hamilton Mo, Shaman A O’Connor to Chicago.
Fragmented OCR text lists many names with titles and roles, mentions an election date in 1912 and a political or organizational context. The readable parts resemble a roster or committee chart with officers and ward positions, but specifics are garbled. No clear event, outcome, or location is determinable.
Six hundred people across Butte received Christmas provisions from the Joshers club led by William Gemmell. Three hundred boxes of varied contents were delivered by auto caravans, aided by prominent city members in overalls. The effort, climaxing six years of charity, supplied bread, meat, dairy, produce, coal, and clothing to widows and families in need, with the operation completed in a single day.
Freda Lohman, known as Dutch Lohman, is freed after testimony supports his alibi for the White House saloon holdup and fatal shooting of John Bodie. Witnesses recall Lohman and a Belles girl in Centerville, with details of carriage, lunch, and kill scene, while Bodie remains in critical condition.
Two masked men entered a Davenport bar, one taller than the other, and threatened the register while staff and proprietor Sam Daves described the scene. Witnesses John Harvey and Barnard Kelly offered scant details as police secured the area.
More than 1,000,000 new coins were shipped from the Denver mint to meet Christmas demand. About 100,000 dollars in $2.50 gold pieces and larger denominations were sent, with orders from nearly every state.
Bay sues for 1950 damages after Nov 3 crash on Wyoming street injures teen rider in a car owned by Butte Bioutricial company. Darrah, 16, sues guardian mother for damages. other suit concerns 349 for injuries from a run home sleigh collision south of Butte with Fulmer’s automobile.
The funeral service for the late Daniel Fo Elorripg was held today with many old friends in attendance. A memorial procession followed from the family residence at 612 Cola pai Blroni to the nearby church, where several dignitaries spoke of his life. Souvenirs and keepsakes were distributed as mourners departed.
A garbled tale reports Pinestone Sprive saloon man and attorneys uncover hidden wealth likened to Captain Kidd's treasure. It mentions Pipestone Springs, lawyers Cumung and Cirigan, editors Dokell and Cohen, and a defamation suit related to a death inquests and arrests at Pipestone Springs.
Fragmentary note reports Tarlo Ree and Chirys of Bir Chapter Papper with former title holder of a Dominion. Mentions health issues and a fragile testimony, souvenir gift of $2 per item, and a shopping event tied to a local merchant.
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