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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1919
Page
4
Butte post office faced heavy Christmastime mail as trains were late yet deliveries kept pace. Carriers delivered noon arrivals by night and prepared for morning routes. Assistant Postmaster Ayres noted trains were late but the city would have all mail reached by Christmas morning.
Elks minstrel troupe will entertain inmates at the county poor farm tonight and provide Christmas dinners and gifts for residents. The same club promises a Christmas program with gloves, pipes, cigars, handkerchiefs, and confections for men and women, easing county officials of those duties. The item also notes that Oh, Boy opens at Broadway tonight and tomorrow, with a tale of small town escapades, a comic encounter involving an actress, a constable, and a bemused bride.
Fifty choice turkeys sold in 20 minutes at the city market yesterday. Crowds surged vendors as birds were offered at 50 to 65 cents. Turkeys scarcer in Butte at Christmas while live birds fetched 48 to 53 cents per pound and geese and chickens sold briskly. Market Manager Legare noted wholesale turkey prices at 55 cents with hopes of a higher opening today.
Special Officers Melia and Duggan seized a busy still yesterday morning at 1311 Hobson Street. Three gallons of moonshine were intended for consumption, and Pat McMullan was arrested and later released pending a complaint. Officers then found moonshine at 94 Pine Street and took all fixtures from the Balkivett bar.
Sarah E. Mensing files for divorce alleging Roscoe C. Mensing was of unsound mind at marriage in 1906 and ever since. four children from the union. Mrs Lillian P. Forth seeks divorce from Harold L. Forth on grounds of desertion.
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