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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
2
A long historical ad lists Christmas dinner items including olives, pates, truffles, soups, fish, canned goods, salads, poultry, mushrooms, jams, coffee, tea, cigars, beverages, juices, and fresh produce. It emphasizes extra fancy soups, imported items, and assorted staples with prices per unit and per can, inviting shoppers to prepare a full festive meal.
Bozeman dispatch reports the Galatin County High School basketball schedule for the year. Three games have been played and won. The schedule lists: Dec 29 Forgyth in Bozeman, Jan 7 Manhattan in Bozeman, Jan 14 Three Forks in Three Forks, Jan 17 Whitehall in Whitehall, Jan 21 Belgrade in Bozeman, Jan 22 Blings in Bozeman, Jan 29 Park County in Bozeman, Feb 4 Sweetgrass in Ric Timber Reb, Feb 8 Billings in Billings, Feb 11 Broadwater in Townsend, Feb 18 Park County in Livingston, Feb 25 Sweetgrass in Bozeman, Mar 4 Broadwater in Bozeman.
Five mateh games were played on the Tinks of the Anaconda Curling glad last night. The next games wit her played Monday ich. oer neha? Med for tonish? havin. Scores list includes teams such as Ding Bryson Bardon Bateson Ware Keating and many others with skips named Pritenara Whyte Pup it Payton McCarvel Davidson Recoiling Bonovat Corcoran Jorden McGuire Forseyin McPherson Blair Fraser Sette.
The Ohio state football squad, bound for Pasadena for the Tournament of Roses, held an extended workout at Stanford in Palo Alto. Coach Jack Wilce aimed to smooth kinks from the cross country trip as California’s Pacific Coast Conference champions prepared to meet Ohio in the New Year’s Day game.
New Orleans fighter Pete Herman, dethroned bantamweight champion, sailed on the Imperator for England after losing title to Joe Lynch in New York. He is matched to meet Jimmy Wilde, English flyweight champion, in a 20 round bout in London.
W Daniels bowled the highest average at the Y alleys with three games totaling 648 points. First game 265 second 254 third 160.
Eastern coaches debate curbing the forward pass led by Dr. Edgar Fauver of Wesleyan University. He proposes a limit to one forward pass per offensive drive to gain first down, risking a major shift in football's attack and defense. Spectators favor the pass for excitement, while coaches warn tinkering could ruin the game.
Louisville Churchill Downs will host the Kentucky Derby on May 7 1921 with the purse raised to 50000 Col Matt J Winn Kentucky Jockey Club manager announced The spring racing season opens April 23 in Lexington running 61 days to July 8 per the state racing commission
Intermediaries push for a truce in Ireland as negotiations between the imperial government and Irish representatives continue despite Christmas. Archbishop Clune of Perth Australia, tied to Ireland London talks, has returned and may meet Premier Lloyd George but will not discuss settlement. Behind the scenes talks may soon become public with grounds for peace parties.
Fire after an explosion of unknown cause destroyed a mail car on the Great Northern westbound fast mail No 27 at Avon Minnesota. The car held Christmas parcels and newspapers. No loss estimate was available. Albany fire department aided in saving the remainder of the train.
In Chicago on December 23 Judge Landis gave Roy V. W. 17 a choice between two paths after he was charged with cashing a stolen $17 mail theft check. Landis sent him to Waukegan jail until January 5 to reflect on his conduct, in a case discussed by the Spate Bar Association. In Helena, Montana, a bar association meeting was announced for January. At the Vaal river in South Africa, divers use large diving bells to retrieve diamonds from mud in a series of compressed air locks.
San Francisco December 23 Edward Kravosky a San Francisco pugilist and the second of five men to be tried for criminal attacks on young women was found guilty in the superior court tonight Like his co defendant Edmond Murphy who was convicted last Monday of the same charge Kravosky faces an indeterminate prison sentence of from 1 to 80 years Kravosky trial began Tuesday the 21 and the character of the testimony paralleled that developed in the Murphy case Miss Jessie Montgomery Reno er and her companion Miss Jean formerly of Portland Ore who were named in the Kruvosky indictment as the mistreated girls and the physicians who attended the young women were the principal witnesses against Kruvosky as against Murphy Three other alleged gangsters are awaiting trial as accomplices in the same attack which was committed in the morning of Thanksgiving days
Reports from Trieste say D annunzio plans to resist to the end as regency extends Fiume constitution to Arbe and Veglia. Gabriele d annunzio calls cabinet for war and Italy’s Rapallo treaty is contested by General Caviglia s blockade, with foreign ships warned to withdraw within 48 hours and citizens urged to return to liberty.
Advertising line lists bakery items with reduced prices including American Fruit Cake Christmas Mince Pie Hermits Silver Butte Bread assorted cakes and desserts. Prices shown as vague quantities such as per item or per dozen with combos like 2 for or 3 for.
Four recommendations approved by the Rotary urge using the courthouse for both county and city government, establish an arbitration board if needed, support for the city and county merger amendment, and a statewide Helena meeting of civic clubs to discuss broader plans for a greater Butte and school housing study.
The State Bank of Cresco near Lincoln was closed by the state banking board. Its capital is 10 000 with 290 000 in deposits and loans. Lincoln cashier Charles M Maixner was arrested for forgery and sent to the Saunders county jail. total shortages are about 75 000 dollars.
Washington Dec 28 official cognizance was taken of the British embassy action denying that British authorities imposed censorship on cable messages to the United States. The State Department forwarded the embassy letter and a transcript of testimony from U S cable company officials to Senator Kellogg at his request.
Community group the Joshers Delver Boxes aims to aid 70 families at Christmas. Funds raised this year are to exceed last year’s about $5,000 with nearly $2,000 already received. the rest will come from appeals and stock donations. Distribution of boxes is expected to finish today amid packed shelves, sacks of flour and potatoes, and various groceries. In separate notes, two men received light punishments for carrying concealed weapons, one with a blackjack. sentences were 30 days and fines, while the other with a .45-caliber revolver faced 30 days, aided by a past army record and World War II service.
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