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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1927
Page
16
Hospitals in Butte will host festive programs for Christmas with tables trees gifts and special meals for patients. Murray St. James and Deaconess plan decorations patient parties carols and extended visiting hours to share the holiday with friends and staff.
The American born Countess De Janze formerly Miss Alice Silverthorne of Chicago received six months jail time suspended and a $4 fine in Paris for shooting Raymond de Trafford last March at Gare du Nord. The court noted abandonment and self interest by de Trafford while the countess described a drowning impulse and regret.
Hearing on the fourth annual report granted final distribution of the late J E Oppenheimer estate to Jennie O Symons Emma O Schilling Blanche Oppenheimer and Celia O Joseph in fractions of the estate. The assets include cash 29737.52 and numerous shares in multiple companies along with mineral and real estate interests.
Miss Jeanne Boric won the Rotana club doll with the doll named Teresa in a contest concluded yesterday by officials.
A Chicago ad invites readers to mail 10 cents to Foley Co. for a trial sample of Foley's Honey and Tar Cough Compound and trial packets of Foley's Pills and Foley's Cathartic Tablets. The notice mentions relief for coughs throat tickling croup and bowel issues. It also notes wheat production figures of nearly 200 million pounds this year.
One fifth of Butte auto owners are delinquent on 1927 personal taxes, blocking 1928 license plates. City Treasurer McCarthy reports $6,208 collected and $2,515 delinquent. Delinquents must affidaviting 1927 personal tax payment to obtain plates. those failing cannot drive.
Edward J. Hill was committed to the county jail for contempt of court and must remain in custody until he pays 584 dollars in back alimony to Bertha Hill and their children. Hill was ordered to pay 14 dollars weekly when the divorce was granted. Mamie Larsen was granted a default divorce from Robert H. Larsen with custody to the mother. Hannah Catherine Thomas was granted a divorce from Thomas O. Thomas and to resume her maiden name Davis. In Francis Reilly’s estate, Judge John Lindsay was named attorney for non resident heirs James and Kate Reilly of Ireland requested the appointment. Edwin Mitchell’s estate shows 500 dollars. In J. M. White’s estate and guardianship, Matt L. Essig reports total assets of 5425 dollars, including 5109 from an accident board settlement and 38 in wages from North Butte. Guardian paid 391.50 in funeral and incidental expenses from his own pocket, leaving estate funds intact. Letters of administration petitions filed for Frank Verzuh and John Broderick. Elizabeth Nelson estate report shows 5007.06 dollars receipts and 2095.43 disbursements.
City children will join the Salvation Army at the East Broadway citadel for Christmas Eve gift distribution and the tableau Silent Night performed by 12 Army children. Admission is by ticket and a Sunday school program plus a tree lighting will follow Tuesday evening. The pageant Messengers From Bethlehem features Mrs. Engles Clucas Jenkins Cowling Kitt Scollick Jenkins Thomas Grewell Engle Bowden Sando Mitchell and Captain Hodge.
A Broadway theater presents five premier vaudeville acts and the Slade Taylor Comedy Company with Cherry Blossoms. Highlights include Mlle Ivy toe dancing, Adolph and Eleanor accordion numbers, Tropics of the Day shipwreck spoof, Iblings and Thomas with guitar and ukulele songs, and Jack Bradley storytelling.
A Montana court dismisses the Federal Land Bank of Spokane suit against W. B. Ware and others after ruling the complaint cannot be amended to sustain action. Judge Lynch cites that an adequate remedy existed by motion to set aside the sale, not the judgment, and equity will not aid the negligent.
Several thousand Butte students from kindergarten to high school took part in Christmas celebrations across 18 school buildings. Parochial and public schedules varied, with about 20 programs featuring recitations plays and musical numbers. Teachers organized unit and class level performances as decorations brightened classrooms while students exchanged gifts. The season ends for pupils in the first week of January.
Probation Officer Dave O'Connor praises Butte youths for an incident free holiday season noting no complaints from any local stores. He says the kids are good and hopes they maintain the positive conduct, describing a bad boy as rare and the inherently wicked as uncommon.
W. B. Carroll, dismissed last April as a professor at the State School of Mines, seeks a copy of the Board of Education meeting proceedings from July 11 that upheld his dismissal. He says he is under accusation with unknown details and that the board session was held behind closed doors.
The Mountaineer reports a Christmas party in the Mountaineer office with a Santa Claus distribution of presents by George Gruenfelder. The Christmas edition of the Mountaineer was prepared by Clara Roat, Mary M. Lowney, Lavinia Richards and staff, featuring poems stories jokes and sports. A two period assembly included songs by the Girls Glee Club and a Santa appearance by Quinn Tamm. A list of students and teachers received joke presents. County coal bids awarded to Joseph Ambrosetti for five cars at 5.39 and Montana Transfer for one car at 5.50.
The district court clerk yesterday issued marriage licenses to John J. Gleason and Carolyn Lehn, Dan E. Crowley and Nellie Crowley, Charles Oswald and Julia Baltazar, Al L. Tompkins and Grace V. Evans, all of Butte.
Between 150 and 200 couples attended the Cencrest club Christmas party for children at the Knights of Columbus hall. Santa Terry Rafferty distributed gifts after a program of dancing and short acts. The event closed at 11 o clock with future plans for a noon entertainment by Mason Fearon and Larry Manion in charge.
At the Ansonia the old idea to hire a hall becomes hire a town as director Henry King pivots the scene for filming. The change marks a shift in production approach for The Winning of Barbara Worth.
Ronald Colman and Wilma Banky star in a film shot with exterior scenes near Gerlach Nevada where every inhabitant signed contracts to participate. Kenneth MacPherson, son of Los Angeles leather magnate, visits Butte for holidays and notes brisk business along the coast.
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