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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1905
Page
16
Crowded Y M C A gym hosts Christmas program with hymns led by Prof J K Thomas and Rev I W Wright. Readings by Mrs G A McAmiaster and singing by Mrs Dietrich accompany piano. A large Christmas tree event planned for tomorrow with feasting and a 11 to 3 program.
Missoula on December 24 reported a quiet Sunday before Christmas as shopping slowed yet church services drew strong crowds. Midnight mass and special programmes highlighted the day with acclaimed music and solos by local talents. Weather was ideal with little snow, yet plans for Santa Claus and gift deliveries to the city on Christmas Day were anticipated.
The St Catherine's Literary Society held a Christmas program in the academy hall on Friday morning December 22. Students sang and read selections about the birth of Christ, with Evelina Violette performing in the Christmas Carol and a chorus joining in on Christmas Customs in Many Lands.
A mixed list of authors and titles including The Street Arabs by Lem Melen Murphy and Beth chem To Day by Ramnee Deschamps. Other entries mention Angel Serenade by Katie Sullivan with A Smile, Is Poverty a Curse by Laycetta Lodge, and a People of Our Par 8 book review by Jennie Shaughnessy.
About 25 members of Missoula Presbyterian church visited the county poor farm on Christmas afternoon. They held a service for the inmates and distributed pretty useful gifts to the 12 inmates, making the occasion enjoyable for all. The party traveled in a big sleigh, accompanied by the pastor and Wright.
President J D Read of the state board of horticulture shares practical winter and summer pruning tips for apples and young orchards in Western Montana. The article covers timing, wood versus fruit focus, sun exposure, tree height for sunscald and harvest ease, nursery stock choices, and the need for careful first-season head formation and cultivation practices.
Missoula December 24 Mrs T H Beattie died Sunday at the home of John D McCormick 908 East Cedar street The cause was old age and she was in her seventyninth year Feeble for some time funeral services will be held at the McCormick residence at 230 pm Tuesday Rev Wright of the Presbyterian church also Missoula December 28 county commissioners chair John Bonne will convene here for three days Elliss hall secured and officials plan to show visitors a good time Sheriff John Gannon back from Helena testimony before a court panel keeps busy numerous witnesses from the district expected and preparation continues McBride’s temporaries noted in report
The 18 month old Theodore Rainatile, son of Mr. and Mrs. E. N. Rainatile, died of bronchitis at the family residence in the city. Funeral services will be held Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Catholic church. The article also includes horticultural guidance on apple orchard planting, discussing spacing, contour planting on hillsides, soil preparation, and root care for young trees.
Early morning in Missoula county a disturbance by a Bang of section men occurred near Evan main line. Mr Larson arrived to find the trouble abated and one man arrested pending further inquiry. One assailant suffered a head injury during the fracas.
In Missoula on Christmas Eve Eve, Miss Ade M Boughton wed Wallace B Danforth at home of his relatives. Rev Ernest Wright officiated as relatives and friends attended. The couple plan a visit to Butte then return to Higgins ranch to reside near Missoula, sharing best wishes from a large circle of friends.
Northern Pacific Railway begins shipping ice from Western Montana ponds to roadside storage for summer distribution. By Dec 24 nine thousand tons moved through Missoula en route to Spokane from Homestake pond where cutting started a week earlier. Blossburg crews began yesterday and Bonner pond operations start Tuesday with rapid cutting while cold weather lasts. Missoula ice house capacity will be doubled after last year’s shortfall. Construction to expand facilities will start soon at one China sale, McBride's.
Missoula, Dec. 24. Sacred Heart academy closed for holidays as many girls returned home. A large group boarded a special car to Butte after a lively sendoff, with sisters Sister Theresa and Sister Lucia accompanying. Names of girls cited include Eleanor Loughran, Lucetta Lodge, Leah Nichols, Mamie Sullivan, Laura McMillan and many others. The standard office ad shows up at Reillys with offerings. Deals on calling cards and plate at $1.50 through the Standard Office.
Special Dispatch reports Twin Bridges progress as Madison River Power Co begins a loop from Renova to Silver Star to supply power and lighting for Green Campbell Mining Co. In Denver, Smith and Reed ship a load of steers and feeders from Sheridan and Twin Bridges to South Omaha. The Sheridan Dramatic Club plans to perform Uncle Rube after Christmas in Twin Bridges, with two Christmas trees funded by local fraternal lodges for charity and the orphan’s home.
URVEYING PARTY in Billings reports the Great Northern survey team led by Engineer W. crossed the Alkali creek canyon and moved into the Sun Creek valley by evening. A Christmas break is planned before resuming work, continuing along routes mapped by earlier Burlington surveys with progress toward miles of proposed line.
In San Francisco on December 24 the Blunt's reef lightship No. 83 reached port missing its mooring chains and anchors. It then sailed to Yerba Buena Island to receive new equipment. Earlier in the month lightship No. 82 had also broken from moorings and sought shelter in the Golden Gate.
A special dispatch reports the American line steamer New York from Southampton and the Cunard steamer Carona from Liverpool delayed by storms on December 11 and 12. The New York operated at reduced speed for eight hours amid rough seas and heavy winds.
An advertisement touts CALIFORNIA PRUNE WAFERS as a dissolvent and laxative. It claims to ease indigestion, torpid liver, constipation, and biliousness, promising recovery with directed use. The ad lists price and distributors in Anaconda and Butte, Montana.
London dispatch recounts a Delhi to Mumbai road accident near a Jain temple where a driver swerved into the temple precincts. A crowd of white robed priests blocked the entrance as a native boy was allegedly being roasted. the driver and motorist party rescued the boy and escaped after freeing a knife-wielding priest.
Lady Orford, newly arrived from England for Christmas in New York, remains closely tied to her homeland. She travels between Mannington Hall and New York, often twice yearly, and is famed for backing her husband the Earl of Orford during a high-profile breach of promise suit.
In San Francisco on December 24 Miss Lizzie Belle McMillan and her father J A McMillan rushed to aid real estate dealer George J Elliott who was beaten by two drunken men on Taylor Street. Elliott lay unconscious on the curb as his attackers fled after a stout defense by the woman who struck one man in the eye. Three men were later arrested on suspicion of involvement.
The fragment notes a skin turning black and mentions debility and color confusion. It states the body will be sent to the Anatomical Society of Philadelphia.
The Shanghai mixed court reopened Saturday under a German assessor and armed foreign guard. Reported as normal and quiet, the scene showed no disruption as the day progressed.
Mr and Mrs Preston B Moss hosted a reception at their splendid home in honor of Mr and Mrs G W Woodson marking their fiftieth wedding anniversary. Woodsons long history includes Missouri governor Hancock Jackson and moves from Milton to Paris and Albany before settling in Billings with the Moss family. The event featured elaborate decor, roses for the bride, a receiving line, and a two course refreshment service.
Helena. December 21 Special Dispatch to the Stannara reports Governor Toole named Dr. Francis J. Adams of Great Falls to the state board of medical examiners and Dr. R. C. Monahan of Butte as surgeon general of the Montana National Guard.
An anarchist attempted to stab Cardinal Cassanas y Pages, bishop of Urgel, as he left the cathedral in Barcelona. A canon intervened to thwart the assault and the would be assailant was arrested.
In a special meeting on December 25 the Typographical union unanimously backed renewing the fight for an eight-hour workday and decided to raise funds from ten to ten percent for strike support.
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