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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1911
Page
11
Douglas Allen reported being held up on Cherry street early yesterday and sprinted away when the gun misfired or dropped. He and Assistant Chief O'Brien were briefed, but police found no description or suspect after a brief incident that ended with Allen fleeing at top speed.
The First Presbyterian Church holds a Christmas programme at 7 30 pm featuring school songs recitations and dialogues led by students from various classes and several solo pieces and a chorus. The event includes a railroad special rate offer by the RB A P Ry for a round trip between Butte and Anaconda with tickets on sale December 23 24 25 and valid through January 20.
An advertisement claims Swamp Root stands out among many preparations for kidney liver and bladder diseases. It states a sworn purity certificate comes with each bottle and lists two sizes 50c and 1.00.
Christmas cheer fills Anaconda as ideal weather aids express and post offices in clearing a flood of parcels and letters. Messages from Amalgamated and Anaconda Copper Mining presidents boost 1912 plans for new mining districts and higher copper output, while local residents and visitors celebrate with events, sales, and theater notices.
The Anaconda Rod and Gun Club held a turkey shoot on the fair grounds yesterday with six events of 15 targets. Skillful handicapping earned every participant a turkey, and listed scores show participants such as Woehler, Smith, Mathewson, and Haddick earning top marks across events.
Journal items note a firemen's dance on January 1 1912 and various Christmas greetings. Local names appear including Vermillion Ladder's violin school 507 Oak, Parker's eggnog punch, The Mint rooming house, Joe Trainor in Missoula, and Joe and Greig's stores with holiday hours and music.
Special services mark Christmas at St. Pauls and St Peters in Anaconda with solemn high masses at 4:30 and 10:20 AM at St Pauls, 4:00 and 10:30 AM at St Peters. Rev. Fathers Egan Pirnat and Clifford preach. Choirs under Miss Connolly and Mrs Hogan perform, with 36 altar boys and a children’s mass choir of 12 girls.
The speaker boasts of vast wealth and palaces in Spain yet laments debt and fading fortune. He rejects ostentation of old aristocracy and large estates, preferring the lure of fantasy and escape in Eldorado and mythic battles, while acknowledging creditors and dwindling fortunes.
Frank Schmidt a Roach and Smith porter was arrested by Chief Fitz Patrick and Sheriff Keefe after a break in at the store. Police reported the door between the billiard room and shop pried open and cash and goods looted. Schmidt carried key access and claimed to be heading to the next city.
The Reel theater presents The Tale of a Cat with striking scenery and a touching tale of a blind girl. Also shown is The Pioneer's Mistake, a western vignette of trailblazer hardships, plus The Better Way, an Imp drama. The illustrated song As Long as the Sea Rolls On is performed by Miss Graham.
Mrs. D. R. McRae hosted a merry Christmas dinner Friday night at her Hickory Street home for her children and several little girls. The guests included Viola Millwick Florence Russ Anna Brolin Julia Sessions Rebecca Curry and Ruth James.
The notice lists Pekin Noodle Parlors in Butte offering short orders and details a beauty culture establishment at 455 Phoenix block, Ind 5729, and 117 S Main, Butte, including vapor baths and massage services.
The Kelley family thanks all who assisted during the illness and death of their daughter Lillian. They express gratitude for sympathy and floral offerings and note messages of condolence from the city and state, promising to remember the sorrowing family.
Standard subscribers both old and new who pay ten dollars for one year in advance receive a choice of valuable premiums. Any premium would make a suitable Christmas gift. Call and inspect the premiums.
An overview of gold pen manufacture describes using 24 karat gold bars melted with silver and copper to produce 14 karat pens, with an iridium tip for durability. The process includes rolling gold into a ribbon, stamping shapes, attaching iridium tips, slitting, shaping, grinding, and polishing for global sale.
For sale four room flat furnishings offered in part or whole in good condition. Address 44 West Woolman Baltes. Also PARISIAN DYE HOUSE French dyeing and cleaning with satisfaction guaranteed at 60 W Galena Butte. Tel 516.
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