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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1914
Page
5
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All parcels left the Anaconda post office by six last night with carriers and cars finishing delivery of mail received up to the six o'clock train. Incoming mail at midnight will be delivered today and postmaster Burke notes windows open 10 to noon. The year's parcel post business exceeds all records, requiring concerted staff effort to clear tables.
The Christmas service at St Peter's Church features a program including Farmer's Kyrie, Gobria, Gloria, Millard Sanctus in G, Gounod Benedictus, Millard Agnus Dei, and Adesto Pedales Offertory. Contralto soloist Mrs Forrest Patterson of Butte, tenor Tom Connolly, and bari tone Jack Gilmore perform. Catherine Connolly directs and organizes the choir of names including Annie Urich Regina Urich Mary Dolan Kate Gallagher Mary O'Donnell and others.
The Anglers Clubhouse at Georgetown has named a caretaker to begin duties soon after rooms were prepared. Membership cards will grant access and dues are due. officers note new cards ready for 198 and issued on payment. The piece also records a funeral and union resolutions honoring Charles Hill, along with a marriage notice for Arthur Morgen and Missfn and a list of local names.
A city wide Christmas celebration is planned on the common tonight with a band and large chorus performing favorite carols under Carl Spelman Farnsworth and Thomas leadership. Skating is paused 7 to 9 pm for the program as lights on the Christmas tree display glow with added globes and colored glass. A hockey exhibition and a championship game between Lake Avaca and Anaconda regulars will follow spectacle seating and viewing arranged around the rink.
A local jeweler thanks hundreds of patrons for their trust and reports a growing business. The note promises up to date values and honest dealing, hoping customers feel pleased with purchases and Christmas good wishes from MAX HAMMERSLOUGH. Roy A. Shane and Misenda May Colby wed at home, with Rev J W Tait officiating. both from Havre, Great Northern employee groom, reception follows. thanks extended to union members, church choir, and friends. The Butte, Anaconda and Pacific to restore round trip rate for Anaconda to Butte with special trains on December 24 and 25.
Local column items recount holiday events and errands in Butte. Names like Greig, Morrison, and Temple appear among lost keys, store hours, gift ideas, weddings, and church services. A mix of calls for help, family news, and seasonal commerce highlights the bustle of December in the city.
Mrs A J Tuchscherer received thanks for kindness during illness. Charles Whlaald and Nell Sheehan came from Butte for Christmas. Goodfriend company employees enjoyed a Christmas banquet at the Turtle cafe. A quartet from the Thomas Gree club entertained residents with Christmas carols. The Standard office and composing room also attended. A church was filed yesterday. Friends and relatives paid tribute to pioneer Jorn Herbolich at Mount Carmel cemetery with pallbearers M J Barkovich Tony Radovich William Sapatovich James O Keefe PF O'Donnell and James McCarthy.
Manager K P Mathewson received a Christmas greeting from President John D Ryan of Amalgamated in New York. Mathewson replied from Anaconda expressing festive wishes and noting good news in keeping with a merry Christmas and hopeful new year.
Four exhibition curling matches were played last night as Christmas Eve kept the schedule busy. The rink opens today at 10 a.m. for friendly games, with teams including Boyles Dedericke, McKenzie Jones Stephens McKensig Munn Martin, Nortin Boyles, M. Martin MR McKenzie Munn Mathewson Kip, and others. In wheat markets, Portland reports a new high price record with 5,000 bushels red Fifa at 122 and 5,000 bushels red Russian at 122, Europe bidding but lacking enough wheat amid cold Oregon winter.
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