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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1915
Page
4
Morena December report says Helena lawyer found a workaround to Montana adoption rules by drafting a contract that makes a Chinese orphan boy the party of the second part, while Mr and Mrs Wing Sing are first part parties, promising care, schooling, and affection in a bid to adopt.
Livingston dispatches report Deputy Clerk Fred Mon roe called to Detroit for a family crisis. John Olsen returns to Pandhe valley ranch from Manitoba with wife lately home two months. A Christmas program at Congregational Church and a charity money scheme exposed, funds diverted to personal use, suspect released after appeal. Park County High School Boys Dramatic Club launches weekly paper.
Washington notes a land loan bill nearing administration approval. The measure forms 12 regional banks with $500,000 capital each to supply farm mortgages via co operative associations and public funds. Loans run up to 36 years with rates tied to security bonds. Fletcher of the rural credits commission supports the plan.
Deer Lodge notes Christmas visits and local moves. Miss Teetia Breteen returns from New Plymouth Idaho to visit her parents the Stetsons. Mel Cross returns from Southern California to resume his Milwaukee machine shop job. Arthur Crosby visits from Tacoma staying with the Seifferts. Avery Idaho promotes Olen to engine dispatcher for Milwaukee. Various locals travel to Missoula Dillon Fargo Seattle and Three Forks for holidays. Supreme Court stays contempt case against George Metcalf with Jan 10 review date.
Philipsburg residents plan holiday visits with family members, including Mise Butaite Durfee and Arthur Crowley returning home from Miakely and Mixcouia respectively. Several teachers and residents depart for Anaconda, Butte, Denver, Seattle, and Portland to spend Christmas with relatives. Local lodges in Flint Creek announce officers for the coming year and the Eastern Star shares its leadership. A note mentions the Brazilian government’s estimated revenue and expenditure for next year.
Paris December 2 details of the so called loan of victory were given by Finance Minister M Ribot during a discussion on the budget for the first quarter of 1916. He said France's reserves are considerable and investments come in fresh and well arranged. He noted expenses are rising to fund war needs and aid Belgium and Serbia. He explained that a new tax would be difficult to collect and France would rely on credit. He cited large subscriptions from Paris and provinces and claimed the total franc figure would exceed 11.3 billion francs, with five and a half billion francs in cash and two and a half billion in treasury bonds. He praised national unity and the aid from allied powers. The senate adopted a bill authorizing 7.5 billion francs for the first quarter of 1918 with tax timing adjustments.
Henry Ford planned a peace expedition aiming to end the war and publicly backed by the Women’s International Peace Association. The voyage faced dissension, with Ford reportedly leaving the delegation and returning home after medical advice to rest. The effort sought an international peace committee, but faced opposition and limited official recognition from governments and the U.S. State Department restricted voyagers’ passports.
The funeral of Mrs Margaret Flynn will be held Monday from her residence to Holy Cross Church for high mass and interment in Holy Cross cemetery. George Karros remains at Walsh's. funeral later. Miss Bridget Artery died yesterday at her apartments aged from unknown. undertaker Avanovich handling arrangements.
Funeral arrangements for J Walsh director and embalmer at 125 East Park Street and for Lewis Oreson at Weed undertaking, with interment planned at Holy Cross and Mount Morian cemeteries. Pending announcements indicate dates and times.
Two young men fled from Deputy Sheriff Dell after a plan to rob a companion was overheard near the Thornton hotel and Fiske. They were chased through Broadway and Maint, ran into a cellar, were overpowered, and claimed innocence despite the shootout and Christmas morning crowd.
The Anaconda Copper Mining mines will be down tomorrow for four shifts. Black Rock mine shuts for Christmas and resumes Sunday morning. City jail kitchen installed with modern stove and appliances to serve a turkey meal to prisoners. Joseph Jovanovic, 34, Austrian native, died at his home on Leatherwood Street Mea. survived by wife, two children, mother, sister in Austria, and four brothers in the United States. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Bartley Kane arrived at the police station last evening with excessive Christmas spirit and little clothing. He was joined by Peter Fly Kane and Jack Contey in a heated argument as officers subdued the crowd. The public library and Juvenile library closed today and tomorrow. reading rooms open 2 to 6 pm on both days. The P.O. news stand closed today thanking patrons for the best business yet. The leading daily newspapers in London number 25.
Taondon December 24 Premier Asquith gave the total British casualties up to December as 628221, updated from earlier figures. The breakdown shows casualties in Flanders and France, the Dardanelles, and other theaters, with officers and men among the totals. A later update adjusts earlier numbers for December 9.
The British government pushes labor dilution to speed munition production. David Lloyd George tours Clyde shipyards urging unions to mix skilled and unskilled labor. A new munitions center at Georgetown is launched. Premier Asquith reports British war casualties near 130,000, excluding those invalided home.
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