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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1916
Page
10
A jail scene features Judge Casey presiding over a mock trial of a reporter accused of breaking into the jail. The reporter and inmates trade quips as the judge overrules motions, witnesses testify, and the case is decided with a $1 fine used for prisoner tobacco, plus a cash bribe of $2 for the reporter’s exit.
The Rev. C. A. Rexroad preached at Lowell Avenue Methodist Church on Emersons reach surpassing grasp and pressing toward the prize of the high calling in Jesus Christ. He urged rising beyond present limits through hunger for a stronger life and the touch of Jesus, warning against mediocrity and urging diligence to exceed past achievements.
Three milk dealers in Butte failed to meet butter fat and solids requirements, with sixteen above the ordinance, health officials say. Next step is license revocation for those not complying. Bacteria counts to be tested this week to gauge cleanliness, as authorities aim to ensure safe milk for housewives.
A catalog of fox scarves and collars, mole stoles, martens, and Hudson seals with various prices. Entries include white, red, blue, taupe, and black fox scarves and collarettes along with Hudson seal capes and stoles, plus martens and a mole cape.
Christmas services featured St Patrick's Catholic church choir with high mass at 5 am singing Missa de Angelis. The 11 am mass offered preludes Kyrie and Credo Schubert Grone, Offertory Adeste Fidelis and benedictions. Choir members included soprano groups and named soloists, with Mrs Flora B Rooney as organist and choir leader.
The Miners Central railway deluxe train, running from Chicago to New Orleans, set a new on time record for the first month of its run. At the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Line office in Butte, 8 G Hatch, passenger manager, stated the train was on time to a minute daily despite heavy Christmas traffic and freight delays, covering the Chicago St Louis and Orleans terminals consistently.
One of the social events of the non day season will be a joint jollification at the Woman's club building next Friday night. The Pan-Hellenic club will host with dancing and vaudeville as chief attractions. Invites are bell decorated with Holly and Christmas bells.
New management takes charge as Captain Hosking resigns. A new superintendent, partly owning stock, will push exploration and development, including reopening a tunnel over 1,000 feet long. Plans include extending the tunnel, dropping ore into stopes, and using caterpillar machines to haul ore from Broadwater to Townsend amid heavy snow.
A man using the name Joan Doe was robbed in a restricted district restaurant after showing a roll of bills. Three men attacked him, taking $125. Patrolman D Murphy arrested Roy Fuller H F Furney and Frank Warren within an hour. The woman in the alleged plot was not captured though her name is known to detectives. Hughes carried Wilson, Wilson carried Hughes.
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