Paul Clark Home Welcomes St Nick In Festive Gift Spread
At the Paul Clark home in Butte 62 children received gifts chosen from letters to Santa Claus. Two boys asked for automobiles and were granted large cars to ride in. Most youngsters got suits dresses or coats along with fruit and candy. Miss Nellie Harrington led a bright program with singing recitations and duets, earning praise for guiding younger pupils.
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Old St. Nicholas
Butte
Paul Clark
Santa Claus
W. A. Clark Jr
Nellie Harrington
Licenses To Marry Issued In Christmas Eve Office
Deputies in the clerk of district court issued 10 marriage licenses yesterday on the day before Christmas. Of 206 contracting parties 19 listed Butte as residence. Ages ranged 29 to 46, all planning ceremonies today.
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Otis Lee
Butte
National Army
James McDonald
Catherine Judge
Eugene Hill
Mabel McCants
Raffael Abbott
Marjorie Crume
John Mattson
Annie Isaacson
George Smith
Edith Savard
Olaf Gustafson
Ruth Stine
William Mudd
Minnie Bowdidge
Charles C. Ludwig
Bertha Donohoe
Harry
Christmas Eve Knitters Rush to Finish Gifts in Colorful Buff
Busy knitters ply bright and dark wools on Christmas Eve while riding trains and cars, shopping, or at home by the fireside. Patriotic knitters favor navy gray or khaki for soldiers. gift knitters choose baby blue pale pink royal purple and old gold. They knit on the move and in shops, even on street corners, to finish gifts by morning.
Coat theft arrest follows saloon keeper Gust Heill
Florence hotel owner Cleve McWolfe traced a wildcat coyote and badger hide coat to Gust Heill saloon at 400 East Granite Street. Heill says a stranger left the garment. McWolfe demands recovery. Heill and his wife were already jailed for a Sunday disturbance and bonded $60 for failing to appear.
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Gust Heill
East Granite Street
Cleve McWolfe
Florence
McWolfe
Heill
Meill
John Wesson
Christmas Cheer Reaches Italian Soldiers From Venice
American consul B Harvey Carroll Jr with General di Viterfrancheca plans Christmas Eve trench visits and gifts for Italian troops and wounded in and around Venice. Distributions will also aid civilians in Venice and hospitals. Venice reports limited enemy fire with large art removals underway for safety. The equestrian statue before St Mark's is being moved as part of precautions.
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Associated Press
Venice
B. Harvey Carroll Jrr
American Red Cross
Carroll
di Viterfrancheca
Piave
Pope Benedict
Ducal Palace
St. Mark’s
HoldUp Man with Fake Gun Arrested in Butte
Aleck Anderson, a colored man, attempted a hold up on South Wyoming street with a carpenters square shaped toy pistol. He was arrested by Detectives Larkin and Lynch on a charge of attempted robbery after Steve Berger, the alleged victim, told police he ordered Anderson to fire but wrestled him and recovered the toy pistol with its bulb removed.
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Wyoming
Butte
Aleck Anderson
Steve Berger
Anderson
Larkin
Lynch
Berger
Walt
Navy Recruits Return Home for Holidays
Carlisle H. Matthews and George Thomas have returned from Mare Island to spend holidays with family. Enlisted last May and have trained there. both look forward to sailing for duty soon after resuming Navy yard duties in January.
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Carlisle H. Matthews
W. J. Matthews
West Granite Street
J. K. Cowperthwaite
George Thomas
Anna E. Thomas
South Dakota
Mare Island
Navy
Navy Yards
Fire horses run wild kill Portland official
Portland, Ore., Dec. 24. J. S. Mc Farron, an employee of the city park bureau, was thrown from a wagon and killed near here when a team of former fire department horses, startled by a railroad crossing gong, bolted on the Powell valley road. The wagon struck a telegraph pole and was demolished. the horses halted at a fire hydrant.
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Portland
Ore
J. S. McFarron
McFerron
City Park Bureau
Powell Valley
Rev Charles F Chapman Returns to Butte Parish
Rev Charles F Chapman rector of St John s Episcopal parish has returned to Butte from Missouri after a period of ill health He spoke to the Sunday school children at the parish house Christmas entertainment and was warmly welcomed Back in Butte he plans to resume duties as soon as able while supervising parish work
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Charles F. Chapman
St. John's Episcopal Parish
Butte
Missouri
St. John’s Church
Chapman
Christmas Greetings to the Forces From Baker and Daniels
Secretaries Baker and Daniels delivered holiday messages to the military. Baker addressed soldiers in France and in American training, thanking them for courage and duty. Daniels sent Christmas wishes to the naval service, expressing confidence in the Navy and pride in its wartime service.
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Washington
Baker
Daniels
France
America
War Department
Navy
Naval Service
7000 Decorations Awarded to Canadian Force
London dispatches credit the Canadian expeditionary force with 7000 war decorations for valor and service. Seven officers and 12 men have earned the Victoria Cross.
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Ottawa
Ontario
London
Reuter
Governor Campbell Transfers Arizona Duties to Hunt at Christmas
Governor Campbell announced he will turn over the affairs of the Arizona governorship to George W. P. Hunt at 10 o clock Christmas morning. The ceremony will be informal. Both governors had taken the oath of office previously.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Campbell
Arizona
George W. P. Hunt
Hunt
Newlands Senator Dies Amid Rail and Waterway Efforts
The passage notes Senator Francis G. Newlands of Nevada who championed rail and waterway legislation. He had broad mining ties in Nevada and California and advised President Wilson on railroad matters. His death shifts leadership on Interstate Commerce Committee to Senator Smith of South Carolina as preparations for the 1915 term proceed.
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Congress
Newlands
Wilson
Senate
Adamson
West
Nevada
California
Interstate Commerce Commission
Smith
South Carolina
Senator Newlands
Interstate Commerce Committee
President Wilson to Meet Railroad Brotherhood Leaders
President Wilson summons chiefs and legislative agents of four railroad brotherhoods to the White House for a conference on Thursday. He is expected to outline actions to secure more efficient transportation during the war crisis.
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Washington
Wilson
White House
Secret service warns of German sabotage on Christmas Eve
On the alert in Knoxville Tennessee December 24 authorities report a Washington secret service warning that German agents may start a campaign of destruction Christmas eve. Factories producing munitions and government supplies are increasing guards around plants tonight.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Secret Service Department
Washington
Home for Holidays From Fort Russell Medical Corps
H. B. Huffman of the medical corps is home on leave from Fort Russell Wyoming to celebrate the holidays. A Butte native, he was born and raised in the camp and is the son of C. D. Huill-
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H. B. Huffman
Medical Corps
New Army
Fort Russell
Wyo
Mr. Huffman
Butte
C. D. Huill
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ST. Nick
Nellie Har
Rington
Quality First” Store
B. E. Calkins Co
North Main Street
Merry Xmas
W. Broadway
Park and Crescent Streets
Butte, Montana
Butte and
Connell’s
Charles FR. Chapman
BRAVE
East Park Street
Silent Knight
East Broadway
Klenze Motor CO
Butte, Mont
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