Butte Notes Keep Holiday Visitors at Local Hotels
Guest list highlights visitors from Roundup Philipsburg Basin Helena Logan Missoula Dillon and more as Butte hosts holiday guests. Local businessmen and soldiers arrive for Christmas season while lodging at Finlen Leggat Thornton Acoma and Butte hotels.
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Rent Sianos
Orton Bros
W. S. Parks
Thornton
W. R. McLure
Philipsburg
Finlen
BH. A. Johnson
Basin
H. Lusk
Southern Cross
Acoma
A. EF. Lindgren
Leggat
Schilling
Butte
North Main Street
J. Romanstadt
Helena
The
Finen
W. H. Ward
Logan
Levy White
George Barber
Sheridan
G. T. Platt
T F. Walsh
Ramsay
John Jacobson
Missoula
C. I. Spear
Emil B. Stanley
Whitehall
J. J. Brown
Comet
P. R. Wild
Myrell K. Vance
White Sulphur Springs
H. Rannerberg
Capital
H. Jones
S. Stickney
Power
Mont
Hopkins Returns From Year In Service Observes Warfronts
Ross Hopkins son of Mr and Mrs C R Hopkins 1706 Phillips avenue returned to Butte yesterday after a year in service. He visited England and learned about French battlefields while aboard with a British royal flying corps attache. He trained at Fort Wright and Kelly field and sailed home on the Minnetahda the first ship returning soldiers from France after armistice. He says he would not trade Butte for all Europe and served as an observer in France.
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Frank P. Edwards
Gerald F. Edwards
White Sulphur Springs
Louise Shafer
Ann Shafer
Dillon
Thornton
Charles Skinner
S. D. Hooker
Havre
James Reynolds
Boulder Springs
W. R. Deem
Bozeman
Dan McIntosh
Wickes
the Butte
John Driscoll
Camp Lewis
Ordnance Department
James A. Pittaway
Camp Taylor
S. C
Butte
Silver Bow Club
Chicago
Ross Hopkins
C. R. Hopkins
Phillips Avenue
England
Royal Flying Corps
U. S
Europe
Hopkins
Fort Wright
Kelly Field
New York
France
Pearls Fetch Record Auction Price in London Sale
A 52 pearl necklace that cost $550 when bought in 1863 at a London jeweler sold for $7,500 at a recent London auction, illustrating the rising value of pearls.
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London
Peace Agreement Rules Uphold Commissioners' Accord
Nations entering peace treaties are bound by terms agreed by their peace commissioners unless proven they violated explicit instructions. The principle holds that signed accords reflect the commission's authority and obligations of the states involved.
Perdue Acquitted in Christmas Eve Theft Case
Leslie Marion Perdue was found not guilty of grand larceny after a July cloudburst basement incident involving Liberty bonds and postal savings certificates. Harry Allen testified for the state and faces a separate trial tomorrow. McAuliffe disputed Allen’s account of where the envelope was found.
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Leslie Marion Perdue
Perdue
Harry Allen
Steele Block
Wyoming Street
John McAuliffe
Allen
McAuliffe
Fergus County
Late Shoppers Thrilled by Final Christmas Rush
Crowds fill open stores past 9 pm in a busy last minute rush. Churches schedule nativity masses from early morning with special music. Mines in Butte run reduced shifts while theaters skate and dance promise record business and festive menus.
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Butte
France arrives with 3865 troops home from France
New York reports the arrival of the French line steamship France carrying 3865 American officers and men from France. Among them are 214 wounded officers and 1504 wounded men including 223 mental cases. Units listed include Headquarters division Sixty third field artillery and several casual companies. Persia Maru also lands 87 officers from training schools and 12 wounded men.
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New York
France
Sixty-third Field Artillery
Horoscope for Wednesday December 25 1918
A star reading predicts peace on land and sea with Mars Neptune influences for harmony and commerce. Engineers iron workers and builders may achieve supreme progress as building expands in the US and Europe while broader humanity relations improve.
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Mars
Neptune
Europe
India
Africa
Venus
McClure
British unions push 44 hour workweek across sectors
London reports that British labor unions press for a 44 hour week eight hours daily over five days plus Saturday four hours. The National Transport Workers' Federation asks tramways to adopt 44 hours at current wages. Engineering and shipbuilding groups back a 47 hour compromise with no wage cuts. ballot tally 286,545 to 146,526.
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London
British Wireless Service
National Transport Workers’ Federation
Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades
Engineering and Shipbuilding Union
Holy Savior Church Christmas Choir Performs Special Music
The Holy Savior church choir in Meaderville will present special Christmas music today at 11 o'clock. The program includes Wheaon ard's Third Mass in B flat and Novello's Adeste Fideles conducted by organist and director Marie R. Maguire with soloists Miss Katherine Shutey Miss Mary Tomich Miss Pauline Staizer Miss Anna Rubovatz Miss Lizzie Roman, and musicians Frank Pucci Peter Testa Earl Blodgett Achille Cardellino.
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Holy Savior
Meaderville
Wheaonard
Novello
Katherine Shutey
Mary Tomich
Pauline Staizer
Anna Rbukovatz
Lizzie Roman
Frank Pucci
Peter Testa
Earl Blodgett
Achille Cardellino
Marie R. Maguire
Cost of the 1870 71 War to Germany and France
The cost of the war of 1870 71 to Germany was 954 400 006 dollars and to France 1 580 000 000 dollars.
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Germany
France
Butte Street Car Men Union Thanks Public For Cooperation
The Butte Street Car Men's Union division 391 of the Amalgamated Association thanks the public for having exact fares ready aiding conductors and motormen to keep to the schedule. They request continued ticket purchases and wish readers a merry Christmas and a prosperous new year.
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Butte Street Car Men’s Union
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway Employer of America
D. A. Mc Millan
Wilbur A. Hoar
Tomato Oil Used As Quick Dryer In Paints
Tomato oil derived from tomato seeds is noted as a superior quick drying agent for paints. The oil’s properties make it valuable in pigment mixtures and finishing coatings.
Murray takes Buick agency for Dillon area
Roy Murray, a familiar Dillon and Beaverhead county automobile salesman, assumes the Buick agency for Silver Bow, Deer Lodge, Jefferson, Powell and Granite counties with headquarters at 49 West Granite Street Butte. He plans an aggressive campaign to establish the Buick brand in the newly assigned territory and is well connected among local automotive men. Fishermen are urged to mail order angleworms from the State Nursery Company Helena in 50 cent or one dollar stamps.
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Roy Murray
Dillon
Beaverhead County
Butte
Silver Bow
Deer Lodge
Jefferson
Powell
Granite Counties
West
Granite Street
Murray
State Nursery Company
Helena
Americans Cited for Bravery in Champagne Fighting
Paris reports 185 American soldiers cited for bravery during Oct 3 to Oct 10 actions at St Etienne EHlanc Mont and Medeah farm in Champagne. The units include Sixth and Fifth Marine regiments, Ninth and Twenty third Infantry, Marine machine gun battalions, engineers and ambulance corps.
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Paris
St. Etienne
Ehlanc
Mont
Medeah Farm
Champagne
Journal Officiel
Sixth Regiment of Marines
Ninth Infantry
Twenty-third Infantry
Marines
Marine
Second Regiment of Engineers
Ambulance Corps
Russians Arrive in Paris to Aid Russia Unification Effort
In Paris on Monday December 23 Prince Georges Looff and Vladimir Kokovosoff, both former Russian premiers, join prominent Russians in backing a unified Russia with entente aid. The émigrés have reportedly reconciled political rifts and seek a common objective.
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Paris
Georges Looff
Vladimir Kokovosoff
Russia
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Twin Bridges
J. E. O'Connell
J. P. Deeney
Maudlin
J. F. Mercer
R. E. Tower
Silver Fissure Mining Company
Polaris
Butte Hotel
Hopking
Holy Savior Church
the Bute Optical Co
Dr. J. L. Hannifin
Mer
West Park Street
E. Park St
Buick
Buick Company
Beaverhead
Pathe Comedy
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