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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1919
Page
4
The Y M C A hosted a Christmas Eve gathering with all rooms decorated from walls to ceilings. volunteers stringed popcorn and cranberries for trees while Stevens Glee Club performed. Gifts were distributed to roomers as draped lights and music filled the spaces.
London papers mock a long-range sun forecast by Prof John McCabe claiming the sun will cool in 12 million years. The exchange satirizes reliance on distant scientific prophecies while noting conflicting ideas about long term climate trends and human credulity.
Oscar Tuomi and Nestor Yarvie fought after drinking whiskey. Yarvie was fined 60 dollars or 30 days in jail after police found a knife in his hand. Tuomi, with injuries to hands and a missing tooth, described knocking Yarvie down. Both men said their friendship would not end.
The B. A. P. announces special Christmas Day trains leaving Anaconda at 8 p.m. and 11 30 p.m. and from Butte at 8 p.m. and 12 45 a.m. on December 26.
Passenger travel dipped to near zero and mail volume for Yuletide fell, while most local and through trains ran on time. A handful bought tickets at the consolidated office and fares from other points were sparse, with the office closed today per agent D E Wilder. Through trains delayed mainly by heavy mail and Christmas parcels but overall service expected to improve.
Broadway musical Oh Boy played at the Broadway theater to an eager Butte crowd. The lively cast including Briggs, Jere McAuliffe, Jane Packard, Polly Andrus and many others plus bright staging drew instant applause and encores. A matinee and another show tonight were announced.
El Paso dispatch reports William O. Jenkins consular agent at Puebla faces sedition charges after allegedly delivering arms to bandits who had captured him. Source cites Excelsior of Mexico City as the basis for the accusation and dates from December 24.
In Ogden Utah a man was found dead with a crushed skull in a shed near the railroad yards. Robbery is cited as the motive and a letter to George Lowes of Green River Wyoming was found with the body along with a gold watch. Police call it a murder investigation.
Word from Republican district headquarters confirms Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood, endorsed for president by the state convention at Pierre on Dec. 2, will file a formal candidacy announcement with the secretary of state before January 1.
Kansas City officials plan to bid for the 1920 Democratic National Convention. The chamber of commerce backed a $50,000 guaranteed fund and aims to raise an additional $20,000 at a Friday meeting, on top of $30,000 already guaranteed.
The News-Tribune will suspend all regular editions tomorrow in Tacoma Washington. The management cites higher mechanical production costs on holidays and economy in white paper use to avert a newsprint shortage. The plan includes suspensions on all major holidays going forward.
Three Tacoma I W W leaders were indicted by the federal grand jury and arraigned in federal court on sedition law violations. Bail set at 5000 dollars each. W. Randall named secretary, R. E. Eddy a dealer and distributor, A. Gross a local organizer. Four counts per man. Radical literature found tied to the case was introduced in court.
A testimonial from Gary Indiana dated April 25 1919 reports relief from chronic rheumatism catarrh constipation and stomach trouble after taking Mendenhall s Number 40 The claimant Mrs Gostine Rainey says after two bottles she can eat freely sleep better and remains on a third bottle The ad lists conditions 40 allegedly treats and notes outlets Fuller Drug Co in Anaconda and Fair Drug Co Park and Arizona St in Butte Oregon
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