Joshers Deplete Vast Food Stock in Butte Christmas Drive
Butte Christmas good fellows completed distribution of 600 baskets to city families. Five hundred baskets were delivered Thursday and about 100 sent out yesterday. Contents could not be purchased for $10,000. Fifty Boy Scouts, led by Benjamin Owen, aided in packing and distribution alongside Billy Gimmell and local businessmen.
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Butte
Joshers
West Broadway
Boy ‘Scouts of
Benjamin’ Owen
Billy Gimmell
Josher
Children Celebrate Yule at Glare Home
Four happy children received Christmas presents and enjoyed a meal during the annual Christ mas celebration in the Paul Clark Tome last night. Loretta Barry led the program with carols by St John’s Episcopal choir and numbers like Silent Night and A Letter to Santa performed by named participants.
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Paul Clark
Loretta Barry
St. John's Episcopal Church
Anna Moran
Marie Harrington
Elizabeth Warren
Josephine
Santa
Wilbur
Winite
Anna May Gilby
New Method Laundry Insures 58 Employees Christmas Gift
The New Method Laundry announces group life insurance for all 58 employees through Merkle Bros agents of Prudential. Coverage increases with length of service and requires no physical exam. Policies remain for those who leave the company upon continuation arrangements. Officers listed as James R. Finlen president, John E. Corette vice president, and William McDole manager.
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New Method Laundry Company
Merkle. Bros
Prudential Life Insurance Company
James ‘Rt. Finlen
John E. Corette
William McDole
Knights Templars 10 Meet for Christmas Breakfast
Knights Templars in Butte and visitors are urged to attend the annual Christmas breakfast and program at the Masonic temple at 10 a m today. Stephen H Greenwood eminent commander issued the call for the meeting with full uniform required. The program features addresses by Joseph Kyle Orr and Stephen P Wright, with responses by Lew J Calloway John L Carroll and Frank W Haskins plus tributes to departed brothers and talks on the Christian Religion with songs.
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Knights ‘Templars
Butte
Masonic Temple
Stephen H. Greenwood
Joseph Kyle
Orr
Stephen P. Wright
Lew J. Calloway
John L. Carroll
Frank W. Haskins
George W. Crayon
Wart J. Murphy
the Inging
Youths to Face Trial on December Thirty First
Maxwell under 18, discharged for lack of court jurisdiction. Datus Osborne and Albert Cholnard held for trial on December 31. Separate notes cover Elizabeth C. Lynch’s funeral at Sacred Heart church and details of pallbearers, plus special Christmas trains by the B A P Ry schedule from Butte, Anaconda, and nearby towns with departure times.
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John Doe “Maxwell
Datus Osborne
Albert Cholnard
Maxwell
Five Mile
Lynch
Elizabeth C. Lynch
William H. Lynch
Butte
East Park Street
Father McVeigh
Sacred Heart Church
Father Venus
Gray
Holy Gross
John Holland
Jerry Holland
James Shea
Qui Leary
John Riley
Joseph Riley
Anaconta
Gregson
Anaconda
One Year In Jail For Bootleggers In Flathead County
Kalispell report says Judge Maiden will set a minimum penalty of one year in jail and $150 fine, with up to two years imprisonment and $300 fine for bootleggers. verdicts against L. Sargent and George C. Boyer yielded a year and $150 and two years and $300 respectively. Sentences in three bootlegging cases included 10 days and $25, 30 days and $200, and 60 days and $300. The judge plans to rely on juries going forward, limiting his own independent judgments. Public opinion suggests a depression of bootlegging activity.
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Flathead County
August Sandstrom
Kalispell
Sandstrom
Judge Maiden
Mr. Sandstrom
3R. L. Sargent
George C. Boyer
Maiden
Butte
Old Fashioned Jewelry at Police Judge Grimes Home
A police judge displayed heirloom jewelry from his family including a pin with black stones set in a diamond shape said to be over 80 years old. The stones’ identity remains unknown though a New York feeler suggested black diamond. The pin traces to 1840 via his mother and father and has been in his possession since 1869. Also shown was a garnet brooch from an early last century pendant, featuring pea sized stones arranged to reflect nearby light.
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Grimes
New York
Usual Two Drunks Fined by Police Judge
The two daily drunks, forming the police court quota for several days, appeared yesterday and received the usual fine of $10 or five days. Lee Austin, arrested with Ravette, is held for federal authorities. James Dennison, charged with disturbance by his wife Olive, was continued due to the complainant’s absence who later signed the complaint.
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Lee Austin
Ravette
James Dennison
Olive
Inter
Dennison
Passport Filing and Holiday Tax Pause Mentioned in Federal Building
In the Federal Building Mian Evelyn Melcher of Butte filed for a passport for European travel covering the British Isles France Italy Greece Portugal and Spain. Collector H M Dengler said taxes would be paused until Monday morning while preparations continue. A note on deceased townsman Max Meyer cites an age discrepancy and references to his lodge history and insurance records.
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Evelyn Melcher
Butte
The
Federal Court
British Isles
France
Italy
Greece
Portugal
Spain
Moore
Miss Melcher
H. M. Dengler
Internal Revenue Office
Max Meyer
Clinton H. Moore
Kemp in Missoula for Christmas Visit
James 8. Kemp, general agent of the Northern Pacific railway in Butte, departed last night for Missoula to spend Christmas with his sister, Mrs George S.
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Kemp
Missoula
James 8
Northern Pacific Railway
Butte
Mrs Georges
W. B. Merrman Leaves for Duluth for Holidays
W. B. Merrman freight and passenger agent of the Northern Pacific left last night for Duluth to visit his sister during the Christmas and New Year holidays. He will be alone about two weeks.
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Merrman
Crymon
Northern Paetfc
Duluth
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Yegen Bros. Bankers
Montana
F. A. Ironside
Broadway
Greater Features, Inc
White Elk
Little Bear
F Rule
White Buttato
Jim Denny Dinney
Crow Thollan Reservation
GLARE
Knights Templars
Federal Building
Rialto
Marshall Neilan
Wesley Barry
Breakfast Brownies Company
Brownies
Ian
M. C. Lind & Sons Butte Store and Repair Co
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