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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1913
Page
8
Christmas observances filled Butte churches with carols sermons and cantatas as St John Episcopal Grace Methodist and Mountaintop Lutheran hosted pageants and gifts. Priests choirs and visiting ministers led masses at St Patrick’s and other parishes with elaborate musical programs and instrumental solos enhancing the festive day.
A historical profile recalls M A Nunan as Butte Walkerville’s longtime Santa. The first masked fur Santa, he brought cheer at Christmas entertainments, later becoming postmaster and leading scouts during the West’s early era. Nunan remained active, anticipating more Christmases and recalling frontier mining days in Montana.
J Cheatham and Miss Jessie Strong of Hamilton wed yesterday at 1 oclock in the First Presbyterian church parlor. Rev EJ Groeneveld officiated at the Buchanan home 128 West Front street. The couple plan a coastal honeymoon then settle here. Cheatham is a civil engineer leading a major irrigation project. Strong is daughter of pioneers Frank and Mrs Strong and sister of Mrs Forbes Buchanan.
J E Lostin president of the Butte Theosophical Society is misidentified in a Standard article on Dual Personalities. The picture and caption wrongly credit him with a title read Dr which he does not deserve. He declines honors and cites the other contributors as the rightful authors.
Chicago December 25 The resignation of Sebastian as third vice president of the Rock Island lines reports con firmed today will become effective June 1 Mr Sebastian is one of the best known railroad men in the country and is 66 years old he retires due to impaired health An early announcement of his successor is expected
Postmaster Edward M. Morgan reported that stamps totaling 178069 dollars were sold yesterday in Manhattan and the Bronx. This marks the heaviest single day stamp sale ever recorded in any U S city.
A clipped fragment notes that Page boys received many Christmas remembrances as dignitaries and leaders, including mentions of Washington and Indianapolis, highlighting a ceremonial page tradition and holiday goodwill.
Vera Cruz December 25 The Spanish protected cruiser Emperador Carlos V arrived in Mexican waters to safeguard Spanish subjects as ordered.
Notice from the Workingmen's Union No 31 announcing a wage rule effective January 1 1914. Under the resolution adopted and approved by Silver Row Trades and Labor Council on November 24 1913 all men under the union's jurisdiction must be paid at least four dollars per day. W F Barnaman president and S P Johnson secretary signed the notice.
In a Hungarian restaurant a menu numbering system aids waitresses and patrons. A young couple entered as the orchestra played the William Tell overture. The woman asked about a tune, and the man identified the third number as Filet Mignon by Champignons, a cafe favorite.
Edward J. Zimmerman, Montana’s oldest hotel keeper, visited Butte with his niece Mrs. M. Kaufman. He recalled the high costs of the gold era, running the Cosmopolitan, and early Montana mining history with figures like Marcus Daly and W. A. Clark. He aims to reach 100 and plans a trip to Lodi, California to see his son. Old timers remember his Christmas dinners and the days of placer gold.
In Los Angeles a protest at the plaza turned deadly as Rafael Adams, a Mexican leader among unemployed rioters, was killed by police while officers tried to disperse the crowd. Several hundred rioters faced off with clubs and rocks, resulting in five policemen injured and the disturbance ending after the plaza was cleared.
The supreme court suspended ouster decrees for 20 lumber companies on condition they pay fines totaling $495 and conform to state laws. Four non Missouri firms had licenses revoked with fines. The commission found illegal price fixing and output curtailment by an association and joint trade agreements. Companies named include Chicago Lumber and Coal Company, Dierkes Lumby and Coal, Freeman Lumber, and Arkansas Lumber Company with respective fines.
A westbound Missouri Pacific passenger train collided with a freight near Boonville Missouri. Fireman Dan Johnston of Jefferson City was killed when he was crushed between the locomotive and the tender. Ten Kineer Gossett sustained serious injuries. no passengers were badly hurt.
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