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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1915
Page
9
The principal branch office of The Butte News is at 2 East Broadway. Tele phones: business department 42, editorial department 2. Advertising rates furnished on application.
A promotional note urging shoppers to spend Christmas money wisely on lasting value, recommending jewelry from Butte’s leading jeweler as a prosperity gift.
A collage of social notes and local spots in Butte highlights include Trish's handbag offerings and Orton Bros rent plants, Stein-Bloch clothing at Tonkin's, a noon lunch at Walker's, and visits by WN Purday of Bozeman and M Wildman of Billings. Notable guests at local hotels, taxi studio deals, and reflections on Christmas gatherings fill the page alongside hospital updates, a card party at Temple Bal Israel, and community shopping at the P O news.
Butte enjoyed a white Christmas with stores closed and streets calm while families stayed home. The day featured theater crowds, church programs, outdoor skating on the Holland rink, and generous aid to the poor. Four couples wed at home and in The Teas, with Rev. Wolfe and Rev. Chapman officiating. Police reports noted drunken arrests as the day began. Bridget Avery funeral arrangements set for Kame town.
The St George Club reheats Christmas carols today and this evening for residents on the West Side and near Broadway. Miss Laura Sear Ives will substitute for accompanist Miss Sear Ives due to her grandmother's death. Services at Shaffer chapel and Mount Moriah cemetery follow a funeral in Whites parlors.
Ice and snow events attract skaters at the Holland rink this morning afternoon and evening with Brass Cand ink open from 9 30 until midnight drawing crowds to the temporary skating sessions and related festivities.
A chaotic mix of prohibition chatter spreads from Idaho to neighboring states as Governor Rexford vows strict enforcement. The new Idaho law bans liquor possession for personal consumption, allows searches, and threatens county officials who fail to act. A separate assault incident near the Black community ends with Patrolman McDonald disarming a suspect, while Antone Ledwig faces charges after a shooting tied to a claimed threat and home invasion.
A. H. Hellbronner receives official notice of promotion to district freight and passenger agent for the San Pedro Los Angeles Salt Lake Railroad, with headquarters in Butte. The move, following five years as freight and passenger agent based in Butte, brings a salary increase and expanded duties without relocation.
George B. Sypher and Carrie M. Keth were married in a simple ceremony at church, conducted by Rev. Clarke Chapman. The couple, long awaited by friends, planned a quiet wedding and will reside in a furnished South Butte bungalow while Sypher continues his contracting and realty work.
A telegraph message from the Mountain District says Deputy Sheriff Trimble is barricaded in a cabin by mountaineers who threaten to lynch him over the shooting of Howard Avery, a Luton farmer. Avery, apparently fatally wounded, faced arrest on a charge tied to a Christmas celebration disturbance. The incident prompted a posse to respond, with no overnight scene intrusion expected before midnight.
Christiania Dec 25 Herman Gade executive of Norway to the Panama Pacific exposition in San Francisco has been named commissioner general. He succeeds CH Haugan as consul at Chicago. Nils Vollhag is appointed consul at San Francisco.
A clandestine gathering of prominent socialist leaders from belligerent nations met at The Hagte last Wednesday to discuss steps toward securing a peaceful end to the war, according to a dispatch today via London.
President Wilson and Mrs Wilson spent Christmas Day at Hot Springs Virginia amid a sudden rainstorm damaging plans to golf. The couple dined privately at the hotel with a Christmas tree and gifts from relatives and White House conservatories, while Wilson recovered from a brief cold. Elsewhere in the region, a Texas court released Col Hipottoo Villa on bond after a Christmas dinner at the county jail and other brief notes from Decembers reports accompany the day’s dispatches.
Patrolman Mike Clifford, appointed by the socialist administration, spent last night in Butte city jail after a disturbance. Captain William Yorath led three officers to place him in a cell as charges were prepared for intoxicated conduct and abuse of department members. Clifford, noted for making two prior arrests of Thomas Ryan after warnings of armed hostility, now faces formal charges.
New York based portrait painter Montague Flag died of pneumonia in a hospital. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, he was the son of the late Rev. Jared B. Flag. His work Portrait of My Wife was shown at the National Academy of Design in December 1999 and received a design prize.
Paris reports Gen G F L Mondesir visited King Peter of Berbia and presented the war cross from France. The king kissed the award before it was pinned to him in a display of friendship. Also reported are a Christmas accident at a crowded room and a deadly train collision near St Louis causing multiple injuries.
Oregon Sugar company negotiates with Rogue River valley farmers to secure acres of beet and fund a sugar test factory in the Rogue River valley after a session in Salt Lake. The group telegraphs acceptance of the agreement and moves to set the contract in motion.
Des 25 reports from Germany describe a war Christmas under dire weather with constant rain and slush across the empire. Despite hardship and bread card rationing, the nation remains cheery as it marks victories, the Serbian campaign, and looks to continued conflict. Veterans with families roam Berlin streets as toy shops report brisk demand and scarcity in some goods. Sir Guy Laxing, armorer to the king, possesses a rare helmet valued at 19,000.
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