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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
9
Developments in Anaconda and Deer Lodge valley hint at a busy property market. Dealers report rising demand for homes and home sites, with banks willing to resume real estate lending as peace talks loom and postwar thrift grows among workers.
Anaconda daily notices blend coal promotions from Schlappt to Diamond and Hammerstough’s Jewelry with social calls. Local residents include A J Simpson, J F Regan, Miss Frances Minor, and Margaret Burns visiting for holidays and winter plans. Public notices mention war chest trustees, and service veterans Frank Muster and Barney Manion returning home from Camp Lewis as Christmas scenes unfold.
Frederick Laist yesterday received a New York dated dispatch from C F Kelley offering heartiest wishes for a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year to yourself, each member of the staff and all employees.
A downtown scene reveals a father scolding over his son’s new nickel plated air rifle. The boy’s shots damage a coffee pot and a kitchen window, prompting a confiscation and a threat to gift the gun to the boy if the brother in law returns.
The Theosophical society lodge announces two lectures by E W Munson national lecturer in the Hall of Theosophy Standard building tonight and tomorrow evening at 815 p m The first talk is titled Franc the United States the long day struggle and its three great nations in relation to each other and future events The Theosophical Society performs patriot work though little known to the public and has expanded war effort in the United States
A passage outlines wartime efforts by a society to unify racial work and public outreach. Californian speaker Munson tours the U.S. and Canada lecturing on occult significance of the crisis, claiming an invisible guiding land. Free lectures titled Visible and Invisible to be held tomorrow, inviting public attendance with a broad list of local supporters and organizers.
The list honors soldiers including Louie Buckwald W E B Harper and Lieut Edwin T Schreiber among the honored dead and names many wounded in action. Private George F Anderson Private Ernest B Beal Private Michal T Bracken Private William Canton Private Davidson Private James Forkan Private Mike Grba Private Samuel Harrwis and others are recorded with ranks and units.
A quiet Christmas Day in Anaconda drew large church turnouts for nine masses at St Pauls and St Peters. Protestants held morning and evening services, with Sunday schools and a Christmas tree festival. Funds were raised for Armenian and Syrian relief as crowds enjoyed Gregson Springs and theater offerings. Rail travel was heavy and intercity movement surged with many visiting Butte relatives and western travelers seeking holiday shows.
A long time skater secured a cair of steel runners and joined younger skaters. At the Montana hotel dining rooms managers arranged special menus and a bright sunbeam through efforts of the union boosted morale in several places. The report notes admirable progress and comfort provided to many by these efforts.
The Camp Lew team from Taconia Wash defeated the Olympic Club in San Francisco this afternoon by 27 to 6 in a one sided football game. The report includes garbled lines about a garden party and wounded individuals not clearly connected to the game.
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