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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1919
Page
5
A brief ad notes exchanging purchased diamonds for a more valuable stone at full purchase price, promising a higher value replacement during a trade. The fragment hints at a jeweler promoting a diamond upgrade option for holiday money.
Rent planes from Orton Bros and list your Buick order for Christmas delivery. Births: Alec Olsen's son born December 25 at 211 Floral boulevard. W J Lamberton's daughter born at St James hospital. A small fire in the Colonial block on St Park street was extinguished by the fire department after a short circuit in the elevator room caused damage.
A fragment notes Buick production shifts and timetable hints but lacks full details. The readable bits suggest changes to output or scheduling with references to plant operations and potential dates. Further context would clarify which models and locations are involved.
Improvement in the condition of Dr I B Freund, confined to his home with bronchitis, was reported last night. Because of his advanced age the disease is serious, but the doctor is not in crisis and at the present rate of progress should be able to leave his home in a week or 10 days.
New guests at Butte hotels yesterday were mainly from Montana cities and nearby towns. A half dozen traveling salesmen stayed over Christmas, with most not seen again until mid January. Notables include D. W. Ellis Clancy J. J. Hickey Helena H. Roberts Idaho A. G. Meula Ana Sonda Fred J. Buck for the state highway commission, plus David Selien Missoula Roscoe Townsend Great Falls Earl H. Fisk Galen and many others from Livingston Warm Springs Lewistown Billings and surrounding areas.
An inventor mounted an electric drill on a two wheeled cart to countersink rivet holes in steel plates, aiding shipbuilders by simplifying movement and operation of the drilling tool.
The Joshers club will complete distribution today after address errors and home absences left 25 of 535 families without boxes for Christmas meals. Volunteers made multiple trips, delivering meat vegetables fruit and candy, with many families grateful for the generous aid.
Holiday mail volume remained high despite a declared postal holiday as clerks worked across departments in Butte. Parcel post wagons moved steadily delivering Wednesday and early yesterday, while belated parcels and letters pressured staff. carriers paused for Christmas observances as crews cleared backlog. A cave rescue incident near Hartpovating affected sewer work, trapping workers and prompting further emergency response.
Cambridge reports on Professor Edward Everett Dale of the University of Oklahoma, a cowboy poet who left branding to study for a PhD at Harvard. The piece portrays his rugged background, scholarly turn, and a playful poem in which he imagines life as a Poet Lariat, balancing love and learning.
Legion unit in Napolis Indiana receives holiday messages while a terse note warns against overzealous or unfair acts that could hinder national betterment.
William Westerman, president of the Rotterdam bank, recently back from America, has launched a movement for international bankers at The Hague to settle problems. He told the Courant that high financial circle information in America suggests Europe cannot expect much financial aid. Official negotiations between Dutch and German representatives on extending credit to Germany with coal as security have begun at The Hague.
MURDER mystery in Mount Clemens Michigan remains unsolved after J Stanley Brown was found shot in his automobile. Authorities questioned several persons including children connected to Brown but yielded no useful information. Various theories about the motive are under active consideration tonight.
Attendance by women at English football matches has risen causing most professional clubs to withdraw the free or reduced admission concessions previously granted to women. The shift cuts the special policy as crowds grow and clubs seek steady revenue amid changing fan dynamics.
National government plans to acquire ranches north of Yellowstone Park to create a large hay farm for elk forage and winter feeding. Stephen T. Mather confirms discussions with forest officials but denies a 20 mile wide preserve. The plan aims to secure elk forage while opposing broader land withdrawals for wild game use.
Dan Sullivan of Elkhorn complains that an unknown person used his name after a fight with police in Butte on Wednesday night. Sullivan says he was Christmasing in town and that he has never had trouble with police, urging readers to note he did not participate and is not the man involved.
Berlin reports 48000 registered white slaves as Professor Fribos cites war related social diseases alarming the government has sent questionnaires to physicians for exact data and estimates annual fight costs at 3 500 001 000 marks. In Salem Oregon agitation for the death penalty grows with legislators proposing action as crime waves sweep the Northwest following two high profile murders.
The article depicts festive dinners at the Country and Silver Bow clubs with many reservations and a midnight luncheon. The Thornton hotel hosted a large course supper for about 200 guests while Leggat hotel offered a nine o clock start with cabaret features. Theaters were busy with Christmas programs, skating rinks were crowded, and a Friday carnival was planned at the Holland rink, as warm weather and good ice drew crowds and many motorists faced poor roads.
An INS dispatch reports that American citizens secured options from General Semenoff, head of the Buflat Cossacks, on rich Outer Mongolian territory. The legality is questioned as Semenoff, a Siberian, has no right to dispose of Mongolian lands and he has reportedly moved his headquarters and claimed the title Duke of Mongolia.
A general strike is planned for February by a triple alliance of railway men miners and transport workers. The primary demand is mine nationalization and government acquiescence is awaited. The government is taking steps to meet the strike.
N J The monarch of the swamps and the first open deer hunting season fell before a party of 14 Hammonton hunters led by Pete Ranere. A big 10 prong buck weighed 280 pounds and another eight prong buck pushed total weight over 500 pounds. Ranere says the group will hunt twice daily and already has them tagged in Weymouth swamp. Hundreds of hunters remain in the swamps, many from New York.
Antwerp reports that La Carillon details how Belgium uncovered part of the German squadron of torpedo boats and small craft sent from Antwerp to Holland before the armistice. A Belgian agent at a Dutch port aided a German sailor to embark for America, amid a curious sequence of events.
A German official told him that an as yet undiscoverable craft lay in Helvertsiuis stock and handed him a photograph sent to Brussels. A fresh demand for the missing art was made to Holland, and after a negative reply the photograph was produced. It is expected that the matter will now be settled.
Fire commission considers complaints that craps games attracted crowds in Ithaca fire houses. Commissioners summoned captains of the fire companies and ordered elimination of craps to curb the activity.
South of here the commonwealth attorney of Union county announced Millstead a pat rolled convict is alleged to have driven to death with Tear his weapon. Robert Morehead a Union County farmer who committed suicide on Dec 1 Morehead left a note saying he would rather die than have his family disgraced.
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