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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1910
Page
17
An optician with unmatched skill provides free eye examinations and affordable glasses in a secluded optical parlor inside a store. They promise careful, interruption free attention, quick fitting due to complete equipment, and can duplicate broken lenses or fill any prescription.
Community items note visits by Mr and Mrs D E Roarty of Armstead and Percy W Lander of Pittsburg in Butte for the holidays. A newborn son for Mr and Mrs James C George at 1909 South Arizona street. Local figures Christmas at Pipestone Springs and Helena teacher Miss Gertrude Ryan visiting. Sheriff seeks thieves who slaughtered pigs south of Butte. no trace yet.
Victoria reports the 400 ton steamer St. Denis is lost after wreckage marked 8S. 8. St. Denis was found at Cape Scott on Vancouver Island. Tees wireless relayed the discovery two weeks after the vessel went overdue from Victoria to Los Angeles. All 25 crew members are presumed lost.
Joseph Berry janitor at the industrial school south of the city spent Christmas day in Butte and celebrated. He rode to the school in a taxi with a joyful jag, grew threatening, and Principal Jackson called the sheriff. Deputies Brown and Boyle brought him to town and jail, where he complained about stairs. His trunk and belongings were later stored in the sheriff’s office.
From Buship Persia on December 26 a British coastal force aboard the cruiser Hyacint clashed with Arabian gun runners along the southern Persian coast. Fourteen British were killed or wounded, and Arab losses were reported at forty.
Maxine Elliott champions her own theater and plays in The Inferior Sex. The article praises her self management, luxurious safe Broadway venue, and international ownership. Upcoming shows include Joshua Simpkins at the Broadway and Seven Days with strong financial success noted.
The Gaelic League adjourned its meeting until Friday night next due to the death of Jack Murphy’s father. A condolence committee was formed including Tom Tutty Father Crowley Katie Burke J. J. McCarthy Michael O Donoghue and J. J. Crowley to draft resolutions.
Commodore P. Vedder, once a prominent Republican figure, was buried today after a funeral at the Hotel Majestic where he resided for 15 years. The service followed his death on December 26 in New York.
In Massachusetts the Senate fight shapes the January session with Lodge the sole declared candidate. Rhode Island's General Assembly convenes January 3 under a Republican tilt to choose Aldrich's successor, with Judge Le Baron Colt and Henry F. Lippett as Republicans and Judge Arthur L. Brown as Democrat.
Hartford, Conn. when the general assembly convenes Jan. 4 the state will elect a Democratic governor Simeon E. Baldwin a former state supreme court justice while the senate and legislature lean Republican. The first two weeks focus on choosing a U. S. senator to replace Morgan G. Bulkeley with McLean challenging Bulkeley. Rumors point to Joseph Alsop as president pro tempore of the senate.
Wheeling West Virginia reports the legislature will reconvene in January with the House and Senate switched to a 40 vote Democratic majority on a joint ballot. The landslide reshapes the United States Senate contest long held by Republican Nathan B Scott amid four Democratic hopefuls including John T McGraw Clarence W Watson Lawrence Tiernay and Andrew Edminsten.
Lemoine Ohio December incident reports a Hocking Valley train striking a buggy. John Bartelshein, a wealthy farmer, was carried to Pemberville six miles away after being thrown from the engine. His wife riding with him was killed instantly. Bartelshein was found dazed, still grasping broken lines and a lap robe.
Denver reports the death of John T Odell a retired Chicago banker and former president of the American Bankers Association. He died at St Josephs Hospital where he underwent surgery a week earlier for stomach trouble. He was 58 years old.
John D. Young aged 78 former congressman from Kentucky Ninth district died in Mount Sterling Kentucky last night He was a lawyer and legislator with notable public service title and career details contained in the notice
In Montgomery County a Christmas dance at Craddock Willoughby's home ended in a brawl. One man, William Willoughby, was killed and his brother Craddock Willoughby, plus two other men, were fatally wounded or seriously injured. A posse went to the scene to prevent further bloodshed and arrest participants.
About 60 members gathered at the Masonic temple for the Knights Templars Christmas service. Eminent Commander Richard A. Hadwick led the observance with staff officers including Charles Bond, John Carroll, S. P. Wright, N. W. Hick, Frank Toole, W. Jamison, A. W. Knight, George Craven, W. Honey, and G. A. Chevigny.
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