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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1916
Page
9
A Scoutmaster leads a Boy Scouts lecture on open fire building with safety tips. The list emphasizes avoiding hazards from riding trains and streetcars to handling knives and electric wires, plus memorizing emergency numbers and promoting safety habits.
Delegates to the national convention in Washington are named and eight directorships on the chamber board will be voted on at the January meeting. A committee was named to investigate smoke eliminations and patent smokeburners, with results due at the next meeting. Names include JH Rowe J A Poore B A Virown John D Ryan and Herman Blank.
Butte residents endured frigid weather with radiators and fireplaces in heavy use as temperatures dipped toward 15 below. No relief is promised with a continued cold spell and a forecast of fair conditions in town but possible snow in eastern areas. Jack Frost played pranks, frostbite and frozen pipes caused minor inconveniences at homes.
The annual banquet of the new boys will be held tomorrow night. Today all the newsboys are paying their dues. W. A. Clark the third will host the paper boys. He breaks his own window after admitting he broke a window at home. St John H Poley was released from a disturbance charge after arraignment in police court yesterday.
Funeral services for Rev W J Groom were held at Memorial Christian church with a large gathering. The service was led by Rev Walter M Jordan and included pastors Rev George D Wolfe, Rev E J Groeneveld and others from the Butte area. Close friend Lee Hayes spoke, and pallbearers named Dr Hammond, Levi Wild, Lee Hayes, Mr Spencer, Mrs Fiten and Mr Ryan.
The Reading notes Venus helps early, Uranus brings risk of impulsive acts and errors through deception. It forecasts women’s extraordinary potential in the new year and possible leadership roles, with travel, relocations, and electric reliability increasing. Caution urged in major actions due to Uranus. stomach issues may rise.
Fragmentary astrology note suggests travel luck and business prosperity. Mentions youth, romance, Capricorn traits, and restless desire. Read as a period card warning of change and shifting fortunes.
Eyewitness accounts of five shots or a single shot at Park and Police diverged as police investigated the Don Buckley shooting. Coroner Lame attended and an inquest will be held. Prime to testify to county attorney. Included are unrelated notices and local obituaries.
An advertisement extols San a canacho as a purine rich food used by Mor Indians for generations. It claims vitalizing effects on blood and digestion, appetite stimulation, and quick energy. It lists price as 8 large bottles or 5 for 5, with mail order from Newbro Drag ompan Butte.
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