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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1919
Page
2
Kettle donations at main district corners netted close to 500 dollars, with a total that exceeded prior years. The funds will help cover Christmas dinners for 800 children and 200 dinner baskets costing over two dollars each, with figures to be released today from the army’s charity drive.
A. A. Kenworthy, a packer, and his five year old son Glenn died in a Seattle house fire. Firemen say the father likely perished trying to rescue the child while the parent was away shopping when the blaze began.
Mrs Nancy Muckley aged 86 died at 6 last night at her daughter Mrs W T Groom 503 West Galena after a paralysis stroke on Christmas Eve. She will be buried beside her husband in East Sparta near Canton Ohio. Funeral at 7 30 this evening conducted by Rev B H Ling enfelter Shortridge Memorial church. She left five sons and one daughter and was much regarded in the community.
A burglar surprised in an upstairs room in a Seattle hotel fled the scene. He grappled with occupants, then dived through a window and slid down a telephone pole to safety as police were notified.
In a sweeping political summary the article notes Labour demands a further warning to Britain over Russia and Germany plots. It reports on Alsace Lorraine tensions and Japan's plans for a larger navy. It also examines how Prohibition affects hospitals and the emerging role of wireless communication machines.
The American Legion reports a total of 6561 posts in the United States and abroad. Country totals include France England Canada each with 1 post and Alaska 4 Hawaii 5 Cuba 1 Panama 1 Mexico 1 and the Philippine Islands 1. State totals feature New York 777 Pennsylvania 497 Minnesota 364 Illinois 349 Iowa 345 Ohio 298 Massachusetts 238 New Jersey 224 Missouri 220 Indiana 2038.
Nebraska Supreme Court upholds a state law restricting foreign language instruction to ninth grade and above across public private parochial and denominational schools. The Evangelical Lutheran Synod and St Francis Catholic Church argued the measure infringes religious liberty and education rights.
Brig. Gen. William Ruffin Cox, 78, a high ranking Confederate officer, died in Richmond. He was reputed as the last Confederate officer to cease fighting at Appomattox Court House and prolonged combat after Lee's surrender. Postwar he entered North Carolina politics, serving in Congress and as secretary of the United States Senate under multiple administrations.
General Pershing will spend three days in January visiting Seattle Camp Lewis Tacoma and fortifications around Puget Sound. Brig. Gen. Foote Hodges reports the trip and a welcome program is being organized by Mayor C. B. Fitzgerald.
Seattle on December 26. William Stokes laundry engineer died from injuries after being struck by a car while returning home with Christmas gifts. The collision occurred soon after he received a $1,000 life insurance policy from his employers. Driver was Miss Marie Guthrie, a clerk, who operated the automobile.
Spokane physicians report five cases of sleeping sickness in Spokane. A Newport, Washington death from the same disease was recorded yesterday. One patient has reportedly been asleep for three weeks.
Exaggerated advice promotes taking Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets in larger doses than prescribed to prevent grip like illness. The plan urges proactive use rather than waiting to feel sick.
In Los Angeles on December 26, counsel for Harry New presented depositions from Midwest acquaintances to support the defense that New murdered his fiancée Freda Lesser was insane.
In Boston on December 26 Agnes Jane McNevin received the Knight home its furnishings and funds valued around 250000 for years of faithful service to Mrs. Mary C. Knight.
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