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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1920
Page
8
The funeral of Francis Woods aged 53 is set for tomorrow morning at 9 o'clock from the family residence 503 North Wyoming. Proceeding to St Marys church for Mass, followed by interment at Holy Cross cemetery. Undertakers note the arrangements.
The obituary notices recount Payton relatives with James Payton at 34 Base Summit Street and Emma Marie Glenn with infant son, funeral plans set for Saturday at 31 East Summit Street and Holy Cross cemetery. Gratitude expresses thanks to friends and community for sympathy and floral offerings. Family requests prayers.
Peter Leybold aged years died yesterday at a local box parlor. The notice notes a Mason parish service and membership in Butte Lodge No. 2 A E and U. M. S. with connections to Pater Tage and Xoo. 1. O.F.
The body of Tate Bonino will be removed from theodge this evening for interment. The funeral will be held at the residence tomorrow morning at 10 o clock, then proceed to Sacred Heart church for a solemn high mass. Interment follows at St Patrick's cemetery in the Colombo society plot.
The remains of the late George Brizich are listed in a Daly-Shea funeral notice. Further details and dates are expected in later papers as the family plans services and arrangements.
The Montana Fire Insurance Co plans to abandon fire insurance and reorganize as a mortgage loan company. Esselstyn cites high loss ratios, expansion into Washington, Idaho, and Northern Wyoming, and a large policyholder base as context for the move. Directors approved the transaction last week with stockholders to consider a formal plan.
Union officers and delegates from painters and carpenters expressed support for a wage conference with employers. A council meeting Thursday evening indicated backing for talks, with carpenters also endorsing the approach. A crafts committee may be formed next Wednesday to represent the trades if the employers' proposal is approved.
London reports from the British war office estimate Germany’s armed forces near 4 million men. The breakdown spans regular army about 400,000, land forces, regular navy 12,000, armed constabulary 40,490 to 50,000, temporary volunteers or reserves 130,000 to 200,000, and civic guards 300,000 to 400,000.
Bids are invited for the remains of the old Oregon building from the 1915 world's fair. Brigadier General Blatchford at the Presidio says the structure is too damaged to justify repair. Seven injured in a collision near Fort Worth when a Texas and Pacific freight and a passenger train collided at Aledo, 18 miles west.
The Under Secretary of State Polk said today he had no intention of resigning and rejected the idea he would repudiate his own statement. He did not elaborate on the context or any possible policy shifts.
The funeral of Lowell Macdonald son of Mr and Mrs Samex Av MacDonald will be held Friday at 2 PM at Brelock family residence 322 Washington Street proceeding to First Baptist centred. Rev ETA Cook will conduct services with interment at Mount. MONT. Edson C Baxter aged years died yesterday. Remains are Richards parlors. He was a member of Summit Valley Lodge Now Iceland under whose auspices the funeral will be held at a time to be announced in later papers.
In a strategic move the Home Fire and Marine Insurance Company of San Francisco purchases the Montana Fire Insurance Company agency plant across Montana Idaho Washington and Wyoming. The Montana firm reinsures all liabilities and unearned premiums, pays losses, and transfers agency operations to the California firm. The sale halts further exposure and positions the Home Fire Marine to assume existing contracts and agency relations.
A U S sugar qualification board extension to 1920 was announced at the White House with the president's signature affixed before midnight. A separate item reports Nels Peterson, a street conductor, robbed of $20 late last night on the main line car, as a bandit vanished.
In Aberdeen Washington the city council drafts an ordinance to tax pool halls and gambling dealers as part of revenue measures. Officials cite aging facilities and a stagnant river depth study as context for stricter local controls and revenue needs.
Milwaukee January 1 Gere trude Rudolph 48 and her daughter Celia 15 were killed when a Chicago and Northwestern train struck their buggy at the St Francis crossing. Joseph Rudolph and two sons Rob it 11 and Clarence 9 were seriously injured, another daughter Gertrude escaped after leaving the buggy to ride a street car and witnessed the accident.
Dec 31 MEA reports that the Mexican congress adjourned sine die. In the senate government adherents secured a majority on the permanent legislative commission and on the body responsible for installing members of the next congress, which will convene Sept. 1, 1920.
May Fitzhugh of New York, an actress, was killed in an automobile dent in Philadelphia early today. She was catapulted through a windshield after striking a bridge and fell 60 feet.
Chicago January 1 hog receipts reach about 10 000 with prices weak to moderate. Heavy packing hogs and sows show $13 75 to $14.35. Feeder hogs around $11 to $12. Sheep receipts around 14 000 with prices about $8 to $15 for various weights. Buffalo meat trade noted at Metropolitan Market on East Park Street.
An advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound as a quick relief for cold symptoms. It claims doses every two hours break up colds, stop nose running, ease headache and feverishness, with no quinine and low cost at drug stores.
An old advertisement touts Hamiin's Wizard Oil as a safe antiseptic first aid treatment for minor wounds and a remedy for sprains bruises cuts burns and stings. It claims quick pain relief and healing and suggests purchasing from druggists for 30 cents with a money back guarantee. It also markets Wished Liver Pills for constipation headaches priced at 30 cents.
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