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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1916
Page
9
The principal branch office of the Standard 2 at East Broadway, Butte, Telex phones: Business department 22, editorial department 23. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Butte items list visitors and residents from Dillon Helena Boulder Great Falls and Seattle with short notes on where they came from and what they did. Local society events include church meetings licenses and business notes and a hospital injury report.
The rapid rise in Butte's population driven by mining sparks a jobs surge. Major mines like Anaconda and Butte & Superior employ thousands, with firms such as North Butte and Clark properties adding hundreds more. By January over 1,060 new workers were planned, and Moonlight and Never Sweat mines expect ~7 percent increases this month. Thousands more rustle for work as spring approaches amid inbound workers.
W D Outman received a telegram from James P Brunton in charge of the well drifting of Greybull Montana company saying the well was shot at 9 45 yesterday morning with very successful results. The Auld was thrown 100 feet over the derrick and pressure forced through six inches of wooden plus the casing top. Tom Smith head driller says the well will be one of the best in Mead addition. It will be cleaned out today and hooked onto the refinery pipeline tomorrow. A second drilling site has been selected and work will begin there within two to three days. Tutte stockholders were greatly pleased with the showing, placing the company into the producing class.
Notice invites members, spouses, and guests to a social and officers installation on January 6 at Scandia Hall. Social committee urges attendance to welcome new officers and celebrate community bonds.
The Rev Roy Early pastor of the South Side Methodist Episcopal church will deliver the principal address tomorrow evening at the Concord Center, focusing on harmony and the benefits of peace and concord in daily life.
Butte Concord center presents an event in Napton hall featuring Tutte high school Orchestra under Prof Hugo Giduz, piano solo by Danielson, dramatic reading by Mise Helen Little, and a vocal solo by Mrs Arthur Merkle. Public welcome at specified hour.
At the week of prayer session in First Baptist church the Rev Lawrence Wilson was the principal speaker. He shared experiences from a Europe trip and discussed Sons and Their Rulers. The theme tonight is The Universal Church the One Body of Which Christ is Head led by Rev Charles H Chapman. Meetings begin at 7 45 and last one hour with broad public invitation.
Detectives sought Eric Lantala wanted for stabbing Guo Hill at a Finn saloon on East Park Street. Officers forced entry to his room on Fast Broadway where Lantala lay in bed with a weapon in hand and did not resist. Hill’s wound not serious. Bartender Charles Saari jailed on disorderly house charge with zero bond. The stabbing reportedly followed a saloon argument.
Boise correspondent Frank Carter reports at Butte that New Year revelers in Idaho were restrained by liquor laws with many choosing grape juice or ginger ale. Farmers bury Yanor as drought roughs ground digging. Nampa dry Boise wet. Dewey hotel near Horse flatlines due to travelers preferring wet towns. Also notes a pneumonia surge in Butte with 124 deaths in December, 035 deaths for the year, split 718 male and 317 female.
Fragmentary lines mix names and places, hinting at scattered references to people, locales, and events. The text reads as a mosaic of terms like Meg, Gio, Gores, and Terra, with scattered fragments suggesting a travel or mythic collage without a coherent narrative.
Wealthy fruit merchant Lepino hides in Silver Tow County as police and deputies search Walkerville for him. G L Bruno and James Costa, wounded Monday at 213 West Park Street, are expected to survive. Costa rests at St James Hospital. Bruno's brain injury requires surgery to remove a lodged bullet.
McNamara aged 0 died yesterday at Miss Margaret Cardwell's residence after 15 years at 32 East Park Street. Funeral tomorrow at Sacred Heart Church at 9 39. Survived by mother sister brother in New York and nephew Albert Graham of Butte.
James Creighton aged 62, Irish native and longtime resident, died yesterday at 19 Duggan Avenue. Survived by two sons, John and James of Butte, three daughters Mrs Malcolm McLeod of Butte, Mrs Sarah Graham of Glenwood, and Mrs HP Han aid of Garnet. Meeting invited Wednesday night January 5 at Hibernia hall Centerville for officer installation and leap year ball.
Prologue lists characters and actors as Sir Johnston Forbes Robertson and his English company present in London lodging house scenes. The Broadway audience saw a farewell performance of Passing of the Third Floor Back with Laura Cowie in leading roles. Cowie, a four year student then, is noted for her rise from dance student to leading actress, with Forbes Robertson praised for his international reputation and sympathetic acting style.
George Durrer and Miss Catherine Lawrence were married at Mountain View Methodist parsonage with Rev. George D. Wolfe officiating. Official witnesses were Mr. and Mrs. L A Judd, plus a few relatives and intimate friends. The groom is a well known mining man and his bride admired for her fine character.
The notice lists multiple funeral announcements including M J Walsh of 18 Das fan avenue, and the late Mithset Moore with services at Camily Fesidences Agate street and Marys church, a Catholic sematony. Also the John ayer funeral at Shermer & Ree Tunerat chapel and Mount Moriah cemetery.
Funeral of Mate William Dumgan will be Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock at the family residence on Clear Grit Terrace, with high mass at St Mary’s Church and interment at Carwile cemetery. Funeral of pater Leonard will be Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at Fan's Undertaking Parlors, with mass at St Lawrence Church at 9:30.
The family of Andrews expresses gratitude for condolences and sympathy during illness, sickness, and burial of their wife, mother, and sister. They especially thank those who sent moral offerings and kind support. Nick Buskard and Family.
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