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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 07, 1928
Page
3
Butte officials prepare a snow cleaning program with a proposed 1500 dollar start and equipment purchases. Mike Walsh, commissioner of public works, will present a report to the city council detailing an automatic loader and compressed air drills to aid street cleaning after heavy storms.
The Butte Deaconess hospital board, meeting with Bishop H. Lester Smith, discussed a possible new hospital building in 1928 or early 1929 or a major addition. They will first raise the existing debt and then plan reconstruction or a new facility with Bishop Smith’s support. The Rev. A Muirden leads expansion efforts. Rev. Jesse Bunch joined the visit. Bishop Smith proceeds to Pocatello for church inspections and dedications.
The Broadway theater debuts a strong program including Association vaudeville numbers, Slade Taylor with Lobster alad, Joe Riley and the California Sunkist Syncopators led by harpist Riley, Jerry O Meara in Here We Are, Aarie Correlli and company, the Girl o Dreams segment, European weightlifter Marie, Holden and King in Just a Boob, and Arnold Warnelle’s Novelty on Rollers.
The Parkway offers four days of vaudeville with Pan ages acts plus collegiate band and comedy routines. Acts include the Jolly Four with dance and song, Speatz and Williams in Pui ng It Over, Sandy Shaw from Scotland, and Little im in action with the bear number. Lionel Barrymore leads the hotplay Children of the Whirlwind.
Under advisement the court issued a decision in the case of John Schultz for failure to provide for his minor children. Justice J J McNamara announced the ruling yesterday.
A knowledge box quiz asks who is head of a certain institution, which university had a president father, and other facts. It notes the 1800 birth of the thirteenth president, 1822 African republic origins, the cotton gin inventor, Norway's seas called arms, and the Bible verse about born of flesh and spirit. Answers are on Page 4.
Vera Reynolds presents The Main Event at the American tomorrow with 458 total knockouts credited to fighters in the cast. Noted boxers such as Bud Taylor Mushy Callahan Ace Hudkins Joe Ritchie and others appear. The film centers on a cafe entertainer torn between a champion and the challenger in a boxing romance. Rin Tin Tin stars in The Hero of the Snow Country for his final showing tonight.
Kenneth B. Frazer transferred from Great Falls to Butte to serve as chief accountant and chief assistant to A. D. Cole in the Anaconda company offices. J. W. Keenan named chief clerk in Great Falls. Frazer, a former Butte man, has ten years in the Great Falls office and began his new duties January 2.
Rialto patrons are asked not to reveal the ending of The Gorilla, the Ralph Spence mystery comedy, to preserve suspense through today and the next three days. Producer Edward Small and director Alfred Santell kept the twist secret, even from key actors, with multiple daily showings at 11 am, 12 42 pm, 2 34 pm, 4 18 pm, 6 01 pm, 7 55 pm and 9 48 pm.
The advertisement claims thousands of mothers nationwide rely on Father Johns Medicine to keep children well and strong. It asserts the product is pure, alcohol free, free from dangerous drugs, and effective for coughs colds and as a tonic and strength builder.
Tom Tyler stars in The Cherokee Kid an Ansonia Theater western drama of intrigue romance and daring feats. The story follows Bill Duncan returning to his boyhood country where the old feud resurfaces as a rancher is murdered and Duncan must clear himself and expose the culprit through a string of action packed episodes.
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