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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1927
Page
10
Federal court with a crowded docket will imprison about 90 bootleggers and moonshiners. Jailers in Silver How county report 46 prisoners yesterday with 40 more due to begin sentences. Punishments range from 20 days to several months. Relatives and friends visited with boxes and packages of food.
George Hancock widow of the famed Montana architect visits Butte via Northern Pacific. She notes his work on the Owsley block and Hazeman hotel, recalls his life in Butte, Fargo, and his death two years earlier near age 76. She expresses surprise at the town’s current appearance.
Authorities reported a two car collision in the city injuring one driver. A vehicle belonging to A N Coture was found with the tire and battery stolen in North Walkerville yesterday.
New York reports record bank clearings 3 percent above last year’s first week while business failures lag. Bond values climb to 15-year highs as rates ease after year’s turn. Freight car loadings rise and 1926 figure tops prior records with 63,086,664 cars hauled. Trade headlines cite steady steel output, auto plant shutdowns, and mixed signals from Mexico and Nicaragua affecting markets. Local retailers show strong holiday sales across textiles leather and packing sectors.
At Butte Broadway a versatile lineup showcases oriental novelty stunts, plate spinning, and hanging acts alongside comedy sketches by Wally and Courtney. The Life Saver skit, a singing numbers set, and Miss Ligon’s Vivaville paintings in real clothing headline a colorful program featuring Marie Prevost in a photoplay score titled Man Batt.
Fox Films presents Desert Valley at the Ansonia starring Buck Jones famed for top speed scenes. Vern Tantlinger notes Jones saddles bronchos swiftly, rides Wild lines, and handles rough terrain in Red Rock and Jaw Bone canyons of the Mojave as part of the western romance now screening.
A man was beaten at the Wickes mine bunk house and brought to Murray hospital for treatment of cuts and bruises on the head. Attendants said Falk was beaten but the injuries are not serious and undersheriff McLeod was informed.
Helen Campbell an 11 year old California child evangelist opened a two week revival at Rosemont hall in Butte drawing about 160 listeners. She says she felt called by God in 1924 and preaches without formal training, claiming the message comes from the Lord and that she prays for guidance before sermons. Her tale includes early family hardship and alleged kidnapping, while her uncle and grandmother accompany her on tours. Baseball in France grows with six Paris clubs in the 1926 season and four more joining the Paris league.
A Rialto charity event hosted by Billy Sullivan entertained Butte’s crippled children with a matinee of Mary Pickford in Sparrows. Alex Loiselle supplied taxis, attendants helped, and Dr Savage with the crippled children auxiliary assisted. More theater parties for the children are planned.
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