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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
5
Dennis Bonner longtime Anaconda resident and charter member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians died after a brief illness in a local hospital. A native of County Donegal Ireland he had lived in Anaconda for 21 years and was 51 years old at death. He worked Thursday and entered the hospital last Saturday with severe congestion of the lungs.
Mr Bonner a native of County Donegal came to Anaconda and worked for years in Billings area. He was a member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and received the old watch for popularity. He held every office in the order here including president of the local division and county president. Last summer he was a candidate on the Democratic ticket for sheriff of Deer Lodge County. He died after physicians fought to save him. unmarried, he had lived with Dennis Shoviin's family at 404 East Commercial Avenue. Surviving a cousin James I of Anaconda.
The Rotary club discussed joint action with the Parent Teachers Association to shield youth from harmful influences. A police matron is proposed to enforce the curfew after 9 pm and theaters on Saturdays would show child friendly films. Committees were named to coordinate with city authorities.
Local notices list dances, meetings, sales, job ads, and visitors in Anaconda. Mentions include W. O. W. and St. Jean Baptiste gatherings, a high variety of merchants, hotel ads, hospital news, and incoming travelers such as Charles Martin and F. E. Thurtle visiting from Fort Benton and Butte.
Gasoline supply in the United States this year is estimated as a stream six feet wide and a foot deep moving at a mile per hour. A. O. H. hall hosts a special meeting for Mill and Smelter Men Thursday evening Jan. 11 at 7 o clock. T. F. Riley is president and R. J. Mitchell secretary. Also noted is a Brownfeld Canty sewing machine offer at 308 East Park Ave with $5 down and $6 a month as a pre inventory clearance sale at MacRae's, open 9 a.m.
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