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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 21, 1916
Page
7
Readable OCR fragment notes clocks marble and brass fittings with prices around five dollars and twenty cents, ten cents, and similar amounts. Mentions visibility of a strike and design elements. Entities include dollars and brass materials.
Catalog note lists bouillon spoons at 1.85 dollars and sets at 4.00 dollars with oyster forks and a pie knife included for child use wet care.
Billings visitors like F Batley and Ohm O’Connell arrive while Hel ena and Missoula guests stay at Finlen and Bennett hotels. Towns such as Rowan, Deer Lodge, Helena, Great Falls, and Bozeman are represented. Cars, shipments, and local merchants advertise, with Olive oil grocers and The February Ladies Home Journal promoted at P O news stand.
Boosters Club meets in city hall to finalize plans for January carnival. A special train from Butte is discussed with a possible band for the delegation. New lighting installation may be delayed. Masked ball on West Broadway eyed to avoid traffic disruption. Prizes include 2000 in cash and gold awards for the mask contest.
John Griffith, 65, collapsed dead at the foot of a group of men as he moved from the toby into the dining room of St James hotel last evening. Coroner Meade ruled death from heart failure. Griffith had been in good health recently and previously worked in the West Colusa mine and police department. Efforts to locate relatives in Idaho and Washington were noted.
Judge McClernan granted defendants motion for judgment on the pleadings in the case brought by William E. Thomas against Barbara Horst and others to quiet title to four mining claims near the county hospital. The ruling follows a Supreme Court interpretation that the action is barred after more than five years between patent issuance and suit.
County Clerk notices fix registration close date as February 18 and require all voters for the April 3 election to be registered by 5 pm February 15. New registrants or those changing addresses may register daily from 9 am to 3 pm at the county clerk’s office.
Two children who visited Edmund French aged seven and a veteran pioneer of Butte found his body in a cabin at 417 South Mor. He had been dead a day or two and lay on the bed. The body rests at Sherman Reed's undertaking rooms with no relatives located.
Trains arriving at Butte yesterday on the Short Line carried extra food in diners, with eating cars added to non diner trains. Superintendent F W Gentsch arranged extra supplies to guard against snow delays, but trains moved through Beaver Canyon on time and officials expect no further trouble. Ogden-bound trains eight hours late on Tuesday were on time.
Aleck McLean bodyguard to Mackie McDonald known as One Punch Aleck after a fatal fist blow, is to appear before Judge Whitty on an assault charge. Detective Van Orden says McLean beat Ered Fitzgerald during a confrontation leaving his face cut and battered. McLean pleaded not guilty and asked for 24 hours to prepare for trial.
A series of property transfers are recorded including James Sewell to Richard Wyatt and others for single dollars, several parcels in Floral Park and Daly additions, and estates including John Farrell to Tony Harris. Transactions involve Lots 18 and 20, Block 2 Floral Park. Lots 25 and 26, Block 17 Daly addition. and Estate sale confirmation for Hornet addition with a $2000 sum.
Thomas Hanley Bert Brooks and Bert Sinclair were jailed by Tudge Whitty after allegedly identifying as the attackers of John Byerly at a South Main street saloon. A second victim reported a $4 robbery. if linked, they face a state charge. Ernest Lea Casse fined $50 and Maggie Huffman $5 for vagrancy. Joan Linstom fined $10 for fighting with his landlady.
A Sunday meeting in Butte at Adath Israel temple aims to organize a fundraising drive for destitute European Jews affected by the war. Jewish businessmen have discussed methods, with Nick Spatter Joe Blaustein and Ed Rose leading the arrangements. The committee to solicit funds will be appointed and the campaign starts immediately. Jerry Buckley and Joan Lally posted bonds of 1090 dollars each to assure court appearances.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of our wife and sister. Gratitude for the many beautiful floral offerings. Signed John Weidenfeller and Jeremiah Haggerty.
A brief item notes an upcoming Sunday event and the Holland venue hosting a band performance tonight with popular ticket prices. It mentions Friday girls involved in a swap year and hints at a local entertainment lineup. The report emphasizes accessible pricing and local interest in the night’s entertainment.
Grammar school pupils prepare a 12 event ice meet at Holland rink under CV Munsey supervision. Teams from Blaine Franklin Sherrrow Emerson compete with junior high schools in a league that should finish next month. Events include 10 and 100 yard dashes, laps, relays, and mixed team relays for boys and girls.
Q A discussion notes a possible premium on a 01d 18577 piece but the answer is unclear. The exchange appears incomplete with partial quotation and missing specifics about issue, condition, or market terms.
Judge Bourquin will travel to Helena on Sunday for a 19 day session of the circuit court listing several criminal cases. Notable names include W. T. Poe and Earl Ri Howex, with a perjury charge involving an alleged home theft scheme. A Milwaukee train No 1s section carried a silk load to New York and a fish train was to be sidetracked in Chicago after Seattle departure. John McAuley and bine were remarried at Mary's Church with Mary Murphy among attendees. a wedding breakfast followed at Mrs M A Murphy's home.
In our hour of bereavement we thank those who stood by us through our loss of Ruth Dot Hopkins Spackman Our heartfelt appreciation is extended and we wish that others may find friends to lighten their way as we have had during this trial.
Dona ewara To any one proving we do not put in the best mainspring made for. $1. guaranteed. We make, repair and engrave all kinds of jewelry. Stones cut. Mayer Jewelry Co., 21 West Park.
Frank Hazelaker, exposition commissioner, urges Montana chambers and state to seize opportunity to draw East Coast investors. He notes recent Montana exhibits attracted attention and suggests creating a permanent Montana pavilion in San Diego to draw California visitors who missed the San Francisco show.
Memphis Tenn Jan 20 Federal Judge J McCall issues opinion stating intoxicating liquors shipped into Tennessee are subject to state law from arrival in Tennessee until they leave the state or are handed to interstate carriers for out of state shipment The ruling cites in transit selling restrictions and bars local brokers from certain actions while noting the case involved Havior firm seeking injunction against city officials to protect business.
Spokane, Wash. Jan 2 Alien D De Riiemer a wealthy hotel proprietor pleaded guilty in police court to illegally selling liquor and was sentenced to 10 days in jail and a $250 fine. He was the first Spokane man arrested under the new prohibition law after his $500 bond was ordered forfeited following a trial.
New York reports Rauus T. Lincoln, a confessed German secret service agent who escaped U S marshal, appeared at a newspaper office and submitted an article about his escape and future plans. Authorities have not yet located him. The Trattan government offers aid to reorganize the Serbian army, with about 50,000 Serbians in refuge at Corfu, following talks in Brindisi between Italian king and Serbian ministers.
Ror and Mrs Alvin Vance welcomed a child at South Arizona street on January 1 A Mrs Albert Gates and her Lewistown son visit the Thorn ton W R McLure and D McLure travelled to St. Paul A F Senneff from the Erie railroad attended Spokane last evening Frank Stapleton from Spokane represents Pacific Coast steamship lines Central Presbyterian choir plans a concert January 8 Mr and Mrs C H Wood visited from the capital Mrs B P Mack leaves for Los Angeles for winter D De Camp of Maho visits at the Cross man home Frank A Hazelbaker expositions commissioner arrives from Dillon A patient from the state tuberculosis asylum at Ga Tenn arrives yesterday Mr and Mrs W M Tuohy and Mr and Mrs B Barrett sail to San Francisco John R Grimith aged 66 dies body at Whites undertaking parlors funeral arrangements pending All relatives heard from
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