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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1916
Page
5
The principal breach offee is at 8 East Broadway Butte. Tele phones Business Department 2 es torial department 23. Advertising rates furnished on application.
A sale circular touts sterling silver ware with pieces such as a sB-piece set in a hard-wood case, a seven-piece almond set in a leatherette case, an eight-piece nut set in silk, and a collection of old pieces including gravy ladles and servers. Regular prices range up to 450, with sale prices noted for several items. The listing emphasizes limited pricing for Monday.
Mrs. Archie McDougall of South Idaho Street learns her husband has returned from fighting in Burma and India after 15 Butte men mined a 949 foot tunnel. He had been stationed in Manty Burma where mines of lead zinc and copper were found. Censorship hid letters about revolutions and dangerous seas. McDougall traveled via Port Said Liverpool and Scotland before reaching Kangoo. Mines in India yielded lead silver zinc and copper with high impurities. He survived submarines and practiced lifeboat drills during the dangerous voyage.
Butte hosts a steady stream of visitors and residents visiting from Helena Three Forks Bozeman Deer Lodge and Billings with arrivals at inns and social sites. Notables include Otto Jensen from Anaconda Pete Miller from Malta A J Needham from Livingston and J E Marge returning to Dillon. Food and stationery offers noted at local shops. community notices include a birth and a pneumonia update at Murray hospital.
Richard Thomas aged 64 died yesterday at his Centerville home after illness. He had lived there 12 years and recently returned from Waterloo. Survived by three daughters Mrs J M Trevithick Mrs William Martin and Mel Watkins Fisher and two sons John and George. He was a member of Peace and Harmony lodge Sons of St. George.
Mrother Dins by Chrnwalt Mra reports the death of her brother Tate Gregor aged 28 in Redruth Cornwall England. He had traveled extensively before his death. The notice references a pursuing legal issue and mentions a business selling jewelry with Mayer Jewel at 21 West Park.
Candlemas, the sixth century feast of the purification of the Virgin, will be observed at the Catholic urn with special masses and candy blessings. Priests from other cities assisted at St. Patrick's and St. Lawrence's as missions depart for California. The Sacred Heart parish hosts a romance play Feb 1 2, while students rehearse at St. Joseph's parochial school plus a circulating library project. Clergy visits include Father Tracey, Crawley, Meade, Joyce. a solemn high mass honors the late D J Hennessy at St. Patrick's. Various parish societies plan meetings and fundraisers ahead of Feb 6 installation of new officers.
Richard Mansfield's stage hit comes to life on screen with Baron Chevrial dominating Rosa and Therese Beauchamp amid wealth and excess. The tale threads love, deception, and ruined fortunes as characters marry for status while the baron pursues the beautiful women he covets. The drama ends in a grand finale praised as unmatched in film. The piece notes the funeral of John R. Griffith at White's chapel and Mount Moriah cemetery.
Prohibition enforcement woes rise as shipments of beer and whiskey flow into the state. Fred B. Dunlap cites Washington and Montana links, with clubs searched and arrests under the act. Citizens invest in liquor despite the crackdown as express shipments grow amid the dry law era.
A Montana bound booklet details state land, Carey act process, and agricultural awards while a musicians union dispute prompts longer rest periods and possible job terminations. The American orchestra faces a wage and intermission standoff affecting six to seven players under Manager Frank Hailey with a legacy of strained relations over four years.
A reader signed IGNATZ from Butte laments dirty sidewalks and lax civic pride, arguing for reform to curb open saloons and vulgar humor. He notes the city’s ugliness harms beauty, urges cleaner business frontages, and condemns coarse stag banquets and insensitive jokes about brides.
East Sider complains about smoky air and streetcar headlights obscured by smoke. Letter urges health department action to purify the air as industrial growth increases pollution.
A resident reports repeated telephone access failures linking to a changed number two weeks prior. An operator denies notices while information later reveals the old number, highlighting service gaps. Also noted, 2240 pounds of apples yield 100 pounds of cider.
The Montana program gathers forty students from eleven states, New South Wales, Australia, and multiple national forests. The list includes guards, rangers, and foresters from Manti to Lewis and Clark and Missoula forests, with names and assignments across the United States and Australia.
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