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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1925
Page
5
An old newspaper advertisement from Smith Grocery Co at 349 South Main lists numerous groceries with prices. Items include Del Monte products, baking goods, nuts, fruits, sugars, coffee, soaps, and household staples, with quantities and unit prices.
A long list of visitors and guests in Butte is reported, with many staying at the Acoma and Finlen hotels. Names include G. S. Wheat, R. Whitson, J. Flaherty, C. S. Miles, Olaf Sandine, Willam Lombardt, V. E. Milhome, Phil Butler, Edith Bristim, William L. Irvine, Mrs. KR. G. Seymour, Joyce Allen, M. McKeever, Myrtle Dullenty, JH. Phillips, Emmett Douglase, Miss Ruth Affierbach, George E. Snell, and Dr. Thomes Atherstone among others. Visitors come from Virginia City, Livingston, Boulder, Clancy, Philipsburg, Lima, Helena, Bozeman, Warm Springs, Dillon, Billings, Great Falls, and Whitehall, staying at the Butte hotels during brief visits or on business and social calls.
Raymond Hanratty a Butte taxi driver remained in critical condition with a base skull fracture after the Friday crash on the Butte Anaconda road that killed Warrington Richards an Anaconda undertaker and Sam Hornbeck another taxi operator. Physicians said he had an even chance for recovery aided by his strong health while Maurice Lynch who escaped with minor injuries showed marked improvement. Richards body lay in state as friends visited the Richards chapel and Hornbeck’s body awaited burial at the White funeral parlor. Services for Richards are set for tomorrow at 2 pm at the Masanic temple with cremation to follow in Portland Oregon Tuesday evening. Hornbeck’s funeral is slated for Tuesday afternoon at the unite chapel after the arrival of his mother from Tacoma.
A large crowd gathered at the Jutte Forum to hear Burns songs and Scottish honors for the poet on his birthday. Dan Calder served as chairman, J B Frame offered a Burns talk with humor, violinist Hyslop and pianists Leipheimer Hopkine Colling performed, Rosemary Burns danced, and the audience demanded more songs. The forum announced a future free Day program inviting local hobby tales.
The final Broadway bill in Butte features Florence Vidor in a feature, Sinclair and the xylomaniacs, Bel Bint and Gravine, Kingston and Boner, Dunlay and fill, and The Three Jacks and a Queen. A varied program closes tonight with songs, dances, and acts of merit.
Revival meetings begin at Silver Bow Park Methodist Church as part of a 100 days evangelistic effort. Rev Charles Rhodes preaches on The Ministry of Reconciliation from II Corinthians, stressing God in Christ reconciling the world and the atonement. Rev John Martin leads nightly services at 7 30 throughout the week.
The Women’s Commercial Club hosts a dinner at 6:20 with a program on the hurdle to commercial success in Tutte. Mrs Marie Leipheimer leads costumed singers and musical entertainment, urging members to attend and discuss business conditions and development.
A clipping lists wholesale prices for groceries and goods from McCarthy Bryant & Co. Items include 100 Ibs sugar at 61.95, Idaho Gem potatoes at 25 bars Crystal White soap, fresh-laid creamery butter per pound, raisins in 26 pound boxes, pure lard, Ceylon tea, Selb coffee, canned fruit, prunes, apricots, peaches, black figs, and Lyons' Best flour among others, indicating a broad wholesale catalog and sale at low prices.
The Leadership Training School at Shortridge Memorial Christian church opens this afternoon with Rev. Willard M. Wickster as dean, Miss Mary Sheldrake, and RW Hutton among the faculty. Classes begin 3:30 PM, with periods covering elementary methods, adult department work, organization of the Young People, and general lectures. Attendance encouraged for those who can join any session.
A blotched report notes a four inch snowfall and fluctuating temperatures in the mining city. Cold morning low around 16 degrees rose to 27 during the day while wind and light snow persisted. Forecasters predicted a trend toward a one settled spell of moderate climate after yesterday’s snow, with January’s low around 12 degrees noted late night.
Sunor High outlines a Thursday program in the auditorium with Burns, McGrade, and Margaret O'Farrell presiding. The graduation includes class introduction and diploma presentations. A list of graduates and attendees follows, while Rabbi Bronstein will lecture tomorrow at the Y M C A on the Trilogy of Aeschylus as part of a Greek classics study series open to the public.
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