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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1924
Page
3
Jack Hervey of the Firestone Tire company will make headquarters in Butte as a funeral representative and Bud Maras serves as local agent. Under strong management the balloon tire business has grown, prompting Firestone to establish Butte as its headquarters.
Harry Randell was arrested Thursday by police on a nuisance charge in the 300 block South Main. In police court yesterday bonds of 150 were offered after he failed to appear. A few hours later Chief Murphy and Officers Larkin and Morrison detained him again on the same charge and he placed 150 bond. Police may query selling and time in.
Police report claims Itice Taylor filed information alleging John Duran and Jose Macorea, Mexicans, attempted robbery. Duran was shot by Taylor and seriously injured during the incident yesterday, prompting charges and continued investigation.
John Doe appeared in police court on a drunkenness charge after claiming a taxi took him to the wrong stop near the poles station. He said it was his first intoxication in 20 years. the taxi driver reportedly justified the stop. The court dismissed the case.
A pair of women, one in a long black coat, were seen midnight prowling on West Galena street. They loosened soil and took large geraniums from window boxes, confirming multiple nearby thefts and marking Butte’s first plant robbery reports.
In a Erie Railroad Magazine feature, Butte Montana is praised as the largest city between Minneapolis and Spokane and a leading business and railroad hub of the Northwest. A photo from the city hall tower accompanies a sketch of Butte’s development from a small mining camp to a 60,000 population center with widespread circulation in the eastern states.
A family of three traverses a long route from New York City toward Southern California on foot. They progress northward via the Madeow pass and plan to reach San Angelo while exchanging notes with passersby and noting local people they meet along the way.
Foreign exchange quotations from New York on July 11 show firm demand across currencies. Rates listed include Great Britain at 44.35 percent, France at 6.08 percent, and Germany near 4.26 percent per trillion, with other nations cited in brief.
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