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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1924
Page
5
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Butte notes list numerous visitors and locals from Great Falls Helena Dillon and Missoula staying in hotels such as the Arizona Thornton and New Finen while conducting business in town. Several register as guests and plan brief stays. A note highlights a cruise plane project from an Associated Press report aiming to cross the Atlantic.
Police pressed for a final identification after dental expert Dr. T. B. Anderson indicated the skull matches work he did for Mrs. Ernest LaCasse in Butte four years ago. If confirmed, investigators expect to charge C. C. Skidmore, a Colorado inmate, with the murder. Skidmore’s possession of LaCasse belongings bolsters the link as detectives pursue a three year-old case.
Butte bakers on strike expressed willingness to return to work under the old agreement. George Martin, secretary of the Associated Bakers, said union members agreed to resume. Master bakers planned a later statement and a conference was sought, with a meeting set for Monday between employers’ committee and union members.
E F Fitzgerald of Butte praised Alberta's liquor controls after attending a Shrine ceremony in Calgary. He noted beer sold only in designated places until 10 pm and not in Dublin eating houses. About 250 Montana Shriners traveled to Calgary aboard a charter train from Algeria temple Helena.
The People's Community church schedules an annual outing at Brown's Gulch next Sunday in July. A combined Sunday school and church service will be held under trees with a brief sermon. Transportation will be provided for those without cars, and residents with spare seats are asked to call Professor Bowersox at 8242-3. Autos depart the church at 9 and 9:30. Ice cream is to be served.
Miss Mary Hartzell twenty died at St James hospital after a car rear ended a city flushing truck on Montana Street. Driver Michael Monahan of the Ford coupe suffered facial injuries and a compound elbow fracture as he recovered from shock. Coroner John Murphy viewed the body at Harkins undertaking establishment.
Merchants in Butte announced a shift to Monday half days after a rejected plan for a Wednesday half holiday. Clerks had favored Saturday afternoons, but the new plan sets openings at 1 PM on Mondays.
Through the Hamilton Chamber of Commerce residents of Butte and Anaconda were invited to the July 2010 official opening of Skalkano Highway. Fran Venable, secretary of the Chamber, announced a special Hamilton program and urged all Butte residents to attend the grand evening event coordinated by the committee.
A small fire broke out around 9 30 last night in a vacant building owned by Sire 1 sulivanac at 244 Anaconda Fond. Neighbors suspect a lighted cigarette dropped inside, the structure once a saloon and unoccupied for years. The Quarts aired the department and the alarm was given though the building lay outside the city limits. Firefighters extinguished the blaze with hand chemicals. The origin remains uncertain with unclear references to a person in Nor w and a home of a daughter.
Bix alleged bootleggers yesterday forfeited 150 each to launch the city 900 at the session. Names listed include Curran East Park Jimmith Frank Anderson South Brown California Lily Gisbe Randall South Montana Sekulich struck Bob Geeleh with an axe injuring his hand plus Pai allegedly smashed a fence and was dismissed by Judge Shea. District court notes mention an affidavit of disqualification against Judge Miller Livingss jon. letters of administration granted to Sophia Bone in the estate of John Dunstan.
Hennessy’s silk buyer, FJ Cromn Merenanai Son, and buyer for silks and dress goods for the Hennessy company, departed yesterday for New York and other eastern cities to select a full line of silks for the fall trade. He will be away several weeks.
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