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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1914
Page
7
Butte notes list various residents and visitors with brief moves and travels. Entries mention Dr. Cash and Orton Bros pianos, liquor and clothing shops, residents departing to Chicago Minneapolis Spokane New York and Helena, plus local social visits, weddings, and church events.
R Leonard, 28, lodger at Dora block, was electrocuted while repairing wires in the High Ore mine drift. Body found by a motorman. burns on face, none on hands. Survivor details include wife, four sisters, two uncles, two aunts. Coroner’s inquest probable as investigation shows no clear cause.
A collection of short notices from Butte including births and marriages at local addresses. Ted Hayes and Dina Christian travel to Los Angeles and San Francisco while E M Reynolds arrives from Missoula. John H Case returns from California trip. A daughter born July 15 to Mr and Mrs A P Bird at 736 West Park. The Ladies Aid society meets at Mountain View church parlor this afternoon. Mrs Edward Hall hospital update reports steady progress after surgery at Murray's hospital.
An Irish case debates if tobacco is a drug or luxury in a national vision. The Dublin district medical officer recommended tobacco for a consumptive patient, offered to pay, but the Insurance committee billed tobacco as necessary for treatment. Officials argued tobacco is in the British Codex as nicotiana tabacum and prescribed by a registered practitioner. Meanwhile the patient died and the dispute's cost far exceeded the original tobacco tin.
William Ennis a West Indian claimant not to be a Negro was fined 100 for vagrancy and home disturbance aimed at a well known Butte citizen. Judge Booker voiced suspicion over letters between Ennis and the complainant’s wife. Ennis appeals. $200 cash bond set. Other locals: TR. J. Haule fined 10 for speeding on Utah Ave. Arnold, Brown, Jackson jailed on dope charges. Ward, hungry man, given 30 days suspended.
Q How many saloons are there in Butte A About 150.
An informal program with musical numbers speeches by Fred M Kunz president and John H Rooney secretary and member recitations marked a Jolly evening at the Butte Bartenders union smoker held at headquarters on West Park street. The report notes mediators offer thoughtful rather than lavish views.
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