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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1915
Page
9
Clergymen of Butte join with peers from other cities as Purity Sunday unfolds ahead of the ninth international purity congress in San Francisco. The weeklong session aims to curb trafficking in women, suppress public vice, and promote restraint in literature and attire to safeguard America's youth.
A Trinity Methodist Episcopal committee in Center Ville readies a large Sunday school outing at Wilder next Thursday. The program will feature sports for all classes, with several special streetcars departing Man and Center streets at 7 20 AM to reach Great Northern station for the Pelock train.
Jack Wesson and John Geary, each about ten years on the police force, have been assigned to plain clothes detail. Both have strong records as uniformed officers and are expected to maintain high performance in their new assignments.
Local hearing centers on McCormick who aided Groseman amid threats to kill Groseman’s son. McCormick admitted taking steps to disarm Groseman, who allegedly assaulted the boy, and faced questions of intent. Groseman’s account, plus testimony from neighbors, colored the verdict. The judge moved to detain McCormick in view of corroborated testimony and evidence presented by County Attorney Mane.
A bustling Empress vaudeville bill debuts this afternoon at the Sullivan Considine Empress theatre during the usual Saturday bargain matinee. The program features Lew Pistel and his barrett duo, Granville and Mack Italian street musicians, Dave Rafael’s ventriloquistic act On the Farm, Harrington and company, the Flying La Marrs sensational serialists, a janitor act, Empresscope news, and an 9 piece Empress orchestra. The show promises high quality and strong audience appeal as announced by advance notices.
An 1916 astrology column cites Jupiter, sun and Neptune in benefice aspect with Uranus adverse, predicting spiritual awakenings and a millennial end to Gentile era. It foresees changes in politics, commerce and international tension, plus warnings of airship troubles, earthquakes and royal reform in Britain.
Silver Bow County will have an exhibit at the state fair this fall to advertise the county’s mineral resources and rural products. TP B Snelson, secretary of the state fair, said stockmen faced financial losses due to disease quarantines but expect to showcase pure stock and marijuana. An annual auction sale will accompany the exhibit, drawing buyers from the Northwest, while stock races and automobile races are planned to boost attendance and set dirt track records.
F. Morris, representative from Hill County, visited the city on business yesterday. He touted the booming rural gas well and said efforts are underway to attract several industries to use the local natural gas energy, boosting the county seat.
This item notes the Mauretania set faster Atlantic records Queenstown to New York in 4 days 10 hours 41 minutes and New York to Queenstown in 4 days 13 hours 4 minutes, beating Lusitania which previously held 4 days 15 hours. It also references a 1882 Alaska time 6 days 18 hours 37 minutes and mentions track race timing around Thursday.
Mrs Margaret Thresher, owner of the Oxford rooming house at 202 South Main, alleges in a filing that Officer Daniel Twohig dragged Madge West from a disturbed scene, forced entry into private rooms, and abused her in a patrol car after a glass break and a loud altercation. The complaint describes bloodied premises and alleged liquor influence, with further details about the officer’s conduct and a request for action.
A woman alleges an officer allowed insult and abuse by a West woman after instructing a piri to lower a coat. The officer did not intervene and the woman was dismissed when no action was taken. She seeks Officer Twohlg's dismissal. A hearing is set for Tuesday night July 2 at 7 p.m. and Captain O'Brien's for Monday night at 8 p.m. England wind blows southwest 112 days yearly.
The Montana wool trade shows movement with shipments from the Big Hole Valley totaling about 200000 pounds bought by Edgentil of Hallowell Jones and Donald Boston at 28 28. Gray reports prices from 36 to 8 cents per pound and notes Alder Twin Bridges sales. A 2000 pound lot from Deer Lodge Valley was a small fraction of the regional clip. A complaint was filed against Charles McGarvey for robbery, former city detective, while Casey and Buster Brown faced police attention for unrelated incidents.
A lightning bolt near Laurel Deby struck a half-grown chicken and stripped it of feathers as cleanly as a newly laid egg, leaving the bird unharmed aside from the missing plumage.
Fragmentary notes describe German soldiers at Breslau during an evening, with uncertain timing and garbled wording. The text is too damaged to extract a clear event, date, or outcome for a concise summary.
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