Auction of seized goods nets $450 for school fund
Hundreds attended a basement courthouse sale of confiscated items from prohibition law raids. County Attorney Joe Jackson auctioned off ice chests mirrors cigars candy cash registers and furniture to raise about $450 largely for the school fund. Bags boxes and a trunk plus a Japanese vase drew modest bidding while glassware and bar fixtures sold at modest prices.
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Joe Jackson
McDaniel K
Jack Melia
Ary Squad
Jackson
Vox
Paris Style Inspired by Madrid For Evening Wear
Fashion note credits Madrid for the striking evening look worn by Spanish senoritas. Black satin trimmed with black tulle and black pearls defines the ensemble.
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Paris
Madrid
Recreation room planned by National Catholic War Council in Butte
J. J. Manley, special representative, arrives in Butte to establish a recreation room for the National Catholic War Council. A reading room with leading periodicals will open to the public in about a week with plans for entertainments and lectures on good government and history. A piano and phonograph will provide music.
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J. J. Manley
National Catholic War Council
Butte
Pacite
Butte Citizens Praise People Met By Group Visit
Residents praised a visiting group describing them as representative of Butte and expressing affection for the city. Plans mention a new station room to be built across from the Empress theater, second door from the corner of Broadway and Dakota Street.
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Butte
Ation
Empress Theater
Broadway
Dakota Sreet
Birth Records Move Toward Uniformity Nationwide
State health boards and city health departments adopt standardized birth blanks emphasizing place of birth and legitimacy of the child. The new forms double check vital facts to meet federal statistical requirements that at least 90 percent of births be recorded, with the Butterfly average reportedly well above the target.
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State Health Board Oy
City Health Department
Citizens to choose pavement by ballot in southwest district
Mayor Stodden says property owners in the large southwest Improvement District should vote on pavement type. A meeting or other method could carry out the plan with time to develop a system if the district is recreated. Officials work to restore notices and broaden district choice for residents.
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Big Southwest
Stodden
Government offers six thousand salaries ten candidates
The United States civil service commission schedules special examinations for aspiring civil servants on August 12 19 and 20 in the federal building. Positions include agricultural economist in land economics with a 3000 to 6000 salary range, plus several other graded clerical and technical posts with varied pay scales and exam dates.
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United States Civil Service Commission
Civil Service
Transport School
Farmer complains booze was stolen in raid
Jackson Minnesota July 17 Pra L West a wealthy farmer reports two automobiles raided his home while he was away and plundered his cellar of 150 cases of liquor valued at 6000 dollars West has offered rewards for the arrest of the thieves and the return of what is left of his property
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Jackson, Minn
Pra L.” West
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