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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1916
Page
8
City health officials found two young women known as Jane and Olga in frail condition amid morphine use. Jane weighed 63 pounds and faced possible death. Olga, once returned from the state asylum, again succumbed to the drug habit.
Delegation of Montana commandery from Butte led by Grand Commander Stephen P. Wright and past leaders returned from Deer Lodge after guiding seven candidates into the order. They praised the work and the warm reception given by Deer Lodge brethren. A banquet was held at the Deer Lodge hotel with a late lunch served after the sessions.
Tonight at o clock a mass meeting of German citizens of Butte will be held at the Auditorium. Julius Moersch of St Paul will speak on duties toward the land of adoption and helping new countrymen become citizens. Other speakers include Carl Schwarz and several clergy members.
Bert Krulac, 60, a section hand, entered a high power tunnel near Three Forks to investigate sputtering electricity. He was shocked, transported by ambulance, and after hours of effort was reportedly out of danger. The text also references candidates for Pearce County.
James Murphy, a miner, argued with a man then swung and punched a fist through a glass pane at the Mullin residence in Center. An artery in his wrist was severed, and he received treatment at St. James Hospital.
The Meaderville postoffice closed six weeks is reopened yesterday with G. Camillo in charge. Walter Richno, the former postmaster, resigned. The new postoffice is at 10 Copper street. Statistics show that unmarried men as law breakers outnumber married men two to one.
In Butte, four men were arrested after a dirt dump halted streetcar service on Harrison avenue. W. J. Walsh, a prominent Democrat, along with Mike Brown TR Matthews and John Connolly faced charges. Walsh bonded later. Police were assigned to keep cars moving as the city council had ordered track removal to the center of the avenue, a process delayed by funding and work constraints.
At a quarterly conference the St George's Methodist Episcopal church votes to change its name to Silver Bow Park Methodist Episcopal. The board of stewards for the year includes ladies Daly Tresidder Smith Baxter Adams and Mae Will Help. Mayor Lane urged action in the case of Mrs Anna Ackerman who cannot access a $1000 Canadian Postal savings deposit without proving friendly intentions to Britain. John Witherspoon of New Jersey is noted among the 66 signers of the Declaration of Independence.
The state board of pardons will hear A. Stub Williams in Helena today. Williams, jailed six months in Silver Bow for running a gambling game in Butte, seeks a pardon after a denied new trial by the supreme court. He faces over a year more if his fine remains unpaid. Williams is a Rambling Hall figure, with friends active in the pardon drive. He plans a trip after Glacier National Park, visiting Yosemite, San Diego Exposition, Rocky Mountain National Park, and Southwest resorts.
New York traveler W Jennings Ormonde and his wife visit Butte on a grand tour. Ormonde, who carries go scrip to Europe, praises the city's scenic charm the copper mines and the bustle of Western life. He says Butte embodies the West's epitome for eastern visitors and plans further exploration.
Unity Methodist Episcopal Church in Meaderville will reopen tonight after repairs and pews replacement. Special speakers include George D Wolfe and Reverend Lawrence A Wilson. Rev John G Ross of Centerville’s Trinity Church will preside. Supper served from 5 and other features will be on the program.
Lester R Polglase and Hazel Madigan were married at St Patrick's Church yesterday morning. Attendants were Tom Colton and Hazel Madigan a sister of the bride. The couple honeymoon in Spokane and will reside in Butte. Polglase is a clerk at the Finten hotel in Georgetown.
Builders and contractors in Butte plan flats hotels and homes to ease rent pressure. About $100000 in new construction is approved in two weeks as permits. A $19000 hotel at 42 West Galena by M D O Conn. Madison school project valued 22900. a $9000 flat at 806 West Granite by Kraemer and Hellbronner.
The regular meeting of the Anns A Walker W C T U will be held Friday evening at 1 30 at the president Mrs W E Currah 99 East Third Street. Election of officers and appointment of delegates to the State convention at Great Falls October 10 13.
The case against Paul Smith was dismissed by Judge Buckley after the complaining witness failed to appear in court. Fred Myers had alleged grand larceny.
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