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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1921
Page
5
A south side committee asked the county commissioners to contract two culverts on the road to a camping ground near the Clark pumping station. The project aims to create a permanent campsite with running water rest house sewerage system trees and grass. Work begins with culverts and road improvements this season.
Butte residents and visitors are listed in a dense local page of notes noting movements, arrivals, and departures. Names include Mason Siston of Anaconda, Miss Mac Hester of Philipsburg, Pauline Van Walker of Dillon, and Mrs. G. Smith of San Francisco visiting Butte. Other items reference trips to Missoula, Helena, and Ogden, with university officials sending diplomas and local business visits noted, plus road construction plans from Jefferson Island to Harrison and possible Yellowstone trail routing changes.
Mrs Mary McFadden of Atherton Place escaped when a ceiling collapsed as a blaze consumed their two story Burlington street home last evening. Neighbors tried to reach the house with a garden hose but the fire quickly enveloped the building, destroying furniture and a new piano. The family, away at times, found shelter with friends that night as the total loss ran to several thousand dollars.
Butte brief notes that the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of Mountain View Methodist Episcopal church will meet at 2 20 o'clock Tuesday afternoon with Mrs. Ralph W Place of 601 North Excelsior Avenue. Members are reminded that the membership drive can be made more interesting by a little special effort.
The notable star Al Jolson comes to the Broadway Winter Garden for two nights only in Sinbad the Twenty third extravaganza. Jolson headlines a cast of nearly 100 with Harold Atteridge Siemund Romberg and J C Huffman contributing to this lavish production described as oriental opulence and pure extravaganza.
Mrs J H OMeara of Los Angeles visiting In Buite was delightfully entertained at a jolly party hosted by Mrs T A Walsh. The evening featured games, music, and a late luncheon with attendees including Mr and Mrs Joseph McGinley Mr and Mrs T W Grimes Mr and Mrs J W Dutty Mr and Mrs Charles W Eingarter John P Tobin Bris T A Walsh and her daughter.
Mr and Mrs Henry G Cummings Williamsburg welcome a son on June 1. Mr and Mrs William R Richards North Walkerville greet a son on June 2. Mr and Mrs Henry Mulholland 1724 Schley Street report a son born May 27. Mr and Mrs Patrick J Myer 3009 Locus Street announce a son on May 24. Mr and Mrs John Connors 414 Virginia Street celebrate a son on May 24. Mr and Mrs Frank Johnson 534 Hoison Street announce a son on May 28. Mr and Mrs Arthur Hawke 207 North Crystal Street report two daughters born May 26.
Members of I. C. B. lodge are urged to assemble at the K P hall Sunday at 2 p m June 5 to attend the funeral of their departed brother J E Oppenheimer Acting President A B Cohen and Secretary A Israel report two drunks, two of each sex, contributed $10 each to the city treasury yesterday with two by fines and two by forfeitures.
In Silver Bow county a district judge heard a custody dispute over a 6 year old from Mrs Ethyl M Watson and her former husband James Barry. Barry previously won custody in December 1919. The hearing followed the mother’s marriage to Roy L Watson and her taking the child from Seattle. The court granted the mother temporary custody with visitation rules and ordered the boy not to leave the city. Potential contempt by both parents was noted as the case proceeds before Judge Jackson.
The weekly sanitary report lists Bartlett's cafe and Spokane cafe as leaders with 100 percent. General ratings are typically lower than in prior months. Tow is noted at 72 percent. The text ends with a garbled phrase about a pope.
A chamber of commerce chess game between Mr Maury and Samuel Reeschewsky drew near when a disputed thirty fourth move was reached. Maury claimed a win with pawn to sue while Reeschewsky admitted some errors, and the record move list shows contested lines and potential mate sequences. The dispute over the accuracy of the moves drew interest from local chess enthusiasts as reprints and commentary circulated.
Clarks and the Golo-Pitts clash at Mines League gardens this afternoon in a pay game. Weather hopes run high for a full marching contest without rain interruptions. Cole-Pitts arrive after a Friday night win. proceeds from Sunday games go to players, split 60 40.
The chamber of commerce announces a Get-together and Home Industry Dinner to be held Monday June 13 at 6 30 pm in the Butte high school gym. Carl Nusler is named chairman and has enlisted many active members to help make it a major affair. Memorial services for Sees Woodmen of the World will be held Sunday June 5 at 8 pm in K of P hall. Neighbors and friends invited. AH Taylor Consul Commander M J Geiger Clerk.
The Montana State University team captured its sixteenth consecutive victory by beating Montana State College 6 to 4. Both sides tallied with timely hits as College collected six hits, University five. Battery for College was Rassley and Atterbury, for University Higbee and Spiller.
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