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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1920
Page
5
In Butte a legal fight tests whether the city may demand a cigarette license tax of 25 dollars a year, duplicating state and county levies. County Treasurer T Puckett says the city ordinance doubles taxation and should be illegal, while dealers face pressure to pay or risk closure.
Rent planes from Orton Bros Alhambra Hot Springs the resort beautiful twenty dollars a week Anne Lake View Mont and Miss Emma Culbertson of Halfway Papers from all over thousands of new popular priced books by £ 000 authors everything worth while in magazines and interesting Butte souvenirs at the P. O. News Stand Calkins art department has a large one of new attractive picture subjects and frames The value of Picture depends largely upon the frame Our complete and varied Stock of moldings and frames assures You of an original artistic frame
Butte high school alumni from the class of the 90s, now members of the High School Alumni Association, are honored guests at a dancing party this evening. Music will be provided by the entic Century ragadours. The organizing committee includes George Bourquin as chairman, with Mike J. Sheehan, Lawrence Kean La Londe,ence McMullin, Florence Keller, Luke Garvin, Ernest Dorais, Gladys Walsh and Dorothy Haas.
The Mountaineer annual for 1913-1920 appeared yesterday and the demand for copies already exceeds supply. A. A. Applegat, faculty adviser, and Harold Reynolds, editor-in-chief, receive special credit for the staff’s praised layout and arrangement. Horse racing in Great Britain provides employment for 23,000 people.
Postmaster Goodwin notes an unusual surge of applicants for clerk and carrier jobs at the Butte post office. Civil Service board secretary Williams will supervise examinations in the federal court room due to space limits, with salaries raised to 1400 dollars a year and an advance to 116.66 per month.
A military aerial training plane piloted by Corporal Rees toured the city for Army recruiting efforts. The low pass over Murray hospital caused nursing staff to seek cover on the roof yet the hospital was cleared with ample room. Corporal Judson and others coordinated to show local youth the aviation service and the city from the air.
A fragmented account recalls a visitor in Butte who requested a safe deposit service and described a tense barbershop encounter with a woman, a blunt whisper about leaving valuables, and an unspecified robbery in the city. The tale weaves in local oddities and a sense of risk during a short stay.
Judgment for 175.55 awarded over a disputed first premium on a 5000 policy. James Gilmore, age 30, died November 19 before marriage while applying to International Life Insurance Co. The insurer contends no contract existed and that premiums were not paid. The Butterell partner Gilmore died in the 1918 influenza epidemic. Petitions filed for local offices follow.
On the second anniversary of the Belleau Wood offensive the Marine Brigade plans winter return to prepare relief maps of battlefields where marines fought. Former adjutant Capt Charles led preliminary survey near Chateau Thierry sector with units detailing Bois Behrens displays and Vel's stations. Veterans from multiple battalions are assigned to the relief map duty at Quantico.
Dr William A McKeever head of Kansas child welfare praises Butte leaders for fostering a strong Boy Scout movement with healthy outdoor life. He plans to visit Boise, details his career, and notes his prize program to identify the best city for raising children.
In the district court Judge Lamb’s department the trial of a case paused as word reached the judge about his wife’s illness and an operation. The judge left earlier than planned and a second case he was to hear was vacated for the present.
The Billings municipal natatorium ends the stockings rule for this summer after years of swimmers defying the ban. Officials note most female bathers stopped wearing stockings since the pool opened in 1914, and persistent protests convinced caretakers the rule was hampering and unsafe. The change follows a long campaign by girls and women to remove the requirement.
At a meeting of the Executive Committee in Butte the group adopted a resolution praising the hearty cooperation of the community in Memorial day observances this year. The chair noted the splendid response from the people and thanked every individual who lent aid. Clara O Connor Daly served as secretary.
A fragment notes a pleasing clerk with much to do in relieving many cares and the difficulty of choosing among many styles to wear. The verse hints at shopping or fashion choices without providing a concrete event or人物.
A reader reports losing forty pounds until four bottles of Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy for stomach trouble restored health and weight. The preparation claims to remove catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract and ease inflammation causing stomach liver and intestinal ailments. One dose will convince or money refunded. At all druggists.
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