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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1915
Page
8
Bargain table offers feature pillow cases 45x36 at 1.25 each and per pair 75e. Towels 18x36 cotton duck 1.50 per dozen. Turkish towels 18x36 unbleached and damask linens in 64 inch damask at 0.59 per yard. Napkins 20 inch linen hemmed 1.50 each or 1.50 per dozen. Loom-dyed all linen napkins 2.50 quality at 1.50 dozen.
A fragmented catalog entry lists glove deals in multiple styles and colors. It mentions kids gloves in white black and colored options, prices around 1.26 to 4.50, various button counts and lengths, and names like Fanchon Kayser and Champion style lines.
The notice lists neckwear and clothing items with special pricing including black and white fabrics at 250 a yard, shirts at 15 and 20 cents, boudoir caps at 3 cents, initial handkerchiefs three for 25 cents, wide hem handkerchiefs at 25 cents, satin collars at 1 dollar, collars and cuffs at 26 cents, embroidered voile sets at 8 cents, embroidered nets and gowns at 36 to 60 cents, and ready-to-wear girdles and vests priced around 1 dollar.
Readable text shows a retail notice offering embroidery bands and edges at deep discounts today. Regular prices per yard were 40¢, 65¢, and higher, with special sale prices around 15¢ to 25¢ per yard for margins and edges.
John J. Vines deputy clerk faced an insanity charge after apparent odd behavior leading to a court hearing. Judge McClernan ordered a guardian for his personal effects and a crowd gathered as he was paraded outside, with a $2,087.62 pocketbook found and stored.
Fragmentary text notes a man named Johnny ending trials with parole. It mentions a tas and a line reading Last day on earth, followed by a reference to Tater having a fine lunch at the stork's office.
A state convention of Epworth League workers in Helena will feature a prohibition parade Saturday evening during the week long gathering. Delegates from seven leagues in Butte will attend with junior leagues represented. Enrollment for a 40 day summer school reached 214 names and classes convene in Emerson, Weston and McKinley buildings starting today. A brief note from John McFeely in the Heltish trenches was received by his brother James in Butte describing hospital status and wounds.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Ancient Order of Hibernians hosted a surprise party for Miss Hannah Burke during the regular monthly meeting at Hibernia Hall Centerville. Miss Burke will depart today for San Francisco for a visit following the business session.
News reached Butte yesterday of the death of B. Wiley Hill at Atoka Oklahoma. He was about 60 years old and had long been a resident and merchant of Butte. For about a year he left for Oklahoma after a career in the grocery business with Hill Grocery Company in Butte.
The overland party Milton Gunn and Rowland W. Haegele halted 12 miles from Wallace Idaho after their St. Regis car stalled in a bottomless mudhole. They planned to ship the car to Helena and press on from Wallace, noting poor roads, washed-out bridges, and a single embattled route through the Sierra. An elderly Montana resident offered sympathy and details of many failed attempts by other drivers to traverse the same muddy stretch.
Ashton Gunn recalls a rough journey covering 457 miles to a railroad station. He describes the trip as the farthest car from Frisco on the northern route, marking the experience as making it past Wallace.
In Butte yesterday the Supreme Court reversed a $5,000 award to Johnson from the Silver Bow District Court after ruling the verdicts inconsistently support the special findings. The decision centers on whether the plaintiff could recover given the facts found. Also noted is a passenger train bringing workers to Yellowstone Park for summer duties and a separate case involving grand larceny tied to the De Hora dredge.
The clerk of the court issued marriage licenses yesterday to Almond Robertson and Lucie Co Nutterville of Butte, John J. Vines and Kathleen Harrington of Butte, John K R Lennon and Margaret Nolan of Butte, Edward Rouge of Butte and Sophron Brown of Anaconda, Konsions Trakkata and Bye hank, the latter couple joined minutes later by Judge McClernan, who also tied the knot for Jessie Bock of Butte.
A notice invites the public to a W O W event at the lake tonight. Car service is available and in good shape to shuttle attendees to the gathering.
Judge Donlan heard testimony in the divorce action of Etta Buchanan versus Willard Buchanan. He denied alimony beyond $30 a month for two months plus attorney fees, citing incompatibility, with the wife claiming cruelty and the husband denying it and blaming her dancing.
Testimony describes a woman who misses a dance night, forces a roommate to cook and wake alone, and sells furniture for cash. She and her sister trip to Helena using funds obtained by her pattern of money from checks. Witnesses corroborate the principals, with James TH Baldwin representing the woman and the man.
The East Side Stars defeated the South Butte Pirates yesterday afternoon at the street grounds. Cunningham and McGinn starred for the Stars while Manley DeLong and Dunstan led the Pirates in a hard fought contest. Morley and Thomas Co. advertises rates on workmen's compensation insurance.
Frankfurt dispatch reports the Nachrichten urges exempting ships not carrying arms or troops from submarine attack by stationing German observers in American ports to inspect cargoes bound for Europe. The Berliner Tageblatt supports this idea.
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