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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
7
The principal branch office of the Standard is at 119 North Main Street, Butte. Telephones: Business department 422, Editorial department 423. Advertising rates furnished on application.
An aid to your eyes promises relief for eye strain with glasses designed to ease overload and keep eyes comfortable for daily use and after-work activities. The note highlights careful fittings, quality lenses and frames, and reasonable prices.
Butte notes list numerous visitors to the city from Sheridan Livingston Philipsburg Wisdom Billings Anaconda and Deer Lodge with social and business visits. Mentions piano ads at Montana Piano and Molson and a few shoppers and events. A small fire at Orton Bros but the flame was extinguished without fire department contact.
Funeral services for Herbert Riley, a Butte Cadillac dealer and famed speed demon, will be held at 2 PM Wednesday at his mother's home. His death followed a high speed ride down Mile Hill, with witnesses recalling his nerve and daring driving as both admired and mourned.
Umpire Eckman quits the Northwestern league amid safety fears and regional tensions. Blewett considers Ralph Frary for the vacancy after weighing reports from D F E Dugdale and F C Farr. If Frary is retained, Butte accepts. otherwise, he may skip assignments, reflecting unrest in West Coast baseball umpiring.
Herbert Riley will be laid to rest in Mount Moriah cemetery following services at 2 PM at the home of his mother, Mrs. C. J. Williams, 206 South Excelsior Street, with Rev. E. J. Groeneveld officiating. Funeral directions supplied by Joseph Richards Inc Warrington Funeral Directors.
Minneapolis reports the final tally of Liberty loan subscriptions in the Ninth district will be announced tomorrow. A large force of clerks worked until midnight to complete the figures at the bank tonight.
The funeral of William McLaughlin aged 46 will be held this Tuesday afternoon at 2 oclock at the family residence 2746 South Placer Street. Interment will follow at Mount Moriah cemetery.
Heartfelt thanks to friends for expressions of sympathy after the loss of our mother and sister. Special appreciation to those who sent floral offerings. Signed by Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Bye, Mr. and Mrs. Fl Buckley, Mrs. Rose Tumulty, Abrs. Mary Montrose, Mrs P. J. Trodden.
Women of the Christian Temperance union will establish a training school for foreign women in Butte under the Butte WCTU. National and state unions coordinate to teach English, character, temperance, and knowledge of U S government. Mrs C G Nepper will lead the local move at the next union meeting after serving weekly at the county jail.
A collision on a dark highway near Three Mile House early Sunday left 26 year old Jessie McCarthy dead and Mrs McCarthy with a fractured skull. R P Brown driver of the lead car remains hospitalized in critical condition with possible back injury. The three other occupants, Mr and Mrs Lee Tiddy and Mr George McCarthy, survived. The touring car owner abandoned his vehicle for help, and a delayed assist left the scene before arrival. Funeral arrangements are pending at 234 South Dakota Street.
Sergeant Bryant, who runs regular army recruiting, announced four new recruits accepted in Butte yesterday. Harvey L. Nease of Miles City joins medical corps, William N. Edwards of Butte enters field artillery, Peter M. Barshaw of Salt Lake also to field artillery, and Te Hanlon of Butte goes infantry. Bryant notes conscripted men will choose branches and avoid foot soldier entry when possible.
New York June 18 Efforts to speed justice in Ruth Cruger murder case advance after Alfredo Cocchi’s indictment. Cruger body found in Cocchi bicycle shop cellar. Cocchi fled to Italy two days after Cruger’s disappearance and remains under surveillance. DA Swann to seek Italian extradition policy change with Washington. Police shakeup and criticism follow failures in the case. San Bernardino heat wave toll rises to four with highs around 105 degrees.
Seward Alaska and the Alaskan peninsula report violent action as the Pavlof and Shishaldin volcanoes erupt. The Pavlof crater split into four parts according to word carried by the steamer Dora, indicating significant volcanic activity and possible ash clouds.
Continuous temblors persist after the Griggs party departed Kodiak last week. Unga felt ground shock at 10 o'clock pm on May 30 as homes rattled for about two minutes. Volcanic regions Katmai Tiamna St Augustine Ethnes remain active.
Ely of Drummond visited Butte as a guest of N. Bassett of Helena who spent Monday in the city. George Nevin of Philipsburg and W. T. Armstrong of Bozeman were guests in Butte.
In Beziers France on June 13 a cashier returning from the Bank of France was held up in a narrow street and robbed of 400000 francs. The heist ended successfully with the entire sum stolen then.
Coroner announces the inquiry into the Spec hunter mine disaster will begin Thursday with hopes of recovering all bodies by then. The number of missing is uncertain, with estimates ranging from one to five. Fifty witnesses will be examined over several days, including shaftmen and workers connected to the cable fire caused by Ernest Salau.
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