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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1920
Page
6
An old time grocery ad hawks low prices on Milky products and flour brands Rex Ceretana Montana Dakota Gold Cross. It advertises 9 pound sacks of oatmeal with a purchase limit of two per customer and promises refunds if the quality isn’t as good as more expensive options elsewhere.
A large Butte delegation of the Fraternal Order of Eagles plans to attend the Kalispell convention July 8 to 10. A special rail fare is offered. many will travel by auto. Notables include Ee. D. Weed and Conrad H. Mann. The Butte group lists numerous Past Worthy Presidents and members in support of the event.
A group from the Butte Country club plans to attend the Northwest golf tournament in Vancouver July 5 to 10. Professional Jack Hueston will lead the open team, joined by Salt Lake amateur George von Elm. They will travel via Spokane and Seattle, stopping en route. Additional entrants include Dr. McCrimmon, Mr and Mrs W McC White, Mr and Mrs Harry Gallwey, R F Gaines, and RN S Graham. The event uses three courses in Vancouver, with one 36 holes and two 18 holes courses, as California sends a strong delegation.
Northern Montana representatives and editors visit Butte over two days with W M Bole of Great Falls Tribune, Hocking of Valley County Courier, Will Aiken and Will Campbell among notables. Bole praises Great Falls progress while Hocking notes heavy hay, lambing weather, and a stagnant wool market needing financing action.
Washington June 22 Dr Richard Derby son in law of the late Theodore Roosevelt has been awarded a distinguished service medal by the War Department for his services as lieutenant colonel in the Army Medical Corps in France.
The Butte Woman's Christian Temperance Union will meet this afternoon at 2 30 at the Y M C A with state president Mrs Mary Stranhan of Havre presiding. An evening mass meeting at the Y M C A will feature Mrs Stranhan's talk. Lectures by Mrs A A Layton of Anaconda and invocation by Mrs W R Currah follow a short program including a violin solo by Miss Lucia Evans and solos by Mrs H W Flomer. Public invited.
A special Pullman car will transport Butte fight fans to the Mike O'Dowd versus Gordon McKay match in Pocatello on July 5. It departs Butte at 6 p.m. July 4 and returns July 5 at 7:15 p.m., arriving July 6 morning. Also a Pocatello Rexburg baseball game is planned.
For the second time in a week the police court held no morning session yesterday. Captain Mike O'Donnell laments fewer dockets, saying the days of 50 to 125 cases are gone and officers wander streets looking for work but finding little to do.
A vintage advertisement for the product known as California Syrup of Figs presents a parental appeal emphasizing laxative relief for children. The copy markets the syrup as a gentle, trustworthy option, typical of mid-century household ads.
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