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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1920
Page
6
An old styled ad touts California Syrup of Figs as the best and safest laxative for children. It emphasizes a fruity taste and that full directions appear on each bottle, urging buyers to look for the word California on the package.
An old California testimonial poem promotes Tablets Arbolone as a cure for appetite and weight gain. It urges readers to visit a drugstore, claim the product, and promises cravings will vanish and pounds drop. The poem notes the piece was written by a Los Angeles literary woman as advertising praise for the anti-fat remedy.
Charles Austin reports the Shriners convention in Portland featured a four hour parade of 74 bands and 94 patrols with rose decorations, electric parades, and citywide entertainment. The executive council planned a hospital for crippled children, funded by generous checks, as delegates split routes home to Seattle, San Francisco, and Los Angeles with return deadlines.
Teachers from Butte and vicinity attending the National Education Association convention in Salt Lake City may ride in a special car donated by the Oregon Short Line. The group will depart Butte at 7 a m Saturday and arrive in Salt Lake City at 10 30 p m the same day. More than half the required attendees from Butte have signed on. A patriotic musicale is planned at the Mormon Tabernacle at noon Sunday. State chairman W K Dwyer of Anaconda says Montana and Wyoming delegates will have joint headquarters at the Utah Hotel.
Eighteen new measles cases and four diphtheria cases were reported to the city health office in the last week. Three cases were released from quarantine. Current totals show one percent measles, four diphtheria, and one scarlet fever under quarantine.
John McCarthy sues the Anaconda Copper Mining Company claiming a company employee shot him on April 21, 1920. He seeks 125,409 dollars total, including 25,000 dollars in actual damages and 100,000 dollars exemplary damages. He also lists 400 dollars for medical care.
The Butte Woman's council boards delegates from local clubs and associations to a June 2 meeting at the high school auditorium. The event will feature talks by the mayor city attorney county attorney and other officials on law enforcement and related civic issues.
Citizens interested in civic betterment will hear special speakers, then the meeting will be opened to public discussion.
PREDICT SPEEDY GAME AT GARDENS With Babe Delaney pitching for B A and P team against MecWalk for the Silver City Giants at 2 30 this afternoon. The Giants lost at the gardens last Sunday but are in form after practice. B A and P have yet to play this season a fastball filled practice game lineup includes Mulcahy James Burns Gerry Ham D Delaney Mulcahy Kancock Babe Delaney. Giants lineup features Walker Rogers Spearman N Rogers E Walker Lundy Tex House Hinkle McWalker with E Ailen and Fenter as substitutes.
Otto Haidel and Edward D. Clow were found in default for violation of the dry laws, yielding a judgment for the state in Judge Jackson's court. The state’s case against Valition Brothers and others saw a motion to quash amended service denied. 20 days to plead further granted. Separate actions covered divorces and court rulings including Dora Coulsey’s divorce from Harold Coulsey and a motion to modify decree granted. a demurrer to Anna May Flinn’s divorce from Homer Flinn overruled by Judge Lamb.
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