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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1920
Page
7
The chaste beauty of the cameo suits Easter occasions and other outfits where no pin will suffice. An adjunct to Easter raiment it is unsurpassed in Osild gold mountings priced from eight dollars.
Dr. Jones returns from California after attending a clinic. Mr and Mrs George W Greene welcome a son born March 18 at 115 Clear Grit Terrace. Easter greeting cards offered at the P O News Stand. The Floral Park Congregational church Ladies Aid meets this afternoon at Mrs Cliff Wharf 2925 Edwards Street.
Frank Eltz, jailed for the murder of John Rolich, showed slight improvement after attempted suicide by slashing his throat. Despite the self harm, doctors note a potential recovery if pneumonia or complications do not arise while he remains under deputy supervision in the county jail hospital ward.
During three hours last night police arrested sixteen people on vagrancy drunkenness and disturbance charges. Officers Gerry Rodda Larkin and others netted individuals including Elia Clark Grace Mills Madge Thomas Pat Sullivan Axel Johnson Charles Dean Sam Alley John Pappas Thomas Callahan George Sahurin W H Daniels Jack Erickson John Johnson Blanche Farington Thomas Walters and Pat McCannon on various counts.
Board outlines reasons for building a south side high school to ease overcrowding and cut travel for students. Residents cite more south side students within reasonable distance and prefer smaller schools with easier administration. Lunch access at home during noon hour would save time and expense.
Residents call for a larger South Side high school citing overcrowded facilities, lack of lunch and play rooms, and long travel to the current school. They warn of physical and moral risks as children dine in streets during noon recreation and face high transit and expense costs.
James A. Walsh, Montana collector of internal revenue, arrived from Helena for a routine inspection of the local bureau office. He announced new subdivisions and a larger staff as changes take effect April 1, with headquarters now in several cities. Walsh returns to Helena today.
Production crews filmed in Columbia Gardens Butte College of Music and industrial school locations. Beverly B Dobbs served as cameraman with Paxson Rockefeller handling stills and Symons company supplying wedding party attire. The film premieres the week of April 18 with free admission as part of the standard Rialto program.
Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks married quietly at the temple Baptist church residence after Pickford’s Nevada divorce from Owen Moore. The ceremony, performed by Rev James Whitcomb Brougher, included Fairbanks’ brother Robert as best man and Margery Daw as bridesmaid.
Immigration inspections require reading 30 to 40 words from the Psalms in any language. Inspectors carry multilingual cards with verses in German Arabic Hebrew Japanese Russian and more. Chinese is excluded as nationality barred from immigration.
An anxious jail crowd awaited the jury verdict after Tom Williams was found guilty of murder in the Prewatt case. Deputies returned him to the county jail and the cell block absorbed the news in hushed tones until a single word passed through the rooms life. Williams slept like a child after the judgment, having not slept for days.
The Democratic City Committee held a meeting in Judge Jackson's courtroom with aldermanic candidates Frank McKeon John McCarthy Martin Meyer D W Davis Lou Freudenstein J T Fitzgerald and others. They urged reducing city expenses and avoiding tax increases. P J Gilligan presided and Mrs Attridge spoke for women voters. The next meeting is Thursday at 8 pm at 41 North Main Street.
A note from the Louisville Courier Journal discusses an old chronicle mentioning a queen attended by her mistress of the robes a handmaiden and a tire woman the dialogue humorously imagines their roles noting there were no automobiles in those days
Fire Chief Fred Martin and Public Works Commissioner E J Strasburger recommend tearing down a two story frame building at 312 East Park alley due to danger from undermining by children. Condemnation will not start unless needed. Petitions for paving South Main from Platinum to Tremont and for overlapping repaving are being prepared.
Continued from Part 1 the proposal sets terms to prevent exclusive agreements with Associated Industries and to bar employer organizations under restrictive contracts. It requires three representatives from each side per division, restricts strikes without board and union approvals, preserves employer prerogative to hire and discharge, and allows work to continue during grievance adjustments.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the American Legion plans an Easter Monday dance with Hazel Carlson as chairperson and a committee including Mrs Harris Mrs Byers Mrs Smith and Misses Ruth Carlson Lena Neyman Fannie Neyman Helen McCarthy Mercia Lavelle and Margaret Camilla. A treasurer will be elected at the April 6 meeting followed by a social session.
A warm spell yesterday gave way to a sharp fall in temperature with strong wind and a wet snowstorm in the evening. By morning sidewalks were icy as colder weather was forecast for Montana especially the eastern area. The note recalls that during Grant's first term less than two years in office saw no original cabinet members remaining.
Funeral notices list services for John Peters Frances Brokenshire Boyd Dixon and Richard Bryant. Peters and Brokenshire services at 2 pm at family residences on West Pacific and West Center streets with interment at Mount Moriah. Dixon at Richards chapel with Rev Groeneveld officiating and Mount Moriah burial. Bryant at 204 West Woolman street then Mountain View church with Rev Wolfe.
The funeral of Michael Henry Kelly aged 45 will be held at 9 o clock in the morning from 116 North Crystal Street to St Patrick s church with mass at 9 30 and burial in Holy Cross cemetery. Matt Vidmar aged 52 will be moved to Antone Vidmar s residence at 19 Ergo Street for a 9 30 pm service and a 10 am mass at St Joseph s church with interment at Holy Cross cemetery.
March notices report the death of Michael Cloonan aged 80 with services at Walsh's funeral chapel and interment in Oswego New York. Jan Frankos remains lie at Walsh's parlors with funeral notice to follow. Patrick Mc Cabe aged 61 native of Canada also rests at Walsh's parlor awaiting later funeral arrangements.
The remains of John Blixt are at Sherman & Reed parlors with funeral announcement to follow. In this city yesterday evening Michael Madigan, 58, is survived by brother John of Leadville Colorado. The remains are at Sherman & Reed funeral chapel with funeral announcement later.
Mrs Catherine Rooney aged 78 died yesterday at her daughter's home near Utah Avenue. The funeral leaves the house at 9 30 tomorrow morning for St Joseph's Church where mass will be celebrated at 10 o'clock.
The body of James Lambe lies at the Daly-Shea undertaking parlors. Time and place of the funeral will be announced later.
Local funeral home Daly Shea Company at 71 E Park St Phene offers funeral direction and embalming services with contact information and street address for arrangements and inquiries.
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