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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1920
Page
9
A report by the interchurch world movement cites that three of five Protestant children lack Sunday school instruction, with Montana alone listing 132,000 without access. The drive unites 380 denominations in a $336,777,572 campaign to fund religious education, teacher training, and improved supervision.
Judge George B. Winston in Anaconda grants Ellen Dougherty victory against Anna and Arthur Hughes in Silver Bow court. He declares lots 6 and 7, block 10 Kemper addition, and a three story house as Dougherty’s property and awards $766 rent due since August 28 1919. The escrow purchase agreement set at $100 monthly is deemed fair rent.
The Marian White Arts and Crafts club of Butte will hold an exhibit on May 6 in the dining room of the Women’s club house. A merchant’s lunch will be served from 12 to 2. Committees cover crochet and fancy work, foreign and ancient handwork, quaint and curious things, futurist booth, pen sketches and water colors, fortune telling, music and studio tea, hostesses, and related duties.
Volunteer shoppers view year long craft pieces including blouses gowns and shirts by Mrs Hallett and Mrs Nicholas with tatting by Mrs Riley. Music will be featured courtesy of Connell's Jack Haugauer and Fisher Thompson. Mrs J D Wilson chairs. exhibitors called to contact her or committee chairs.
County commissioners passed resolutions to declare a special improvement district on Burling ton avenue and White Way to the Lake Avoca district. Residents petitioned for cement walks near Hawthorne school and the lake. Estimated gross cost about 4700 dollars apportioned to benefited property, about 70 dollars per lot in five annual installments.
J T Dorsh was reappointed yesterday by the county commissioners as Silver Bow county's representative on the state fair advisory board. The board praised his past service and notified Horace Ensign, secretary of the Montana state fair, of the appointment. Dorsh belongs to the poultry and feed firm Dorsh and Greenfield.
Declarations by Silver Bow officials claim other counties routinely ship the poor to Butte area for aid. An elderly man from Missoula testified he was sent here with a ticket and a plan to move to North Dakota when work found him. The county will charge Missoula for his care while he lies at the Silver Bow farm, as officials discuss the practice's legitimacy and possible remedies.
In a sunlit meadow Billy Bumble Bee boasts he knows everything and aims to teach. Jimmy Grasshopper mocks the boast with a riddle about frogs, exposing the folly and ending with Milly Ishumble Bee fleeing in a fit of rage as the lesson lands.
On Saturday May 1 1920 astrology marks a grim forecast as Mercury Mars Venus Saturn and Uranus align in sialefic aspect foreboding strife unrest and low mood. Labor faces threats to large employers including municipalities manufacturing concerns and mining firms with no hoped return to serenity for international issues. Venus warns women of rising malevolent influence as predicated by seers.
John EF Hanning was granted a decree of divorce from Mabel Hanning in Judge Lambs court yesterday. The defendant’s demurrer was overruled and she refused to plead further, when the court ordered a fault entered.
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