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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1928
Page
8
A clown contest opens the Kiwanis auto show and trades display designated Philipsburg night. Major Hoople will perform a wind affected stunt at 7 PM if weather permits. Prizes include three $10, $5 and three auto tickets. Free streetcar transportation is provided and no admission.
Leonard L Rollie Thibodeau 38 ex serviceman who served in Siberia during World War I died yesterday at 418 East Third Street after two days illness from pneumonia. A native of Anaconda he enlisted in 1918 with company D 31st infantry as a corporal. Survived by parents Florient and Mrs Thibodeau brother Fred killed in 1925. Body at P J Finnegan chapel. Funeral Saturday solemn requiem high mass at St Pauls Church at 10 AM.
Miss Ann MacMillan of 801 Birch Street seeks the Democratic nomination for clerk and recorder. James Corcoran of 612 Ash Street will seek the Democratic nomination for county commissioner in the upcoming primaries.
John Datcie was arrested by Officer Per cin for creating a disturbance at a local dance hall and forfeited a $10 bond when he failed to appear in police court. Five women vagrants each forfeited $25 and three others forfeited $15. The defendants were charged with vagrancy.
Three new cases of scarlet fever were reported to the city health officer yesterday. Miss Catherine Kelly, at 621 West Fourth Street, is confined at home while the homes of Arnold Ashly at 415 East Sixth Street and Jessie Chauvin at 110 Alder Street are quarantined.
John Dobrotinich, a switchman from 511 Birch Street, is being treated at St. Ann's hospital after injuries suffered at the Anaconda Reduction works yesterday. His condition is not serious.
A sedan bumped the Opportunity street car on East Park Avenue injuring no one mentioned. An unidentified woman drove the sedan west on Park Avenue when the collision occurred. The street scene drew a large crowd. The car was said to be operated by Owen Canefield.
Anaconda firefighters responded to 505 East Fourth Street yesterday for a chimney fire. Damage was slight. the property owner is Florient Theu.
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks holds its regular meeting at 8:30 pm with all members urged to attend. Exalted Ruler T. F. Walsh and Secretary W. J. Schmidt sign the notice.
Funeral services for Mrs Mary Lyons longtime matron of Anaconda were held at her home and St Pauls Church. Rev Schulte celebrated a requiem high mass with arias by Frank Provost and Walter Tuchscherer. Interment followed at Mount Carmel cemetery with pallbearers named.
James H. Tucker, veteran prospector of Highland district near Butte and Montana Pioneer member, was laid to rest in Hill cemetery after services at C. A. Tuttle funeral chapel. Rev. Wertz officiated. Charles R. Cutts sang with Mrs. Cutts on organ. Many Anaconda and Butte pioneers attended and sent wreaths. Interment followed. Pallbearers included Jake Lutz and William.
Alexander Ferguson an ex convict was arrested early yesterday at the Walker cafe in Butte and brought back to Anaconda on forgery charges. He is accused of passing a 25 dollar bad check at a local clothing store to pay for a suit and told police he needed clothes. Ferguson had lived in Anaconda for weeks after presenting the check and left the city the day it was reported. Anaconda officials identified Ferguson in Roberts Barry Falk IT J Nelson Lon Burnett and E J Henriod.
Anaconda residents include Joe Swander convalescing at home after a St Anns hospital stay and Kathleen Mahoney recovering at home from a week in the same hospital. Visitors include Louis Patti returning from Portland and H K Erickson with M P Gleeson visiting from Spokane and Missoula. Church activities feature Methodist General Aid at 3 pm and First Baptist Ladies Aid at 7 30 pm. Birgetta Hagan returns to Dillon State Normal College with Mrs George Lepke. St Peters Ladies’ Aid plans whist refreshments and dancing with hostesses listed.
A surgeon's prescription dispensed by pharmacists at low cost claims to cure terrible eczema and related skin diseases. It promises instant itching relief and rapid drying and scaling, usable for barbers itch and salt rheum, with Moone's Emerald Oil sold by Sparrow Fuller and City Drug companies.
A testimonial claims Adlerika relieves stomach gas from the first spoonful and removes old waste from the system. The notice urges readers to try Adlerika via Fuller Drug and other druggists for better meals and sleep.
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