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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1917
Page
3
Arbor day activities fill Butte with no school and a citywide plantings as thousands of children and residents tend trees potatoes and vegetables. Prizes from state fair and Butte Ad club plus free water offers drive garden efforts as tickets and transportation are arranged for citywide celebration with trains for country pupils and band concerts.
An article mentions funds for farming plots along the Milwaukee corridor with two $100 prizes, plus Montana agents offered land to those without ground. It lists bankruptcies in federal court including C F Shaw, Charles W roster, J B Newman, and others, and notes a suit dismissal in Butte regarding the Butte Central Copper company. Mrs Patrick Clark will present a bust of Patsy Clark at the Northwest Mining association convention in Nelson British Columbia May 17 to 18.
The Butte glee cup organization led by François E. Thomas names Richard Tregidga as chairman Edward Williams as treasurer and James Bennetts as secretary. Rehearsals are held every Wednesday evening at the Wea ev 1000 Talbot avenue. The group invites any man who loves to sing to join.
Mattie Fenter, a mother of four, won divorce from Osborne Fenter, janitor at the Owsley block, after twenty years of marriage. She received custody of the children and $56 a month permanent alimony. Fenter did not appear. She described long abuse including a beating that left a wound. The judge also cited an incident where Fenter was caught with another woman in the same block. police intervened.
Western tourists planning summer trips through the Northwest will not pay higher rates as passenger agents in Butte received notices that general summer excursion fares will remain the same as last year. The fares, effective late May, were described as family made. A Fire Martin report shows 548 calls in the past year, spanning October to end of April 1917 during his tenure as chief.
The Mountain View Epworth League Teague group will meet this evening at 8 o clock in the church parlors. Officers for the coming year will be elected and delegates nominated for the convention to be held at Missoula June 20, 1917. Every member is urged to be present.
The annual parish meeting of St John’s Church is postponed from Wednesday May 9 1917 to the week after the first Sunday in June with the specific day to be announced later Rector Charles F Chapman issues the notice. If costs disturb your finances consider reviewing local ads to save time and money.
An old advertisement warns that sluggish blood causes spring fever and fatigue. It promotes SSS as a standard vegetarian blood purifier said to cleanse impurities, restore energy, and prepare the body for summer, with claims of long use and forest-sourced ingredients.
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