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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1923
Page
11
Anaconda residents plan informal Mothers Day observance with church sermons messages carnations and family gatherings. Local families will honor mothers with dinners and visits while many send letters and telegrams to reach loved ones on Sunday morning.
At a recent Rotary gathering the group discussed the Livingston conference held in March where L. V. Bender was elected district governor. Bender, the Ana conda Rotarian, spoke warmly as club members recounted campaign efforts by Frank Venable and Frank Toole, with details of Abbott, Mowbray, and John Wenger adding to the night. Charles F. Murphy received birthday gifts from the fellowship committee and offered an autobiographical sketch after the tribute.
Fannie Hurst tale The Nth Commandment screens tonight at the Bluebird with Colleen Moore James Morrison and Eddie Philips in the lead roles. Directed by Frank Borzage and adapted by Frances Marion the film follows a department store girl whose husband contracts tuberculosis and a desperate pursuit of funds, highlighting moral themes beyond the Ten Commandments.
A Boston Blackie crime drama opens for two nights at the Imperial tonight starring William Mussel in the title role with Eva Novak and others. The plot features prison punishment and a dramatic escape that promises suspense and romance amid social issue framing.
The funeral for the late Stanley E Larivee will take place this morning at 8:45 at 1 West Park Avenue ending at St Pauls Church for a requiem high mass at 9. The American Legion, of which he was a member, will attend in a body. Interment follows at Mount Carmel Cemetery.
Dorothy Henry of eighth grade at Lincoln School won first in a buttonhole contest among 100 grade school girls in domestic art classes led by Miss Dorothy Powell. Stella Mar of Daly School took second, with Broswour of Lincoln and Clara Kretzer of Daly tied for third.
The Southern Cross School will operate a ten month term for the first time, with about 48 students under Elwin Dell and Miss Mary Jurgenson. Trustees found funds to add a month, and classes run through June 15. Chauffeur tryouts for Yellowstone Park will be held at the Torgereon garage in Anaconda on the 16th and 17th. A. C. M. pay office invites ex-service members to meet at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday for Stanley Tarihee’s funeral.
The Anaconda post office lists several uncalled letters for the week ending May 8 including R. W. Applegate Earl Cashman Harry Faust W JH Guinmon G Frank Onarau Frank A L Snyder Caton and others.
A sheriff sale of fixtures from a Beauty Shop at 308 East Park Avenue yielded 88.95 to satisfy a 544.05 mortgage held by A A Martin. Alice Corte formerly owned the shop in Deer Lodge County. The board of county commissioners will meet on Thursday May 10 1923 to consider a petition from Big Hole basin taxpayers asking for a county road construction.
Anaconda notes mention florist services carpet cleaning listings at 10d, park dances, furniture for sale, vacuum rentals, and garden goods at 521 Main. Residents from Butte visit, and various clubs and orders hold meetings and social events, with track meet plans and parish activities noted.
Bunny Grauer stars in a Golden Rule themed drama where modest town greed leads to ruin after a flood. The widow and her boy face orphanhood as the community confronts its failings, with Grauer delivering notable acting in a largely strong supporting cast. Showings continue at the Margaret theater this afternoon.
A complaint was filed in Justi Pringlew court yesterday by the ARN Conds Baseball club against Jay Bees defendants. The suit seeks the return of baseball equipment valued at 65 dollars reportedly in defendants possession. Finnegans was named manager and Batich captain last year and allegedly refused to return the items to the club, which is now run by M. Domi and William Halloran this year.
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