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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1927
Page
11
Coroner James Phillips was called to Lima to conduct an inquest into the death of Mrs Rosa Boyle found dead at her home this morning. She had lived in Lima about five years and spent a year in Dillon. She was about 65.
May 9 at the Montana State Normal college auditorium features over thirty-five students in a two act operetta Barbaroma of Barbary. Miss Vivian M. Robe directs with principals Ray Kimball Seley Moore Le Roy Emerson Henry Rodgers W Wolverton Thelma Holliday Winifred Frome Louise in the cast.
May 9 Dillon National Hospital Day will be observed at Barrett hospital with tea served by wives of board members from 3 to 5 p m Visitors may inspect hospital facilities A prize of one dollar bank notes will be given to each baby born at the hospital in 1926, to be presented on Hospital Day In addition Beaverhead county high school seniors will take part in a table setting contest at Huber Brothers store with entrants named and sterling silver prizes to winners
The Milwaukee railroad plan changes to Lewistown and Harlowton schedule remove one train daily each way. Trains 117 and 118 are cut. 116 and 115 times adjusted. Changes aim to take effect May 15 with notices to Lewistown and Harlowton commercial bodies.
A Basin Basins summary reports a Saturday Odd Fellows meeting with new initiate Jin Madden of Corbin, local businessman Felix Corrier returning from Butte, and several residents moving between Basin and nearby towns. Visitorsinclude Henry Nelson of the Me Washington mine, Mrs. Albert Bourne hosting a dinner, and multiple locals attending gatherings, dances, and mining business across town and surrounding areas.
Mrs Mary Mitchell aged about 78 died yesterday at her Los Angeles home after living in Deer Lodge and Warm Springs for years. Widow of Dr A L Mitchell, pioneer Deer Lodge physician, she came to Montana in 1864 by wagon train. Survivors include son Harold and daughter Mrs J M Scanland, both of California. Body to lie in Hollywood vault before interment at Hillcrest cemetery where Dr Mitchell and three sons are buried.
Deer Lodge Elks meet May 9 to arrange a stage party details to be determined. Nearly 100 Elks from Deer Lodge and surrounding areas are expected, with many Anaconda lodge members likely in attendance.
May 9 marks the climax of a Sunday school attendance contest delayed by two months of rivalry between the Reis and the Blues. The Blues won the contest and were hosted at luncheon, after which children enjoyed various games and activities.
In Deer Lodge May 9 Judge Carroll granted Pauline O Neal a divorce from John O Neal on desertion grounds after five years apart. The defendant appeared and urged against the split. a baby boy weighing seven pounds was born this morning at St Josephs hospital to Mr and Mrs W J Lowry.
The Montana state pardons board approved Governor Erickson's recommendations to commute sentences of Frank Bruce and Gus Godley. Bruce, convicted of burglary in the district court for Musselshell County, had his term reduced from five years to four to years. Godley, convicted of second degree murder in Fergus County District Court in November 1920, saw his sentence cut from 20 to 40 years to 12 to 24 years.
Building and loan men from numerous Montana cities gathered to discuss the new code enacted by the 20th legislature that took effect at the start of the month. The meeting aimed to interpret provisions and set a general policy with Helena’s George T. Hopkins explaining for the Hore Building and Loan Society.
An odd dispatch outlines two American travelers, 29 and 23, who left New York May 1 1926 with $200 aboard a freighter bound for the Orient. They toured Shanghai and Pekin as steerage passengers, viewed the bandit general Chang and his troops, met the Sultan of Sulu, and crossed the Syrian desert by motor truck before continuing to Decor Lodge and Missoula for state shoot preparations.
Dispatch from May 9 reports Bozeman exceeding its Red Cross fund targets for Gallatin county flood relief. The first quota was 300 dollars, then doubled to 600 as Hathaway and others contributed. More than 100 dollars remained on hand with additional pledges promised, signaling continued needs and future collections.
Ravalli County pioneer rancher A N Mittower, longtime Bitter Root figure and former county board chair, died at his Victor home after a long illness. He arrived in the Bitter Root in the early 1880s and once drove a stage from Missoula to Grantadale before the railroad arrived. Extrd intend: Roy Davis alias Jack Gardner extradited from Shelby to Tandville for grand larceny, charged by Harry Schroeder with theft of harness and supplies worth 129.
The Supreme Court of the Philippines orders Eugen Cartagena and Vincente Mande to serve prison terms totalling 40 years with cash-basis sentences. The ruling directs indemnity to Tan Yukine fund victims’ heirs.
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