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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1915
Page
5
Patrick McPall, a well known Anaconda resident born in County Antrim Ireland, died yesterday morning at St Ann's hospital. He was 69 and had lived in Anaconda for 26 years until his death.
Death yesterday notes engineer McFall, longtime resident and AOH member. His remains move from Mahoney undertaking rooms to the AOH hall tomorrow evening. Funeral set for 10 20 Friday morning at St Pauls Church with solemn requiem high mass.
The eight strong local high school track team leaves this morning with Coach Auten and Manager Robert Knox for Missoula to compete in the Thursday meet directed by the University of Montana. The squad, confident of earning points, features McKenna in discus and hurdles, Mayes in sprints and hurdles, and Watts in the mile run, with a supportive band traveling from Anaconda. Irene Blackbrough will also depart to join the declamatory contest. The team carries the school colors across events including captain Graham in dashes, McKenna in vault, Mages in dashes and hurdles, Bosonitz in dashes, and Juul in javelin.
Charley Wilkens of Wilkens and Wilkens headlines the Empress act with back dancing and Fox medal wins at Madison Square Garden. The cast includes Lee Barth, a dialect mimic and linguist. the Three Dixon Sisters. and a lineup of entertainers from Butte, Billings, Denver, Portland, Helena, Kalispell, and Chicago.
A jumble of small notices shows Moone and St Joan Baptist meetings tonight, optometrist registrations, and visits by Joughan of Pony, Fred Raney from Dempsey, Joe Spence from Salt Lake, and Joe Perkin of Race Track. Local sales and ads include linoleums at Copper City and pansies planted at Greig's greenhouse, with beery references and a lost purse noted.
The fragmentary text shows names and place references such as Anaconda and Buttes. No clear event or outcome is readable. The source provides sparse proper nouns with uncertain context.
Fragmentary reads include names Ort Aine Spetran Wieke Burke Mrs George Remington and Mra Primer Damoth visiting Mra Damoth's mother Brattanson of Grace. Prize items two carat rings and pins with value, ad offers money reward and pickup details at Lip Pine Street Jack Reid. Devine's store notes business resume after funeral, mentions Leo McMahon and a truck purchase by Olaf Olson and J Butte.
Billie Burke arrives at the Margaret Theatre next Wednesday evening to perform in Catherine Chisholm Cushings comedy Jerry a production she has previously scored a hit with in several cities The article highlights her appeal and notes the local stage eagerly anticipates her appearance with this play
A lively heroine from Chicago causes excitement in a quiet Philadelphia suburb described in playful fashion. The plot features a popular young actress in pink pajamas on stage. References to employment agencies and railroads hint at a sprawling backdrop including Burlington Railroad Union Pacific and Northwestern systems with noted labor figures.
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