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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1921
Page
5
Butte spotters record visits from Dillon Dillon residents and Livingston businessman amid hotel stays and social calls. Notables include Mrs N B Rogere Warm Springs and Mrs John Shannon with birth news as a town frays into routine social duty and church society meetings.
An advertisement states Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Comer of Sheanoah Virginia were both sick with rheumatism and bladder trouble. The wife’s rheumatic arms improved after taking Foley Kidney Pills, reducing nighttime awakenings and restoring strength. The copy emphasizes backache relief, general tiredness, and joints improving, with bold claims of effectiveness.
Diamiaaal details emerge as Manley testifies about the H and B hold up. He links Thomas Hanley to the crime, describes the plot, getaway, and diamond sale for 600 dollars. Witnesses including Helen Pitts Vera Williams Roy Cassidy challenge defenses as court adjourns.
Coroner's jury returned yesterday afternoon that Charles A. Van Zandt died from natural causes probable heart failure. He was found dead in his bed at the Leonard apartments early Tuesday morning after witnesses testified about his movements prior to death.
Fred Lauternach, accused of breaking into a post office and stealing postage stamps, will be arraigned in federal court today after being brought back from San Francisco by U S Marshal Ashbridge.
Burglars, likely inexperienced, forced Principal Millikin's office safe at Butte high school Tuesday night or early yesterday morning. About $100 in school funds was taken while checks and documents remained undisturbed. A 1.35 dollar sum was left behind. investigators suspect the same thieves also hit auto tires and motor accessories the prior Monday night.
A mass meeting under the American Association for the Recognition of the Irish Republic will be at the high school auditorium Monday night May 16. Rev Henry Clark of Minnesota will discuss the Irish question from an American standpoint. The event is free and open to all citizens. Clark, born in England, is a noted platform lecturer on the Chau tauqua circuit and recently spoke at Helena. James E Murray, state chairman, departed for Salt Lake City.
County attorney filed two forgery complaints in Justice Buckley’s court against Frank Woodard after his Tuesday arrest. One claim says he forged Frank Conley’s name to obtain 24.50, another alleges obtaining 14.75 with a bad check. Woodard wore a star badge during some crimes. A second forgery case was brought against Carl Moore from information by Dennis Harrington, alleging a forced 50.00 check.
The police court yesterday drew only a protesting audience and a lone vagrant defendant. G. W. Deniger served as police clerk and acting city prosecutor, proving the man a vagrant after a guilty plea. Deniger also forfeited George Ecker’s speeding bond and continued G. F. Sumner’s case.
City Treasurer Strasburger announces a dog licensing crackdown beginning June 1. Any untagged dog will be taken to the pound and subject to a license fee plus penalties. Male dogs pay 5 dollars, females 18 dollars, with additional pound fees if redeemed.
John Vucanovich a World War I Serbian army veteran was convicted on moonshining and received six months to run concurrent with a prior four month sentence. Co-defendant J H Finn was dismissed on motion. Vucanovich plans to appeal for presidential clemency. Other defendants pleaded not guilty or were acquitted or had cases postponed. A bench warrant was issued for E J Kelly. Births announced for Mr and Mrs Joseph McCarthy and for Mr and Mrs Ray O'Brien.
County commissioners informally discussed reducing wages for laborers, noting it unfair to taxpayers to pay 5.50 a day compared to other regions and miners earning less. An agreement with the Workingmen's union was sought, as union delegates said most employers paid the same scale, and the contract expired May 1.
Butte is designated as one of three educational centers in the Northwest for the Hoy Scouts. The district includes Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Montana with Portland and Boise also named centers. A regional commission chair from Montana will attend the west district conference in Portland and a national biennial in New York. The first district education conference will be held in Butte May 28 and 29 with leaders from Montana, Idaho, Washington and Oregon attending. C.K. Warne of Spokane is expected to attend, likely with H. W. Newton, regional chairman. Local groups will help host from the Butte Chamber of Commerce and Rotary clubs in cooperation with the Boy Scout Council.
A grand concert is planned at Grace Methodist Episcopal church on Thursday May 1 under trustees auspices to pay off church property indebtedness. John H Kent arranges a program featuring instrumental vocal and elocutionary pieces. The Grace church orchestra led by PH Sherrard will perform several selections.
An aspiring swimmer describes passing 22 hours in the water across the channel. He urges becoming a pure swimming machine with minimal sensation and drains, warning the strain grows so fearsome that recognizing what was endured would force abandonment of the struggle.
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