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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
7
Notes list numerous visitors and arrivals in Butte from Dillon Helena Missoula Wisdom Wisdom, Anaconda, Spokan and other towns. Names include Bark Selntyre Williamson C N Dixon Gaugh Beardsley Pfeiffer Glass, with others from Bridger Laurel and Missoula hotels, plus recent births and travel details.
Reformists led by Rev Parker and Superintendent Reinhart rallied supporters at an Auditorium gathering urging a constitutional dry amendment. Reinhart warned the saloon poisons and taxes, while Parker celebrated women’s voting powers and the push toward banning alcohol statewide.
J W Brown traveled from Cardwell yesterday. John B Duggan of Plentywood visits on business. Meaderville choir to give special song service Sunday evening. Old Mission theater building in Meaderville being remodeled for business use. Mrs F J Reynolda of Meaderville returns from Missoula visiting son Ball. William Mastic from Whitehall attends Meaderville cousin J Richards funeral. Mr and Mrs Jack Quinn visit Missoula after trip to Butte to see Sikorski residence. Miss Libbie Holcomb of Seattle stays with her mother at 1951 Utah Ave and plans to visit sister in Livingston. Frank A Lally on trip to Wilmington Del after being summoned by the death of his mother. he came west a month ago for Du Pont Powder. Woman's Alliance of the Unitarian church to meet with Mrs W C Speer at the Princeton on Saturday May 27 at 2 20 pm. Alliance members and friends invited. Miss Flossie Goggin returns from Hancock Mich after death of her father William Goggin, a pioneer of the copper county.
Washington May 26 Delegates gather for the first annual League to Enforce Peace convention opening tomorrow with more than 2000 enrolled. Taft presides and is expected to deliver the principal address at the closing banquet Saturday night. President Wilson's remarks will be his first peace speech since the European war began.
Reports from Saloniki via Havas Athens say a violent bombardment in the Macedonia sector from Dotran to Gievgeli is accompanied by infantry actions. Wounded are being brought to rear areas by Red Cross automobiles.
Wharton, general manager, attests to Montana public service commission that the 1918 report shows operating revenue 46,021.70 and net profit 49,185.95 after maintenance and general expenses. 88.23 miles of road. 201 passenger cars. passenger car miles 27,199,054.40. total operating revenue and expense listed. sworn May 1918 before diary public Charles A. Reackburn.
Miss Nellie Brennan opened in Butte to a crowded Broadway theater audience of hundreds. She studied vocal music under Walter Young and Agnes Clara Brennan, delivering light French ballads and love songs with confidence. The program moved to German songs including Chadwick and Henschel works, earning strong applause. Irish numbers such as The Hills of Donegal drew heartier enthusiasm, with Gladys Hartman assisting the recital’s success alongside readings by Gavigan and Joseph Riley. Dancers Mary McCarthy Helen Downey Josie McCarthy and Anna Church performed with Rose Church on piano.
Atlantic City reports the one hundred twenty-eighth annual Presbyterian general assembly ended with no contest reaching the floor. Key issues including charges of heresy against the New York presbytery were settled in committee and adopted by the convention without debate. Meanwhile in Paris, General Gallieni’s condition worsened and grave concern grew for his recovery.
A long letter from the Silver Bow Employers' Association urges workers to oppose any demand raising living costs. It stresses conservative management, fair wage talks, and peaceful resolution of labor disputes, warning of a united front if demands escalate. Names listed include C F Kelley J Rowe A Currie John Gill and others.
An Employers' Association warns that ongoing wage demands and rent hikes threaten Butte's living costs and small labor unions. It pledges to curb fairness concerns by resisting further increases, arguing they harm workers and the town's prosperity.
An Austrian aeroplane and gunboat were destroyed by an Italian gunboat in the upper Adriatic. Austrian crew captured. An Austrian submarine bombarded a fort on Porto Ferrajo outskirts and was driven off. PMID: May 24.
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