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Newspaper

Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

May 29, 1905

Page

5

Memorial Day Observance Builds Community Support in Anaconda

Anaconda plans for Memorial Day draw record participation from Grand Army of the Republic lodges and other groups. Flowers orders exceed prior years as stores decorate amid ceremonial preparations and a public program outlined by Meade Post, with hopes for broad citizen turnout.

Anaconda Grand Army Copper City Ben Harrison Martin Drug Company Main Street Park Avenue Meadepost

Uncalled Letters List for Anaconda Office May Week

The post office at Anaconda releases uncalled letters for the week ending May 27. Names include men and women such as Blair Copper City Business College Joe Coquaz James Collum Add Graver Steve Goblin Walter Hartman William Hansen Ole Knudson J H Moore James McDonald Bert McRoberts John Ness S O Connell Herman Olson B F Schultz Mt Haggin Club Jim Vaughn Brenda Benson Julia Driscoll Pearl Haspins Mrs H Hopkins Rose Kramer Margaret Lary Myrtle Madden Mrs Helen Montgomery Marian McGuiney Mrs J O Donnell Bertha Robertson Minnie Warner Addie Valincourt and foreign entries Blaze Bellada Sadie Morrison Maria Pekkari D J Quirk J C ENGLISH. Postmaster.

Anaconda D. Blair Copper City Business College Joe Coquaz James Collum Add Graver Steve Goblin Walter T. Hartman William Hansen Ole Knudson Hugh Long J. H. Moore James McDonald Bert L. McRoberts John Ness S. O'Connell Herman Olson B. F. Schultz Sec. Mt. Haggin Club Jim Vaughn Brenda Benson Julia Driscoll Pearl Haspins H. B. Hopkins Rose Kramer Margaret Lary Myrtle Madden Helen Montgomery Marian McGuiney J. O'Donnell Bertha Robertson Minnie Warner Addie Valincourt Blaze Bellada Sadie Morrison Maria Pekkari D. J. Quirk J. C. English

Memorial day meeting of Tendai group and Red Men union

Members of the Tendai tribe No. 2 and Improved Order Red Men are called to a Tuesday morning gathering at Friendship hall for Memorial day exercises. Frank Pahl, sachem, and H. W. Harrity attest. all butcher shops to close all day Tuesday May 30 for Decoration day. Anaconda Butchers' Union No. 22.

Friendship Hall Frank Pahl H. W. Harrity Anaconda Butchers’ Union Anaconda Camp Turner Hall George L. Walkup

Big summer gatherings planned by Anaconda Elks and Eagles

Anaconda prepares for large state Elks and Eagles meetings with 2500 visitors expected for the Eagles event and broad town celebration. committees raise funds for a grand Fourth of July, city decorations, and civic hospitality as business leaders back the effort to showcase Anaconda.

State Association of Elks Lodge No. 239 Elks Montana Anaconda’s Elks Butte Lodge Helena Missoula Copper City Anaconda Eagles Big Hole

Miss Thomson improves health and library activity in Anaconda

Miss Livingstone, acting librarian of the Hearst free library, reports Miss Elizabeth Thomson, the librarian, is visiting Missouri and improving in health. The library in Anaconda remains busy with 180 books loaned Saturday. Knights of Pythias members are urged to attend Decoration day events at Friendship hall Tuesday morning.

Hearst Free Library Missouri Miss Livingstone Elizabeth Thomson Miss Thomson Anaconda Emmons

Big Hole Residents Push for Daily Mail Service

Anaconda visitors report that residents around the Big Hole Basin urge restoration of daily mail from Anaconda to Wisdom. Petitions have been sent to Representative Dixon and many letters written by stockmen and farmers to urge the service.

Big Hole Anaconda Dixon

Decoration day parade schedule and order of march

The article outlines Decoration Day activities with a 9 am assembly of societies, 9:30 am bell signals, parade at 10 am along East Commercial Avenue, and a route through downtown to the cemetery. G A R graves, oration by J J McCaffrey, and graveside ceremonies follow, led by T C Davidson and J M Sligh with aid Jette.

East Commercial Avenue G. A. R. Hall Grand Army of the Republic Knights of Pythias Fraternal Order of Eagles Red Men Ancient Order of Hibernians Commercial Avenue Main Park Chestnut Fourth Cherry Cemetery J. J. McCaffrey G. A. R. Graves Halla T. C. Davidson J. M. Sligh Joseph Jette Aid

Ravenscraft Beauty Restored in Missoula Reinterment

The body of Zada Ravenscraft, who died in Anaconda five years ago, was shipped by Undertaker Tuttle yesterday to Missoula for reinterment. She was the daughter of J. L. Ravenscraft and granddaughter of Z. K. Wilson, with the family now settled in Missoula.

Zada Ravenscraft Anaconda Tuttle Missoula J. L. Ravenscraft Z. K. Wilson

Weather, people, and events in Anaconda listings

Local notes show optician Verberckmoes, weather clerk decisions, and ice cream sodas at 211 East Park. Various visitors from Butte, St Louis, Chicago, and Washington indicate a busy social scene as court cases and Decoration Day plans unfold. Bishop Carroll and a vaudeville week at the Margaret are noted.

Sunday at the Montana Hotel Draws Guests in Anaconda

Sunday drew a large crowd to the Montana Hotel in Anaconda with many transient visitors and local residents enjoying the Sunday dinner and evening meal. Management aims to make the Montana a favorite stopping place and seems to be succeeding in this effort.

Montana Anaconda

Memorial Day meeting of All Modern Woodmen at hall

The All Modern Woodmen plan a 9 30 a m gathering Tuesday to join Memorial Day exercises. The text also references a sales pitch for a suit at sixteen dollars and mentions Thueson's in a brief fragmentary line.

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Anaconda News Veterans’ Day Libby Hart Ivanhoe Samson and Zaccho James Brady Philadelphia Daly Bank and Sony R. Toole B. Louis V. Bennett F. C. Norbeck Yegen Bros. Savings Bank E. Park C. Yegen P. Yegen E. P. Moffitt Schilling THE Order of Eagles Durant Knights of Pythias of Anaconda Order J. J. McGuinness C. C C. H. Williams BIG Ildren Gloria Ralston Wisdom Stagg's Verberckmoes East Park J. C. Terry J. R. Russel Butte Adolph Zuckerman Chicago Las Palmas O. L. Heater French Gulch Hammerslough S. K. McDowell of St. Louis W. H. Paulhannis Puyallup, Wash Zollman's Roach & Smith H. G. van E Tls Blair Menley W. Elsner Bishop Carroll Helena Wll Fischer Conley & Clague’s Cr. L. Swick Tvanhoe Allen Margaret Ware Bertha Ware Dr. Ware Methodist Church Iowa Young Ladies’ Sodality Children of Mary the Margaret Jen Tom Oak Street Thueson
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