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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1917
Page
9
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Butte responded with a record Tag Day collection of 5545 dollars, aiding the Women’s Patriotic Association to expand its work. The effort drew praise from chairwoman Mrs. John J. McPherson and thanks to local officials, merchants, chaperons, and many volunteers including Boy Scouts. Also noted is Lieutenant Colonel Hiram Bearss returning to the United States after serving in Santo Domingo, signaling Marines may be among first to reach France if needed.
At a YMCA building committee meeting last night Architect Hammill was authorized to invite bids for site excavation. Bids will be opened and the contract awarded on June 6. In a separate item Adolph Bachman and Cecilia Rolland of Butte wed at St Mark's Lutheran church with Rev M D Huddef officiating assisted by Mr and Mrs August W Cook.
Ranchers report a bareheaded barefoot man named John Nebo perched 6400 feet up the continental divide near Butte, naked except for one article of clothing. He refused food, was coaxed off the rocks, and deputies say he will be examined by a sanity commission after being found emaciated and agitated.
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