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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1928
Page
5
Officers McDonald and Quirk arrested P. J. Haughton at 110 East Park Street early yesterday and he was booked on a gambling charge. He posted $100 bond. Tom Perlain is the complaining witness and posted $25 bond for his appearance against Haughton.
American locomotives are being deployed on Madagascar government railways, signaling a shift in equipment sourcing. The move consolidates support from the United States and aligns with modernization efforts. Officials say the diesels enhance service reliability and freight capacity across key routes.
Nurses from Murray hospital St James and Deaconess Butte and St Ann s Anaconda completed state board examinations for registration in Helena. Examinations began Tuesday with several hundred Montana hospital nurses participating. list includes Mary Theresa Narrett Florence Lloyd Julia Hielmvoll Mildred Frances and others.
Vernie Manion 28 a nurse from the 1928 St. James hospital class died yesterday at the institution after over a month of illness. Born in Hutchinson Kansas she moved to Butte as a child and is survived by three sisters a brother and in laws. The body is at the family home 940 Hornet street. George Falligan pioneer Butte resident died yesterday at his children’s Missoula home aged 80. Born in Germany he arrived in Butte during the silver boom and was a Missoula Elk. Surviving are son Arthur a daughter Miss Della Falligan in Missoula and another son George in Shoshone Idaho. Funeral services for Mrs Lydia Lemelin were held at her brother Joseph Nevin’s home 1618 Harrison avenue with Mass at St Josephs Church and burial at Holy Cross cemetery.
Qualifying round at Butte Country Club produced 15 women, led by Jessie Roscow and W Murphy. The draws show Roscow versus Murphy, Finlen versus Morgan, Huffman versus St Clair, King versus Dosenbach, Stivers versus Kilroy, Sennett versus Woodard, Sullivan versus Claxton, Shanley versus White. Finals set for June 12 in an 18 hole handicap match.
Police and sheriff's officers handled several automobile cases. A car stolen from A B Whitcomb at 803 West Copper street was found near the Nettie mine. A vehicle stolen from the West Colusa mine was recovered in Meaderville with damage. Another car registered to E B Erickson stood in an alley and was towed to a garage.
Monte Witzke of the Barrenstein apartments reported to police that a bank draft for $300 was taken from his trunk in the Woodrow hotel. He said he left his trunk keys on the dresser and the trunk was opened during his absence.
Chester Casey, once a Canyon City penitentiary escapee and later captured in Butte, has been arrested in Las Animas Colorado on suspicion of burglary after stolen tools were found in a car. He had recently been discharged from the state pen and previously escaped Canyon City four years ago.
A fire caused by defective wiring damaged Edwin N Halland residence at 401 South Excalibur Street late yesterday. Halland is a Butte tobacco company manager away at dinner. his 12 year old daughter fought the flames with a garden hose as fire crews from several stations battled the blaze. Most furniture saved. owner John Coppo of Billings insured for most losses.
Albert Chick O'Brien a prominent Butte citizen and mining engineer died yesterday afternoon at 1 o'clock after a long illness. A Montana State School of Mines graduate in 1908 he worked with Barker and Wilson and later in engineering and geology for Anaconda and other companies. He served in the engineering corps during the war and owned manganese properties. He leaves wife Mary Bee O'Brien sister Mrs A S Mooney senior of Butte and his California-based parents and a brother. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
Memorial services for departed members of the Odd Fellows and Rebekah lodges of Butte were held in Mount Moriah cemetery. The Rev. Alexander Muirden gave the principal address titled Lest We Forget, with Dean W. Selfridge delivering the eulogy and Miles J. Cavanaugh reading the proclamation. The service reflected on Memorial Day’s observance, the price of liberty, and a rededication to the lodges’ unfinished tasks.
William C. Lane of Butte plans to visit his mother in County Kerry Ireland aboard the steamship Republic after departing Friday from Butte on the Milwaukee. He recalls witnessing rapid changes since leaving, including conflicts with European powers the Spanish-American and World Wars, and advances in automobiles air travel radio and films. A 16 year veteran fireman at the county courthouse Lane now journeys back to Kerry after 36 years away, to spend months renewing ties with his aging mother awaiting his return.
May 30 wind tends northwest in Butte as precipitation chances rise with a 50-50 bet. Historical Memorial Days show extreme cold in 1903 81 and 1910 79 and 46 . The month will be one of the driest on record per Alex Blewett. Yellowstone park cafeterias open June 1, hotels June 20.
An elderly resident answers a query on whether Butte ever had a horse car line. Several elders deny, Delia Peets and A J Davis agree, while P C Dean claims work with horses. The line ran from Montana Union Depot through Utah Avenue to Great Northern tracks and beyond, serving South Butte and Butte.
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