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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1925
Page
9
Due to sagging demand for yarn and a drop in orders from China, almost all cotton spinners in the American section of England’s industries have implemented a 39 1/4 hour workweek along with a complete week of layoff.
William C Ott of Seattle supervised a case examination at the Anaconda post office where three clerks Frank McMahon Arthur Perry and John D Sullivan each handled 934 letters with 69 separations and no errors All three posted perfect scores and transfers were completed in 22 to 24 minutes The test indicates the Anaconda office is fully 100 percent efficient in mail handling and may be unique in the state for all clerks achieving flawless results.
Anaconda brief items note Roger Deeny of Butte visiting, several residents in Anaconda yesterday, and multiple local notices. Calls for furnished apartments, carloads of apples for sale, ukulele lessons, and nearby events at the Montana hotel and Margaret theater. Also reports of Mrs. C. Eddy’s mother’s death in Seattle and local performances of Deacon Dubbs with free admission for grade school pupils.
The Anaconda Engineers swept the Condors and the B A P team defeated the Barbers, each winning two of three games in Federal league action rolled on the Teacher Iileys last night. Scores from last night’s matches are listed.
In a juvenile football game played yesterday afternoon at the old brick yard Spruce Street Touchdowns beat Walnut Street Tacklers 18 to 15. Players for the winning team included Carl Huber Johnny Dolan Jack Everts Chudy Ed Phillips Bunny Rice and Jimmy Munson.
The American Legion minstrels near their Armistice Day debut at the Margaret theater in Anaconda. A 60 member cast, top soloists, and fast ticket sales indicate a capacity crowd. Final rehearsals tighten details for a lively program of songs, dances, monologue, and music.
The Association Vaudeville bill at the Bluebird features The Fashion Follies with Violet Roland presenting songs steps and musical numbers plus a display of styles from 1916 to present. Rice and Cad return for laughs along with the Lind-Tree-0 ladder act Billy Eldert as Rural Oddity Finehart and Duff offer songs Grounds for Divorce as the Paramount photoplay.
Alvin Mansel, a 17 year old Black man, was found guilty in Asheville North Carolina of confronting a white woman and sentenced to be electrocuted. One hundred state guards were on duty during the trial as Preston Neely, another Black man accused of a similar offense, stood trial immediately afterward.
The body of Mrs. Mary Ellen Brown who died at Salina Kansas Tuesday will arrive in Anaconda today accompanied by her son Frank Brown a medical student at Creighton University Omaha her brother James Gallagher of Anaconda and Thomas and Patrick Tobin brothers in law Funeral arrangements will be completed after the arrival of the body
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