Electric passenger service begins in Anaconda today
Electric passenger service starts with the 8:00 am train from Anaconda, the first of a planned gradual nationwide electrification. Freight service will shift to electric power within days as engines are phased out, with the full main line conversion expected soon. Locomotive changes bring quieter, cleaner operation and curiosity among residents as passenger rides become available today.
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Anaconda
Butte
Butta
Men’s meeting replaces regular prayer at Christian church
A men’s meeting will be held at the Christian church this evening in place of the regular prayer meeting. All church men are urged to attend, and interested non members are also invited. Important business will be discussed and a large turnout is desired.
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Christian Church
Anaconda Hunters Start Early For Open Game Season
Anaconda hunters signaled their intent to head out at dawn for opening day of game season. Ducks may not be hunted from sunset to dawn. The deer season opens with limits of one deer per hunter in most districts. Only one mountain sheep or one mountain goat per hunter allowed. Moose buffalo elk caribou and beaver remain protected.
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Deer Lodge
Beaverhead
Oregon
Powell
Missoula
Surprise Yard Goods Sale Promises Big Savings
A dusty catalog style ad details a surprise sale of fabrics including Devonshire cloth, Galatea cloths, seersucker, ginghams, and American wash fabrics. It promotes many patterns and colors at reduced prices, with yardage and purchase terms described in cluttered old newspaper phrasing. The piece emphasizes value and limited availability across multiple fabric types and price points.
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Spee
Local notes and society items from Ash and area
City notices report A OG HL meets tonight with ads for hats at 18 Ash and brotherhood events. Dance at Wilcheoa, athletic ball, and talks with Sehlayo. Pro Olson and Cherry venue events. Mint venue activities. Elks meet tonight. Montana hotel luncheon specials. Dr Kroner visiting city. Watches priced from five dollars. business visitors and travelers noted. Old Taylor bottled in bond offered. store closure and rental ads. Multiple residents travel, social visits, and upcoming f lood of small town happenings.
Electrified Line Tour Highlights City’s Power Shift
Officials praised electric operation of the Milwaukee Road system as workers adapt smoothly to electric locomotives. Journeys between Butte and the smelter district showcased electric power powering mine, rail, and plant operations with swift transfers and brief returns by steam after Seattle-bound service.
Barrington Hall Coffer and CAM Peeee Event Mentioned
A fragmented notice references Barrington Hall coffer and a CAM event with unclear details. The readable bits imply a two pound measure and a local club or group event, but specifics and outcomes remain obscured in the OCR.
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BO Barrington Hall
Spanish Rivers Flooded by Torrential Rainfall
Torrential rains sweep across Spain causing wide crop and property damage. Railways and telegraph lines are destroyed hindering communication. In Barcelona a carriage with two children was carried away and perished. Valencia travelers report destroyed crops along the route. Rivers Nova and Dlobretgat swell to twenty six feet. Local inhabitants climb trees awaiting rescue boats.
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Madrid
Spain
Barcelona
Valencia
Nova
Dlobretgat
Land For Eight States For Good Road Purposes
The Interior department backs a plan to give Montana Idaho Wyoming Colorado Utah Arizona New Mexico and Nevada 260000 acres of public lands to be sold or leased with funds used for road construction. States would must sell lands for no less than 44 per acre or set rates at 6 percent of value. If successful, expansion to many more acres is contemplated. Immense steam shovels are ordered for harbor work in Halifax Nova Scotia.
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Washington
Interior Department
Montana
Idaho
Wyoming
Colorado
Utah
Arizona
New Mexico
Nevada
Mindo
Tone
Halifax
Nova Scotia
Anaconda Smelter Shutdown Prepared for Cleanup
Anaconda will not feel the shutdown as most of the smelter workforce shifts to cleaning and repair duties. Arrangements ensure workers keep their regular wages during the fire clean-up and shutdown period while central overhauling continues so plant reopens with minimal delay.
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Anacenae
GRIDIRON STARS AT WORK FOR FRIDAY GAME
City common posts and crossbars are being prepared by the fra department under Commissioner Pat Dalton. Moran, Fitzpatrick, and Brent teams are training nightly with rosters evolving. Fitzpatrick’s squad appears speedier, Moran brings experience from Anaconda Independents, while Brent adds fresh faces including H R Auten and H J Hinck after North Dakota background.
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Moran
Fitzpatrick
Pat Dalton
Fra
Neups
Mitzpatrican
Brent
W- Auten
Ute
H. J. Hinck
North Dakota
Signals from Copper City grid clash provokes crowd
The Montana college football squad faced Anaconda high school last Saturday with a peculiar set of signals. A quarter shouted Steam roller formation and a high school player yelled Look out for the penitentiary special.
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Conlege of Montana
Anaconda High School
Penitentiary
Unpalatable Tait and Mount McKinles Mention
The Washington Star quips about Admiral Peary recalling his Arctic triumph and Doc Cook, with wry humor from a Thooktynite and a Brown from Alvis, noting women’s skepticism about marriage while joking about conquest and praise.
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Peary
Mount McKinles
Doc Cook
Washington Star
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