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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 29, 1918
Page
5
Hallmark Sheffield Vegetable Dishes offer practical advantages beyond beauty and durability. The double pan design with cover keeps food hot at table. Pattern features a plain colonial shape with a nickel silver base heavily plated in pure silver, providing notable value over similar makes.
Butte notes list neighboring visitors and residents in town for short stays and business. Olson of Lenox Palmer Swenson of Anaconda plus J D Moritz Helena and Leo Holmes Philipsburg are mentioned among others visiting or staying for several days. Also recorded are births, hospital stays, and arrivals at the Butte hotel with brief personal updates.
Tacoma claims leading nation in Liberty loan subscriptions with over 2.3 million raised from more than 17 500 individual bondholders. Butte counters that Tacoma population skews figures and notes Silver Bow county subscriptions around 4.54 million with a 2.1 million quota. County chair Currie doubts Tacoma’s national lead and cites per capita differences.
A wartime notice from Scott Leavitt urges Montanans to join the American tank corps through the state directorate. Eligible men aged 30 to 40 with specific skills such as operators, telegraphers, mechanics, drivers, blacksmiths, welders, or lathe hands are invited to apply at the state center. Enlistments may occur in Butte with enrollment agents or local officials.
A copy of The Potato by Eugene Grubb and W. Guilford has been received by City Agent Shewe at the Oregon Short Line office. The book, owned by the railroad, guides potato growers in efficient cultivation and will be loaned to producers for study. The Gadies Aid Society of Temple Brnal Israel will meet at 113 North Montana Street on Monday April 29 at 2 30 PM. All members are requested to attend.
Prof S H Clark of the University of Chicago will address an evening luncheon at the Chamber of Commerce in Butte as part of a state four minute speakers convention. About 200 Montanans are expected to attend the afternoon sessions, with Clark and other eminent speakers presenting methods to craft concise patriotic talks. The event runs from 2 to 6 pm, followed by a public meeting in the night school auditorium.
Director General McAdoo’s order to railroad workers calls for patriotic unity and public service over private interests as the government controls the rail system. It promises continued safety measures and pensions after service, urging officers and employees to cooperate and shed old enmities in the wartime era.
Tim Harrington of Centerville was hospitalized after a dynamite cap exploded in his hat causing severe injuries to his head shoulder and left arm. Deputy sheriffs and detectives investigated with details of a troubled marriage and divorce filing. Harrington remained unconscious at St James hospital and was moved to St Janiel's. the case notes suggest potential self harm though police reported no solid signs. promotions and theater notes followed in the city.
Correspondence reports the first Irish woman to cast a vote in a parliamentary bye election at Waterford. A young woman, mistakenly on the voters list, faced a presiding officer who verified her identity and allowed her to vote despite the confusion.
More than 20,000 Montana boys and girls aged 10 to 18 join food production and conservation clubs run by Montana State College with federal Food Administration support. Clubs include Bread, Garment, Corn, Potato, Garden, Canning, Pix, Calf, Sheep and Poultry. Winners earn scholarships and free state fair trips, while prizes are offered in calf and other clubs.
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