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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1917
Page
7
Butte News Standard lists its address at 119 North Main with telephone numbers for the business and editorial departments. The editorial department indicates a 42 percent figure and says personnel or service details are furnished on application.
This ad urges annual eye examinations to prevent eyestrain and prolong vision. It touts expert service and affordable charges, highlighting the Cenace clinic as well qualified in equipment, knowledge, and experience.
A local notes batch lists visitors from Billings Helena Great Falls Pony and other towns, engagements including marriages Edna Bush and Henry Stone, business trips, new magazines at the P.O. news stand, travel to Denver and Nebraska, a birthday anniversary at the Acoma, and a Chautauqua update. Names include Orton Bros. Stein-Bloch Tonkin GW Vaughn Morrow Hagan Atwater Woodworth Bruce etc.
The Ischool district reports higher property values and attendance, with total receipts at $899,058.81 and expenditures of $993,045 for 1916-17. The 1917-18 budget estimates $1,174,500 cost, with the tax rate dropping from 10 to 2 mills, plus a fixed state tax and sinking fund. Attendance rose by 1,027 to 10,728. high school enrollments include 992 students.
Two sisters Julia Mahoney of Virginia Minnesota and Abbey Sullivan of Leadville California met for the first time in 37 years, reuniting yesterday at Margaret Sullivan's home in Michigan. They plan a reunion to bridge long separation, amid notes of past wages error highlighting Mozetta Williams salary correction.
The body of Ivan Heen, 27, a Swedish miner from Nome Alaska, killed Monday in Hamilton is en route to Butte. Heen arrived last night with friends. funeral date undecided. Witnesses say Joe Marsh, intoxicated, shot Heen in a bar as he sought work. Heen was unmarried with relatives in Sweden and in Alaska.
James R. Sevenson a 62 year old roofer is held on desertion charges in Fargo North Dakota after being arrested in South Butte. An officer from Par ke will take him back to face trial. He admits deserting his family and says he did not send money because he had none.
A meeting by S. W. W. near Meaderville was dispersed by deputy sheriffs at 9:30 pm. Two TW. W. alle tators named Peo Mondolll and Constantine Monor were arrested and held for U S authorities. An inquiry will determine if the men are slackers as 100 strikers were advised to demand their rights and not return to mine work. The arrest proceeded without wider trouble. Both men are believed TW. W. organizers.
R M De Peu longtime head of the North Butte Mining company office and accounting depart ment married Miss Jane Kelley of Hutte yesterday morning at St Patrick's parsonage. The couple, with bridesmaid Mrs Alice Ryan and best man W D Gibson, left for California and will reside in Butte on return. Meanwhile show pictures advocate for labor defense and Mooney case shown in Butte as part of national drive. Show date set for exhibition.
A man described as unnamed told sheriffs officers he was robbed near Milwaukee's passenger station around 10 tonight. He claimed the theft involved 8500 in cash and a thesaurus. He offered only a scant description of the suspect.
Minneapolis July 21 demand for harvest hands grows with season. Don D Lescohir of the state public safety commission reports heavy demand for cooks with wages from 2 to 4 dollars per day and a potential future labor shortage if supply remains low. Bureau sent 775 men to farm work in 22 days. requests come from Teed River wheat region and Charles McCatfere in Pierre for South Dakota workers. Heat wave lingers across the country with temperatures hitting or near 102 in Philadelphia and other cities. no immediate relief expected. Mainsprings advertised at 1 dollar. Mayer advertises as Montana jeweler at 21 West Park.
Street car workers in Butte prepare to vote on a proposed wage scale from Butte Electric Railway Company after a conference with manager J. R. Wharton. The offer ties pay to copper prices, adjusts by year of service, and faces rejection from the union. A clerks’ union committee plans to meet later for potential demands, reflecting broader labor discussions.
A legislature moves toward passing a law affecting women. Details on sponsors, dates, and potential impacts are not fully clear in the fragment. The item notes legislative action and indicates ongoing debate within the chamber.
Allied forces push through marshy terrain between Dixmude and Boesinghe as German trenches fall in heavy fighting. British troops break through, suffer few casualties, and recapture positions near Menin tunnel with tanks aiding advance. Prisoner streams indicate German disarray and continued Allied momentum.
British preliminary bombardment and naval fire devastate German lines. Bavarian troops withdraw within three days as morale collapses. Photographs show widespread destruction along the front with high explosives. Allied infantry ready to advance.
Berlin report from London dated July 31 states British attacks on both sides of Ypres in Flanders were repulsed. Only crater position was captured in the assault according to the German official communication issued tonight. Chicago weather note reports a third day of heat with a cool wave promised by the weather bureau and a maximum near 97 degrees.
The article traces early electric propulsion developments from 1880 to 1898. It notes Thomas Son in Mento Park's 1880 test, Stephen D. Field of San Francisco's 1883 exhibit in Chicago carrying passengers, Dr. Joseph B. Pinney's overhead conductor experiments in Allegheny, a 1884 Kansas City line using overhead power, Baltimore's 10 mile street railway to Hampden in 1885, Vanderpool's Toronto overhead trolley in 1885, and a 4.5 mile system in Scranton beginning operation in 1898.
Two Argentine aviators achieved a rapid Andes crossing by balloon flight. Their craft launched from Santiago Chile and landed near Mendoza Argentina after about four hours aloft.
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