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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1921
Page
2
A local sale advertises a wide range of groceries and staples at reduced prices. Items include coffee, tea, canned goods, peanut butter, peas, butter, soap, laundry soap, Del Monte catsup, and lard. The ad markets bulk and brand names with cash order incentives and a January 1st sale date.
The commission, already sitting as equalization, heard a chamber of commerce committee’s bid critique of Heiselt company, questioned sending funds to Helena, and discussed wage scales. Commissioners noted bid totals, federal matching funds, and local labor impact, with Caldwell defending wage practices.
California reported a record June with about 6600 marriages, the highest monthly total in state history. L. J. Ross of the state vital statistics board noted the surge as war romances renewed and more couples tied the knot this year than in 1920.
The Alaska steamer wrecked off Blunt's Point after a fogbound inshore current drove it ashore. Captain Hobey remained at his post and went down with the ship as crews and passengers faced a grim death toll. A long dead list and missing names circulated as investigators debunked crew failures and blamed the disaster on the sea and fog.
Columbus Ohio Colvin B Brown Washington head of the department of Organization Chamber of Commerce of the United States tells a local audience that profits from production will pay the vast war debt. He warns prices fall below cost cannot endure and urges expanding credit to Europe as the world awaits the next harvest and clothing needs. He says the United States is uniquely placed to reestablish global credit through production.
Special Dispatch to the Standard Helena Aug The railways before the state board of equalization seek lower assessments. Great Northern claims 77 000 000 property value in Montana and falling earnings since 1916. Soo Line requests 365 000 from 470 000 for Sheridan county. Oregon Short Line notes its main line assessment is the highest in the state. Board continues hearing. no assessment set until arguments end.
A 1920s budget item outlines cuts totaling about 579 million dollars for the current fiscal year and roundabout tax reductions of 720 million. Proposed offsets include 262 million from corporate tax increases and 79 million from tariff changes, with a net revenue loss estimated at 478 million if changes are retroactive.
Canada aims to boost Western prairie flour for macaroni and spaghetti with export growth to Italy and Europe. Trade data show $17 million Italian wheat for spaghetti and broad gains in exports to Sweden Norway Turkey Spain and Portugal. exports surpass 20 times two decades earlier as Canada rebuilds postwar trade, with U S imports and exports rising and Western provinces expected to 10 million population by 1920s.
Hazel Blair profiles Miss Mary Sue Patton of St Louis whose career path from switchboard operator to associate editor of Southwestern Telephone News illustrates the value of hands on experience with operators. Patton credits her college training and tough early days with building respect among peers and readers.
The fifteenth annual institute of the Catholic Educational Society of Montana begins a two week session at Helena next Monday. Over 200 nuns from eight orders in Butte and pastors from area Catholic churches will attend. Lectures include Father N C Hoff on Silent Reading and Father Kilitia on Dante. Prof Francia McVeigh from Sacred Heart College will discuss the Ward method of music.
The report notes enforcement of the prevailing wage, with laborers to be paid according to union scale. Injustice court sees Matt Maki charged with receiving stolen goods, Cutford Taylor with disturbing the peace, and William G. McLellan with fishing without a license. Arthur C. Bureh, a Northwestern University alumnus, referenced as a former schoolmate of Mrs. Oban chain, appears in local mentions amid ongoing investigations.
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