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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1916
Page
4
Claim that acids in the body poison the blood and cause many diseases affecting skin nerves and organs. Advertises S. S. S. as a blood purifier and tonic, urging readers to obtain it from druggists and request Medical Department mail reply for guidance.
An advertising notice promotes Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer as a non dye that darkens gray hair. It instructs daily use for a week then thrice weekly and claims healthy scalp, fluffy thick hair with no dandruff. Availability via Smith's drug store Anaconda Montana and Newbro drug store Butte Montana, mail order for out of town customers.
Classified items list services rents, furnishings, and sales in Anaconda. Named locals include Dr Crafft and Dr Roseborough osteopaths, Handy rooms for rent, liquor ads, a social dance at Austrian hall, and a funeral at the Presbyterian church. A lodge meeting and train schedule add to the community patchwork.
The 14-carat gold medal trophy donated by Frederick Laist will be awarded Sunday to the Country Club member with the lowest score. The biweekly award fuels local rivalry as golfers vie for the badge of distinction. Keppler designed the medallion showing a figure teeing off with a hill horizon in the background.
Anaconda cooks and waiters formed a local organization on Tuesday night led by R. J. Croskey, international organizer of the restaurant workers alliance. The charter remains open, with 160 members expected. the cooks union of Anaconda had been defunct for a decade as Copper King hotels welcomed new cuisine artists to Smelter City.
Meetings of the Butte Waitresses have been incorporated into the general branch of the Montana Federation of Labor. Key, previously Colorado’s six years’ tactician, will represent Montana for six months, working in unorganized towns like Dillon, Bozeman, and Kalispell. The Anaconda hand will host a concert at 7 o'clock led by C. Le Taylor featuring The Sous Overture and The Enchanted Quest plus dance and musical numbers.
Ironwork foreman La B Crosswhite and several foremen are on vacation with replacements filling in at the Reston smelter. The Knights of Columbus Black Rock game at Washoe Park is expected to draw large crowds, while a second game is planned Sunday. Zinc plant units at Great Falls will start to replace the local plant, and power costs drive the relocation. A Labor Day rescue drill with smoke helmets and a pulmotor is planned, led by Capt Emery Kell. Cupid ties the knot for John N Boyce at the smelter power house, as W T Reinhardt takes vacation and George B Lynn presides in his absence.
Chief white Cloud, who claims to be the sole survivor of the Big Horn battle, will leave Chicago today for Fort Peck Montana on foot. He recently returned from Washington on tribal business and says he has been wounded in many battles. He was a scout under Gen Nelson Miles during the Spotted Tail campaign.
The Scandinavian Brotherhood Sons of Norway and Order of Vasa announce a picnic at Silver Lake on Sunday August 18. The Butte Anaconda and Pacific Railway offers a 60 cent adult and 30 cent child round trip with departures from Anaconda at 8 80 a m and return from Silver Lake at 7 p m. Charles F Hughes of Butte notes a separate $1 round trip rate from Anaconda on the Butte Anaconda and Pacific Airways.
The Society Buds headlines the new Pantages vaudeville show at the Margaret theater. Irving M. Cooper presents Vincent Erne and Jack C. Claire with book and lyrics by William Le Baron and music by Robin Hood Bowers, produced by Frank Smithson.
A lively Pant Page vaudeville program tonight features a headlining musical drama with an elaborate stage, plus a variety of acts including comedy, dancing, and musical performances. Audiences can expect an engaging lineup with standout appearances, sentimental moments, and comic interludes amid the colorful production.
Notice describes a social event at Silver Lake on Sunday August 13 with lunch on grounds and a special train from Anaconda at 6:50 a.m. and from Silver Lake at 1 p.m. Also a contractor bid call for an addition to Southern Cross School Rural District No 8 Deer Lodge County Montana with plans at Joseph Smith Anaconda. Bids due by 7 p.m. August 12 1916 at 114 West Third Street Anaconda.
An ad urges safe milk use urging pasteurized milk and notes Purity Dairy’s supply and contact details. It also announces a Republican Women’s Club meeting at City Hall tonight at 8 o'clock with women and candidates invited. Mrs. Bentley is secretary.
In Deer Lodge Montana third district court the August 19 1918 probate hearing for Thaddeus Davidson estate is set at 9:30 AM at the Deer Lodge courthouse. Clarence N D seeks letters testamentary. any interested party may appear and contest the will. Clerk StL McDermott Deputy P T OBrien sign the notice dated August 8 1916.
Notice to the rupa Anaconan ars AUR 8 1918 states the signer will not be responsible for any debts contracted by any person after that date except on his written order. John Kralic.
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