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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1918
Page
3
Chicago Tribune byline notes Aug 11 dispatch from France with American observers in Bazoches and Vesle. Report details air sorties, German bombardment, shrapnel, and a plane downing incident near a parachute descent with an observer and balloon wreckage amid wartime activity.
State highway commission advances an aid project shaping nine miles of the Butte Garrison stretch through Deer Lodge, as Henry Wirth leads crews with tractors graders and a gravel outfit. Park Road Glacier road work begins Belton side, twelve miles in forest reserve, with J Pright surveying for forestry department build.
In a city jail crowded by the weekend, the inmate count fell to four then rose to nine with the arrest of Alexander Jordan Pete Schmitt Hen Spillman J.C. Foster and Roy Chapman on a charge of illness. They face hearings and will likely gain farm work privileges. Messa Ariz Aug 11 A temple plan mirrors Salt Lake City style and aims to serve as the Southwest parent church for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Several Mormon refugees from Mexico have settled in Arizona valleys amid the growth.
Peters of Sioux Falls shot at the Porter home injuring Margaret Porter aged eight, then killed himself. He allegedly sought to force attentions on the mother who refused marriage, and fired at the door before dying in a personal crisis.
The Wanderer, a colossal Biblical spectacle, opens at the new Headway theater next Wednesday and Thursday. David Nelasco is credited with guiding Mise O Neil to a major role after early indifference and Broadway acclaim.
A late week health department report on Butte meat and milk shops shows 100 percent compliance for some facilities, with others rated 9 percent. The evaluation cites fat content and solids standards, naming Harris as city health officer and noting the market and unions involved.
Soldiers at Camp Cody parade in Paso, Texas honor two French officers drowned near Silver City while on duty. French and American officers wore blue uniforms. the bodies traveled by special car with flowers to Arlington National Cemetery for later return to Princes. The government funds the transport and a wartime tribute.
The 1918 horoscope predicts Venus influenced wealth from mining and travel for birthdates in Leo, with women avoiding farms and war work. It notes fashion debates, less favorable times for new enterprises, and that Juniors aged 14 to 18 may join the Naval Reserve to train for naval and merchant service.
The national drive for student nurses to join the United States student nurses reserve continues with Montana delays. Campaign dates run from July 29 to August 11, with Mrs F Sherlock of Helena to announce final results. Mrs Batley describes some recruits as driven by adventure but believes earnest applicants will sign up, ensuring worthy nurses serve faithfully.
Everett August 11 It was a city day as residents gathered under a call for unity and safety. The message urged allies to join in a public hour of prayer for protection and communal resolve.
A fragmented notice lists vast quantities of jam and marmalade seven and a half million jars, gum sticks 3.75 million, bars of choco 112.5 million, and related items, hinting at a large production or inventory figure from a bygone era. Names and exact sources are unreadable, but the tone resembles a public or trade tally.
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