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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
16
Bargain sale notes offer lingerie bodices and silk waists with prices ranging from $1.19 to $6.95. The ad repeats discount lines and uses odd spellings and typos, typical of a vintage catalog listing.
A Meagher county banner shows the highest per cent of its wartime quota met, with 25 percent above target. The report lists counties by progress, noting Jefferson Granite and Missoula near top, while Powell and Toole hold lower shares. The piece cites statewide and national totals for July, comparing state gains to England’s ongoing bonds.
Delegates representing Washington Oregon Idaho and more than 220 loggers endorsed Col Brice P Disque commander of the Production division of the Loyal Legion of Loggers and Lumbermen. They urged continued efforts to secure direct representation with employers on wage scales and mutual interests while conserving food supplies. An assessment was approved to cover organization expenses and a four district structure with local councils was established.
The article notes the death of Noted Is Dead and refers to Anna Held as ill for several months. It cites a battle with myeloma since April, brief recoveries, and a pneumonia attack that led to death. It mentions physicians warning of a remarkable will to live. Separately it references the Kabotaze Act and a $10,000 maximum prison sentence.
Federal court returns indictments charging two firms with furnishing defective army coats to the government. Several accused individuals face related charges from prior indictments, highlighting ongoing investigations and legal actions in New York.
Bankers and mining officials from around ten western states gather in Reno to discuss boosting gold production and offset rising costs. Governor Emmett D Hoyle is said to be involved as the American Mining Congress plans to appoint a national committee and an international committee to coordinate with Congress and foreign partners.
An American wartime tale from a newspaper page describes a YMCA activity in a doughboy hut. Raymond Fosdick returns from France to report on soldiers’ morale and a survey where cowardice tops the list of sins.
William Welch of Beaverton Oregon recounts severe weight loss and weakness from illness. After trying various medicines he started Tanlac and rapidly recovered, gaining 28 pounds and returning to farm work. Ad promotes Tanlac sold by Fuller Drug in Anaconda and Newbro Drug in Butte.
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