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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1917
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR lists the Standard service offices at 119 North Main Street Butte with divisions for telephones advertising and editorial departments. It reflects an old town business listing with partial department names and addresses.
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Butte notes record visitors and residents in town from Helena to Virginia City. F. G. Cook arrives, Miss Mary Johnson from Virginia City is in town, and a daughter is born at 1807 South Idaho. The Young Matrons meet at Columbia Gardens, and several residents plan trips to Los Angeles Hunter's Hot Springs Berkeley and Marmar.
About 200 striking street car men marched through San Francisco streets with signs disrupting Market Street traffic. No police interference reported. Blair Hale, a motorman, allegedly fired two shots at striker J J Callahan, both mising. Hale is sought on a warrant. A coal shortage alert followed a Minneapolis briefing urging President Wilson to act.
The court refused to grant a change of venue in the $26,000 dam age case involving Violet Buddie, ruling the motion premature. Attorney Wittenberg preserved sensational aspects of the complaint alleging improper court actions at Miles City Industrial School and improper whipping by Director Dorr and three teachers. The proceedings also covered a speeding arrest of Peter Lehto and a grand larceny charge against John F. Bay of the Singer Sewing Machine Co.
Jeannette Rankin arrives in Butte to a wary welcome as metal mine workers and others plan a reception while alcalde Hanratty blocks a parade. unions debate greeting tactics, funding, and Rankin's role as a mediator amid wage disputes and internal labor skirmishes.
Sumpter Oregon becomes a smoking ruin after a fast moving fire that started behind the Capital hotel. Firefighters fought wind driven flames threatening woods and timber with the water supply failing leaving hundreds homeless. The blaze destroyed most business blocks and residences, with hospital and school saved. No serious fatalities reported.
Norris premier of Manitoba issues a call to men from all walks of life to join harvest efforts. He cites bumper crops and abundant yield and urges workers to help place every pound of western field production at the disposal of the empire and its allies.
A long list of names appears under the Examinations in Silver Bow heading, continuing from Pace 1. The text catalogs numerous individuals with varied surnames and initials, suggesting a roll call or roster of exam participants or graduates in a historical record.
A long list of individuals is rejected by the board for unspecified reasons. The document also notes train departures from Butte via the B A & 1 railway with several listed times and routes to Greenstone and Anaconda, plus references to Ferguson’s case and impeachment proceedings in Texas.
Funeral notices list several local deaths and services. Names include David Donovan 37 and Jeremiah 435 with services at family residences and Saint Patrick churches. Interments planned Holy Cemetery and Cathedrals with times to be announced.
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