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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1916
Page
9
Fire destroyed the home of Michael Cambridge at Rocker Tuesday night. The lumber mill fire team saved nearby residences from similar destruction. Cause unknown. No furniture was saved. The Cambridge family has found shelter with friends pending a new home on the site.
Standard clocks in the Paris observatory are kept 90 feet underground where temperature variation has stayed under one degree for years.
The Empress hosts the fourth Hippodrome road show starting with matinee. Headliners include Miss Sutton and Miss Keeler in Her First Case, the Buck Brothers in Ship Ahoy Toys, Maudie Still the aviator girl, Von Dell impersonator, Millard Clay Trio, Gartrelle Brothers, and Jules and Frances in Over the Counter.
The Beckoning Trail screens today at the Liberty Theater for the last time starring J War ren Kerrigan and Louis Lovely. Placer Murray, head of a mining camp, tries to oust a squatter from a valuable mine. Jim Kerrigan plays Carlton who travels West to investigate a claim from relatives. He befriends the squatter and offers half the mine if helped to improve the property. A fight injures Kerrigan, forcing a week off.
Wealthier women in Turkey are dropping traditional veils when receiving glucsats. The trend highlights shifting cultural norms around medical treatments and personal appearance for affluent patients.
A military observer reports extensive Japanese-made clothing shoes belts and accoutrements issued to Russian soldiers along the front. He notes Japanese guns and ammunition in Russian use and says Russian artillery fire remains directed by Russian officers, with Japanese experts only assisting in operating a new 12 inch gun.
Gov. Burnquist received a report by labor commissioner Houck stating industrial discontent was partly justified yet amplified by I. W. W. activity and responsible for the present miners strike on the Mesaba iron range.
Petrograd reports between June 4 and August 12 Brusiloff’s forces captured more than 358000 men. The war office lists 27577 officers captured and 359845 men, 405 cannon, 1826 machine guns, 338 mine and bomb throwers, and 292 powder carts.
Paris reports Germany is assuming control of Triest defenses with specially organized troops, according to a Temps dispatch from Milan dated August 16.
Samples of notices posted in Broken Hill outline I W W tactics and warnings against scabbing. The South Australian press notes the I W W influence in Australia and urges workers to slow down or join the union, describing fast workers as foolish.
George Spillum relocates his complete line of cigars tobacco and smokers articles from 4 South Main Street to 38 East Park Street. Always open.
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