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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1917
Page
5
The principal branch office of the Standard is at 119 North Main Street Butte. Telephones list business department 422 editorial department 423. Advertising rates furnished on application.
Army fie barpins in three sizes sent in gold with plain and engraved options. Navy cutlass barpins in plain finish. Described as extraordinary, attractive and useful. Encourages soldiers to buy for mother or sweetheart before deployment.
Leys Jeweler and Optometrist operates a shop at 20 North Main Street offering jewelry services and eye care. The listing notes the business location and its dual focus in retail and optometry.
Butte notes list visitors and arrivals from Basin Dillon Billings Great Falls and more. Mentions 106 N. Montana violin studio run by Olson, and E J Waters from Great Falls visiting. Other items include mining men, families, and a magazine note about Ladies Home Journal and McClure’s in town. Rain in the state and crop conditions also referenced. Helen Van Stain moves home after hospital stay. Anaconda resident prepares to leave for Roberts Avenue home.
Port Angeles Wash Aug 13 a unit of national guardsmen destroyed IWW headquarters by tossing furniture and papers into the bay later recovered Corporal Exan alleged leader of the guard is under arrest The raid followed a nighttime strike by timber workers union amid labor unrest tied to an IWW and AFL context An investigation is under way
The French announce the German communique misleads about St Quentin burning the presbytery and cathedral. They say the Germans aim to justify destruction of Rheims Soissons Ypres Arras while a dealer in Mexico seeks salts and other skins in this country.
Northern Pacific Railway warns of coal shortages this winter due to war labor shortages and increased demand. Rail lines may divert coal from freight to engine use and passenger service, urging the public to stockpile fuel. Officials note added trains and higher consumption strain fuel supply while Red Lodge mines supply coal to meet needs.
The Butte police were told at night that two boys, the oldest about 11, entered Dr. T. A. Grigg's yard at 815 West Silver Street, tore an American flag from the porch, and threw it away. When protested, they said they would return to do as they saw fit. Police and juvenile officers are seeking the boys, believed to be aided in the act by others.
Public luncheon to meet Miss Jeannette Rankin and hear her impressions from life in congress was completed last night. The event will be at the Butte Grill Room to accommodate 300 diners. Rankin is the sole speaker detailing her congressional experiences.
Montana troops chosen by the draft will report to the American Lake cantonment in Washington starting September 15. The project aims to house 12,000 men in the initial 30 percent of Northwest recruits, with rapid construction including 50 new buildings in one day and ongoing work on stables, warehouses, and heating plants. Local Tacoma firms are urged to stock military goods in preparation, as officers and men will arrive late this month and early next month for training while YMCA facilities and entertainment are planned onsite.
London dispatches report German newspapers generally view the pope's peace note unfavorably to German interests. Liberal papers see cautious hope while Morgen Post questions why Germany should reject the appeal. Tages Zeitung warns of ruin, Vossische Zeitung expects rapid Belgian settlement but demands France concede Alsace Lorraine.
United States Senator J. Walsh, now in Baltimore, declines to advise on abolishing the rustling card system in mines. He urges miners to dissociate from the disloyal LW. W. W. faction and focuses on real grievances. The piece also covers YMCA wartime work and church aims to aid troops, with Montana urged to raise $20,000 for central funds.
Rome reports Austrian air bombs hit the St Mark's school and Church of St John and Paul in Venice damaging a great hall. One third of the ceiling collapsed injuring patients below but no artistic losses occurred. Fragments were collected for restoration.
A quirky 농uned note promotes consuming a wild mushroom variety growing near fields if absolutely sure it is edible. It advises cooking before eating and frames it as a wholesome dietary addition despite odd wording.
The remains of John J. Sullivan are at Walshs undertaking parlors. The funeral will be held at Sacred Heart church with interment in Holy Cross cemetery.
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