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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1918
Page
2
A fashion piece argues for cheerful bright colors and Jersey fabrics for women dresses and shirts, urging bold styling over conservative restraint. It discusses wool textures, embroidery, color contrasts, and practical wear from summer into autumn, highlighting models and versatile details for everyday use.
Violent clash near a Harrison street circus tent involved boys and black attendees using stones and clubs against drivers. Police hauled away injured youths to hospitals and jail as a crowd taunted officers. Reports said a boy might be dead, though most injuries were bruises or cuts.
An advertisement endorses Bailey for sheriff noting his clean character and full qualifications for the office. The text asserts he lacks nothing needed for the role and urges voters to consider him.
A man named Ayres fired six shots from a revolver between Broadway and Framite streets near Main. A crowd gathered as a worker in an upper office spotted the gunman and alerted police. Ayres led officers on a chase toward Murray hospital then east, where he was stopped and arrested for carrying concealed weapons. Casualties were reported minimal and police suspect the shooter aimed at the moon during a festive event.
Members of the seamen's union voted last night to reject an offer of a 35 cent daily wage increase from the employers. The union had asked for higher pay and a 5 dollar weekly wage scale. An A committee, appointed weeks ago to confer with the employers, will hold another conference this week.
Fragmentary OCR notes discuss wartime etiquette and conduct, quoting hints on soldiers, officers, and civilian behavior. It references a general, a road repair party, and Sunday night speakers with advice on decorum and restraint.
The Butte Ad club plans publicity for Ye A. campaign and held a September meeting of the Silver Row club. Jakene Carroll accepted a campaign director role with the Faction committee while Mogge was away at a national War Work council meeting in San Francisco and will return next week.
Worden Smith, a year with the Butte advertising force of the Standard, left yesterday for Ogden service with the United States. Married with a family, he reported for duty without claim for exemption. He is the seventh man to depart from the Standard's Butte force, greatly liked and admired for his energy and bravery.
A Boston Sunday Advertiser item notes Christian Science camp welfare work in 45 Army and Navy camps nationwide under the First Church of Christ Scientist. About 100 men and 15 women serve as welfare attendants aiding all servicemen regardless of faith, with loans to relatives and hospital support. The effort has raised morale, improved reception by officers, and led to recorded healings and new facilities at camps.
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