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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1918
Page
4
Butte Montana August 25 1918 James B O Fllyn announces candidacy for women public administrator. He touts law school degree seven years practice and argues a single administrator should also act as attorney to avoid dual fees. He asks primary voters for support.
A Democratic nomination bid is noted for a candidate with over twenty years of continuous satisfactory service at Hennessy Company. The record highlights long tenure and stable employment as a confidence factor for voters.
In Kingston a mother recalls her only son in France as she reads his division’s photo on the front page. She recounts long waits for letters since February and describes wartime losses, loyalty claims for Ireland, and a call for collective sacrifice as women send aid boxes and men endure prison camp cruelties.
At St Pierre Miquelon on Aug 26 the 600 ton steamer Eric was sunk by shell fire, likely from the same submarine that sent four fishing schooners to the bottom earlier Sunday off the island. About 90 men from the sunken vessels were rescued ashore. five Eric crew members were wounded. The sunken fishing boats were the J J Teler the HL Walters and the Verna D Adams all from Lunenburg Nova Scotia.
The Chicago grain market closed higher with corn up despite heavy receipts and rain. October corn at 110 1 4. Oats advanced as government purchases supported prices. pork fell slightly while lard and ribs rose on light offerings. Reports show lard and meats exports outpacing last year and prices listed for yellow corn oats and barley.
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