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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1917
Page
2
Executive committee of the Butte chapter of the Red Cross announces that any benefit entertainments using the emblem or name must obtain prior approval. Weekly Saturday meetings at Silver Row club invite suggestions and plans. The measure aims to prevent fraud and public misperception while seeking public patronage and funds.
Mrs C J Nepper left for Washington DC to attend the Woman Christian Temperance Union convention on December 21 as a delegate. She is president of the Hutte organization with convention headquarters at the Powhatan hotel and Polls theater. A separate report notes Gelder, author and producer of a picture, was charged with producing publication tending to disloyalty among U S armed forces for a film about the American War of Independence.
Surgeon General Gore releases weekly health report showing modest improvement in health conditions at national guard and national army camps for the week ending Nov. 23. Seven guard divisions show lower sick rates, others higher mainly due to measles and pneumonia. army divisions show mixed results with decreases in some and increases in others, including notable measles and pneumonia shifts.
The advertisement extols Nedlin Soles from Goodyear as waterproof and flexible, reducing wear on uppers and eliminating break in. It claims Nedlin holds shape better than rubber, resists moisture, and comes in black white or tan. It lists numerous dealers in Anaconda and Mesa among others and invites customers to stamp the Nedlin brand on memory.
Week totals show 97 deaths among 371,762 National Guard members and 60 deaths among 426,310 National Army personnel. Social disease cases declined in both forces during the period, reflecting improved numbers.
San Antonio December 1. A verdict has been reached in the court martial of the four Negroes of the Twenty fourth infantry charged with murder mutiny and riot stemming from the Houston uprising on August 23. The verdict will be reviewed before public release. The 83 defendants were brought to the port chapel at Fort Sam Houston for the process and were then returned to the cavalry guard house.
A sequence of realty transfers recorded in Butte shows numerous conveyances. Buyers include J M Poindexter, Simon J Bank, Washington Tutte Mining, and Claude Cunningham among others with parcels across Hamilton, Corona, Grand View, Lawler, Wilson Park, and Centerville areas. Considerable sums recorded include a notable 1006 dollar lot transfer to Lella Gassert and Henningsen family exchanges.
Concord New Hampshire December 1 William Eaton Chandler who as secretary of the navy in President Arthur era helped launch the modern U S Navy and later served as a United States senator from New Hampshire died at his home here yesterday He was in Washington last March fell ill and then returned to New Hampshire where he spent the summer at his country estate in Waterloo Before this fall his health failed progressively
Leaders estimate the Butte drive has reached its $7,000 goal for the war fund despite awaiting final team reports. Charman 4. Roche reports tentative success with most promises in, and yesterday focused on finishing old ground, contacting people not yet touched. Final tallies were delayed as teams sought more time to compile results.
Washington December 1 The war trade board announced new import policy measures to use government control to ensure fair prices and release war supplies held abroad. It urges reciprocal shipping of needed commodities from allied nations to support the war effort. Brazil to send 12 naval aviators. Britain invites Brazilian pilots to complete training in England. Randall of California proposes heavy taxes on untiled arable land and unplanted city lots to fund the war and boost food production.
An advertisement touts Stuart's Calcium Waters and Calcium Sulfide as a remedy for skin eruptions. It promises a free trial page and claims dramatic facial improvements from pimples to eczema, urging readers to obtain a 50-cent box of Stuart's Calcium Wafer at drug stores in the United States and fill a coupon for a free offer.
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