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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1917
Page
5
Local items report room rentals and garage ads, visitors in town, business transacts, births and engagements, upcoming dances, club meetings, and travel plans. Numerous residents from Anaconda, Helena, Missoula, and nearby towns are noted visiting or departing.
Local Red Cross extension committee members held a training session for surgical dressings at Mrs Putnam's home with about 19 ladies. Weather disruption and distant homes hinder future classes though instruction continues at a central location. Plans for the December fair proceed and War Department clarifies sweaters are welcome though not essential.
The Anaconda school boys opened December basketball with an 18 to 10 win by the first section freshmen over Lincoln. St Pauls defeated by default when St Peters failed to appear. Remaining games in the inter class series run Thursday to Saturday with juniors and seniors scheduled across days and sections.
Postmaster General suspends a December restriction on placing nonstandard holiday and Red Cross tuberculosis stamps on mail. Stamps may be affixed from December 1 to January 1, but not on the envelope front. Also notes actor Julian Eltinge's rising fame and a local insurance ad.
A special meeting of the I. B. of B. H. is held tonight at the club hall. Business of importance is on the agenda. Meeting called at 6 50 by Recording Secretary James Monaha.
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