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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1918
Page
6
In Butte women who filled car cleaning and roundhouse roles during soldiers' absence expect to keep their jobs. They doubt returning men will reclaim former work and note wages around $90 a month. A street injury claim cites a fall from a Locust Street car, seeking $2,099.
A Butte correspondent relays a wild Paris scene after the armistice was announced. He recalls crowds packing the Champs Elysees, flags from all nations, and a marine dragging a German machine gun as general celebration erupts. The writer notes widespread jubilation, toasts, singing, and plans to return home soon.
To reassure his mother that he was getting along, Corp. D. McAuliffe cabled from Paris yesterday. The Thanksgiving day message said Feeling fine. Don’t worry. He had been seriously wounded early October and was in hospital in Paris. He is the son of Mrs. C. McAuliffe.
Sampson Doble of Centerville says his son Private L Dobie of the Second Battalion Signal Corps has been wounded twice and sent back to duty after being over the top five times. He is 24, born in Butte, and has spent about a year overseas.
The JAAFT boards engage in statistical work as they compile records and finish pending business from the armistice period. Most registrants have filed, and there is little new instruction expected. Prosecution of the war estate remains, though the law’s function has waned.
Four men including Jim Jackson J K Smith M Lanston and S Jackson faced police court on a vagrancy gambling charge. The first three were white the last colored. Jackson admitted owning a barber shop on South Main and that he and the colored man had been shooting craps to pass the time while closed for the flu. Smith and Lanston were discharged. Jim Jackson said the others were only onlookers and officer Gerry testified to money and dice found on the table.
London reports that most wounded Americans in England, about 500 serious cases, will return to the United States by Christmas. Efforts are underway to move the Americans quickly. A Copenhagen dispatch says Denmark had no plans for large monthly food shipments to Germany as reported by a Berlin correspondent.
Society lady shares secret for long soft dark hair with La Creole Hair Dressing. No salon needed as this product supposedly covers gray hair, softens, and darkens evenly. Available at Pair Drug & Assay Supply Co in Hutte Montana and other drugstores with mail orders.
Federal court cases dated for the next weeks were continued due to Jude Hourquin leaving for San Francisco to preside over a regional branch. The Butte Bulletin Publishing Co seeks an injunction against Postmaster Goodwit to regain second class mailing. the case was moved two weeks by agreement and rescheduled around the end of month. The War Industries Board remains active despite the armistice.
A group of colored individuals appeared before Judge Whitty on unknown charges. James Williams was fined 20 dollars, Thomas Bailey 10 dollars, while Esse Taylor and Arthurds were dismissed after Bailey was allowed to smoke opium in the cabin. Police, investigating rumors, found odor indicating opium use and arrested three people in the cabin as officers searched for Williams. Williams claims repeated attempts to find honest work have been hindered by past associations.
TL K Berry and G T Hire were fined 10 dollars each in police court for violating health regulations by congregating patrons at 303 Arizona Street TL during a recent arrest. Officer Walsh testified about a two week period with crowds and a rush of people exiting the back rack door as entry was denied.
Colonel Trent of the provost marshal general's office in Washington urges local boards to push Napora draft test case in circuit appeals. A letter from him was received by J H Rowe chair man of the city board. The case decided in favor of Napora an alien registrant who failed to return a questionnaire by Judge Hourquin in federal court here recently.
An old advertisement promotes Jad Salts as a kidney flush to prevent weakness and back ache. It claims daily use cleanses kidneys, neutralizes acids, and improves blood purity, urging readers to drink water and take the remedy regularly.
An advertisement touts Orlex powder as a home remedy to hide gray hair by dissolving in water and applying through combing. It claims the product is safe with a 100000 dollar bond guarantee and contains no silver lead zinc sulfur mercury or aniline, promising non staining and fluffy hair that looks twenty years younger.
An old advertisement extols Ha in's Wizard Oil as a safe antiseptic for minor wounds sprains burns and other injuries claiming it prevents infection and relieves pain. It also markets Wizard Liver Whips pink pills for constipation and headaches with a money back guarantee priced at 30 cents each.
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