High Cost of Sugar Explained in Detail
From Cuba sugar reaching Butte to consumers shows rising costs before market. The 1918 Cuban crop price was settled at 4.60 cents a pound free on board, with freight and duties raising wholesale costs. Experts estimate consumer pricing between 6.5 and 8.5 cents per pound, depending on refinery and distance.
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Cuba
Butte
Food Administration
Wat Reed
New York
Montana
State Merchant Association
Helena
Health Week Energizes Butte Civic Health Drive
Health Week in Butte promotes tuberculosis prevention through Red Cross efforts. Events include church sermons, merchant fund drives, school lectures by Dr. A J Lanza, and public booths in stores. The Woman's Club donated $20 and Butte aims for the national pennant by selling seals, hoping to beat Troy, NY.
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Butte
Red Cross Society of America
A. J. Lanza
Emerson School
W. E. Maddock
Woman's Club of
Association For the Prevention of Tuberculosis
United States
National Association
Troy
N.Y
New Jail Kitchen Ready as Aldergrown Moves
Albert Rouleau, cook at the county Jail, will move today to the new jail building to head the most modern kitchen. Care and plumbing finished yesterday, white kalsemine finish and white porcelain fixtures. The kitchen includes two large cabinets, a hotel-size range, and a built in wall oven with a separate store room nearby. Yard graded and fence will soon enclose it, with south side entrance facing the yard, giving prisoners exercise space.
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Albert Rouleau
Ade
Alaska Street
Death of Aunt in Walla Walla Notifies Heir
Zephia Job, a cashier of the Silver Howank, received a telegram from Walla Walla notifying him of the death of his aunt Mrs. D. K. Straight. She was the last surviving relative on his mother’s side except her son, who sent the dispatch. Mrs. Straight was 68 years old. Death was attributed to old age. Hawke’s ads promote ready made clothes at 202 North Main Street.
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Zephia Job
Walla Walla
Wash
Sirs. D. K Straight
See It Grafonoa Sound At Columbia Salesrooms
A salesman promises that hearing the Columbia Grafonoa in nearby Columbia salesrooms will grant a verdict of quality. The pitch urges readers to visit local showrooms to experience the product firsthand.
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Columbia
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DR. Rinckel
Smith
Clark’s Bank
Dave Brodie
Elaine
Bekman Laboratory
Philade
Hawke
North Main Street
Grafonola
Columbia Records
Columbia Grafonola
Columbia Graphophone Company
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