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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1917
Page
7
The city health office in Butte undergoes renovation under Dr. W. C. Matthews with a redecorated laboratory and added equipment. Milk testing will include bacteria counts from dairies, replacing prior butterfat analysis. Painter work extends from the police hospital to health office areas as holidays approach.
The government will launch a drive through the internal revenue department to pursue physicians dentists and lawyers who do not keep income records. It aims to end the practice of filing earnings statements and relying on luck to estimate taxes, noting professionals often evade taxes while salaried workers are verifiable through employers’ books.
Red Cross Christmas membership campaign officials urge all captains and drive committee members to report all receipts blanks and subscriptions at headquarters in room 424 Hennessy building. Executive commit tee member says books must be closed soon as receipts keep coming in, but not fast enough.
The piece notes beauty parlors are thriving amid wartime pressures as women support the war effort with time and money. It observes increased patronage in Butte and nationwide, with England also noting spending on hairdressers and nails. It adds that women have not yet entered broad industrial roles, though food conservationists may object to oil and fat use for cosmetics.
A fertility of meatless mincemeat combined with gingerbread and pumpkin is praised as a culinary symbol of the nation. An experiment fed 500 troops on a transport in the Atlantic through a meatless pie, using prunes and seeded filling, and reports indicate high demand for more.
Officials in the school board office report few objections to compulsory vaccination for school children. Some parents have not vaccinated their children and may face truancy or other penalties, though exact prosecutions and legal outcomes remain undecided.
Imaculate Concept Masses to be said tomorrow at 8 8 and 10 30 with Christmas music repeated. High masses last week included George Abbott, Lawrence Abbott, Frank Rodgers, Joseph D Arcy, blessed blood, Daniel Gettings, and Purgatorial Society members. New Year services at St Patrick's and Sacred Heart follow Sunday schedules with benediction and man mass. St Ann's masses at 8 30 and 10 20 with benediction after 10 30 and special Christmas music. School reopens Thursday. year end social at 9 0 week at hall. Frank L. Riley notes.
Champion Fadie Pinkham and George Ingle join other boxers in training for a Broadway theater event on January 4. Six bouts top the program as Artillerymen from Butte and nearby areas prepare for a coast to coast challenge, with Napier Kelly and Donahue among those slated to referee or announce.
Butte City lodge No 14 hosted a Juvenile program on Saturday night featuring a Christmas tree and various readings recitations and songs. Myrtle Rasmussen Ruth Isabel Bernice Blomaren Lontine Taabel Rather Palm Ida Ellis Byram Henrietta Tsabel Nina Kctlie and a superintendent of Juvenile work distributed candy. The event closed with a group performance of Star Spangled Banner.
Service in the English language will be held tonight at o clock. The holy supper will be administered. New Year's services are scheduled for 11 o'clock tomorrow morning with a special mute observed.
Shortridize Memorial Christian church members elected officers for the year at two services. Trustees named R J Bowen B C Kerr and Lee Hayes Sr elders Cl ris Walter M Jordan and J C deacons W B Byra Goodman John Spencer F brich C B Bowen A W Steele CT Jennings deaconesses Mrs Florence Ackler Mrs Lida Guthrie Mrs F T Bailey pastor Rev Walter M Jordan. Financial reports showed all departments thriving. church history marked by prosperity.
Warnings issued by the War Department after Maj. Gen. William S. Carter reported glass shards found in consignments of canned tomatoes for army cantonments. The central department commander at Chicago said the issue requires strict watch for contaminated stock.
Watch night services will be held at Mountain View Methodist Episcopal Church tonight with an Epworth league led social hour at 8:30 or 9 o'clock. A church service begins at 11 and continues into the New Year. Also included is a благодарственный notes of thanks from Mrs. A. Buchanan and family for kindness and floral offerings during the bereavement of their husband and father.
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