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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1918
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR note mentions telephones and editorial advertising phrases. Sparse readable items reference a home or advertisement context without clear events or names. No full facts available to synthesize a complete news item.
The piece argues that glasses symbolize mental and physical strength rather than weakness. It asserts that capable men and women wear spectacles to preserve energy and enhance proper living, framing eyewear as a tool for disciplined, thoughtful effort.
Butte residents and visitors frequent local spots from Livingston and Miles City to Dillon, with notes on guests, business trips, sales pitches at newsstands, and holiday news. The column lists a string of names and towns, plus real estate transfers and estate filings in Butte, including Knudsen and Knuckey transactions in Fairview addition, and a Merry Christmas mood pervades as community chatter continues.
White federal employees will not pay income tax on salaries while district officers are also exempt. Dave Marks, internal revenue officer, explains 1917 tax rules and the need for employees to file returns or face penalties. Merchants must report names and salaries of all workers to aid the government. Penalties include fines up to 2000 dollars, imprisonment, or both. late payments incur penalties and interest. Inheritance tax exemptions apply if funds are not invested for profit. Weather notes: May weather delays noted as 7
Prof. Wal Trester of the University of Mor ty concludes a wartime lecture series with a talk on The Balkans. H A Trexler of the state university history and political science department will discuss Balkan peoples and their role in the war, the Serbs Bulgars and Bosnians, and the Sarajevo murder’s impact.
The Butte Newsboys' Aid auxiliary drafts resolutions on Jessie Noyes Wharton’s death. Condolences extended to J. Wharton and family. Resolutions drawn by Went Bates, Charles S. Passmore, H. Young, and Mrs P. H. McCarthy.PRIDER OFFICERS. Partridge Memorial Christian church trustees organize electing A. C. Beans president and other officers.
The government calls grocers to limit sales of flour and sugar to small quantities to curb hoarding and keep supplies moving from producer to consumer. Housewives urged to buy only for present needs, while farmers note large potato crop and higher prices, urging consumption of potatoes to support wheat conservation. Meanwhile potato use could rival corn as a wheat saver, with per capita potato consumption cited.
Attendance in Butte schools improved slightly after the state board of health order requiring vaccination or proof of prior smallpox. On Wednesday only about 40 percent attended, while yesterday attendance rose to 73 percent in high schools and 78 percent in junior high. Lower grades remained heavily affected, as many parents refused vaccination or proof, causing some students to be sent home.
Twelve young navy recruits arrived in Hutte highty for Salt Lake afternoon duty. All are under draft age, including John Owers 18 A Baker 18 Lloyd Bureen Warner 18 James L Thompson 18 Lynn J Blodgett Percy Semmens 18 Harry Timane 18 William J Holt 18 Arthur T Nelson 19 and South 26. Enlisted by Electrician D Wright touring Bitter Hoot valley towns.
Kawarawien of Jacksonville aged 3 runs at Checkers in a tale of yearly trips to Rowe Massachusetts to win 30 games and drown 7 losses. From this date the Montha collection agency has no authority to make further collections for Kat Quealy formerly of Silver Lake hotel 28 Hast Quartz All accounts may be paid to Mrs Kate Quealy 430 forth Main street Hutte
Milheiich seeks damages for injuries after a milk wagon allegedly ran away with a team, striking him on Cah Ave and Firetrees. Mann the driver, Englemann the chaufteur, were named in suits. Milheiich and others claim severe injuries and loss of work since Oct last. Attorneys Hed, Wheeler, and A Gywa represent plaintiffs. defendants include Scholemi and others in separate actions.
Letters from Butte reveal patriotic women delivering Christmas gift bags to naval and army personnel overseas. Recipients include sailors aboard Navy ships and soldiers in the field who express appreciation for the care packages. A new packing room for France shipments is planned as the Women’s Patriotic Association intensifies its war relief work.
State report outlines operations under the act for 1918 with 46,000 insured and 1.3 million dollars in compensation and medical costs. Fatalities by industry include mines and construction. Plan 1 shows low accident costs and 49,000 workers covered. Plan 2 shows costs around three quarters of a percent. Industrial accident fund remains healthy with over 40 thousand on hand. Inspections across quartz mines coal mines boilers and engineers licenses generated net earnings of over 10 thousand. The system replaces the liability method with direct benefits to injured workers and minimal appeals.
Sir Rosslyn Wemyss aged fifty three is named to succeed as Second Sea Lord while Admiral Jellicoe, now raised to the peerage, is five years his senior. The move honors Jellicoe for long distinguished service and suggests possible future high command roles.
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