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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 06, 1918
Page
2
Advert for Kilmer Swamp Root promotes a kidney and bladder remedy claiming many suffer undetected kidney trouble. It urges attention to kidney health, lists associated symptoms, and offers a sample bottle for ten cents from Kilmer & Co. and mentions an information book.
Reports from London describe a rapid tightening of food supplies with gland consumption to be halved and key staples rationed by April. Shoppers scrambled for scarce meat while many shops in the west end stayed closed. riots and fighting erupted at Smithfield Market as vendors and consumers clashed over dwindling supplies.
Madrid dispatch reports the government moving to quell a military revolt led by non commissioned officers across arms. A state of siege was considered but not declared as assurances of order were received. Parliament dissolved, telegraph and telephone lines cut, with reestablished service later. Public sentiment largely backs the king and government amid ongoing unrest.
Washington reports reveal Col. Elmer Lindsley and witnesses clash over a wool cloth shortage blamed on the Supplies committee. Garment makers face idle looms, delays and disputed prices with the American Woolen Co. and shoddy cloth supporters. The Senate committee seeks firm delivery data and plans further inquiries into tonnament contracts and aviation rates.
A Paris AP dispatch from Italian HQ details Austro-Hungarian prisoners in northern Italy after Monte Tomba defeat. Moravians Dalmatians Galicians and Hungarians, cold, hungry, but stubbornly defiant. Officers group apart, some in light gear, seeking warmth and food while awaiting labor or camp transfer.
Montana Piano Company, long focused on pianos and iconographs, announces a store remodel to showcase phonographs and sound proof rooms. Owner TL Barry will clear current stock by slashing prices on pianos, player pianos, and phonographs to fund renovations. The sale offers a rare chance to buy instruments at savings.
A German prisoner and a commandant discuss companionship as the former remains silent on the war. The German’s uniform and gear are in better shape than Austro-Hungarian officers yet worn and outmoded. In New York the coal situation improves as barges with nearly 50,000 tons of coal icebound in the bay may soon deliver fuel, barring severe weather.
In December, two Norwegian ships totaling 22 755 gross tonnage were lost due to war measures, the Norwegian legation announced today. Seventy five lives were lost.
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