Rotary club probes food price differences across cities
Rotary members voted to appoint an investigating committee to study unwarranted price gaps for select foods in Western cities. The panel will examine salmon prices in Spokane and Seattle versus freight costs, with personnel to be announced next week. District conference dates set for Feb 17 and 18, with International President John Poole visiting.
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Butte
Rotary Club
Charles H. Lane
Spokane
Seattle
Rotary
Utah
Idaho
Colorado
Wyoming
James R. Hobbens
John Poole
Washington, D.C
C. A. Chapman
Civic Committee
Smith
Salt
Rossiter Reappointed as Health Board Clerk
In a county board session yesterday morning Commissioner Cooney moved to reappoint John Rossiter as clerk to the health board. The reappointment does not include the same salary as last year. The board also discussed courthouse quarters for two justices and remodeling by Mike O Connell. Congress opens with 200 delegates and considers a timber land canal right of way bill.
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Cooney
John
Rossiter
Buckley A Doran
Mike O’connell
Shoys
South Butte
Board
Northerp Hotel
Wilkinson
Ornsby
Ion Congress
Day of Welcome for War Veterans
May 30 1919 could become a national day of welcome for returning soldiers proposed by Charles Stewart Davison chairing a committee. He asks governors to appoint state committees to organize local welcomes with Memorial Day May 30 as a general formal welcome and graves decor on both sides of the ocean.
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Charles Stewart Davison
Atlantic
Union
Grand Army of the Republic
Repubiic
eThey
Two Plead Guilty and Take Their Sentences
Fred Jones and Shea plead guilty in two district court cases. Jones faced daytime burglary charges and received a sentence of not less than one year and six months to over two years in prison. Shea admitted concealed weapons offenses and drew a sentence of not less than one year six months to three years. Both began terms at Deer Lodge.
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Fred Jones
Henry Levinsky
Lynch
J Shea
Deer Lodge
Maddock to Speak at Butte WCTU Meeting
Maddock, superintendent of the Butte public schools, will address an important Butte Woman’s Christian Temperance Union meeting this afternoon at 8 o’clock in the First Cottage. The talk centers on vocational training and hostess duties are led by Mesdames C. V. Blomgren, W. Wiegren and Charlotte Cariso.
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Butte Woman's Christian ‘Temperance Union
Maddock
Butte Public Schools
Mesdames
C. V. Blomgren
W. Wiegren
Charlotte Cariso
Roosevelt Respect Prompts Social Features Omission at RNC
Chicago January 8 All social features of the Republican National Committee meeting next Friday will be abandoned out of respect to Colonel Roosevelt though business sessions proceed as planned. Will Hays said republican chairman on arrival that republican women will have headquarters in Chicago with the national executive committee sharing central offices. The women’s executive committee will meet tomorrow leading to Friday’s full committee session.
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Chicago
Republican National Committee
Roosevelt
Hays
National Republican
National Executive Committee
National Committee
Rooseve
Progressive” Party
Uch
America
Theodore Roosevelt
Industrial Workers Trial Opens in Sacramento Court
Reading into court records a mass of correspondence said to have passed among defendants in the IWW terrorism and sabotage case was continued. Attorney Coghi asked for dismissal unless the government produces a stronger case, as the trial resumes with scrutiny of the letters.
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Industrial Workers
Sacramento
Cal
Atomer Coghi
Bonfires urged along coast for Wilson return
Seattle activists form a committee to urge Democratic groups from the Pacific coast to the East to light large bonfires on the night President Wilson returns from France, signaling support and unity.
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Seattle
Washianattle Democrats
Pacific Coast
Wilson
France
Influenza Cases Rise in Seattle Reported
Seattle health officials report a slight rise in influenza cases with 98 new infections on January 9, up from 76 the day prior. The notice notes worsening illness but provides no further details.
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Seattle
Wash
Relail
Mr. Taft's Appreciation of Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft honors Theodore Roosevelt as a great American leader, detailing his public service from Harvard to national figures and noting his courage, reform drive, and enduring impact on politics, civil service, and national spirit.
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MR. Taft
Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Harvard
Columbia
Polies
New York
National Civil Service
Navy
Rough Riders
United States
McKinley
Theodore Ronsevelt
Iluke
Roonevelt
Earth
Iawuen
Roosevelt
Hie
Saion
Lincoln
The
Public Ledger
Beys
Nationalist congress endorses provincial autonomy at Delhi
Reports from London dated Wednesday state the nationalist congress at Delhi adopted a resolution in favor of full provincial autonomy and opposition to special electorates for Europeans. The congress then passed formal resolutions to the crown, while a note mentions observed seasonal eating patterns of an alligator from September to May.
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London
Delhi
India
Congress
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Clay
Blaine
SAVAN
Riddell
Park Street
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North Main
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