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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1918
Page
2
A promotional style note urges drinking hot water with a teaspoon of limestone phosphate before breakfast to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels, claimokan to flush poisons and toxins and improve daily health with a tasteless, inexpensive remedy.
Librarians and teachers collaborate to spark reading interest among elementary students in Butte. A report shows 88 percent of pupils in grades two to eight read books from public libraries or home collections. Notable teachers with every child enrolled for a library card are highlighted, including Harriet Myers and Veronica Lynch.
An equity suit filed in federal court in New York seeks to stop the American Red Cross from spending 100000 on a vivisection laboratory in France. Plaintiffs, led by 38 signers, accuse the Red Cross of diverting member and public funds from general relief to vivisection research and attack measures approving medical research abroad. The suit argues the move would split the Red Cross and condemns animal pain without anesthesia.
Canadian press dispatch from Ottawa notes that 18 new Victoria Crosses were published in the London Gazette. Seven are Canadian, including Infantryman Harry Mullin of Portland Oregon who single handedly overran a pillbox and forced surrender. Paris and Belgian fronts report ongoing shelling and enemy activity with Allied counterstrikes and British air reconnaissance.
Report from Amsterdam notes German authorities have not issued a formal statement on the sinking of the British hospital ship Rew. Officials say a submarine being blamed remains at sea, while some quarters deem it unlikely a sub torpedoed the ship and suggest it may have been sunk by a mine.
A broad committee led by T. E. Calkins in Silver Bow County coordinates thrift drive efforts across trades, churches, clubs, schools and businesses. Key roles include Charles Henderson as aide de camp and a large roster of clergy, women’s clubs, merchants, mining firms, public utilities and civic groups supporting the war savings campaign. Tacoma plans a municipal fish market delivering 7 cents a pound, with state officials confirming shipments to start within a week, up to 2000 pounds daily.
Butte and Anaconda curlers aim to defend the cup with intercity contests next Saturday night. The annual club series, determining the championship quarter, will feature elimination rounds through the season as teams play on designated nights. Local duty members dwindled, delaying travel plans to Duluth as warm weather reduced on ice play.
The Anaconda Copper Mines band will perform at the high school auditorium under Musical Club auspices to benefit the Patriotic Association. Led by Handmaster Sam Treloar, the program features Aire Morley Somers soprano, the Butte Male Chorus, and selections from Rossini Gounod Godfrey and Adams with band and pipe performances. An admission of 1 will be charged and the event urges all patriotic citizens to attend.
The internal revenue bureau decided to require income profits tax returns on two bases, original cost and present market value of goods for security. The tax will be collected later, pending a supreme court decision affecting billions in taxes. The ruling hinges on a disputed point.
The piece describes a flesh colored chiffon and figured silk bonnet shaped like a poke bonnet. It features colored figure trim marking the peak at intervals and is marketed as a winter resort novelty likely to tempt many women to include it in their wardrobe.
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