Women seek relief in divorces and separations
In Butte judge Lynch presided over multiple divorce actions amid incompatibility and alleged misconduct. Sophie Cutts and others failed to secure financial relief. cases featured disputed alimony, child custody, and reports of cruelty. Several decrees granted or denied divorce, with guardianship and future contact addressed, while a Warren-era advertisement closed the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Cutts
Lynch
Thomas W. Cutts
Cutts
Peter Breen
Helena
Butte
Sid. M. Dier
Annie Dier
Dier
Los Angeles
Gertrude McAllister
Claude McAllister
Carrie A. Priest
First Car of Spuds Goes Like Wildfire
Farmers in Jefferson valley ship potatoes to Butte housewives, selling about 300 sacks in one day at more than 20 percent discount from market prices. The Consumers' Protective League plans a warehouse and weekly carload shipments, with poultry next, then more produce as farmers contribute. A Friday league meeting is planned to discuss the cooperative effort and future conferences with housewives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Alley
Butte
Charles la Fleur
Consumers’ Protective League
la Fleur
Governor power over Utah coal shipments proposed
Salt Lake City January 15 A joint solution for mitigating Utah coal shortages was introduced in the legislature authorizing Governor Bamberger to assume control of intrastate coal shipments with full military and police power to enforce orders. He asserts a cartel links the largest Utah producer with major carriers to the detriment of the people. Memorials to Congress urging national prohibition and direct presidential election were also introduced in the house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake
Utah
Bamberger
Congress
House
Kaiser’s letter calls for a moral deed toward peace
Amsterdam reports the Nord Deutsche Allgemeine Zeitung publishing an October 31 1916 autograph letter from Kaiser Wilhelm II to Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg. He argues for a conscience driven act to relieve the world from war, seeking a ruler who inspires peace and bears responsibility to God and people, including enemies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
London
Nord Deutsche Allegmein Zeitung
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Bethmann
Allies seize Cerigo and Greek islands in Mediterranean drive
The allies occupied Cerigo the southern Ionian island off Morea and other Greek insular possessions as bases for host submarine operations. Cerigo now under allied control amid wider Greek island seizures. Also mentioned are plans to honor Colonel Cody with a monument atop Lookout Mountain, and a Dutch capture of a German submarine at Flushing with internment to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cerigo
Ionian Islands
Greece
Mediterranean
Morea
Cleveland
William F.” Cody
Buffalo Bil
Cleveland Boy
Colonel Cody
Lookout Mountain
Colorado
London
Reuter’s
Flushing
Native ponies and carts in Valparaiso district Chile
Native ponies used to draw pleasure vehicles in Valparaiso, with no Shetland ponies seen. Inclosed basket style governess carts, designed for horses weighing 500 to 600 pounds, are common in use. Vehicles, including two wheeled pleasure carts, are mainly imported from England and locally made milk and vegetable distribution carts are drawn by ponies or small horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Chile
England
Strange White Day Over British Front
Describes a rare snowy day on the Western Front with British trenches, barbed wire, and guns subdued by snow. The article portrays a Sabbath-like calm, white frost, and altered front-line visibility transforming No Man's Land into a stark, peaceful landscape amid ongoing war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
London
Somme
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Ree
Symons
Pam Atterrer
Tosiusion
Glenee
Ft. Mary's
America
Plata
A.C. A
Morocco
Gene
Boulder Hot Springs
Cation
Great Northern Railway
Mayers
West Park
Jefferson Valley
Labur
Housewives’ League
Kaiser
LAES
Athens
Cody
SIN Chile
Muirre
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