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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1917
Page
1
The Elgin board of trade faces grand jury scrutiny over butter standards and canned foods trading. A report condemns middlemen high pricing, notes 1916 canner to wholesaler pricing at 65 cents a dozen, and urges cold storage lending bans to curb speculation and consumer costs.
Representative Jeannette Rankin protests partial reform seeking eight hour limits in hours when women work overtime. She plans to press Secretary McAdoo after bureau cautions, insisting overtime is the rule in some cases. Rankin says her remarks are not a contest with the director, but questions the bureau’s explanations.
District brief outlines a farewell dinner for Reynolds hosted by Campbell's group. The page notes related social events and a Pase advertisement. Minor items include divorce notices and miscellaneous court notes.
A bruising food and fuels bill debate in the Senate spills into a closure vote fight with filibuster tactics and party clashes. Proponents push a two vote requirement and a one hour limit on debate and amendments, while opponents accuse delays of stalling action. Belgium’s war mission arrives in Chicago amid messages of Middle West support as the trip unfolds.
Vera Pomeroy, 25, daughter of former district court judge Charles W. Pomeroy, who vanished from Y Week, was located in Philadelphia. She had told relatives she left for New York with a young mother, and later worked in a cigar factory. Acquaintances had disparaged her ability as a clerk, prompting her decision to come to Philadelphia.
Rioting in East St. Louis escalated as fires raged through homes and mobs attacked Black residents. Reports say at least one hundred blacks were killed and up to two hundred others perished in the flames amid a heavy military presence and chaotic street fighting. Police and National Guard units restrained mobs as bridges were shut and residents fled the boroughs.
Washington reports a government inquiry into German backed schemes to sink ships and dynamite the Soo canal area to hinder U S war efforts. Executed by alleged German agents with American co conspirators, the plan targeted vessels including the Sixonia Pentecost Mitchell Venetian Mald Mackin and caused deadly losses and machinery damage. Cooperation with Canadian authorities may allow cross border pursuit of fugitives.
Associated Press reports a major victory as a new offensive advances on multiple fronts. German positions in Eastern Galicia are disrupted while Russian forces push through fortifications, amid calls for renewed revolutionary backing and regimental gains. Western fronts see continued activity around Longwy and the Alsace region with trench fighting. Italian and Austro-Hungarian clashes persist in the Trentino area including the Ledro valley and Ponti Honsbetn sectors.
Washington July 2 Secretary McAdoo announced twenty five million dollars was added to Britain credit today, lifting total loans to that nation to 581 million. The overall U S loans now stand at about 1,049,000,000 amid wartime finance.
Funeral services for Mrs Nash Bickford, wife of Suds M Bickford, were held tomorrow after she was found dead following a fishing trip. Heart failure was listed as the cause, but the body was discovered by a frantic fishing party.
The article outlines steps for military draft preparation including registration and selection methods, with President Wilson approving regulations on exemptions and the distribution of duties to local boards. It notes timelines for first contingents, camp construction, officer commissions, and wage details for workers in related industries, mentioning firms like Tooele and Anaconda subsidiary labor implications.
In Petrograd on July 2 War Minister Kerensky personally rode to the front lines and ordered the advance as the Russian army broke German trenches. The spectacle of the war minister on the firing line sparked nationwide rejoicing and a successful Russian push. In Tientsin, reports say Hsuan Tung presses Li Yuan Hung to resign, with Li offering to resign for the vice president, as telegraph offices remain guarded.
A weather bulletin for Montana notes unsettled conditions on Tuesday with cooler air. By Wednesday, expect cloudy skies and cooler temperatures in the eastern regions.
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