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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1917
Page
9
A long farewell column recalls the librarian’s three decades guiding the Butte library. He praises the staff, trustees, and city support while critiquing the antiquated library ordinance that hinders progress, noting the need for modern reform and community backing.
Readers see arguments on library governance and long term planning. Strong view favors practically continuous boards and extended, multi year plans to maximize usefulness beyond fine buildings and funds. Also lists diverse scholarly works across religion education and social science.
Berlin July 3 officials report Field Marshal von Hindenburg and General von Ludendorff arrived at Austrian headquarters to discuss present and future operations of Teutonic allied armies. Ten generals were received by emperors and held talks with the Austrian foreign minister and the German ambassador in Vienna.
Calgary reports operations resumed today in district 18 coal mines after a months long strike by several thousand United Mine Workers. A government-appointed commissioner ordered work under a wage plan, with details conveyed by test ports. Captain Henry B. Wilson was nominated by President Wilson to become an admiral in Washington.
A Seattle Produce man at a Butte dinner discusses the Kansas City National Association of Credit Men meeting. He notes a push toward cash-based wholesale and retail credit tightening due to war prices, with 1340 delegates and talk of reviving a bill of credit system. Mentions need for workers and national service at home, plus local ads.
A verse by RG Williams contemplates Eve and modern women, linking the biblical creation to a public call for women’s civic duty. It praises feminine resilience amid peril, honors mothers and wives, and notes the fading glory of valor without praise, urging steadfast service in trials.
In Salem Oregon Supreme Justice TA McBride describes prohibition law’s wine manufacturing ban as extreme and harsh yet constitutional. The decision affirms the Portland man Joseph Misa’s conviction for producing wine for personal use amid strong public safety and state law concerns.
Eugene Oregon July 3 The body of Mrs Lilly May Marietta wife of a farmer near Creswell was found at noon today in the north fork of the Willamette river two miles below the Marietta home. She had fired three shots through a window at her husband Saturday night after traveling from Eugene where a property rights settlement in divorce proceedings had just been completed. Her disappearance had been a mystery though there was some evidence of drowning.
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