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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1918
Page
5
Advertising promotes EKORE and Putte products as essential travel items for mountains lakes and cities. It extolls dependable quality, low prices, and value before leaving home, claiming you will be proud of the purchase and cannot buy better quality cheaper elsewhere.
A collage of social notes from Butte citing visitors and residents such as Nels Mickalson of Milltown and Walter L. Conway of Rowan. Mentions include Missoula, Dillon, Great Northern railway staff, county officials, hotel guests, and church activities. Also notes deposits in savings, canteen service at MM, and a sermon at First Church of Christ.
Hamill files suit to compel Foley to perform the contract for a Ford car bought March 26. He seeks value for the car plus tires and tools promised but not delivered. Foley allegedly delivered the vehicle but refuses to supply the three new tubes and tools as agreed.
Lieut. AV HL Kehoe of Spokane regular army headquarters will arrive in Hutte on an inspection trip today or tomorrow. Several recruits of subpar standing or physical qualifiers are being held at the recruiting station for his approval.
The famous resort has undergone a thorough renovation and now offers all rooms to guests. Under new management a dining service to enhance visitor experience is being emphasized.
AML vice secen on sane sereen ase tnd rd in Tutte who possibly can are requested to attend the funeral of Francis Lester at the Sherman Reed chapel at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. D. A. M'LEAN. Circulation Manager.
The Red Cross golf tournament at Butte Country Club begins round one with Er. Barker of Butte leading at 0 while AlexSon of Helena trails. 68 players from Anaconda Helena Billings Missoula Thompson Falls Salt Lake Denver York City attend. Women play 17 holes, second round to follow at 11. 250 dollars in entry fees, all donated to Red Cross. Tonight’s dinner dance hosts visiting delegates.
Names of contestants from Anaconda and nearby towns were listed for second flight and consolation rounds. Defeated players from yesterday reprise their efforts today. Finals in the championship series are scheduled for Sunday morning.
The Girls club plans a five scene vaudeville act with songs and a chorus dance. Mrs Hart Adams Tower assists the group. the show should be ready in about ten days. Meetings occur thrice weekly in club rooms as new members continue to join.
Dispatches from Chicago Tribune New York Times correspondents signal an imminent Allied offensive. The Standard daily promises the latest authentic war zone coverage and urges readers to subscribe for home delivery with local office contacts.
The executive committee comprising Fred Hoare Charles Adams and Tom Jenkins will complete arrangements for the forthcoming football game night. They are coordinating venue schedule and attendee arrangements to ensure smooth operations.
World sheep shearers gather for the annual convention opening Monday at Stevens and Mantey hall. The executive board met to arrange meetings and plan actions for the coming year while discussing strikes and Allied nations’ efforts in the fight for democracy. Delegates from Australia are expected. the convention will set the agenda and policy proposals at the opening session in Butte. The local Mayerhop complex near North Main offers lodging as part of related arrangements.
A Serbian-American rally urged enlistment for the preservation of democracy and human rights. George Petrovich and Dushan Visenovich spoke to a large audience in Maos last night, calling for unity against Turks and barbarians. Several recruits enlisted, with more expected today before a parade to the Northern Pacific Railway station tonight.
Three men enlisted yesterday for the regular army at the federal building. Edward G. Hocking, 18, of Butchertown, joins Infantry. Edward J. Foy, 33, of Shelby, enters the engineer corps. John Willis, 20, of Walkerville, becomes a foot solider. Opportunities to become flyers or enlist as airplane mechanics grow with the aviation section redesign.
James Penhall aged 5 years and native of England died yesterday after a long illness at the home of his daughter Mrs Willan C. Mitchell 2925 Edward street He is survived by another daughter Mrs H Giles and two sisters Mrs George Honeychurch and Mrs Charles Nichols all of this city He was a well known miner who had lived here for 20 years Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
Oakley A claims cruelty and infidelity after three months of marriage in Dillon. She testified he locked her trunk and threatened to wreck the piano with an axe while drinking excessively. Nell Jerefos seeks divorce from Nick Jerefos in Salt Lake City after three years of marriage for neglect to provide. Dave Quillis fined $50 for carrying concealed weapons in a hearing before Justice Buckley. Paris reports 1g British forces in France totaling 1,000,000, per Havas.
Francia J. Lester aged 14, son of Mr and Mrs Francis Lester of 2600 Bayard street, drowned in Lake Avoca about 4 o'clock yesterday. Ralph Olson, a companion, said a cramp might have incapacitated him after a distance out, and the body was recovered near where he went under. Coroner Lane attended. funeral planned Sunday at Hertaking chapel with Boy Scouts and standard carrier colleagues in attendance.
Local fuel administrator A Van Dachenhosen reports mines and coaling firms face severe labor shortages, limiting available coal types. Dealers urge buyers to accept the one coal type currently in steady supply as demand overwhelms shipments and customers insist on preferred grades.
Entrainment orders issued for 11 49 a m on July 22 will be mailed to ARP men forming the ent, with a special train planned to Fort Dodge Iowa for training. Four thousand men will entrain for the camp during the five day period beginning July 22, under county board jurisdiction. Former calls have taken all Silver men of class except those of class service.
British Army in France reports a Tuesday to Wednesday push toward Merris with Australian units advancing northwest 1200 yards to a depth of 250 yards and driving enemy from high ground. Observations of German positions across the village were secured and a small salient left from prior actions was eliminated.
Paris July 12 General Meritte Land chief surgeon of the American expeditionary forces in France led an inquiry into how wounded were treated in recent battles. General Ireland and other medical officers toured hospitals to confer on medical practices and procedures with the hospital staff.
ARTLN reports from Harbin that Lieutenant General Horvath, vice president and general manager of the Chinese Eastern railway, has proclaimed himself premier of a temporary Siberian government and is now named provisional ruler of Siberia, a dispatch states.
A heavy storm in Butte disrupted trolley service during supper hour causing hunger to rise as residents found ways to curb hunger until lines resumed at 6 30. The storm brought down power and traffic disruptions but no serious damage and several thousand residents were briefly energized by the weather. Civil war veterans employed by the postal service gain paid leaves to attend the Grand Army encampment in Portland August 18 to 24 per a postmaster general bulletin.
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