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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1917
Page
9
A local store promotes an optical department with 23 years of service offering equipment, skilled staff, and quality materials. It emphasizes comprehensive eye care for reading and seeing difficulties and reasonable charges.
Numerous visitors from Missoula Helena Bozeman Philipsburg and Anaconda stay in Butte for short periods. Births and local social updates accompany reports of business visits, family news, and club announcements amid a busy city scene.
The Prussian minister of education announced that 10 950 public school teachers have fallen during the war and that their places have been taken by women.
Butte Rotary Club launches a multi stop auto tour starting at 9:30 a m to Whitehall then Boulder Springs with lunch at Jimmie Reynolds hotel. The party will visit Boulder and Masin before returning to Butte by 6 36 p m. Chair Hellbronner leads with Brown and Sworthing assisting.
The Montana state board of dental examiners held a session in Helena last week with 27 of 45 applicants passing. Names listed include James Morrell Shaver of Augusta Wisconsin Noel P. Akers of Portland Oregon Tran J Peterson of St Paul Chauncy Roy Ore Otis E Gard Merriton Wisconsin and others like Delmer Richard Joyce Grand Meadow Minn Earnest E Beall Anaconda Walter John Furle Detroit Charles D Beveridge Bozeman Elizabeth Wirth Helena Roy Ia Tower Seattle George H. Johnson Kalispell Fernald Casey Marion Ala Harold Degnan Plorg Minn Vitus A Fitzgerald Waterville Wash Albert B Stiles Eugene Ore Toy Stone Polson Orlando Johnson Port.
The slate for the coming year includes Dr. Frank Cart of Billings as president, Dro. Lonzeway of Great Falls as vice president, 4 De Rc. offdum of Bozeman as treasurer, Dr. G. A. Chyclany of Butte as secretary, and Br. O. T. M. Hampton of Helena as chairman of the Judiciary committee. Dr. Chevigny has returned from Helena to complete registrations for the Army dental reserve corps. applications may be obtained at his office.
At a large meeting of liquor deniers in Butte the decision was made to discontinue the free lunch on August 1 as Montana nears midnight prohibition December 31. Officials expect further price increases on drinks with debates over beer costs and higher prices for whiskey and mixed drinks. Some saloons already raised whiskey to 20 cents a drink as talks of a broader price hike continue.
In a police court fight linked to Campbell mine labor tensions George Eckman and Tom Rimmer were cleared of disturbance charges. Other incidents saw George Bateman and D L Jackson beaten by supporters, with Frank Kroeger fined. Peter Murray Pat Gallagher and Peter McGhorty summoned over disturbance stemming from miners arriving from the mines. John Natchke, accused of organizing a self defense league, had his case continued amidst threats reported against the president.
Over 30 laborers who chased a group of Negro workers from Camp Meade near Admiral Maryland were driven off by soldiers and sent to Baltimore bound trains. Report says Italians feared Black workers would accept lower wages, prompting the clash and swift expulsion.
The first national assembly of the German Socialist Democratic Party scheduled for August 12 at Würzburg is postponed to a date in September to avoid clashing with the International Socialist Conference at Stockholm on August 15. Migratory grasshoppers are described as crossing seas, riding air sacs for days, and reaching 1,200 miles from land. A Judge remarks on a personal quarrel with a wife, noting "Did he have words with his wife?"
In Butte and Montana, experts train sheriff’s deputies in fingerprint analysis and the scraping method to detect criminals. D Irwin, a veteran officer, explains gathering prints from nails and touched objects, dusting and photographing to identify suspects. A proposed central identification bureau would streamline records and reduce trial costs.
The Butte weekly notes a Venezuelan government move to regulate butter quality and prohibit adulterated products. Alfred Seadorf, long a resident at 212 West Porphyry Street, died yesterday with funeral arrangements to be announced. The funeral for 31-year-old Korke Vishnar will be Tuesday at Frank Sturm's residence, 203 East Second Street, then to St Joseph's Church and Holy Cross Cemetery for interment.
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