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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1917
Page
7
The notice gives the Standard’s principal branch address at 119 North Mainette Butte and lists telephone extensions for the business, editorial, and advertising inquiry lines.
Spool sets priced at $1.50 per six will be sold with Hallmark quality. Spoons carry a satisfaction guarantee and a Hallmark sign. Tumblers are fine glass with neat rutting. Hundreds of gross of these attractive sets have been sold nationwide.
Butte notes list rental pianos from Orton Bros and Stein-Bloch clothes. Several visitors from Helena, Boulder, Great Falls, Divide, Drummond, Ditton, and other towns are registered or staying in local hotels. Local events include a July 26 church meeting, a birth announced, and multiple piano sale pitches from Montana Piano Company with a call to buy before a strike.
The Red Cross war council appropriated 1.5 million dollars for foodstuffs to be sent to France as an emergency reserve for use next winter by American forces or civilians. Supplies will be purchased by the Red Cross commission for relief in Belgium with special arrangements for speedy shipment.
A high level secret conference of entente allies convened in Paris to discuss military and political Belkan issues. The gathering began at 10 am with strict secrecy announced. In Seattle a July 2 arbitration meeting aims to end a strike involving 1,400 Puget Sound Power workers and 200 Tacoma Railway workers, with company officials and streetcar reps to attend tomorrow.
A Knights of Pythias gathering featured Fred J. Furman delivering a fiery speech on patriotism and American democracy. He urged unwavering support for the war effort, invoking 1776 liberty and the duty to supply necessities for soldiers, while warning against German Kultur and urging national unity.
The Standard claims quality, literacy, and clean advertising differentiating it from tabloids. It emphasizes comprehensive news service and reliability, aiming to reach homes where both Indians and children read.
A brief line of greeting to advertisers echoes in the column, praising The Standard as the home paper and a logical field for results, reflecting the local press tone and promotional framing.
A patriotic program featured speakers including George Palmer and Furman, urging support for a cause framed as democracy and opposition to German mis-government. The event included a large parade led by the Montana national guard, a Knights procession, and performances by the Pythian Sisters and local musicians. The Goddess of Liberty and Uncle Sam appeared in a float with Mrs Slater and James Cocking as attendants.
New York July 25 Howard Elliott former president of the York New Haven Hartford railway today was elected chairman of the Northern Pacific He will base headquarters in New York Paul July 10 Elliott elected chairman of the board of directors of the Northern Pacific will headquarter in New York according to railway officials He is expected to remain on the war board of the American railway association succeeding Col W P Clough who died last year Hannaford acted as chairman during Cloughs absence and meetings of directors were attended in New York
Washington July 25 Explosion yesterday on the submarine A 2 at Cavite Philippine islands killed five men and injured three officers and crew of 25. Names listed include Harold H Lang Theodore Schaiblin Joseph A Kunz Theodore Schaiblin and Arthur Jacobs with Hixon among the injured.
Denver July 25 The Mine Owners' association of Leadville with 3,000 metal miners on strike presented a formal statement to the cover miner accepting arbitration by arbitrators appointed by the government. The operators reserve the right not to operate any mines if the scale fixed by the arbitrators makes operation unprofitable.
An official Paris dispatch says Luis Reinhard, a New York sailor, first American fallen service member buried abroad in the war with Germany. He was lost at a French port, body recovered four days later, burial with military honors in a village. Argentina yields a normal wheat crop of 192,000,000 bushels.
Turmoil surrounds copper mining wages and metal trades talks as engineers face a $5.25 to $8.25 daily scale linked to copper prices. Streetcar workers seek a salary rise while miners plan a referendum Friday. Union leaders urge solidarity amid arrests and fundraising for strike relief.
A fragmentary report describes a dramatic blow to a faction labeled traitors with own artillery and enemy fire causing disarray. The text is garbled but hints at a division struck by friendly or opposing fire during a chaotic engagement.
In Springfield on July 1 a crowd of about 2,000 gathered at a downtown transfer point to support a street car strike. Men on street cars faced threats of bodily harm if they remained, and trolley poles were jerked as police dispersed the crowd. Reports of disorder followed, including attacks on car operatives and damage to Springfield Consolidated Railway property amid strike tensions over early-week demands.
Bemidji Minnesota led by Mayor Vanderstuis and its police chief expelled 150 residents of the city including 40 members of the IWW. They boarded trains with tickets to break up the group and told not to return. Some dispersed near Crooks and Grand Forks while towns such as Ebro refused settlement. The incident ended without violence as agitators left by rail, promising to return.
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