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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
5
OMFORT promotes summer comfort with porch friendly items for cooling and rest. Teed brand glassware priced from 6.97 to 10 dollars appears, along with tea spoons sherbet water pitcher and bowls. The list hints at wedding gift ideas and summer entertaining essentials.
Visitors and residents populate Butte with notes of hotel stops and brief calls. Mrs Michael cid of Rocker welcomes a daughter born July 23. Ed Brown of Philipsburg and Nick Poulas mark family events, while Dillon, Helena, Live ingston, and Great Falls figures travel or stay at the Acoma hotel. Widespread motor trips include tourists stopping nightly at hotels en route to national parks.
New York July 26 Western Union Telegraph company indicted by a federal grand jury on two counts. One alleges violation of laws forbidding private express routes and letter carriage. The second charges transmission of letters by private messengers instead of wires. Indictments cover New York and Boston routes among others and cite 346 417 messages carried by messengers between Aug 2 1917 and June 15 1918. Maximum penalty could reach 175000 in fines. Weather again disrupts operations on the Aisne Marne Front.
County Food Administrator F W Haskins says if everyone follows the food administration allotment there will be no sugar shortage. Beet sugar production is estimated at about 650 01 tons this year compared with last year’s 682 000 tons as glycerin and munitions needs rise. Plan to guard supplies relies on public cooperation and warns against hoarding as unpatriotic and foolhardy.
Five Butte youths J E Penrose Edward Thomas Peter Leary Jr Edwin Mc Carty and Emmet Sullivan were brought from Camp Lewis to Helena as they attempted to enter the army by beatings their way onto a train. They were declared physically unfit and their camo-flage ruse was uncovered after a Butte contingent earlier presented themselves at Camp Lewis. United States marshal announced their arrest tonight in Helena.
AP reports British troops in Flanders face limited gains and fresh German assaults near Hucquoy and Hebuterne. New Zealanders repelled a German attack, taking 30 prisoners as artillery fire suggested strained nerves among advancing units. Nearby, references mention Dead Eye Dick's cafe at 24 Broadway and Fisher's place once of the Shamrock.
Seattle July 26 C A Goodnow director of electrification of line for the Milwaukee railway ovster died here tonight after a brief illness due to acute indigestion He was 65 years old and a vice president of the Milwaukee road He arrived in Beattie July 12 and was taken ill a week later his condition diagnosed as Angina Pectoris He leaves a wife and daughter Teaver wife and da ston Til where he.
City and county draft boards summon all men in class 1 not yet examined to appear Saturday afternoon at 4 for medical examination. Examinations to be held on the third floor of the courthouse under Dr McKimeter and Dr Potter with local physicians assisting. District medical advisory board to meet and examine many registrants. Provost Crowder expects over 50 percent of 1918 registrants to be physically qualified for service. states boards must classify this percentage accurately.
Washington reports indicate London’s claim that Japan will accept US military aid to the Czecho-Slovak army. In Siberia the government kept the negotiation status undisclosed. Various accounts were denounced as speculative and potentially sharing enemy information. President Wilson’s statement is drafted but held until details emerge.
London reports the British armed cruiser Marmora was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine on Tuesday. Ten crew members are missing and presumed dead. The admiralty also notes a British destroyer ran ashore Wednesday and later sank with thirteen crew missing and presumed drowned.
Fragmentary report describes Husky forces advancing with machine guns in a wheat field. The scene mentions automatic weapons, a fallen American, stretcher bearers, and wounded soldiers as the action unfolds in wooded terrain.
Continued from Page 1. Prince von Huelew, former German chancellor, led soldiers in excess of 50,000 as awards were bestowed by President Poincare during a battle zone visit. A nephew of Premier Clemenceau was among decorated heroes. a Pipe Stone Springs dance tonight features the Whitehall Orchestra. hotel rooms renovated, first class dining noted. London reports a proposal on Siberia timing.
The American army on the Aisne Marne front reports peasants returning home rather than fleeing. June saw families and animals packed in carts with furniture and livestock, including cats. In Minneapolis the street railway system gained 40 buses to expand service. London reports British airmen downed 25 German planes and forced six more to crash or be out of control in aerial battles.
A Brussels newspaper reports an old household tip from a chemist. Boiled peeled potatoes are used to treat linen, washing and soaking overnight, then rubbing without soap to achieve perfectly white fabric.
In France and Flanders Allied forces repelled German attacks near Hebuterne and Meteren while fighting continues on the Pontier front. In Macedonia and Albania allied troops hold the upper hand as naval losses include the Marmora to a submarine strike and a torpedo boat destroyer sinking.
The funeral for Moses Brown will be held Saturday at 2 PM at Mrs Charles Wise's Madison Street home, with Rev Mr Du Roly officiating. Remains of Helen Stan of Mr and Mrs Alex Maki will be removed from White's undertaking home to the house on Silver Bow Street for a service Saturday morning.
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