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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1917
Page
7
The principal branch office of the Standard is at 119 North Main Street, Butte. Telephones: Business department, 422. editorial department, 423. Advertising rates furnished on application.
An advertisement extols silverware as intimate with home life and promotes patterns Colonial Maid Arcadian Etruscan Hamilton Mary Chilton Bold in any quantity. It also highlights a selection of sterling gifts and ironware in the city.
Butte notices list piano rentals from Montana Piano company at 210 North Main and promotions to buy pianos before a strike ends. Multiple residents from Wise River Billings Helena and Seattle visit, along with clergy and church events. The Whitehall hotel and various magazines are mentioned in local business chatter and travel notes.
James W American, ambassador to Prussia, plans a serialized six week account in installments beginning August 5 in The Standard. The piece promises readers the real facts behind the woeful tale and urges subscription to not miss copy. The Standard also notes thanks for condolences after Elizabeth Cox’s death.
Oscar Spring was charged with reckless driving after he brushed into a woman on a roadway at Main Street yesterday afternoon while riding a motorcycle. The cycle was damaged but the woman was not injured.
The Montana judge declared no further divorce cases will be heard after Monday, criticizing the state’s divorce laws as a disgrace. He granted two decrees then and warned he may not hear more if Judge Lynch returns. Other filings include Joseph and Jossie Horgan seeking alimony and restraint on property, and Fern Avery pursuing divorce from F M Avery amid a tale of early marriage, abuse, and abandonment.
Draft observations from Montana note men being drafted to form units together. Noted that Butte area offices report many seek Marine enlistment and group cohesion among Montanans. Local draft officials predict three full regiments and a partial unit, with examinations adjusted accordingly.
The article reports that local master lists for conscription in Butte and Silver Bow County have not been received yet and may only arrive from Helena to be sent to the capital before tomorrow. Exemption claims, doctor volunteers, and the pending first draft examinations are described with delays, new serial numbers, and penalties for false exemption statements.
Young Men's Christian Associations across the country urged youths to join the United States farm labor working reserve to help win the war. Secretary O Colton of the YMC A at Butte received letters from International Boy’s Secretary GC Robinson requesting cooperation. The program seeks 16 to 18 year olds to provide farm help during the crisis, operating with state and national authorities under federal agriculture guidance. Enrollment requires parental consent, employer consent if employed, and an oath of allegiance.
Mr Max Morris proprietor of the fashion Tailoring company 47 West Park street returned from a protracted trip to Chicago and New York with insights on wool prices and contracts He notes wool may rise sharply as skilled weavers leave for munition work and 1 000 000 men go to the front He plans to offer high quality merchandise with little if any price rise to customers despite the looming market shift
Emil Porsman was arrested yesterday afternoon by Officers Bodin and Staples on East Granite Street on charge of insulting language to a young woman, daughter of a miner who has returned to work. Foreman is accused of calling the girl's father a scab and, when she protested, of insulting her. Puree ROIT COPPER, installation of additional jigs and tables in the concentrating plant of the Butte-Detroit company, is under way again with the return to work of electricians and machinist.
Fragmentary text describes an enrolling applicant to be given a certificated teal of the Culted State. Mentions a local state organization seeking Kay Workers, a federal agricultural office with Lake Foote headquarters in Helena, Montant division, and Attorney Kelly reference amid an assault report. Also notes two miners from Mountain View mine showing bruised hands after a fight with Finns at an Arty Inn.
Mrs Margaret Roza of the nation declares patriotism begins at home and offers to feed hungry children in Hutte at the Women's Patriotic Association headquarters. A ticket-seller refused, sparking a dispute over patriotic duties as women supply hospitals in France.
Paris dispatch says American expeditionary forces in France pick the nickname Amexes by joining the two letters of American. The Matin notes the title mirrors the Australian and New Zealand troops who were called Ange. The report places the coinage in context of Allied forces in July in France.
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