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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1918
Page
3
Beginning Aug 1 the per capita sugar allowance drops from three to two pounds monthly. Dealers must use a sale form recorded by the office, with certificates and careful recordkeeping. Retailers and eating houses urged to apply, others warned for possible penalties as U S food administration calls for vigilance and cooperation amid foreign demands.
The popular balloon dance at Gardens, a crowd favorite seen last Saturday, will be repeated this Saturday due to strong demand. George Forsythe hints more feats, including ten Zeppelins and other aircraft, will be demonstrated in the dancing pavilion for attendees.
County volunteers respond to a call dated August 9 for a volunteer effort at Camp Fremont. The report lists several locals including Peter Rafferty, Leslie Manning, Steven Balla, Arthur Mate, Frank Block, and Fred Stewart, with charges connected to theft and larceny cases in Meaderville and surrounding areas.
The Tutte office of the War Savings Department records Mrs J Mopkins who, while scrubbing for a living, sends her son in France money to buy war savings stamps. She funds stamps from his pay, hoping to ease his wartime burden, and travels to the savings booth to purchase them. She says she gives all she can for the lad and the war effort.
Mabee of Butte, a Moni Non Partisan league organizer, filed in federal court for $100,000 damages. He says he was arrested and run out of Lyman and Jones counties in South Dakota on June 13 and alleges undue treatment after being ousted from those counties by Spalding and others.
A fashion note describes a black moon-gio satin crepe gown worn by Miss Florence Fair. The dress features a draped skirt lifted at the back and a front extending corselet girdle, creating a refined evening wear look seen in similar costumes.
A fragmentary diary like reminiscence recalls a journalist’s search for a place and purpose amid front line memories. The speaker reflects on Glens Falls street scenes, wartime papers, and the desire to know the names of the people in the villages and the familiar rhythms of home.
Dining cars have followed boarding houses and hotels in banning sugar bowls from the silver and glass sets. Th Harvey, chairman of the dining car administrative committee, says car men voluntarily conserve wheat with no wheat used since April 1, improving national savings. The step is done in cooperation with the food administration and aims to reduce consumption.
Astrologers caution that Saturn Suphier Vetus and Uranus create a tense planetary sway. Individuals may face disturbed plans and deceitful impulses. Special care urged to resist enemy propaganda and risky world event turns. Coal, mines, and mining feel pressure under ministerial sway amid extraordinary conditions. Love affairs face adverse influences.
Fragmented horoscope style text predicts war timing and shifting alliances as Mars through Libra affects nations. It warns of deceit among Leo born on this day and suggests notable personal changes in the year affecting travel and relationships. The passage blends celestial events with cautions about international conflict and private fortunes.
War savings stamps show per capita buying at 2.19 in July with four days left to count. State director Harry W. Turner notes post office sites exceed 1,000,000 and expects about 1,200,000 for Montana once all counties report. May ranked Montana high, June fell to 93rd, Eastern states started earlier, July outcomes depend on others. Sidney W. Tippett, 17 West Woolman Street, enlisted in the naval reserve at the courthouse recruiting station.
A new pay office building is planned to replace the crowded bank quarters used for weekly miner pay. Hugh Johnston wins the contract for a one story plus basement concrete structure with reinforced brick front at East Quartz and North Main, east of the old Daly bank. The 68 by 100 foot building will include a large pay room for 14 clerks and private offices, expediting envelope handouts and payments on pay days.
The fragment notes the State Department addressing Ambassador Francis about his headquarters from Vologda. It references Francis and a relocation or status inquiry, with limited readable detail about the official action or outcome.
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