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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1917
Page
12
Federal and state funds totaling 10000 are allocated for poison to be mixed by farmers at poison mixing bees and spread under expert guidance to combat a grasshopper threat to Montana’s biggest wheat crop. Local rural residents respond with telegrams urging action and pledging support for big crops.
June 17 Missoula reports say Western Montana sawmills will continue to saw logs into lumber though demand is not expected to rise. Officials deny plans for 24 hour operations due to expected demand, with Bonner and Hamilton mills currently closed and only a forced production surge could restart them.
Helena reports a Troy Mont dispatch says I W W alleged members at Snowstorm mine are blamed for agitation. Federal troops may be asked. several workers quit mines and railways. The group is linked to recent expulsions from Eureka, Lincoln County, where troops were sent.
Michael McNamara, after a long career as a U S Marine, could not endure quiet retirement and returns to County Mayo Ireland. He left St Louis to pursue a new role abroad, driven by a lifelong dream of serving in his ancestral homeland and fulfilling duty beyond his American service.
The new Lewistown presbytery unites Fergus county and part of Dawson with Dr W A Stevenson chosen as first moderator and Rev Hugh McCarroll as clerk. Meeting at Great Falls on Oct 4, synodical superintendent Dr W A Sloan attended. Also notes local marriages divorces lawsuits and civic events across the Judith basin.
Virginia City reports Flag day exercises by Oro y Plaza No. 390 in the city drew many locals and visitors from surrounding communities. The article notes numerous attendees and travelers including county officials, merchants, ranchers, and state officials visiting Virginia City for events, business, and social calls during mid June.
Express rates for a three pound package from Chicago to Roundup are 18 less than to nearby cities, per a state utilities table by Sam Josephson. Alden Morrison, from North Dakota, survived a near fatal strychnine poisoning after claiming it would help his heart. Musselshell County reports 1,678 eligible for the draft, with a campaign to raise 2000 for the county’s share of Montana’s 400,000 Red Cross goal.
The Livingston Gardiner road on the Yellowstone rail was designated a state highway by Chairman Hefferlin after a highway meeting in Helena. State and county will immediately upgrade the road for heavy auto traffic to Yellowstone National Park, with more than 100 eastbound cars already arriving for the season opening June 20. The Rev Henry A James returned from the Helena conference. Mrs Martha B Brewer filed for divorce from J W Brewer Jr after seven years of marriage, alleging desertion four years in.
The narrative notes a separated couple living apart with alimony and division of substantial property interests, two adult children, and references a death in Great Falls. The article also mentions J. B. Matheson’s death near Chico Hot Springs and a local river flood risk with dike work to divert Yellowstone flows.
The AP reports muted fighting with artillery and aerial activity across fronts in France Belgium and Macedonia. German night raids near Hurlebi se failed in counterattacks while Belgian regions Steenstraete and Het Sas see activity. Thessaly troops push toward victories. Constantine journeys to Mesina en route to Switzerland. Russian front quiet but hints of renewed activity and a secret session calls for an immediate offensive and treasonous peace with Germany.
The American commission led by Elihu Root held informal talks with Russian leaders in Petrograd on Saturday. They plan visits to Moscow Kiev and Odessa and possibly Romania, with naval officers and General Scott and staff to visit military sites independently. The delegation is expected to stay in Russia three to four weeks.
Missoula on June 17 reports arrangements for the state Epworth league convention starting Wednesday. About 400 Montana leaguers are expected as delegates, with 200 accredited delegates named. The chamber of commerce handles Saturday entertainment. tours to Bonner copper mill and campus picnics are planned, weather permitting campfire rally led by Leon H. Sweetland, president Montana Wesleyan University. Host homes are pledged to house all delegates.
New York June 17 Mrs Marie Cocchi wife of Alfredo Cocchi who ran a bicycle shop is held on 7500 bail as a material witness in the Ruth Cruger murder case. Victor Brady Chauffeur and Joseph Palumbo a clerk are held as Cocchi friends. Autopsy shows skull fracture and a left side wound. Police dig in a cellar uncover the skates Miss Singer had taken to Cochhies shop for sharpening with bloodstained shoes and an ice chopper with blood. Coroner says the crime was a single person killing and an investigation of police failure to find the body will start.
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