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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1917
Page
2
During a brief recess Judge J. R. Wharton urged jurors to donate one day’s pay to a Red Cross fund. He announced the drive aims to raise about 150 to 150,000 dollars with 23 of 48 jurors signing up initially. The plan seeks to aid soldiers at the front and was met with applause.
Washington June 18 Secretary Daniels ordered coal and oil producers to supply 1 780 000 tons of coal and 50 000 000 barrels of oil for the navy at prices to be set later by the president once the federal trade commission fixes a fair rate.
Washington reports Joseph J Scott, collector for the San Francisco district, has been removed from office by direct order from Washington. Scott is under indictment for irregularities in his accounts with the government.
An old advertisement extols Cuticura for infant skin care and general toilet use. It claims Cuticura Soap cleanses pores, Cuticura Ointment soothes irritation, redness, and roughness, and Cuticura can ease wakefulness in babies and support mother’s rest. Free sample by mail offer mentions Cuticura Dept. 56 Bos. Sold everywhere.
The Rialto screens Gods Country and the Woman, an eight reel Western photographed in Great Bear valley 9000 feet up in the San Bernardino mountains. William Duncan George Holt and Neil Shipman star in a frontier drama of a girl who bears a child, pretends her husband is dead, and with his aid protects virtue while the villain is vanquished by sled dogs as the lovers wed and the child is mourned.
The Deaconess hospital campaign reported 1042 dollars raised at yesterday’s noon luncheon at Gambers. Major gifts included 500 dollars from Mrs. Tillie B Lander and 156 from Timber Butte Milling employees. Subscriptions also came from Montana Mattress Ladies Aid Memorial church gate Pressmen’s union and numerous individuals. weekly luncheons will continue to report progress.
A Nevada woman phoned her butcher to order 5 cents worth of meat for her cat. Fifteen minutes later she canceled the order. Meanwhile the cat had already caught an English sparrow.
A late news column cites Alexander and his firm collecting reader questions from Butte. It lists numerous brief personal readings with names initialed, covering marriages, separations, family matters, crops, and wartime positions, noting some predictions for 1918 and future outcomes.
Mrs. Patrick Clark announces the engagement of her daughter Miss Rhet Clark to Guy Amsden of Spokane. The wedding will be July 7 at the Clark home in Spokane with a reception for Spokane society noted. Miss Clark, a Georgetown Visitation graduate, earned high honors in 1910 and won the Loretta medal among other awards. Her fiancé, a Spokane businessman, is an Andover alumnus. Money in Liberty bonds draws buyer offers up to 105 in Chicago ads, with $100 bonds exchanged for merchandise plus $5 change.
A party of 12 persons in four automobiles passed through Butte yesterday en route home to Wisdom Minnesota after spending winter in California. They toured California from Long Beach to the Pacific coast then Portland Spokane and the Columbia River highway before heading east toward Wisdom, with an expected arrival late this month or early July. The group includes the Sleeper, Marele, Porter and Beck families in Overland and Ford cars. A separate note says a pinch of sugar in tea speeds leaf opening during steeping.
A fifteen year old trap shooting prodigy Ralph Spotts Jr son of a former amateur champion at 200 days shines at a New York Athletic Club shoot. The article notes boys of the era demonstrate proficiency with firearms and compete with seasoned shooters.
New York reports the Hilonian crew say a British steamship and a German submarine were destroyed in May off the Italian coast after the Hilonian, previously sunk May 16, arrived ashore. An unidentified British coal freighter was torpedoed the same day but saved. two days later the submarine surfaced, was shelled, and sank after a direct hit.
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