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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1917
Page
3
Delicious minty foot cream promises to relieve tired swollen feet and eliminate odors. The advertisement highlights a snowwhite creamy preparation that cools and soothes sore feet, claiming immediate comfort and relief from foot misery.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a Memphis area advertiser and mixed phrases about hair color and products. No coherent event or person details emerge beyond generic commercial mentions and nonsensical names.
Women workers at several hotels spearhead Red Cross donations with friendly appeals. One anonymous donor gave $100 after a hotel worker urged contributions, while another patron chose to give publicly but asked his name be withheld. A worker recounts efforts to approach all guests, noting some men respond with generosity.
Margaret Penatuna seeks divorce from Penatuna in Globe alleging cruelty including threats to see her in her coffin when angered, and his heavy drinking and nightly outbursts. Desertion also claimed. Marie Hernandez seeks divorce from Wilford Hernandez, married in Chicago on December 23, 1911, alleging desertion without cause.
Reading at Butte markets shows 1917 price surges as war on Germany boosts costs. Woolen wear, shoes, underwear, and shirts rise sharply while staples like onions and bread climb. oils, soap, and baking powder also gain, reflecting wartime scarcity and profiteering. Local coal and beer prices edge higher as households adjust to inflation.
London on June 21 held a public funeral for sixteen children killed in the latest German raid. Only two victims were over six. Other bodies were laid in a common grave. The church was a flower bowers with wreaths from children nationwide bearing memorial messages to the murdered youngsters.
Geneva reports say ex King Constantine of Greece was coolly received in Lugano after dinner and hissed entering an open air concert. He was jostled and left by a rear door to avoid the crowd. In Louisiana, George Pikes, intoxicated, killed three and seriously wounded four before a posse shot him dead near Natchitoches.
Paris June 21 General de la Croix reports in the Temps an estimate of German reserves up to June 1 at 13 120 000, with 9 630 000 depleted by wounds, 2 200 000 unfit, and 1 130 000 abroad. He notes about 755 000 reserves movable, rising 460 000 in November for class 1919, giving 585 000 reserves to cover losses until then. German losses in April May running 200 000 monthly.
Petrograd on June 21 reports the Russian foreign minister told reporters that Moscow intends complete frankness in the parley with the American commission led by Elin Root. He said Russia will conceal nothing and will allow full access to its true state of affairs, including front conditions, before considering collab basis.
Seattle on June 21 deputies found the bodies of Mr and Mrs J P Booth near the Sunset highway at North Bend. Both had been shot and a will was found in Booth’s apartment. Sheriff Stringer attributes the deaths to a possible murder suicide amid domestic trouble.
London June 21. General Alexis Orie Siloff, commander in chief of the Russian armies, replies to congratulations from Gen Sir William Robertson. He states that in honor bound, free Russian armies will not fail to do their duty.
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