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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1918
Page
7
Dispatch reports Pine Creek ROMD prepares a large war pageant with 184 quota for departure from Butte City in July. Ex Senator Turner credited with reversal of order.
Silver Bow county launches pledge week with a large war savings parade starting at the courthouse at 8 o'clock. The event features diverse contingents including Italian and Serbian born Americans and a campaign to boost pledge cards over the next three days. Officials report plans, canvassing, and displays by army navy Red Cross and allied nation groups as preparations shift to Camp Dodge in Des Moines Iowa for July entrainment.
Miss Amy Leah Dennis leads The Girl of the Gol years ago in a New York hit to be staged at the Broadway theater Wednesday and Thursday June 26 and 27. The role demands a long period on one foot for a sprained ankle and an expert chiropodist will attend each performance to prepare the foot before each show. William H Harmon of Miles City enlisted as a seaman second class in the naval reserve and was transported to the last recruiting station.
The ceremony at midnight Saturday united Kesler and Edna, daughter of Mr and Mrs Cole of 1127 West Mercury Street. Rev Charles P Chapnan officiated as the couple departed for a honeymoon through Utah and Colorado. both are well known, with the bride employed at the First National Bank.
J W Corlina, a wounded Canadian soldier in Cobourg Ontario hospital, appeals to Butte residents for news of his father, last heard to be in Butte in 1905. He left the U S in 1903 and served on the French front before being sent home to recover. Police seek any information from friends or relatives.
Howard Parker, 21, a safety engineer from Butte and Berkeley mine worker, drowned while swimming with friends near Sun River. He studied at local high school and state school of mines, survived by widow Gladys Christie Parker and a two month old daughter, plus brothers Gardner in California and another serving in the armed forces. Parker reportedly refused aid from companions, went under in mid river, and could not be rescued.
Horoscopes warn of planetary influences on June 24 1918 with cautions about sentimentality and possible upheavals and crime. It notes Mercury dangers for contracts and army supplies and hints at U S employment shifts and travel chances. Also a Boys protection warning and eclipse effects. Elks Lodge No 240 invites members and guests to Elks Ball at 7 15 pm for a war savings drive parade led by Fred J. McQueeney and Frank L. Riley as secretary.
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