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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
8
The funeral service for Albert Tinkle, a pioneer of Granite County, will be held at his ranch home in New Chicago. Mourners from Anaconda are expected to attend as friends and relatives pay last respects to the longtime resident.
Near Hall longtime western Montana resident for over five decades. A leading figure in the Flint Creek valley, he was widely regarded as a prominent local man.
The Argonaut notes patches of vocal sands along US shores with dry sands emitting a peculiar foot or hand sound and a tingling sensation. Manchester Beach is famous for this phenomenon. the Kauai sands in Hawaii produce hooting noises when clapped and bagged.
AnacondaAutomobile and Good Roads association calls Washoe park the finest all around camp for Yellowstone trail travelers. Anaconda Copper Mining spent years beautifying the grounds with grass, trees, flowers, a zoo, brick ovens and rain shelters. Water is available from creek, spring, or pipes. Local residents plan to welcome travelers and visit them, with campers usually leaving about 9 am or visiting in the early evening.
Lima residents share news of visitors and travel including R H Foster Dillon visit, Harry Styles and Leon Ross Idaho Falls visits, and families from Blackfoot Butte Dillon Great Falls and Colorado spending summer with relatives. Mrs Beardslee heads to Missoula and Abby Beardslee to San Francisco. Mrs Hill of Butte and Aberdeen area also noted. Mrs Jones reports husband injured last week facing major operation in Salt Lake hospital.
A leading jam producer plans to shut three factories due to high sugar costs. World sugar shortages deepen as U S consumption rises under prohibition. British authorities fear sugar may be diverted to higher priced markets. Current price in Britain is 1 shilling 2 pence per pound, with expectations of a rise to 36 cents. Before the war sugar cost 4 cents per pound.
A mortgage filed in Stockton Missouri secures a $46 debt with a single security item described as a black tomcat with white feet named Tom. The cat is the only article pledged in the deed.
A sister of Fr. W. C. Whyte, Mrs. Sokoloff of Petrograd, recounts Bolshevik terror and a perilous escape to London. She describes hunger, sky-high prices, scarce coal and wood, quarantine in Finland, and months of imprisonment, with a note on her sudden reunion in London.
A survivor recalls dawn raids by armed bands searching rooms for arms and valuables, noting personal items hidden away and the chaos of examination. She details how jewelry, photos, and papers were hidden or destroyed, the emotional strain, and her voyage with refugees to London, aided by the Red Cross. She also mentions teaching naval officers, enduring winters, and awaiting news from loved ones. Mr Whyte invites his sister to Anaconda to join him.
An Anaconda woman with eye pain, redness, and weak vision found relief after using Lavoptik eye wash with Hazel camphor and hydrasols. A single bottle reportedly impressed observers, and Fuller Drug Co offers a free aluminum eye cup with the product.
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