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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1917
Page
5
City Horticulturist J. D. Kelly explains garden plots will be offered first to Boy Scouts and school children, with remaining allotments open to citizens. Guidance on soil choice stresses sandy loams, manure enrichment, and proper tillage to improve less ideal land for seed bed preparation despite frost having left.
Ford Radefeld, 25, of Anaconda and recent in town three months, died Monday in Plevna after slipping from the end of a tinder car on a moving train. His parents are deceased.
At a recent meeting the Anaconda Bowling association adopted wartime resolutions and approved a $25 donation to the local Red Cross. The pledge states members will support any duty required and aid the country during this stress.
The first of a seven part sins series, strong dramatic thriller starring Ann Murdock, headlines a program at The Margaret. A Keystone comedy Villa of the Movies provides comic relief, followed by a social matinee tonight. Also ad: White sewing machine offer from Brownfield Canty 308 East Park Ave. McGill offers first Russian language course.
Anaconda readers hear of social nights, rentals, sales and visitors. The itemized notices include Moose and Ladies auxiliary meetings, mother’s day flower campaigns, travel plans of residents to Spokane and Brandon, and multiple brief business and personal updates from Greig to Copper City.
FE J Hamilton a former resident and ex superintendent at the Washoe Amelters visited the city. He plans to finish railway tasks in ten days to two weeks. Clifton Triol, medical student at Northwestern University, Chicago, expects to finish studies today and begin military training for service in France around May 16.
The senate agriculture committee hears calls for government run control of key staples, especially grain and sugar, with the agriculture department directing food resources. Proposals push emergency measures, price fixing limits, and administration power to regulate wheat use in flour amid Europe’s findings.
Charleston, May 8. The state council of defense recommends to the May 14 special session that legislation be enacted requiring all men ages 16 to 60 to seek employment. The move targets chronic idleness even in peace times, stressing national wartime needs. A Western railroad reports an electric locomotive covering 339 miles without special attention en route.
A Business Men's exchange banquet in Anaconda Mont endorses the President and the war effort. Resolutions praise selective conscription, national economy, and financial aid to England and France. Gallagher and Tripp lead principal addresses supporting the administration and chamber commerce efforts.
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