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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1915
Page
3
Bleached muslin sold by the yard in short lengths from 2 to yards priced at 5c per yard. Additional muslin offerings include 10c per yard, 714c per yard for full width 36 inches, and 15c per yard cambric noted as an excellent undergarment fabric.
The Honey Bee by Samuel Merwin and The Ragged Messenger by W G Maxwell have just arrived, touted as East sensations. The Ragged Messenger recalls the life of a great teacher from ancient times, presented in modern environments.
A special offering features Earl & Wilson dress shirts with regular prices of 2 dollars and 2.50 dollars. The shirts come in many patterns and stripes with French cuffs, now selling for 1.35 dollars.
Ninety two Lusitania victims buried near Queenstown amid orderly processions and religious rites. The cortege included Irish infantry, civic leaders, American survivors, and sailors from ships across the harbor. No Americans were identified among the buried.
New York May 10 Alton B Parker democratic candidate for the presidency in 1904 issued a statement urging caution over how the Lusitania disaster should influence presidential action. He argued the president must bear responsibility and should be given time. He recalled McKinley’s calm in the face of war fever.
New York May 10 The Cunard Steamship company announced additional injured survivors confined in Queenstown hospitals and those discharged. The lists include names from New York Montreal and Ontario with several injured and deceased aboard the Lusitania. Names cover first and second class passengers and crew with multiple near-identifications and locations. The report notes statements by Premier Asquith on neutral nations and war issues.
The Norwegian press denounces the Lusitania disaster. Morgenbladet calls the attack a deliberate unannounced act against hundreds of noncombatants including women and children. Aftenposten decries German submarine conduct as at a climactic moral low and condemns the act as uncivilized.
London reports in May 1904 that the war was started by Germany with a flagrant breach of treaty and has been carried on with progressive disregard for convention and accepted rules of war.
Amsterdam via London reports the Cologne Volks Zeitung praising the sinking of the Lusitania as a moral and strategic achievement in the war. It extols submarine success, claims it will not be the last, and accuses England of starving Germans while noting passengers acted at their own risk within the operational zone.
Roundup reports another Montanan lost when the Lusitania sank. Dave Henderson of Roundup was aboard and not listed among the saved. The tally of Montanans lost rises to nine as families, including Mrs. Hanna Sullivan of Butte and Mrs. Caroline Trevarrow, confirm no survivors for relatives.
In Newcastle England on May 10 a crowd, mainly women, paraded protesting German activity in the city after details of the Lusitania sinking and its portrayal by Germany stirred strong local feeling about allowing Germans to continue business there.
An incident in which crowds smashed windows of German pork butcher shops disrupted street activity. No injuries reported as police investigated the vandalism and property damage across multiple establishments.
London May 1 Bonar Law leader of the opposition in the house of commons condemned the Lusitania destruction as murder not warfare. He spoke during the presentation of a medal to Captain Bell of the Thordis, rammed by a German submarine off Ready Head in February. He warned neutral nations like the United States may respond to the outrage and called it barbarous.
Washington May 10 The Needle Guild of America after its Philadelphia conference sent 1000 dollars to the Red Cross for relief of Lusitania victims. It marks the first donation received for sufferers from the sea tragedy.
Announcement from Cunard offices confirms the Tuscania with 441 passengers departed Glasgow on Saturday and Liverpool on Sunday for New York. It marks the first Cunard passenger liner to sail from the British Isles to the United States since the Lusitania sinking.
Austin May 10. Six resolutions were introduced on the Lusitania. One calls for severing diplomatic relations with Germany while the others express confidence in President Wilson. All actions were postponed until tomorrow.
Thousands suffer daily and monthly headaches with little cure from doctors. The ad claims Anti-kamma Tablets provide satisfactory results and permanent relief, noting they are available at all druggists in any quantity, with prices quoted as one cent or more.
An advertisement touts A-K Tablets as relief for sick headaches, urging two tablets at onset and one tablet every two hours during an attack. It promises rest and comfort unavailable by other means and notes the tablets bear the Amane ram label and are sold at all druggists.
In addition to fresh air and proper diet, tuberculosis patients and those predisposed are urged to use Eckman’s Alterative to stop night sweats banish fever and hasten recovery. The medicine, touted for past success, claims to aid bronchial catarrh and lung conditions and to strengthen the system. It contains no narcotics or habit forming drugs and is sold by leading druggists. Write to the Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia for a booklet on recoveries.
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