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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1919
Page
7
Leys offers many practical articles and splendid gifts for a boy graduate. The selections emphasize usefulness and enjoyment, with Leys' quality touted as the best. Gold watches highlighted among the top items.
Local notes recount a flood of visitors and residents at the Thornton and Acoma hotels in Butte. Names include Wigton Sheridan, Alden Jones Missoula, J. Neville Missoula, T. Walsh, McCabe, McDonald, Duncan of Sheridan, Wisher, Terpering, Parker Anaconda, and many others from Dillon, Helena, Missoula, and surrounding towns. Also mentions Boulder Springs rates and amenities for travelers.
Washington May hearing intense public support for soldier and sailor land settlement legislation aims to reclaim swamp lands and provide homesteads. The Interior Department reports inquiries from over 5 000 veterans at home and abroad about jobs, land, and acquisition on new reclamation projects as congress considers federal action this session.
An across the states summary shows Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming and Wisconsin enacting or advancing soldier settlement measures. Proposals include bond issues of up to 1 million dollars, state cooperation with federal programs, constitutional amendments to lend credit for land settlement, and creation of commissions or boards to manage allocations and reclamation, with varied appropriations and pending actions.
Ushers wearing one piece white coveralls created a stir outside the Rialto theater on Park street. A moving panorama along with these costumes drew crowds toward the theater, adding a curious spectacle to the street view and attracting attention from passersby.
A fragmented account notes Ruffner and patrons shaping a theater spectacle with a roof painting guiding aviators. It mentions his past efforts, family links, and the chorus, while hinting at evolving costume changes and potential new ideas for the next film project.
A government notice lists openings in civil service with dates for recruitment. Jobs include positions for both men and women across fields such as laboratory work, engineering, clerical, and technical posts with varied salaries and June application deadlines. The document notes growing inclusion of women in many roles and provides how to obtain blanks from local post offices or civil service HQ in Seattle.
A fragment from the Dallas Morning News quotes various antiquated opinions and jokes about dental work oil wells Edison and rotary tools political correctness and a dream about marriage. The text references a rhinoceros, a white vest, cradle engineering, and a shoemaker wife joke.
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