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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1917
Page
8
Farmers around Conrad in Shelby County switch from plowing to discing ground to accelerate grain production. Assistant U S Attorney Selberg, back from Montana, notes late spring delays. motor driven discs with searchlights aid work. Labor wages rise as ranchers expect good crops despite method.
Greeks in Butte posted the Venizelos proclamation praising American aims and loyalty to the United States. The notice urges Greeks to unite with America’s cause and stresses the Star Spangled Banner as humanity's ideal in wartime. PRAYERS FOR CROPS. Poughkeepsie NY May 15 spring prayers on Hudson estates for crops led by notable heirs and clergy. M. B. A. Notice members of lodge No 1 736 MB A to attend late brother John Rehfus funeral at Sherman Reed's chapel Friday 2 pm.
Maurice H. Auerbach a sergeant with Company D of Second Montana is visiting family in Butte and praising army life. He notes good food, open-air living, and strong health among Montana soldiers while assisting in drilling local recruits.
The text reports a funeral for Mrs. Robinson at Sherman Reed parlors with missing relatives. mentions Mrs. Fleck sailing to Austria amid danger, her husband a German explorer, and their son Edward Fleck Jr. It also notes a West Virginia bill making strikes illegal during war and protecting union membership from firing, plus a reflection on job-hunting advertisers.
The newly created Red Cross war council started work in Washington on May 15 to finance wartime needs. Secretary McAdoo was named treasurer of the national fund to be raised by a country wide campaign, with Henry P. Davison of J P Morgan & Co. as council chairman taking charge.
Kaiser orders many Zeppelin factory employees at Friedrichshafen to join the army. General opinion there holds German authorities will not, for now, build more Zeppelins.
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