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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1918
Page
7
An advertisement touts watches as the best gift for graduates. Leys promotes a wide stock of bracelets and men's watches with styles from thin models to solid gold options. Prices range from low to high across brands such as Hencetet and Chatelaine.
Fragmentary Butte notes show arrivals and events including a birth on May 16 to Mr and Mrs Ray Thatenor at 317 South Crystal street, a May 16 birth to Mr and Mrs Charlee Antat on 20000 South Idaho, and a son reported for O'Brien street. Mentions of Olson Lenox Echilling No 9 and local bookstand readings hint at wartime era notices. Private Hellman and Camp Lewis references indicate military context.
The King welcomed the American labor delegation at the palace on May 16. He stated the visit would help strengthen ties and reaffirm the United States that Britain will continue to meet its duties across theaters, with resolve to do its utmost in this direction.
Washington May 16 Senator Cui Ming of Town urged a wartime plan to withdraw able bodied men from civil life for Army service while avoiding crippling industry. He urged shifting nonessential labor to vital war work and proposed legislation to enable transfers. Also notes visit to a Washington memorial museum and a local anecdote about a neighbor hiring a boy for a task, with a thrift stamp protest noted.
Text of a court decision reversing a federal district court in Montana in a minerals separation case. The ruling analyzes critical oil concentration percentages and notes the Supreme Court clarifies that invention lies in specific fractional oil use. It discusses infringement limits, remand directions, and dissenting views regarding the scope of claims.
About fifty people attended a Montana Savings Society gathering at the Montana Mattress Company store. William Lutey spoke on Food Conservation, Rev. Dr. George Waite gave a patriotic address, and a junior five year old urged greater savings. Ed Davin sang a solo. O. H. Schoch organized the event. Tennis players meet at Holland rink on May 18, invites all interested.
A fragmented Washington dispatch lists casualties from May 16 detailing 1 wounded slightly, 4 wounded severely, and several maimed or dead from various causes. Names, ranks, and towns appear in a long string, with many OCR errors obscuring exact details and affiliations.
Lieutenant Colonel Dud O Donahoe of Ottawa commanded his battalion near Dusehen Aneto when fatally wounded in France. He served with the Irish Trenchers and later with the Grenadier Guards, receiving multiple dispatch mentions. Survived by his wife formerly Miss Fogarty of Montreal.
Washington May 16 All firms and individuals involved in importation manufacture storage and distribution of farm machinery will be placed under license June 20 under a reclamation order issued by President Wilson to assure an adequate food supply Unjust profits monopolistic practices price increases and willful waste of farm equipment are prohibited under the food control act and regulations. The article notes a set of slogans for war effort and Liberty bonds with examples such as Help the boys at the front conserve food Buy a Liberty bond and help win the war Our boys over there depend on you buy war savings stamps The Red Cross is described as a friend in need over there but the text ends abruptly with incomplete company detail.
Washington May 16 the postal service appropriation bill passes the Senate granting wage raises for clerks and rural carriers, sets total at 38.1 million and extends to July 1, includes a 200 dollar annual raise for clerks, a percent rise for rural carriers, and a 24 cent per ounce post mail charge. The measure faces legal questions over attachment to the appropriation bill and includes airplane mail provisions and postage costs. The vote on an amendment was 46 to 21. The bill also approves elements affecting air service and routes in New York Philadelphia Chicago St Louis. The Postmaster General opposes the proposal.
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