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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
7
An ad prom dresses a fine diamond with rich color and fiery allure mounted in an enwork setting as the right engagement ring. It offers flexible pricing to fit any budget and notes commencement rings in all sizes. Graduation specials priced at 25 and 30 dollars are highlighted as long lasting rewards.
Butte residents and visitors fill the scene with travels and arrivals. J A Perry of Missoula guests in town. B McAfee of Helena and F P Carroll of Ringling are in Butte. W Roach of Helena spends Wednesday here. Mr and Mrs R L Diggs of Helena enjoy a few days in the city. Ed Gravatt of Three Forks visits, while Miss Mabel L Peterson of Dillon is a Wednesday guest. Tivoli newsstands advertise Montane Piano Company offerings as local commerce remains active. The LEO Scots and various dignitaries attend meetings and gatherings across town.
Three men were injured in separate incidents in the city. Larsson, an elderly teamster, was struck by a southbound street car on Oregon Avenue near South Arizona, fracturing his skull. Pat Holland, a miner, was hit by an ore train on North Montana Street, losing a leg and suffering severe facial injuries. Henry Hakala, a Finnish miner, was stabbed in the right cheek on Yast Park Street after an argument about the Connolly Olin wrestling match. his assailant fled. Nelson Walked, a veteran freighter, was gravely injured but could not explain the accident. Hocking, the streetcar motorman, said the man walked into the moving car.
The engineers' Union nominated officers last night including Charles J. Whitley for president, Barney Lindsay for vice president, Joseph Creighton for treasurer, A. C. Daw for financial secretary, Thomas C. Bowden for recording secretary, with trustees Dean Selfridge Don Murphy and John C. Carlisle and officers James Bhell as warden and John C. Carlisle as conductor. The officers will be elected next.
R J Evans reports on Montana-Bingham Consolidated Mining at Bingham after inspecting the Montana Bingham, Conger, Amalgamated, Keystone, Fortuna and Tiawankee properties. He notes a 100 horsepower compressor, electric power from Utah Power and Light, and a 200 foot shaft with a tunnel near ore veins. A 100 ton flotation mill is to be installed within 20 days as the tunnel connects with the Conger and Fortuna veins, boosting potential transport revenue and future production.
United States employers finance worker bond purchases amid vast programs. Postal Telegraph lines up with Mutual Investment Credit to offer partial payments on liberty bond buys at 3 4 percent annual interest. Telegraph leader Edward Reynolds promotes this plan to aid employees, with penalties handled through bond charges.
Presidio Texas May 30 Francisco Villa tonight holds a border post opposite an American town as US troops patrol the border. Villa cavalrymen are silhouetted on the southern bank of the Rio Grande. Villa followers rushed into the town while government forces moved out to engage Villa near La Mula pass. In the two hour battle several government soldiers were killed or captured and the town shops were looted. It was unclear if Villa was with his troops. No one could cross to Mexico tonight.
A German report states the provisional council of state in Poland transmitted resignations of its members to Austrian authorities. Poland faces pressure to appoint a regent and regularize administration as Polish socialists oppose the new order, with thirty leaders arrested and sent to camps in Germany.
Private Ray Armstrong of a United States Cavalry troop stationed near San Diego drowned while rescuing Privates Park Brady and McKinney who were in distress in the breakers. Armstrong swam to them with a life preserver, aided them ashore, then exhausted himself and sank.
Burr Huntley Ben Huntley and Styls Slosson left Boulder at 3 15 yesterday afternoon reached Butte by 5 pm were examined and accepted By 7 45 pm they were en route to Spokane as volunteers accepted earlier in the day They decided at noon to join the army together.
The bittern referenced in Isaiah and Zephaniah is a large wading bird, about the size of a heron, used as a symbol of desolation. It notes Nineveh and Babylon becoming a possession of the bittern, reflecting ancient imagery.
Fraternal Brotherhood notes election of officers at Harmony lodge this Friday. All members urged to attend. J. C. Freeman serves as Treasurer and notes the meeting details.
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