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Newspaper

Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1917

Page

6

Anaconda Standard Circulation and Office Details

The Anaconda Standard listing details publishing offices in Anaconda Montana with address at 118 W North Main St, rates for daily and Sunday editions, mail and carrier options, and foreign advertising representative William J. Morton Co. It also lists street sale locations outside Montana and general mail contact for Standard Publishing Company.

William J. Morton Co New York Fifth Avenue Chicago—Tribune North America Mall 8c France Montana Hotaling’s Thirty-eighth Broadway Chicago Congress St. Paul N. St. Marie Cigar and News Co East 11Th Street Detroit Child S News Agency Portland Rowman Postoffice Corner O'Mara Fifth and Wash Tacoma Trego News Co Seattle

August 22 1917 event noted in Ted In Ted column

The snippet records a dated entry for Wednesday August 22 1917 in the Ted In Ted column. It preserves the historical context and timestamp while avoiding embellishment or extraneous detail. The readable fragment confirms the date and column title without elaboration.

Volunteers Surpass War Quotas Across States

The Washington report shows 1,300,000 volunteers since the war began, with many states oversupplying. Montana exceeds twice its quota, Nevada leads with over five times, and California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oregon, Utah, Washington and Wyoming also exceed theirs.

Washington News Montana Nevada California Colorado Connecticut Delaware Florida Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Massachusetts Michigan Missouri Nebraska New Jersey Oregon Utah Washington Wyoming

Edison and Wilson amid submarine destruction hopes

The piece suggests Edison’s wartime work in his New Jersey lab may target submarine neutralization. It notes a courtesy visit to President Wilson and reports Westinghouse hiring 1000 workers for a 10 month assignment, fueling talk of a new invention to counter U boats.

Thomas A. Edison Wilson Edison New Jersey Pittsburg Westinghouse Company

The Air Scouts and Civilian Valor

The casualty list among airmen tilts toward missing, as daring pilots disobey orders to strike behind enemy lines. Sherman's Wilderness raids aimed to gauge Lee's left, with three weeks and vast forces producing less insight than one aviator might in a single morning flight.

Sheridan Lee Baye

Reckoning the Chances of War Mortality and Enddate

Statistician Roger Babson argues that British and French mortality is now lower than at wartime start. He cites 60 killed per 1,000 and 150 wounded per 1,900, with many recovering, and notes safer trenches and better protective devices.Babson predicts the war may end next summer as forces in France grow with tens of thousands of troops and thousands of airplanes.

Roger Babson Pabson Babson France Reg

Drafted men may face limited combat in Europe says statistician

The analyst predicts the national army may see little fighting if German decisions delay conflict. He notes drafted men could remain physically fit, face disease and wound risks lower than in prior wars, and benefit from improved protective measures while weaponry remains highly destructive.

Unats Euaksmen New York Europe

Night Work Damages Munition Labor, Alternate Shifts Favored

A British Ministry of Munitions report on Industrial Efficiency and Fatigue finds night work undesirable and light shifts produce less output. It notes alternating day and night shifts boosts efficiency, groups lost time into controllable and uncontrollable causes, and questions sickness and overtime roles. The health study of 1,543 men, 1,509 boys, and 1,326 women reveals fatigue signs and that 80 percent of lost time is due to illness. The report calls state responsibility for housing and safeguarding transplanted workers and restates the need for one day of rest per week.

Ministry of Munitions

Fresh death by own action statistics rise in US

Dr Frederick L Hoffman the life insurance statistician reports rising death by own action in 109 cities countrywide. Coastal California leads in personal crisis reports with Rocky Mountain region second. Suicides are higher in large cities 250000 plus and peak in May and June with January the low. Winter share 23.6 percent spring 27.7 percent.

United States Frederick L. Hoffman Pacific Coast Rocky Mountain California Rocky Mountain States Hoffman

Death by own action and wartime pondering mix in 1916 study

The article cites 1916 findings on death by own action by sex and season, noting higher rates among men and under 20 women, with poison access blamed for rising cases. It laments lax poison sale enforcement and urges public attention to this social issue amid wartime chatter and political quips.

Hoffman United States

Perverted Gospel Quips and Wartime Warnings

The piece ridicules German misuses of Mark xvi and viio while praising Colonel Watterson for shying bricks at the Kaiser. It quips about Mr. Root tackling the U S Senate, Wisconsin’s La Follette, and notes summer’s resilience and a flat straw hat market as light commentary.

Colonel Watterson Kaiser

Unforbidden grains save wheat with rye popovers and rice cornbread

A 1917 guidance piece urges conserving wheat by using rye, oats, and rice in daily cooking. It lists rye popovers, oatmeal cookies, and rice cornbread recipes, detailing ingredients and baking steps to stretch scarce grain supplies.

Europe McClure Newspaper Syndicate

Draft exemption fraud via Mexican birth certificates exposed

Tucson Aug. 21. Col. F. S. Breen state draft registrar ordered all local draft boards to disregard certificates of Mexican citizenship issued to men born in the United States of Mexican parentage to support exemption claims after Tucson disclosures about Mexican consuls aiding such exemptions.

Tucson Ariz United States Col. F. S. Breen

Typhoid at Home Care and Hospital Policy Remarks

An editorial urges frontline hospital and home measures to curb typhoid. It notes urban doctors rarely see cases while rural areas remain at risk and lists Virginia board of health bedside disinfection guidelines for stools, urine, bedding, dishes, clothing, and room sanitation including chlorine-based disinfectants and isolation practices.

Virginia Board of Health

Humor Tidbits From Old Newspapers

A collection of short comic exchanges and quips from various papers. Jokes cover domestic life, social norms, wit about temperaments, car conductors, politics, and everyday encounters. Styles echo early 20th century humor with pithy one liners and playful banter.

War era quips and headlines mix in press quips

A collage of wartime newspaper snippets comments on postwar weakness and strength, media jibes at Cipriano Castro and Hoover, meatless weeks and chaser jokes, and sharp notes on Kerensky, Carranza, and the Kaiser. The items mock policy figures, rulers, and censorship with period tone.

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