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Newspaper

Anaconda Standard

Location

Anaconda, Montana, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1917

Page

6

Standard Publishing Company masthead and listings

Anaconda Montana publication details for Standard Publishing Company including office addresses telephone numbers and advertising representation. It lists subscription rates for daily and Sunday editions and stocking locations and newsstands outside Montana.

William J. Morton Co New York Fifth Avenue Chicago Tribune North America Sunday Standard Montana Hotaling Thirty-eighth Broadway Chicago Congress St. Paul N Marie Cigar and News Co East Fifth Detroit Metropolitan News Co Woodware Michigan Rochester, Minn Kelly Cigar Denver Portland Rpowman Postoffice Corner O'Mara Fifth and Wash Tacoma tTreeo News Co Seattle

Farmers Picnic Draws Thousands Despite Gerard Absence

The Deer Lodge valley Farmers picnic today will be large and lively despite Former Ambassador Gerard missing the address due to state duties. He plans to speak in Helena on Sunday and may address Butte and Anaconda audiences, with Rotary and civic invitations pending. The event, started by John W. James of Anaconda, has grown into a major annual gathering with broad regional patronage.

Gerard Deer Lodge Valley West Germany Washington Helena Butte Anaconda John W. James Deer Lodge

Kaiser Befriends Peace Drive Aims By October

London wires New York World report Germany plans a major peace push by late October if U S war mobilization is judged strong enough to end the war next winter. Dutch sources echo the claim as Berlin eyes American capacity and submarine impact with growing nerves.

Kaiser Ludendorff von Hindenburg United States London New York World Germany America

What's in a Name Will Sammies Stick in War Times

A reader discussion on nicknames for American soldiers prompts debate over "Sammies" and suggests "Buster Brown" as a fitting substitute. Letters lampoon the idea, noting the ease of shortening to "Bustie" and proposing further variations amid wartime needs. The exchange reflects public tone and clever wordplay on military nicknames.

Sammies Buster Brown The Standard

Names for American soldiers in the war years

The piece weighs how terms like Sammy BB Buster Yankees and Hello Buster stirred reactions among troops and abroad. It notes French greetings and the risk of aiding the enemy through nicknames while suggesting a suitable, native term may emerge during the war.

Sammy Sammee New York Sun

Meaning of Treason Definitions in the New York Herald

A New York Herald analysis by a lawyer explains the treason clause and its limits. It notes the framers aimed to safeguard individual rights and define treason narrowly, urging that only acts meeting the definition constitute treason and that “only” should bind. It lists five factual conclusions on intent, adjacency to enemies, overt acts, and modern conditions, and reports a proposed federal bill by Senator Myers to close gaps in treason law.

United States New York Herald Myers

Alaska's Offering to Boost Food Supply With Reindeer Meat

Alaska plans to market surplus reindeer meat as a new contributor to American food supply. Reindeer herds, once boosted by Uncle Sem, have grown since 1915 when Alaska counted 79 243 reindeer in sight. Today most herds are owned by natives missions and Laplanders, with government stock at 8408, spread across Western Alaska and the Aleutians.

Alaska Sem Siberia United States Aleutian Islands

Electrification as a Model for Railroads Worldwide

The Milwaukee railroad exemplifies electric traction and excites global interest. Holland notes engineers worldwide discuss the achievement, with England and Russia among observers. Completed electrification from the Rocky Mountain region to the Pacific coast promises rapid imitation by other lines.

Milwaukee Railroad Holland Cincinnati Enquirer England Russia Rocky Mountain Pacific Coast

Electrification and wartime influence on Pacific railways

The piece discusses wartime limits on Pacific railway electrification, noting potential postwar moves by the St. Paul system to use hydroelectric power, and mentions oil, electricity, and water power as energy factors. It also contains sharp comment on I W W activity, political figures, and war sentiment across regions.

Pacific Railway Pacific Southwest Southern California Southern Pacific Railroad United States St. Paul

One-Process Canning Method Promoted for Households

A 1917 feature outlines a single step canning method praised by universities and newspapers. It details inexpensive equipment from a wash boiler with a makeshift false bottom to a cheese cloth center for blanching, sterilized jars, and a boiling water bath. Steps cover washing, blanching, cooling, packing, sealing, boiling, and tightening tops.

Department of Agriculture At Washington McClure

Shakespeare and Burns clash in a waggish vent

A witty exchange compares Shakespeare to Burns on fame and genius with quips about misattributions. The Philadelphia Ledger cites Senator Simmons discussing a proposed auto tax during wartime funding debates while a joke from Ocean Grove features a thrice told nursery rhyme rebuke and a child’s retort.

Simmons Ocean Grove Nellie The Washington Star

Worms as Disease Cause and Parasite Remedies in 1917

The article recalls old fears of intestinal worms and contrasts them with bacteriology, noting amoebas and other microparasites found in adults. It cites Galveston Charleston Augusta and 38 patients, arguing persistent diarrhea and dyspepsia could stem from parasites such as amoeba monads or cercomonadis, with treatments including ipecac methylene blue and calomel, plus strict dieting.

McNeil Galveston Lynch Charleston Barlow Smithles Augusta Hospital Ipecac

Germany Needs Open Plumbing Form of Government

A Chicago News op-ed likens Germany’s state to clogged cesspools of militaristic intrigue and calls for a sanitary inspector style overhaul. It argues for transparent governance and a purge of militaristic influence in politics.

Germany The Chicago News

Humorous Quotations From Various Papers On Everyday Life

A collage of jokes and quips from Boston Transcript Louisville Courier-Journal Baltimore American Washington Star Puck Pearson's Weekly Detroit Free Press and Sidney Bulletin. The items cover golf garage politics marriage and domestic life with brisk punchlines and cross-paper banter.

van Putter de Growche Bigges Diggs Boston Transcript Louisville Courier-Journal Amanda Baltimore American Senator Sorghum Washington Star Puck Johnny Pearson's Weekly London Detroit Free Press

Noted Horse Opinion: Kindness for Noble Animal

A worried citizen argues the horse deserves kindness. He recalls paying 50 cents for corn on the cob, while a horse can eat freely, highlighting a perceived unfair cost versus the animal’s appetite.

Press Gullies and Telegrams Stir World Opinion

A compilation of editorials and quips from major papers lampooning Germany, the Kaiser, and Allied leaders. Highlights include Gerard’s light on autocracy, Tirpitz, Ishii’s mission, and jokes about the president’s telegram explanations and wartime diplomacy.

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