Anaconda Standard Public Notice List and Rates
The Anaconda Standard publishes rates for home and mail subscriptions, business offices in Anaconda and Butte, and distribution details. It lists foreign advertising representation and a network of news stands outside Montana where the Standard is sold, with various city contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anaconda
Bell
Standard Building
Mont
Butte
North Main Street
William J. Morton Co
New York
Fifth Avenue
Chicago—Tribune
North America
Sunday Standard
Montana
Hotaling
Thirty-eighth
Broadway
Chicago
Congress
St. Paul
N. St. Marie
Cigar and News Co
Fast Fifth Street
Detroit
Metropolitan News Co
Woodward and
Michigan
Rochester
The Park Season Reveals Accessible National Parks
The article notes a strong, though Peace-impacted, park season with many travelers visiting national parks. Interior Department policies have expanded accessibility and trimmed hotel prices to serve moderate budgets, while railroads offer special excursion rates. Automobile access and road improvements are highly valued by Montanans.
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Department of the Interior
Monster Battleplanes and New Warfare Concepts Revealed
Reports from Washington outline plans for monster battleplanes that could carry 10 to 20 men and heavier guns. The ideas, though partly speculative, have drawn hearings from the war and navy departments and have the backing of the United States aircraft board.
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War
Navy Departments
Uncle Sam
Washington
Hage
Germany
U. K
United States Aircraft Board
Expert General Castelnan predicts war ends in 1918
One of France's top military authorities, General de Castelnan, believes the war will end next year. After reviewing the first American army on French soil, he argues Uncle Sam will maintain pressure and Germany cannot hold out beyond late 1918. He notes Germany's raw material shortage is worsening daily.
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France
General de Castelnan
Sam
de Castelnan
Germany
German Hardships Rising as US Aid to Allies Increases
The text describes growing German strain from Allied aid and American measures blocking supplies via neutrals. It notes daily distress among Germans, belief that US intervention is unlikely, and rising debt, international hatred, and long-term trade harm as factors depressing German morale.
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United States
Germany
Soapboxism in New York sparks protest and arrest
Cleveland Moffett, author and journalist, challenged a street orator in Broadway. Patrolman Sutting, born in Germany, arrested Moffett who was released and commended by the magistrate. Moffett wrote to President Wilson urging definition of treason and noting Wilhelmstrasse funding of meetings. The American Defense society backs his stance as national action grows. A Myers bill to curb soapboxism is eagerly awaited.
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Cleveland Moffett
Broadway
New York
England
America
Americans
Moffett
Sutting
Germany
France
Mr. Moffett
Wilhelmstrasse
Senator Myers
Victory in the Air: Aviation as War’s Decisive Force
The article cites Howard E. Coffin urging rapid American air power and expanded aviation corps as essential to victory. It argues air superiority can be achieved faster than trench armies, thanks to America’s industrial base, pilot talent, and available plants to rapidly produce airplanes. It contrasts the romance of field battles with the thrills of aerial combat, highlighting aviation’s appeal to bold young Americans and its growth nationwide.
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Howard E. Coin
Council of National Defense
Aircraft Production Board
America
Germany
England
France
Flying Corps
Pittsburg Gazette- Times
Aviation Corps
American Craft and Air Power Debate on Production
The article argues American factories can vastly expand flying machine output, citing rapid progress in standardization and mobilization of resources. It criticizes misleading claims about American capabilities and notes the booming automobile fleet as proof of capacity, while lampooning various wartime and social targets in a satirical closing.
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Mr. Coffin
Europe
America
United States
Crown Prince Outshines Historic Figures in Era
As time passes, the crown prince shines beyond famed leaders like Alexander Caesar and Napoleon, making them appear modest in comparison. The comparison underscores the prince's rising stature and influence amid global attention.
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Alexander
Caesar
Napoleon
Pikeville
Meandering War Drags On Beyond Four Years
The enduring conflict presses on, its length stretching into a weary fourth year as leaders and citizens reckon with ongoing casualties, stalemates, and the difficult toll of a protracted struggle.
War talk, drafts, and tax sting in wartime rumination
The piece laments ongoing war with Germany, notes Kentucky draft quotas, rising wages, and heavy income taxes. It contrasts London and Berlin reports, and doubts postwar peace would come easily. It closes with a Solomon quotation about riches flying away, then a rustic cut to hogs.
Divergent Opinions and Local Quips in Wartime Chronicle
The column blends satirical notes on bedbugs and eagles with jests about German leadership, patriotism, and public figures. It muses on two sides to every issue, cites entertainer Tom Lawson awaiting limelight, and warns of I W W provocations and King Coal’s misfortunes as Wilson faces Goliath.
Conserving fats for households amid wartime shortages
A 1917 McClure Syndicate piece urges housewives to save drippings and use fats wisely to counter fat shortages in Europe and provide alternatives to butter. It discusses beef fat as lard substitute, methods to clarify and preserve fats, and practical kitchen tips for melting, purifying, and storing fats.
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Europe
Germany
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Nominated for Mayor of New York Judge Hylan Seeks City Election
Judge John F. Hylan nominated by Tammany and the fusion committee to run for mayor of New York City against incumbent John Purroy Mitchel. Hylan, a Kings County judge living in Brooklyn, was a dark horse candidate not yet widely mentioned for the Democratic designation to be ratified in the primaries. He is described as a Democrat not affiliated with Tammany Hall.
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John F. Hylan
Tammany
Democratic Fusion Committee
New York City
John Purroy Mitchel
Hylan
Democratic Organization
Kings
Brooklyn
Tn Tammany Hall
Typhoid Carriers and Household Transmission in Minnesota
An excerpted 1917 warning details dozens of typhoid cases linked to milk and food handling across Minnesota households. It documents multiple family members and neighbors infected, and stresses strict separation of carriers from dairy work, plus vaccination for household members and employers.
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L. E
T. I
G. A
K. K
KK. K
Chesley
Minnesota
W. A. Evans
Humor of the Day snippets from major dailies
A collage of humorous newspaper quips from the Louisville Courier Journal Detroit Free Press Baltimore American Washington Star Boston Transcript Judge and Buffalo Commercial featuring jokes on vacation bills education farming regret and blunt wit about daily life
Following Deer Guides Hunters with Scented Tracks
The text explains that dogs can follow deer by scent as hoofed tracks leave a faint odor. Hunters often bring dogs to aid tracking due to this natural scent trail.
Grocer Says Prices Raise Cash Flow Not Profit
A Detroit Free Press quip has a grocer arguing that price hikes do not boost his profits. customers owe him more, implying higher prices shift debt rather than increase earnings.
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Detroit Free Press
Quotes and jabs from papers across the nation
A collage of satirical newspaper snips recalls sharp quips about pacifists, leaders, and public figures. Observers lampoon kings, royalty, politicians, and wartime mood with pointed one liners and editorial banter from Chicago to New York.
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Standard Publishing Company
Monster Battleplanes
Ben Tittman
Nicholas Romanoff
Siberian
China
Kentucky
London
Berlin
Solomon
Clown Prince of
Prince of Peace
Tom Lawson
von Hin
Wilson
David
Frances Marshall
Underwood & Underwood
Louisville Courier-Journal
Baltimore American
Washington Star
Boston Transcript
Buffalo Commercial
Spirit of the Press
T. R
Houston Post
Rome
Kansas City Star
Paris
Indianapolis News
Crown Prince
New York Telegraph
United
William Jennings Bryan
la Follette
Chicago Tribune
New York Sun
Pittsburg Dispatch
Miles Standish
Rice & May, Proprietors
Myees
Miners Savings Bank and Trust Company
Park ST
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