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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1913
Page
12
The Standard’s holiday edition excites Butte readers with elaborate makeup and broad coverage. Citizens praise its educational features, farming material, and lively presentation while Montanans sense the paper reflects the state’s rapid growth and wide reach from Montana to Canada and beyond.
A rural mail box produced a mysterious dead letter that sparked sorrow and speculation. The envelope bore a plain address and odd markings, prompting the family to wonder who had died and what news was lost. The letter’s contents revealed an aunt’s hoard of gold coupons and a misleading tale that touched kin with mixed sorrow and relief.
A brief note records Miss Mary Baker making a second visit to the bank. The fragmentary text indicates an ongoing banking matter and a subsequent action by Miss Baker without further details.
In the Butte office yesterday the paper was busy with wrapping holiday Standards for patrons calling for delivery. A visitor remarked on a growing pile as the scene grew busier with large stacks appearing, described in vivid metaphors. Mr Ready Money enjoyed four turkey dinners amid the bustle.
Mrs. Nelson Miller of 207 A Colorado Street in Butte cashed a two dollar old coupon and praised the Standard for its generosity. She said the small funeral bill and usual yearly expenses made the gift especially welcome, stressing that gifts in the right spirit can build mountains of gold in heart to heart charity.
A fragmented holiday column reflecting on shop life and Christmas customs. The narrator mocks fashion trends, old fashioned music, and street talk while noting rising turkey costs and the seasonal standard. The piece ends with a garbled, playful quotes from a street exchange.
A bustling crowd moves through a city street as every worker and shopper targets the day’s gold coupon scheme. Each profession from lawyers to bakers eyes the payoff while the Standard’s big coupon giveaway dominates thoughts among rich and poor alike.
The appearance of the holiday Standard signals the festive shopping period. Stores and offices display announcements for Christmas business, inviting people to prepare for the season with ads and offers. Merchants urge purchases from now until the new year, highlighting goods and sales.
The Rev. E J Groeneveld of First Presbyterian Butte discovers a $1 coupon from the Gold Coupon bank. After delays and a long joke with friends, he redeems the dollar and mulls a Flathead Lake summer home plan and a new car, joking about lubricating oil.
Pioneer C W Ellingwood, longtime Butte mine owner and civic figure, known for assisting miners and prospectors, receives a lucky gold coupon payout. Community leaders celebrate the windfall as a sign of enterprise, promising to fund favorable new ventures.
W C Mallahan of the Northern Pacific roundhouse residence section called Saturday to redeem a two dollar gold coupon. She said she had hoped for one of the larger coins but is thankful for this amount and thanked the Standard for the generosity.
The notice urges readers to join the Standard subscription list at ten dollars and eighty cents a year paid in advance with optional premiums. It promises discounts, monthly chances at prizes, and stresses many homes should have the Standard for cheap access to a bright, cheery edition.
A Montana newspaper highlights attractive premiums with advance yearly subscriptions. The latest addition is a 000 travel accident policy in a leather bill case with space for the policy card and bank receptacle. Readers are urged to visit the Standard office to inspect premiums and sign up for the coming year.
Arthur Benson and his father visit the Gold Coupon bank where the 13 year old signs for a five dollar gold coupon. He explains the coin is for those at home who will read of his adventures in the world. The cashier questions if he intends to keep it. The boy says others at home will recover it.
Mrs Gordon Speed of 410 South Exclesior Butte sent her husband to the bank after the five dollar coupons from a lucky cousin. Mr Speed says his wife handles the coupons and home affairs while he watches the drawings, noting both women and men take interest in the drawings.
The notice outlines coupons worth 25.00 sto 00 5.00 2.00 and 1.00 totaling 112.00 in all. It states the Coupon Bank conducts business during banking hours only from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekdays.
Early morning trading shows newsboys selling the Standard at premium prices as readers crowded for the popular edition. Some enterprising youths charged 10 or 15 seats for a single paper, while others paid over the counter 5 cents for the edition, reflecting demand across town.
Names listed as lucky coupon holders who cashed Saturday include Arthur Benson E J Groeneveld W Grai Mrs Hagerty Mra John Walsh Mrs Goodwin Speed George Sullivan Mra Nelson Miller Mrs R McPherson Bennett Mrs W C Matia Mary Baker W Ellingwood W Lamberton Clory O Donnel F M Osborne Mrs M Murphy and several others with various addresses and small cash amounts noted.
Mrs John Walsh cashed a dollar coupon and claimed she lived near the Gold Coupon bank. The clerk noted she could redeem again if called by her coupon, remarking on her distant address and asking about Peorth street near the race track, recalling a name change from Wall street.
A promotional plea extols the Montana Standard as Montana’s best family and business newspaper. It urges readers to subscribe at ten dollars yearly or one dollar monthly, praising wide Montana coverage and extensive advertisements as proof of its worth. The piece urges readers to see the Standard as essential for Christmas shopping and local information.
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