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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1915
Page
6
The notice lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions by carrier, with annual, monthly, and weekly options and distinct rates for mail delivery across America. It outlines costs per year and per month, noting special Sunday Standard pricing and variations by format.
A newspaper comments on extreme wartime ideas from several congressmen. Proposals range from instant battleship build outs and a nationwide arsenal to military training for aliens and an arms embargo. The piece credits a patient, level headed House member for keeping balance amid the heated debate.
Reports say demand for war munitions remains strong into 1916 with American plants taxed. Russia seeks 6,000 three inch guns, each with 2,000 pounds nickel steel and complete ordnance weighing 7,000 pounds. Costs run 21 to 40 million dollars, but delivery by March or April may be impossible. Sun notes ongoing inquiries for steel and shells from belligerent governments, signaling continued heavy abroad purchases.
Jitneys prove popular with the public and cut streetcar fares in Seattle and Puget Sound, diverting about 1,001,008 dollars in the past year to jitneys and raising concerns among streetcar managers. The Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power Co reports a 301,000 dollar drop in railway receipts, yet operators press on despite losses.
The piece sketches a Congress session where both parties back defense plans and preparedness, with a sharp party clash over the merchant marine. The president aims to advance defense measures before arguments over the marine bill ignite, delaying introduction until January.
A long mixed editorial fragment discusses the barge canal and its potential to become a ship canal, noting costs, political opposition, and economic effects on freight. it then shifts to wartime birth statistics claiming more boys than girls are born during wars, citing English city records. It also rails at politicians and leaders, including Ford, Wilson, Constantine, and Bethmann-Hollweg, in a rapid, opinionated collage.
A compilation of editorials from various papers noting Bryan’s keenness for the Ford peace effort and contrasting it with his past zeal for Colnags theory. Several cites mock or critique political figures and the mood in Nebraska and across states.
New York plans to open a barge canal costing about 15 million dollars by 1916, with completion years later. Governor DeWitt Clinton, once doubted, led the project from New York toward Buffalo through frontier land. The canal evolved from four by twenty eight feet to larger dimensions, adapting as the state grew. The future envisions ships and cars of 2 000 tons, expanding the waterway for commerce.
A humorous exchange about teaching the alphabet ends in a quip on a tired man and a mule named Corporations. The Child mispronounces after g, and the dialogue references lancing, disgust, and Chicago. The piece echoes a National Monthly style with a joke on the mule’s stubbornness and a nod to current papers.
Discussion of the first Bank of the United States its capital stock seventeen million dollars plus and the government ties its role as depository and notes issuer its political influence and the constitutional debate sparked by its operations. It traces Hamilton's vision and the era of bank creation amid scarce gold and credit and notes the rise of pirate banks and risky lending practices in the early republic.
A 1915 McClure Syndicate piece advises urban housewives on economical shopping. It stresses mixing telephone orders with personal market trips, choosing trustworthy dealers, and watching market conditions and seasonal foods. It highlights staying informed via newspapers and government bulletins to enforce pure food measures.
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