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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1917
Page
4
Publication note for Standard Publishing Company based in Anaconda with a Butte branch, listing mailing status, office addresses, and phone numbers for business and editorial departments. The OCR yields scattered fragments reflecting typical newspaper masthead information.
Foreign advertising text lists William J Morton Co salaried representative and rate tables for daily Sunday subscriptions by carrier and mail. It also shows multiple newsstand locations across the United States and Canada. Addressed to Standard Publishing Co. in the 1917 December 25 issue.
A lengthy meditation on how World War I tests faith and civilization. The piece cites Atlantic Monthly and Christian voices, notes war wounds faith, and envisions a future where religion unites humanity. It recalls leaders, poets, and front-line priests, urging steadfast hope and Christmas renewal amid devastation.
The piece describes crowded shops and happy children during a wartime Christmas. It encourages sensible gifting, gratitude, and resilience, noting food shortages but urging optimism, adaptation with honey instead of sugar and corn instead of wheat. It calls for stout hearts and plucky spirits to win the war and enjoy peace again.
Frances Marshall discusses wartime household duties and the wartime Christmas. The article notes the contrast with previous holidays overshadowed by war and highlights the unique wartime spirit shaping celebrations and domestic life.
A republished poem personifies the flag as voice of a soldier son and the families he leaves behind. It portrays the flag as emblem for service wives, sweethearts, sisters, and a mother awaiting the victory and the safe return of loved ones. The piece cites William Herschel as the author in the Indianapolis News.
In the Baltimore American a child named Billy cries to avoid a sailing voyage. He fears his father’s warning of a harsh spanking breeze once they depart, prompting family cajoling to join the trip.
A collage of editorials and notices from several papers during wartime discusses theater prices profiteering food regulation and government unity. It notes workers avoiding coal loading, and reflects on General Allenby’s Jerusalem pursuit signaling Christian control of Holy Land amid a Christmas hope.
A collage of humorous exchanges from various papers features quips about winter underwear crime police satire war and politics. Lines touch on Bilcum’s congressional run Eskimo clothing sardine workers in Eastport Maine and subway conductors in New York reflecting eras and regional tones.
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